Sarah J. MacKinnon

Part of The Garfield Weston Foundation, SPI Polyols, Inc. is a company that manufactures synthetic sweeteners, flavoring extracts, syrups and chemical products. The company is based in New Castle, DE. The company was founded by David Bookbinder.

ORFUND Foundation provides orphan care program. It offers meals, transportation, sports, and health care and home visits. The company was founded by David Bookbinder in 2004 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Dyaptive Systems produces the industrys most advanced and scalable wireless subscriber simulation and test systems for CDMA, UMTS, HSPA and LTE technologies. Dyaptive's DMTS systems use patented software defined radio (SDR) techniques to generate realistic traffic patterns, subscriber call model behavior and emerging data applications in order to test the capacity, performance and reliability of 3G and 4G networks. Modern 3G and 4G Mobile networks are both dynamic and adaptive in nature with network intelligence moving out of the core and into the edge of the access networks. The test challenge now is to simulate subscriber behavior at both the RF and IP interfaces to ensure quality and performance objectives have been met. That challenge has been successfully met by Dyaptive Systems with systems deployed by virtually all leading Radio Access Network (RAN) manufactures and many of the worlds leading mobile network operators.

Redlen Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture of resolution Cadmium Zinc Telluride semiconductor radiation detectors. It enables performance detection and imaging equipment including Nuclear Cardiology, CT Scanning, Baggage Scanning and Dirty Bomb Detection. The company was founded in November 1999 and is headquartered in Saanichton, Canada.

Velo Ventures (VCC), Inc. is a venture capital firm founded by Ken Spencer in 2001. The firm is headquartered in British Columbia, Canada.

Pinova Holdings, Inc. manufactures renewable specialty chemical products. The company was founded on October 28, 2009 and is headquartered in DE.

Meridian Technologies, Inc. engages in the supply of magnesium die cast components and assemblies. The company was founded in 1981 and headquartered in Strathroy, Canada.

Pinafore Holdings BV was engaged in manufacturing industrial, automotive, and building related products. The firm used to provide engineered rubber and polyurethane accessory drives, synchronous belts, idlers, hydraulic hose, transfer hose, hose assemblies, and couplings. The company was founded on September 1, 2010 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Gates Global, Inc. manufactures power transmission belts and fluid power products. It offers agriculture, food and beverage processing, oil and gas, mining and transportation. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Teleflex Medical Canada, Inc. manufactures medical products. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

Nexterra Systems Corp. develops and manufactures gasification systems. It also offers self-generate clean, low-cost heat and power at industrial and institutional facilities using biomass fuels. The firm engages in delivering simple, reliable, versatile, fully automated control systems and ultra-low emissions combustion equipment. The company was founded by Philip W. Beaty and Timm Kukler in April 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Founded in 2009 by Brent Belzberg and Charles Sirois, Tandem Expansion Management, Inc. is a private equity firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Emerging Co. Partners LLC provides executive management advisory and consulting services for early to mid-stage technology companies. The private company is based in Incline Village, NV. The company was founded by Steven M. West.

Entera, Inc. provides standards-based software for ISPs, content providers, Web hosts, broadcasters and entertainment companies. The company was founded by Allan M. Kaplan and Nathan F. Raciborski in 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

D-Wave Systems, Inc. designs and develops quantum computer systems. The firm designs and produces quantum computing systems, customer support, site preparation, installation and other related services. The company was founded by Eric Ladizinsky and Geordie Rose in 1999 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc. is an organization that focuses on developing new broadcast engineers through their SBE Mentor Program. Additionally, they provide important links to assist in frequency coordination efforts. The non-profit company is based in Indianapolis, IN. The program pairs new engineers with experienced professionals who share their knowledge and provide suggested reading and study materials. The organization also offers the SBE CertPreview software to help individuals prepare for an SBE certification exam.

SpeedGauge, Inc. provides enterprise customers with a suite of applications and services built on the sophisticated analysis of commercial vehicle GPS data streams. It offers software solutions that help fleets manage and control vehicle speed. The firm’s products include safetycenter, safespeed, API/enterprise/testing and explainer video. The company was founded by Robert Reid, Christopher Kantarjiev and Jonathan Hubbard in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers operates as a professional association.

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.