Editorial

An accomplished investment banker and corporate executive with over 25 years experience in London, New York and Toronto, Blake Corbet is currently the Chief Corporate Development Officer at BBTV. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, BBTV is a digital media enterprise focused on advancing the world by helping creators succeed on multiple platforms including YouTube and Facebook. Mr. Corbet started his banking career at Haywood Securities in Vancouver in 1990 as a banking analyst. In 1992, he moved to London, England where he worked for Salomon Brothers there and in New York for 5 years. After that, he spent 8 years with CIBC World Markets in Toronto. Mr. Corbet returned to Haywood in 2004 as Managing Director, Investment Banking covering the Technology and non-resource sectors. During the past 7 years at PI Financial, he has completed a variety of financing and advisory transactions across the Technology, Telecom and Healthcare sectors. Mr. Corbet has an Economics Degree from UBC and has been actively involved in the community.

Cantech Letter founder and editor Nick Waddell has lived in five Canadian provinces and is proud of his country's often overlooked contributions to the world of science and technology. Waddell takes a regular shift on the Canadian media circuit, making appearances on CTV, CBC and BNN, and contributing to publications such as Canadian Business and Business Insider.

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Chris Damas writes a monthly cannabis stock newsletter called The BCMI Cannabis Report and a more than weekly emailed analysis of breaking cannabis industry news, earnings and trading ideas called The BCMI Cannabis Flash. His material includes views and analysis of industry strategy, cannabis facility visits, CEO and CFO interviews, stock ideas and intraday trading directions based on his 35 year career as a trader and analyst. Chris Damas has established himself as a leading independent analyst and commentator on the cannabis sector from a standing start in October 2016. Before cannabis, Damas was a well-known agricultural and fertilizer analyst for twelve years. He has an MSc level organic chemist background (Bristol Myers), McGill biochemistry degree, MBA Finance degree from the Schulich School of Business. Damas adds CFA, PM and UDP for $1 billion in assets to his credentials.

DANI LIPKIN Director, Global Business Development, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange Dani Lipkin is Director of Global Business Development for Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange. Prior to this role, Dani was Innovation Sector Head for Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange and before that Dani was the Head of Business Development for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Investment Funds on TSX. He had also worked with the listings group for TSX, where he helped assist companies in going public. Dani holds a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies in Finance from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the University of Toronto.

Daniel graduated from the University of Waterloo with a bachelor degree in Mechatronics Engineering and was a co-founder of a Y-Combinator technology startup in his early career. He has always had an interest in finance which lead him to stock market investing three years ago. With technology leading the markets, he has been leveraging his engineering degree and previous business experience to help shape his opinion on companies, especially those in the technology space. In January of 2020, he started The Fire Grind channel on YouTube as a way for him to share his passion for finance with the world. As of June 2020, the channel has grown from a handful of subscribers to 1700 with 70000 views.

Dushan is an investor, founder, and former CEO and CFO of various technology companies. He is a Managing Director with Antera Inc., a venture capital and merchant banking firm focused on assisting early to mid-stage tech firms. He was previously on the Board of Directors for an Antera portfolio company and was a sell side equity research analyst and a VP at a private equity and venture capital fund. Dushan holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He also holds a Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto and has earned his CPA designation.

Geordie Carragher is a staff writer for Cantech Letter

Jayson is a writer, researcher and educator with a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Ottawa. His interests range from bioethics and innovations in the health sciences to governance, social justice and the history of ideas.

Navid Boostani is a fintech entrepreneur, an engineer, and a CFA charterholder. Navid's interests lie in the intersection of technology and finance. In his spare time, Navid loves to research and learn about companies that are leveraging new technologies to change the way we do business.

Peter Londa is a seasoned smart grid technology executive with over 20 years of experience in leadership roles and joined Tantalus as President & Chief Executive Officer in 2014. Pete is also a director of Tantalus. Prior to joining Tantalus, Pete served as the Independent Chair of the Board of Directors for World Energy Solutions, Inc. (ticker: XWES), a publicly traded company on NASDAQ where he also served as the Chair of the Merger and Acquisition Committee. Pete was actively involved in leading World Energy’s sale to EnerNOC (ticker: ENOC), another publicly traded company on NASDAQ. Previously, Pete served as the Chief Executive Officer of BPL Global, Ltd., a leading smart grid company delivering technology solutions to the electric utility industry with operations in the United States, Europe, Middle East, India, and China. While there, he was responsible for driving and managing all aspects of corporate strategy, operations, engineering, corporate development and financing and was instrumental in executing the sale of BPL Global to a division of the Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR). Additionally, he has held various leadership positions in the technology and investment banking industries at companies including The Chart Group, L.P., Thoughtworks, Inc., and SG Cowen. Pete is a graduate of Emory University and holds a JD, MBA in Finance and Corporate Law, and a B.A. in Economics.

Head of Research, Managing Director, Telecom Services and New Media, Echelon Wealth Partners

Shafin Diamond Tejani (@shafindiamond) is an investor and entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Victory Square Technologies, which supports technology startups through sustainable growth.

Tara Whittet is Senior Sales Manager at Cantech Letter.

Tommy Humphreys is the founder of CEO.CA, a popular Canadian stock market community and App, since 2012, and he is the President of Pacific Website Co., a web development and internet marketing firm, since 2007. Tommy invests in emerging technology and natural resources startups, and writes about business and investing when not playing golf, and hiking throughout Vancouver's North Shore.

Cantech Letter founder and editor Nick Waddell has lived in five Canadian provinces and is proud of his country's often overlooked contributions to the world of science and technology. Waddell takes a regular shift on the Canadian media circuit, making appearances on CTV, CBC and BNN, and contributing to publications such as Canadian Business and Business Insider.

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