Brock LINC Staff
Farzana Crocco
Executive Director
Tamara Jensen
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Program Manager
Cassie Conte
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Program Manager
Georgios (George) Eftychiou
Business Development Manager, Research Partnerships
Iva Bruhova
Innovation & Commercialization Manager
Noshin Hashim
Innovation & Commercialization Manager
Nahid Azizi
Research Partnerships Officer
Elina Ojanen
Research Commercialization Officer
Jalen Nurdin
Marketing and Special Projects Assistant
Areeba Iqbal
INNOVATION INTERN
Nick Taber
INNOVATION INTERN
Karyn Gicante (On Leave)
INNOVATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
Evan Sitler-Bates
CEO & CO-Founder, XpertVR
Drew MacNeil
CoO & Co-Founder, XpertVR
Mentors
Allie Hughes
CSO, DELTA4DIGITAL
Amanda Connolly
PRODUCT DESIGN, NOIBU
Barry Hillier
SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR & ADVISOR
Ben Gigone
Entrepreneur, Co-Founder & CTO at chexy
Cait Bermuhler
Co-FOUNDER, HEAd OF PRODUCT, STOKE DELI BAR
Chip McCrimmon
FORMER FOUNDER, COO, LUXBIO
Chris Janzen
director of client services, innovate niagara
Dave Evans
Creative director, phantom compass
Derek Schneider
Makerspace supervisor, Brock University
E.A. Clarke
Partner, Stonewood Group Inc.
Ericka Evans
STUDIO PARTNER & HEAD OF PRODUCTION, PHANTOM COMPASS
Francois Le Roux
FOUNDEr, BOUNTY BOARD
Julie Ellis
Co-Founder, Mabel’s Labels, Executive Coach & Angel Investor
Joydeep Chakraborty
SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR & ADVISOR
Katie Poissant-Paul
CLIENT ADVISOR, innovate niagara
Keith Jones
FOUNDER & CCO, & Good COMPANY
Laurent Balenci
Fractional executive,
Business Strategist
Melanie Sodka
Professor at niagara college & Founder at Capacity Creator Corp.
Mick Higgins
Senior director, Product & Solutions, Kinesso
Nicola Dickinson
Co-FOUNDER, SPARKROCK
Nicole Cassolato
small business advisor, meridian credit union
Pat Ingoldsby
AAA GAME DESIGNER
Ryan Mallette
FOUNDER, RAMM DESIGN LABS
Shalicia Harris
Founder & CEO of In Charge, Commercialization Consultant
Shann McGrail
CO-FOUNDEr, DEVREVE INC.
Sharon Reeds
CEO & Co-Founder of Intuitive Shipping
Stephanie Epp
Coach & ecommerce strategist
Tanner Vandenberg
Entrepreneur, CEO at Flexpak, ops & product Manufacturing