Founders

Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande

Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande is the President and Chairman of Sparta Group LLC, a family investment office and is also the Chairman of Tejas Networks.

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Jaishree Deshpande

Jaishree Deshpande is the Treasurer of Sparta Group LLC, and a founder of the Deshpande Foundation.

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Gerry Pond

Gerry Pond has over 45 years of in-depth experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector.

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Executive Advisory Board

Gerry Pond

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Gururaj (Desh) Deshpande

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Raj Melville

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Paul Mazerolle

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Meet the Team

Katie Davey

Katie Davey 

Executive Director

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Sarah Cormier

Funding & Financial Assistant

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Vanessa Paesani

NouVENTURE Director

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Dan Ritchie 

NouLAB Coordinator

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Associates

Vincent-Luc Brouillard

Vincent-Luc Brouillard Consulting

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Jason Doiron

O Strategies

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Lewis Muirhead

Alternate Future Design Group

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Amanda Hachey

All In

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Jules Maitland

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Nick Scott

Principal Consultant, Shift & Flow

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