SNI - Key Persons


Bernie Desgagnés - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

Chris Friesen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance Specialist

Danny Renold - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
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David Gudmundson - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Chartered Professional Accountant

Dr Lobato de Faria

Job Titles:
  • Investigator
Dr Lobato de Faria is our Qualified Investigator at SNI and is responsible for review and approval of necessary participant documentation and providing any required medical oversight during our Clinical Trials. Dr Ricardo is a South African medical graduate and moved to Manitoba to become a rural family physician. After a decade Dr Ricardo followed his passion for emergency medicine. He has 20 years of experience at the Seven Oaks Emergency, where he served as Medical Director and hospital Chief Medical Officer for 15 years. Dr Ricardo now co-founder of his own clinic (KALO Medical Clinic) conveniently located next door to SNI Clinical Research.

Dr. Ramprasath Vanu Ramkumar

Job Titles:
  • Regulatory Affairs & Clinical Trials Specialist
What better way to distinguish your products from the competition than with real, tried-and-true claims backed by legitimate clinical trials? Dr. Ramprasath Vanu Ramkumar has more than thirteen years of research expertise in human clinical nutrition to develop functional foods and nutraceutical products and in understanding their mechanisms of action on various health benefits for humans, including over 8 years leading the research team at Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. With both Masters and PhD degrees in Biochemistry, along with certifications in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and regulatory strategies for Natural Health Products (NHP), Dr. Vanu Ramkumar has a proven track record of successful clinical trial research, both as a team and in collaboration with other institutional and industrial researchers. In addition to a multitude of published peer reviewed articles and reviews, he has also co-authored a manual on how to conduct a human trial with foods for preparing a submission for food health claims which was published by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Emma Miller

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
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Erin Taraborrelli

Job Titles:
  • Director, Regulatory Affairs

Joanna Geng

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs

Krista Coventry

Job Titles:
  • Director of Regulatory Services
  • Regulatory Affairs Specialist
  • Senior Director, Clinical Affairs & Regulatory Strategy
Krista is a regulatory affairs specialist with 14 years of industry experience focusing on regulatory project management and strategic planning of client-based regulatory initiatives in the North American health products marketplace. If you have a concept for a new health product, or want to tailor an existing product for the North American marketplace, Krista can help you navigate the regulatory hurdles required to gain market access. Krista has expert knowledge of the acts, regulations, policies and guidelines relating to Natural Health Products (NHPs), foods, supplemented foods and organic foods in Canada. She has advised numerous clients with products at the interface of NHP, food, cosmetic and drug regulations. Krista routinely speaks at international conferences, workshops and seminars on current regulatory topics, regulatory modernization initiatives, health claims, and trending ingredients in these industries. Krista has several distinguished volunteer affiliations with regulatory-based professional and/or scientific societies. She is a member of Health Canada's Food Expert Advisory Committee (FEAC); Vice-President of the Natural Health Product Research Society (NHPRS) of Canada; a member of the Board of Directors for CAPRA (Canadian Association for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs); a member of the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) Food Regulatory Advisory Committee; a member of Seneca College's Ad Hoc Program Advisory Committee for the Fundamentals of NHPs program; and a member of the International Regulatory Affairs Committee for GOED (Global Organization for EPA+DHA). Krista is currently completing her Ph.D. at the University of Guelph on a part-time basis, with a focus on clinical research relating to NHPs and health foods.

Leanne Lutomsky

Job Titles:
  • Director, Client Operations

Lindsei Sarna

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Maira Medellin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance

Michelle La

Job Titles:
  • Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance Specialist / ADMINISTRATION

Mirjana Latkovic

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Business Development

Sam Newman

Job Titles:
  • Sales Executive
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Sandra Williams

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager
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Stuart Greenfield

Job Titles:
  • Director of Business Development
Stuart brings over 20 years of client focused business development and project management to the Source Nutraceutical team. He has a great track record of helping clients improve their business outcomes, backed with his experience in strategic planning, budget management, sales and business/product development. Stuart brings an important business savvy component to our team. When you choose to partner with Source Nutraceutical he will be your right hand man in helping you make sure you have the best experience possible.