DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY - Key Persons

Peter Hickey is a founder and investor with 20+ years experience leading both established and start-up companies with a global focus. Peter has cofounded three companies in the life sciences sector. Peter is the Executive Chairman of Allumiqs Corp, a company whose platform solution is standardizing outsourced collaboration for biotech and biopharma through sample prep, mass spectrometry and data analytics. Peter is a cofounder and current executive director of IR Scientific, a biomaterials research and development company that's developed a unique biomaterial that cures tooth sensitivity and repairs enamel. Peter is the Cofounder and served as CEO of Adaptiiv Medical Technologies Inc. for 5 years, leading the company through the financing, development and regulatory clearance of the 3D Bolus solution, a turnkey, patented technology used clinically by the world's most recognized cancer centers in 14 countries.

Ricardo Cancino

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Program Coordinator

Saif Hashmi

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Principal at BDC Capital
Principal, BDC Seed Fund

Saif Hashmi is a Principal at BDC Capital, renowned for co-founding the Seed Fund and spearheading its Platform, Operations, and Strategy. In addition as an investor of the Fund, he is responsible for sourcing and managing deal flow, executing transactions and assisting in portfolio management post-close. Saif currently serves as board observer for Vendasta, Battlefy, Mojio, Solink, Nicoya Lifesciences, Mosaic Manufacturing, PiinPoint and Sensor Suite

Sarah Murphy

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Partner
Partner, Pelorus VC

Sarah Murphy is a Partner with Pelorus VC, a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in Newfoundland & Labrador-based innovation companies. Sarah has a background working with early-stage startup companies, including Harbr.com, and as a founder of her own construction-tech startup, Sentinel Alert. She was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Propel ICT, an Atlantic Canada accelerator, and has mentored startups throughout Atlantic Canada through groups like Propel, Volta, and Creative Destruction Lab. Sarah is one of the co-authors of the Gender Diversity Playbook, a collection of best practices that startup companies can use to build more diverse and stronger performing organizations.

Schnell D'Souza

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Health Manager

Shivani Madhavan

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Project Coordinator

Spencer Giffin

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Director of the Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Stephen Hartlen

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Assistant Vice President of Industry Relations, Office of Commercialization and Industry Engagement

Toni Chan

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Artist
Product Lead, Resony

Career-wise, Toni is a squiggle artist. Having started her career in Corporate Communications at Ogilvy Public Relations in their Beijing office, she subsequently moved into the supply chain and logistics sector back home in Oregon (USA) before obtaining her MBA at the University of Oxford Said Business School in the UK. After four years in operations transaction strategy consulting, she moved out of corporate into a role with a logistics tech scaleup. Toni is currently freelancing as Product Lead for two startups, a software-as-a-medical-device company and a co-parenting super app; and serves as COO at a green energy startup. She has also supported and advised other startups across various industries, ranging from social impact to sustainable e-commerce to generative AI.

Vivian Howard

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Associate Vice President Academic

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY - Key Persons

Alice Aiken - Chairman

Peter G Hickey - Founder