David Court is a Director Emeritus at McKinsey & Company. He was previously the firm’s Global Director of Technology, Digitization and Communications, led McKinsey’s global practice in harnessing digital data and advanced analytics from 2011 to 2015, and was a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and its Global Operating Committee.  David is a director of Brookfield Business Partners, Canadian Tire Corporation, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Queen’s University, and Plan Canada International. He is also a member of the National Geographic International Council of Advisors. David has been an active author on marketing, strategy and advanced analytics including in both the Harvard Business Review and the McKinsey…

Maryann Turcke currently serves as a board member and strategic advisor to global companies in a range of industries. As COO of the National Football League, Maryann led the marketing, communications, HR, international, technology, events and club business development organizations. Previously, she served as President of the NFL Media group. Before joining the NFL, Maryann served as President of Bell Media where she successfully led Canada’s largest media company and was responsible for their flagship television channels and annual revenues of more than $3B (CAD). Maryann spent 12 years at Bell Canada, where she also served as Group President, Media Sales, Local TV and Radio. Turcke is Chair of the…

Russ Jones is an industry veteran with over 40 years of experience. Russ joined Shopify in early 2011 and took them public in May 2015. Prior to Shopify, Russ held several senior executive roles at a number of companies including Mitel Corporation, Newbridge Networks, Watchfire, Quake Technologies. He also co-founded a CFO advisory firm focused on earlier-stage technology companies. Post Shopify, Russ remains active with both Board and Advisory roles. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Carleton University, a FCPA, FCA and a ICD.D certification.

Tom Reilly has a distinguished 30-year career in the enterprise software market, having been CEO of three companies all with successful exits including an acquisition and two Initial Public Offerings. He has also served and/or serves on 4 public company boards and 3 private company boards. Most recently Reilly was the CEO of Cloudera (NYSE:CLDR). Prior to Cloudera, Tom was vice president and general manager of enterprise security at HP. Previous to HP, Tom served as CEO of enterprise security company ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST), which HP acquired in 2010. Tom led ArcSight through a successful initial public offering and subsequent sale to HP. Before ArcSight, Tom was vice president of…

Dr. Michael Guerriere is President and Chief Executive Officer at Extendicare Inc.  He chairs the Health and Life Sciences Advisory Board at the Rotman School of Management at UofT where he teaches a graduate course on Digital Health.  Dr. Guerriere has served in leadership roles in both the public and private sectors, including Chief Strategy Officer at Telus Health, Chair of the Board of Governors at Ryerson University and Chief Operating Officer at the University Health Network.  He has a degree in Medicine and specialty training in Internal Medicine from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and an honorary doctorate from Ryerson University.

Robert Ashe, is the former President and CEO of Cognos Inc., having joined the Company in 1984. He was appointed President in 2002, and CEO in 2004, and held both roles until IBM acquired the company in 2007 for $4.9 billion, IBM’s largest software acquisition to date. From 2010 until 2012, he served as IBM’s General Manager of Business Analytics. Prior to becoming President and CEO of Cognos, Robert held several senior executive roles at the company including Senior Vice President of Application Development Tools, Senior Vice President of Products, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Customer Services, Chief Corporate Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Robert is a director of MSCI…