Erik has spent over a decade and a half in IT software development, having worked extensively in the government sector on the ideation, design, delivery, and operations of large-scale enterprise and emerging tech solutions. His diverse experience includes building out blockchain-based traceability networks, IoT systems for environmental monitoring, digital identity platforms and cloud-native tech in both developing and mature economies, understanding problems and helping enable change through innovative solutions.

Gene is a seasoned and disciplined software executive with over 28 years of experience running small to large teams at Tehama, Cognos, OLAP@Work (acquired by Business Objects), Business Objects (acquired by SAP), and IBM. He is an expert in product management frameworks and introducing and scaling new products to market with SaaS and perpetual licensing models. He has a deep understanding of regulatory requirements for PII and personal data via SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and privacy laws. Gene has deep enterprise software and international business experience, married with strong sales, customer success, and operational and P&L leadership. Gene is fluent in French and English and has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management.

Jim is the former Assistant Deputy Minister of the Climate Change and Environmental Policy Division at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. He led teams that were responsible for the development and implementation of a range of climate change related policies and programs including Ontario's cap and trade program with California and Quebec and GreenOn to finance the deployment of low carbon technologies. His other policy and program responsibilities included Great Lakes water quality including the Canada-Ontario Lake Erie Action Plan towards U.S.-Canada binational commitment to reduce nutrient loadings, promotion of zero-waste and circular economy through extended producer responsibility, source protection for drinking water, toxics reduction, renewable fuels for transportation and buildings, indigenous relations and inter-governmental affairs. He also led Ontario's participation with the Canadian delegation at UN COP 13 Climate Change Conference in Bali and worked on developing carbon offsets to help finance reforestation in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. Mr. Whitestone completed his Master's Degree at Michigan State University and a Bachelor's Degree at the University of Guelph in Agricultural and Resource Economics. He has a Certificate of Business from the University of Toronto and a Sustainable Investment Professional Certificate from Concordia University.

Her engineering background blended with her human approach makes her a great asset to the team. She has built her experience in the aerospace industry at Bombardier Inc. and electric transport industry Volvo group where she contributed to new product development missions such as delivering private aircrafts to customers, managing strategic planning teams and project management.

Her curiosity and passion for learning drives her to understand how things work. She is always ready to be part of refining organisations or creating new processes. She can be placed in any situation (technical, people, strategy) and be trusted to provide a win or solution.

Sophie enjoys the outdoors and has a true passion for discovering food and cultures.

Vincent Jansen is a former Director of Technology and currently working as an Education Consultant that provides leadership in digital transformation, primarily using technology needs assessments, strategic planning, digital marketing plans, process intelligence visualizations, data & information management tools, and metrics. He has an extensive 35+ year career with roles as a teacher, Director of Technology & Academics, business analyst and consultant in various public, private, and international schools. He has worked for several education vendors, as a K12 market sales consultant and is currently a member of the Board for EdTech start-ups. As a consultant, he has worked with individual schools, education vendors and learning-focused organizations across Canada, USA, Asia, and China. He has extensive range of solution knowledge, from Salesforce, Qualtrics to, SIS, LMS, CMS installs, to Mailchimp for marketing and many classroom EdTech tools.

Vincent has an MA in Education Administration, and a Certificate in use of Emerging Technologies in Learning. Vincent began his career as an educator, to hone a craft, design, and foster innovation in learning to achieve measurable results. Being results driven, he currently leverages state-of-the-art digital tools in digital transformation projects across the globe to create agile workflows for organizations, improving their use of solutions to adapt and meet learning needs and improve ROI. He has presented at numerous conferences and is an active member of local and national networks.

Dr Asheley Jones is a highly autonomous, senior education executive with more than two decades’ experience in the education, technology, and professional service sectors. Her leadership is highly focused on developing sustainable business strategy and providing oversight of organisational change management through the development and deployment of professional credentialing initiatives.

Over the last five years, ultimately as COO of Deakin Digital, the commercial arm of Deakin University, Asheley has led in the design and implementation of several industry-verified, evidence-based employability skills capability frameworks, mapped to multiple global qualification frameworks.

She has successfully worked with multiple stakeholders in academia; state and federal governments; industry and not for profit sectors. Asheley Jones holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Victoria University (Australia) and is a registered expert of the Australian Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) panel of experts.  A Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), she currently heads the Education, Accreditation and Micro Credential portfolio for the Australian Council of Professions (ACoP), a peak body representing over 1,000,000 professionals. 

Asheley’s recent research projects have focused on identifying collaborative work readiness programs for professional and educational bodies. She has obtained research grants from Department of Education, Victoria; Google; the Australian Council of Deans ICT (ACDICT) and the Joint Accounting Bodies (JAB). 

Dave is an end to end implementation leader for the design and delivery of large-scale transformation initiatives. Dave led the Ontario Government's implementation of its Cap and Trade program for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, introducing Ontario into the North American GHG Emissions Trading market successfully in 2017 raising $472 million at its first allowance auction. Previously, Dave led a seamless migration and oversight of Ontario's $60 million Driver Examination Services to the private sector. Dave holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from York University. Dave has a unique depth and breadth of experience in leading and managing all facets of large program development and project management stemming from over 30 years of experience at four Government of Ontario ministries including; Environment and Climate Change, Transportation, Economic Development and Trade, and Agriculture and Food.

After studying Markets, Innovation, and Design in college, Joe spent six years assisting and leading large-scale system implementations for state governments across the United States. His background also includes 13 years of successful start-up experience across multiple industries, providing him with a robust understanding of how products and technologies can be reimagined for positive disruption across numerous industries.

Reuben has worked in a wide range of industries, from caravans to superannuation to the media. He recently sold an Airbnb compliance startup that he founded and successfully grew, while serving as its COO. Previously, he delivered the world-leading technology behind IAG’s Poncho Insurance, a startup-in-the-enterprise that required him to wear many hats along the way (growth hacker, recruiter, technical product manager, project manager, and more). He has also worked as product lead on Fairfax Media’s cutting-edge content management solution, as a product manager and as a startup coach. The common thread through it all is a love of solving complex problems with elegant solutions that really make a difference.

Chamika is a seasoned technological expert with over 12 years of software design and development experience in sectors ranging from lifestyle applications, payment platforms, aviation industry, and the restaurant and the food service industry, and a passion for the design, implementation, and operation of distributed large-scale enterprise systems.

He is highly experienced in all aspects of the software development lifecycle with a deep understanding of architecture and design, and a demonstrated ability in project management from initiation through to completion in fast-paced, deadline-driven agile environments. He has architected and developed highly scalable software solutions that are used in fortune 500 and other large-scale enterprise software companies, that cater to a global audience of over 120 million users.

His extensive experience in the IT industry has seen him grow from a Software Engineer developing robust engineering solutions to a hands-on and competent leader, adept at assembling, leading, and mentoring cross-functional and geographically distributed technical teams through time-sensitive enterprise projects.

Chamika, although an industry professional, also shares a keen focus on academics. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Computer Science and Engineering and a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Software Architecture.He identifies himself as a goal driven, result oriented person who also enjoys recreational activities such as hiking, traveling, and cricket in his life outside of work.

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Adam currently leads engineering operations with Convergence.Tech. He is a driven engineer and educator, with a background in Mechatronic Systems and Software Engineering. He has been active in the Blockchain ecosystem for several years and has been involved in a variety of initiatives spanning both software education and development globally.

Josefina became a part of the Convergence.Tech family in 2020. She is an Executive Assistant with more than +20 years of experience working alongside executive teams. She is a powerful force in the workplace and uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed.

She has experience in the private business school sector and corporate companies with extensive experience with all administrative tasks, including scheduling with different time zones at a time.

Josefina's passions are spending quality time with twins and husband, travel and good coffee.