CommerceLab appoints advisory board
by The CommerceLab — Mar 24 '14
Commercialization doesn’t happen overnight—it requires journeys into foreign disciplines and places and exposure to different points view. Joining us on our commercialization journey are 10 advisory board members chosen for their experience and expertise as researchers and professors, tech journalists and editors, venture capitalists and industry leaders—all with interests firmly rooted in the potential of emerging technologies to change the world.
It’s our great pleasure to welcome them to CommerceLab. Together, we’re helping connect the academic and business worlds with the information they need to innovate, grow and compete on a global scale.
CommerceLab Advisory Board
- Catherine Burns, Professor, Systems Design, University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering, Director of the Advanced Interface Design Lab
- Matt Hartley, Technology Writer, Financial Post
- David Haynes, Writer, Founder, Preset Group
- Rob Hyndman, Principal, Hyndman Law, Co-Founder, mesh
- Morag Johnston, Director of User Experience Design, Rogers Communications
- Jess McMullin, Founder, The Centre for Citizen Experience
- Mitchell Osak, Managing Director of Quanta Consulting Inc.
- Neil Randall, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Director of the Games Institute
- Sean Stanleigh, Product Manager, Drive and Report on Small Business at The Globe and Mail
- George Tsintzouras, Senior Director, New Business Initiatives, Christie Digital Systems
What our advisory board members are saying
“So few Canadian organizations really grasp how quickly things are changing in terms of consumer technology. CommerceLab is an indispensable resource not just for tech companies, but for anyone who wants to stay competitive in the mobile, cloud-based world we now live in.” - Morag Johnston, Director of User Experience, Rogers Communications
“In healthcare and education alone, gamification research is showing that we can measurably improve health and learning outcomes for Canadians. Gamification helps us navigate some otherwise overwhelming data in ways that really do change our behaviour for the better. We’re just starting to pay attention to this important opportunity.” - Neil Randall, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Director of the Games Institute
“Canada’s digital signage software companies are some of the most successful in the world, but we’re only beginning to realize the massive market opportunity in this space. That’s why CommerceLab is so important—it’s one of the few places Canadians can go to identify emerging technologies and their business applications, across a vast range of Canadian sectors.” - David Haynes, Founder, Preset Group
