Through a dynamic career as an executive officer, CFO and President, he has led publicly traded and private businesses, including Select Temporaries, Pinkerton’s, Olsten Personnel Services, 3Dshopping.com and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. He launched his corporate career following 10 years as a CPA with KPMG, where he managed and performed audits of publicly traded and[...]

Santiago Rivera Torres has served as Managing Director at Comunidad Realty Partners (CRP) since 2012. Comunidad Realty Partners is a dynamic real estate investment firm specializing in multifamily apartment communities in densely-populated Hispanic neighborhoods. Core to its investment strategy is creating culturally-relevant, inclusive communities that are tailored to the various ethnicities living in its communities.[...]

After serving with the U.S. Marines and completing a B. A. in Marketing from Southern Illinois University, Bob had a long and successful career in Sales, Marketing, and Distribution in the USA and Canada for multi-national corporations as well as several start-up companies. Bob worked with industry leaders such as Procter and Gamble, Jackson Welding,[...]

Christine Hrudka is the Chair of the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) having served as Vice Chair in 2016 and 2017. She is also the representative of the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan (PAS) on the Board. Christine has been a community pharmacist for over 30 years and is a passionate advocate for advancing the profession through[...]

A leader in the legal profession with numerous professional awards and achievements, former General Counsel and member of the Leadership Council, Deloitte LLP (Canada), recognized as one of Canada’s 25 most influential lawyers and judges, CGCA Lifetime Achievement Award (2021), a passionate supporter of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Mr. Denom is the former President of SNC-Lavalin International Inc. and has over forty years of global engineering-construction experience. He is a graduate of Mc Gill University with a B. Eng. in metallurgical engineering and an MBA in International Business Management. He is a co-founder of Groupe Mequaltech, a consulting firm and laboratory specializing in[...]

Jean-Pierre Arcoragi was a Special Advisor and guest speaker on exponential technologies for Hatley Strategies (Quebec). He was also the Standard Council of Canada’s vice-chair for the development of ISO’s Anti-Bribery Management Systems (ISO 37001). He is currently the president of the Transportation Evolution Institute. He taught at Concordia University, Université de Montréal and Université[...]