Sepehr is a strategist and enthusiast in tech and constructing new businesses. He is currently the Lead of Business Development at Xanadu, a quantum computing company. Before Xanadu, he was leading the product road mapping and go to market activities at Element AI in the Banking Practice. He also worked as Associate Consultant at Bain & Company earlier in his career.
Sep holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University.
Yadan has almost ten years’ experience in driving growth of tech and professional services startups in China. She is now leading the international expansion of Ant Financial, an Alibaba owned Fintech company, in the Philippines and Vietnam. Before Ant Financial, she was the Head of Ecommerce Operations of Xiaohongshu, a social media led e-commerce platform. Before exploring the tech world, Yadan was working at a boutique consulting firm in China, helping global and local businesses in Retail, TMT to form growth strategies.
Yadan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Beijing University.
Yang has founded a number of startups and is currently the co-founder and CTO at StackAdapt, an AI-focused digital advertising platform.
He is a frequent speaker at marketing and technology conferences where his topics include AI, advertising, and building startups. In the past, he built financial trading software at Bloomberg and studied Business and Computer Science at the University of Toronto.
Michael is a client partner in Element AI's supply chain and retail group. He has 6+ years of experience working alongside some of the biggest brands in the world, including, Converse, eBay, Unilever, P&G & L'Oreal and helping them partner with AI start-ups. Previous to Element AI he worked at The Bakery and Saatchinvest in London, UK and was involved in helping over 20+ startups bring technology to market.
Juanshu is Vice President at Tiantu Ventures, specialized in retail and consumer goods. Before Tiantu, she worked at IDG and Reifeng Venture Capital and invested in a series of retail tech startups, such as OOAK, WonderLab, Akulaku, Patpat, etc. She accumulated knowledge and experiences in the Chinese retail tech markets during her time as a venture capitalist, as well as during her time at a boutique consulting firm in China, leading strategic projects for global and local retail companies.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Zhejiang University and CFA.
太平洋青年精英会(PIEC Toronto)成立于2017年,总部位于加拿大多伦多,是一个会员制非营利组织,管理团队均拥有良好的高等教育背景,并在加拿大,以及中资驻加知名企业工作,或创立了个人事业。协会主旨意在打造由年轻精英创业者与管理者组成的青年领袖平台。
成立至今,精英会与阿里巴巴、清华大学、华为(加拿大)等机构合作,举办了多次中加行业交流会,内容涵盖经贸、电商、科技及创业等领域。同时,精英会也协同中加政府机构,多次联合主办及协办大型论坛及创新比赛,得到各界的一致好评和关注。
今后精英会将继续以活动,媒体及教育为发展方向,向中加精英青年提供更精彩更新潮的信息,资源及能力提升机会,让大家同精英会一起受益和成长。
加中数据科技理事会
加中数据科技理事会(Canada China Data Technology Council, CCDTC),是加拿大本地注册的数据领域的非营利组织,其成立目的是汇集中加两国企业、学术、资本和政府的优质资源,以创新的运作模式,对接两国资本和技术的需求,促进加拿大和中国在大数据、人工智能、云计算和区块链等数据领域的交流与合作,推动两国数据领域研究和应用的发展。理事会在加拿大政府倡议下,由本地科技企业和业内代表创立,已举办多次跨境项目路演、初创企业服务、优质项目落地等活动。
第一数据创新基地
第一数据创新基地(First Data Innovation)是加中数据科技理事会支持的新媒体渠道。其使命是用心挖掘海外创新的成功案例、商业模式和行业特点,寻找创新领域的潜在商机,为寻求海外创新的企业和机构提供研究合作和企业服务。
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