KANATA NORTH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION - Key Persons

Amy MacLeod

Job Titles:

Vice President Corporate Communications, MDA ( Ex - Officio )

Dana Brown

Job Titles:

Dean, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University

Jamie Petten - President

Job Titles:

Executive Director
President
Member of the Board of Women

Jamie is a well-known and established member of the KNBA business community with a reputation as a community builder and thought leader. She has a clear vision and strategy for Kanata North to build our vibrant local community and Canada's largest technology park. With a wealth of experience in brand building, strategy development, marketing and sales combined with a strong network of local, national and international business relationships, Jamie is uniquely positioned to fill the role. As a founding member of Canadian SaaS Accelerator, L-SPARK, Jamie was head of marketing since its launch in 2014, and is passionate about developing Canada's technology companies into globally competitive firms. Jamie has since supported 36 portfolio companies in raising over $24 Million in angel and venture capital funding to date, all while building a national community of 10,000+ entrepreneurs, investors and partners. She is also a co-founder of SAAS NORTH, known as Canada's first conference connecting 1000+ software as a service founders, investors and executives, hosted over two days in Ottawa. Jamie has served as a member of the board of Women in Communications and Technology and is a strong advocate for women in technology. She enjoys mentoring young women through the Technovation program. Every year, Technovation invites teams of girls from all over the world to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real-world problems through technology and is fostering a generation of future leaders in tech. Jamie serves as a Board of Trustee Member with the Jim Watson Women in Technology Scholarship Fund, an initiative undertaken to recruit new talent into the growing sector of cybersecurity. She is responsible for contributing annually to the awarding of six scholarships to qualified recipients over a three-year period.