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 President Ian Kelso |  Chair Mark Bishop |  Vice-Chair Lucie Lalumière |
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> Pary Bell | marblemedia OCAD The Learning Edge GlassBOX Television bitHeads Seneca College TransGaming Technologies | > Lucie Lalumiére > Andrew Lane > Mike Mays > Spence McDonnell > Alistair Mitchell > Lydia Sani > Michael Schmalz > Gary Schwartz | Lalumiere Media Weber Shandwick Canada Silicon Knights PWC Research In Motion Ltd Redwood e-Learning Systems Digital Extremes Impact Mobile | |
 Pary Bell Vice President, Product, Digital Media Rogers | Pary is newly positioned as the Vice President, Product, Digital Media
with Rogers Communciations. Formally, he was responsible for the overall
digital content strategy of all CanWest broadcasting properties
including Global Television, Food Network Canada, HGTV, E!, Showcase and
Slice as well as overseeing a talented team of directors, managers,
producers and designers. Prior to his role at CanWest Media, Pary was
the Director, Online Media for Alliance Atlantis Communications and
Senior Producer for Children’s and Youth Interactive at the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation. Pary holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver and received the
Canadian New Media Award as Graduate of the Year in 2002. [Back to top] | |||
 Mark Bishop Executive Producer / Co-Founder marblemedia | Mark is a Co-Founder/Executive Producer of marblemedia, an innovative content creation company at the forefront of television and new media production, devoted to telling stories that entertain and engage audiences across all platforms. Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg have received international acclaim as the Executive Producers behind the hit TV series and website: This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung, which now air in over 90 countries and in 12 languages. Mark is one of the co-founders of Distribution360, which distributes creative content internationally across all platforms. Mark is currently spearheading season 2 of Skatoony, a live-action/animated quiz show adventure for TELETOON geared to tweens (based on the Cartoon Network UK format). He is an Executive Producer for Taste Buds, now in season 3 on TVO, which is an original kids’ food adventure series and website. Taste Buds won a 2010 Gemini Award for Best-Cross Platform Project in the Children’s and Youth category. Additionally, Mark is also an Executive Producer for Splatalot, a hilarious physical game show geared to the tween audience airing in 2011 on YTV in Canada, BBC in the UK, and ABC in Australia. He has begun development on Chugga Chugga Wow, an animated/live-action hybrid preschool series for Kids' CBC. In addition to his role as Chair of Interactive Ontario, he is a board member of the Canadian Media Production Association, and is on the advisory committee for the Ontario Media Development Corporation. Mark lends his time to various universities as a guest lecturer, and acts as a curriculum advisor at Centennial College, OCAD University, and Ryerson University. Adding to many awards and accolades, Mark was honoured by The Hollywood Reporter as a Next Generation Producer. He was also recognized as Producer of the Year (2008) by the Canadian New Media Awards, and won the Lions Gate/Maple Pictures Innovative Producer Award (2007). marblemedia was recognized as the Canadian New Media Awards Company of the Year for 2008, and has been nominated for 21 Gemini Awards for a number of its projects. Mark was also appointed New Brunswick Ambassador. [Back to top] | |||
| Sara Diamond is the President of the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), Canada’s “university of the imagination”. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and degrees in new media theory and practice, social history and communications from the United Kingdom and Canada. President Diamond is currently a member of the Ontario Ministry of Culture’s Minister’s Advisory Council on Arts & Culture, the Board of Directors of the Toronto Arts Council Foundation and of ORANO, Ontario’s high speed network. She is a founding member of CONCERT and the Chair of the OMDC funded Mobile Experience Innovation Centre. Diamond created and was Editor-in-Chief of www.horizonzero.ca, an on-line showcase for new media art and design, in collaboration with Heritage Canada. She provides media consulting to Heritage Canada, SSHRC, CFI, Industry Canada, CHRC and DFAIT, as well as international governments, institutions and agencies as diverse as China, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Finland, Australia, Brazil and the USA. [Back to top] | ||||
| Danny Dowhal has 25 years of experience in information design and new media development. He has architected, designed, and managed the development of hundreds of interactive digital media projects, including web sites, videos, interactive disks and CD-ROMs, touchscreen kiosks, and virtual learning environments. Danny initially studied Industrial Engineering at Ryerson University (née Polytechnic) then worked for several years developing and maintaining software for the Academic Computing department. He ultimately re-entered the student population to earn a degree in Journalism, and also served for a year as editor-in-chief of The Eyeopener, the school newspaper. Afterwards Danny joined IBM's Toronto Software Laboratory, becoming a development manager, planner, and researcher, as well as a digital media and usability guru. His accomplishments there included founding the New Media Lab, coordinating research projects with Ontario universities, and launching an in-house Master’s program. In 1991 Danny co-founded The Learning Edge Corporation with his two brothers, assuming the role of Director, Interactive and Imagineering, as well as Chief Operating Officer. The company develops eLearning and eContent offerings, both for-hire and as independent producers, and has included among its clients the Hockey Hall of Fame, Ontario Science Centre, IBM, TVOntario, Esso, the Toronto Stock Exchange, Celestica, and Seneca College. Danny regularly lectures and presents on a variety of subjects related to eLearning and digital media, and from 1998 to 2003 was the senior instructor in the Webmaster Program at Seneca College, also participating in a number of pilot web-based training programs. For the past two years Danny has served as Chairman of Interactive Ontario’s eLearning Committee. [Back to top] | |||
| Jeffrey Elliott is the founder of GlassBOX Television and creator of its first multiplatform channel BITE TV. As Co-CEO, Jeffrey directly manages BITE TV and all GlassBOX production and content operations, in addition to leading the Company’s commitment to investing and supporting emerging talent, a key driver of GlassBOX’s multi-platform content strategy. Jeffrey is also responsible for all sales and marketing initiatives for the Company. Jeffrey has over twenty-five years of strategic and creative experience in broadcasting, production, Internet, radio and print. His vision for BITE TV, garnered the 2007 International Interactive Emmy for Best Interactive Channel, and the 2006 Canadian New Media Award for Excellence in Cross-Platform. [Back to top] | ||||
| Trevor Fencott has been at the forefront of the interactive industry for over a decade. He is currently President and Head of Content for bitHeads Inc. a connected technology company that creates cutting-edge digital, mobile and social media content through its studio subsidiaries Bedlam and Playbrains. As a co-founder of boutique game publisher, Groove Games and, later as co-founder of transmedia studio, Bedlam, Trevor has been responsible for the release of more than 30 titles accross all major console, digital and social platforms. He serves on the Board of Directors of Interactive Ontario and both the Interactive Industry Advisory Committee and the Screen-Based Industry Advisory Committee of the Ontario Media Develoment Corporation. [Back to top] | |||
 Laura Jo Gunter Dean, Information Arts & Technology Seneca College | Laura Jo Gunter has 15 years in the high technology and entertainment industries. She is currently Seneca College’s Dean of Information Arts & Technology, and is a co-founder and C.E.O of Condition30 Inc., an
interactive software and content company. Ms. Gunter’s previous positions include Vice- President, Creative, Technical and Community for User Friendly Media, Vice-President, Programming, Special Projects and Industry Partnerships for the Vancouver Film School, Executive Director and former Board member of New Media BC, and Director, Applied Sciences
Continuing Education at Simon Fraser University. Ms. Gunter has an MBA from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University. [Back to top] | |||
| Vikas Gupta is the CEO & President of TransGaming Technologies (TSX-V: TNG), a leading developer of software portability for the multi-billion dollar electronic entertainment industry. TransGaming's products allow the rapid deployment of triple A video games content across multiple platforms without the need for traditionally arduous and expensive redevelopment. The company’s clients include some of the largest game developers and publishers in the world ranging from EA, Ubisoft, THQ, Turner Broadcasting, just to name a few. Prior to joining TransGaming, Vikas was the founder and President of InterLogic Systems, a telephony consulting and systems integration firm dedicated to delivering innovative and creative enterprise solutions to Fortune 1000 clients in the areas of Computer Telephony Integration, Interactive Voice Response Systems, and fax processing systems. InterLogic was acquired by Prima Telematic and Vikas served as President of Prima Canada and Executive Vice President of Prima Telematic.
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Lucie Lalumière is the principal of Lalumiere Media and helps organizations achieve their goals with digital media initiatives. A digital media pioneer with over 15 years of experience, Lucie has held a number of strategic positions, including VP & GM, Interactive at Corus Entertainment Television; Executive Director, New Media at Radio-Canada; and General Manager, French Services at Sympatico. An environmentalist at heart, she was also VP Digital Content & Giving (a.k.a. Bring Back the Wild) at Earth Rangers. Lucie sits on the OMDC IDM Industry Advisory Committee. Prior industry involvement include serving on the board of the Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund and chairing the International Multimedia Committee of the Communauté des Télévisions Francophones. Lucie has an MIS degree from Université de Sherbrooke and an MBA from McGill University completed at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Over the years, she has shared numerous awards with her teams. | ||||
 Andrew Lane Director, Digital Engagement Weber Shandwick Canada | Andrew consults on digital and social inline integrations for all corporate and consumer Weber Shandwick clients in Canada while contributing to the larger North American Senior Digital Team. Andrew’s current clients include major Canadian and international brands such as Best Buy, Holiday Inn, Campbell, McDonald's and Energizer to name a few. He provides strategic counsel and works with Weber Shandwick teams in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver to integrate inline thinking into all Weber Shandwick Canada initiatives. In addition, Andrew works with the North American Emerging Media Team with a focus on the mobile and tablet markets helping to develop and implement the firm’s thought leadership position and technical capabilities into everyday operations across the continent. Before joining Weber Shandwick, Andrew worked on numerous international award-winning and critically-acclaimed multi-platform content projects, across traditional and digital media with focuses in sports, entertainment and the arts. His work was consistently recognized for a high level of innovation and a strong focus on delivering the highest quality content to niche audiences while driving business results. Andrew is a featured speaker and thought leader, having presented at many notable Canadian business conferences, notable educational institutions and to top industry organizations. He is also a member of the Interactive Ontario Social Media Committee and maintains a personal blog at nitch.ca | |||
 Mike Mays VP Finance Silicon Knights | Mike is experienced with businesses in rapid growth situations, where
hands on knowledge of capital markets, cash management, and
implementation of internal controls is essential. Prior to joining
Silicon Knights, Mike had over 18 years of professional experience as a
CFO/Vice-President, Corporate Controller and Supervising Senior at KPMG
Boston. Other positions that Mike has held over the years include;
Principal – CTS Partners & VP Finance/CFO – Control Delivery Systems
Inc out of Boston MA. He holds his CMA and attended the University of
Windsor, graduating with Honors in Business Administration (HBA). Mike also belongs to the following professional associations: Society of Management Accountants of Canada as well as AICPA – The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA). | |||
 Spence N. McDonnell Parter, Tax Services PWC LLP | Spence is a tax partner in our Technology, InfoComm and Entertainment practice who has been providing a broad range of tax services to Canadian and international clients. Spence has extensive experience in restructuring financing arrangements, dispositions of business units, U.S. and international expansion, corporate group reorganizations as well as assisting clients manage their tax compliance requirements. Spence has assisted many entertainment and technology clients with cross-border tax planning and assisting with their Film/TV, Interactive, and SR&ED tax credit submissions. [Back to top] | |||
| Alistair Mitchell Vice President, BBM Platform & Integrated Services Research In Motion Ltd. | Building on fifteen years senior experience in digital media, mobile media services, broadcasting and banking sectors, Alistair Mitchell is VP BlackBerry Messenger Platform and Integrated Service at Research In Motion. In this capacity, Mr. Mitchell leads a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, product managers, and operations personnel. His previous role with RIM was as VP Multimedia Integration responsible for the development of music, video and photo software and services. Prior to BlackBerry, Mr. Mitchell co-founded one of North America’s first licensed digital music businesses, Puretracks - a company Mr. Mitchell led through successive years of rapid growth, and ultimately its sale. Recipient of the International Gabriel Award for broadcasting achievement, and a frequent speaker on the digital media sector, Mr. Mitchell holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Music from McGill University. [Back to top] | |||
| Lydia Sani has spent over 20 years in the corporate communications industry since graduating from Concordia University’s Communications Faculty. Her early career featured positions at Du Pont in their internal training group and later at Ogilvy & Mather in their communications division. In 1988 Lydia founded Invisions Productions. Since that time she has guided the company to its current position as one of the pre-eminent players in the Canadian communications industry. She started up Redwood e-Learning Systems in 2003 specifically to address the online learning market. With a sole focus on training, Redwood’s mission is to advance skills through a new level of e-learning by having learners engage with immersive environments and social media. Lydia is on the board of CeLEA, the Canadian e-Learning Enterprise Alliance and IO’s E-Learning Committee. She has presented many papers on soft skills E-learning and other high performance learning initiatives. [Back to top] | ||||
| Michael Schmalz is the president of Digital Extremes Ltd., a London, Ontario based company software developer for Xbox360, Playstation3 and PC. Digital Extremes is a pioneer in the videogame industry having worked on some of industries most popular first person action franchises including BioShock and Unreal. Michael has been responsible for various business development activities including working with government and other game industry leaders to develop programs to help promote the video game industry and helping the company manage its growth and internal transformation to a “next-gen” company. In 2010, Digital Extremes was named as one of the top 10 companies to work for in Canada by the National Post and one of Canada’s top employers for young people by Maclean’s Magazine. | |||
 Gary Schwartz CEO, Impact Mobile Chair, MEF North America | Over the past nine years, Gary has played a leadership role in the mobile industry, founded Impact Mobile in 2002 running the first cross-carrier short code campaign in North America. | |||
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WELCOME INTERACTIVE ONTARIO'S NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS – ELECTIONS TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 26, 2010 AT OUR ANNUAL & SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
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