Daniel O’Brien

The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

University Technologies International, Inc. offers commercialization services. It offers programs such as 321 sales academy, startup primer, and accelerator programs. The firm’s services include CEO roundtable, venture mentoring service of Alberta, intellectual property management, and funding support. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Part of Advanced Medical Technology Association, AdvaMed Accel operates as a medical technology association. The company is based in Washington. The CEO of the American company is Mark A. Augusti.

ZyVersa Therapeutics Operating, Inc. operates as a specialty pharmaceutical company, which develops and commercializes prescription pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on developing products for the treatment of men?s health, as well as for other markets where current therapies are suboptimal and underdeveloped. It offers VAR 100, an oral formulation of native testosterone to treat male hypogonadism; and VAR 200 that minimizes and prevents kidney cell damage, and improves focal segmental glomerulosclerosis prognosis. The company was founded by Stephen C. Glover and Shawn M. Titcomb in 2014 and is headquartered in Weston, FL.

Kalgene Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and focuses on personalized cancer diagnostics and drugs. It offers drugs for epithelial and thyroid cancers. The firm's oncology programs are aimed at improving clinical and survival outcomes through the use of personalized medicine, with a particular focus on bladder, epithelial and thyroid cancers. It serves the biopharmaceutical, research and development and health industries. The company is headquartered in Kingston, Canada.

Valo Therapeutics Oy is an immunotherapy company based in Helsinki, FI. The Finnish company is focused on developing innovative immunotherapy approaches against cancer and infectious disease. Valo Therapeutics's lead platform, PeptiCRAd, was developed out of the laboratory of Professor Vincenzo Cerullo at the University of Helsinki. The company is also developing PeptiEnv and PeptiVax, among other neoantigen strategies, in collaboration with Professor Cerullo. The company's PeptiChip technology enables the rapid and accurate identification of tumor antigens. Valo Therapeutics is also developing antigen-coated oncolytic viruses as anti-cancer therapeutic vaccines. The company was founded in 2016, and Paul Grant Higham has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Pacira Cryotech, Inc. develops novel technologies for treatment of peripheral nerves. Its iovera treatment harnesses the power of cold with the Focused Cold Therapy delivery system and delivers immediate results for both therapeutic and aesthetic applications. The firm’s iovera treatment does not use toxins, chemicals, or pharmaceuticals to achieve results and leaves nothing behind in the body. The company was founded by Lisa Elkins in 2005 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

OptiScan Biomedical Corp. develops and provides continuous monitoring systems for hospital intensive care units. The company offers OptiScanner 5000, a bedside blood monitoring platform that provides plasma-based, automated monitoring of patients’ glucose levels without the need for calibration, as well as uses a disposable cartridge containing the fluid pathway for sampling, storing, processing, and analyzing blood. The company was founded by James R. Braig and Daniel S. Goldberger in 1994 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Xcath, Inc. provides health care services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PhotoniCare, Inc. develops diagnostic tools. It offers ear imaging tool that uses light-based technology to see through the eardrum. The firm's product ClearView, the first product on the platform through which physicians manages middle ear infections. The company was founded by Ryan M. Nolan, Ryan L. Shelton and Stephen A. Boppart in 2013 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Covidien LP manufactures and distributes medical devices. Its products include disposable medical supplies, monitoring equipment, innovative wound closure products, advanced surgical devices, medical instruments and bulk analgesic pharmaceuticals. The company is headquartered in Mansfield, MA.

NanoLumens, Inc. creates visual display platforms. It offers NanoSlim, NanoSlim Engage, NanoCurve, NanoWrap and NanoClear platforms. The firm serves LED displays for broadcast, casino, conventions/hospitality, educational institutions, retail, sports avenues and airports. The company was founded by Richard Cope in 2006 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

NanoLumens Ltd. provides light emitting diode visualization solutions. Its products include performance, engage and nixel series. It markets to the transportation, gaming and casinos, sports and arenas, higher education, retail houses of worship and corporate campuses industries. The company was founded by Richard Cope in 2006 and is headquartered in Peachtree Corners, GA.

Origin Merchant Partners operates as an investment bank. It provides value added corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and merchant banking services. The firm serves the agriculture, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, industrials, media, mining, oil and gas, power and utilities, real estate, technology, telecommunications and transportation industries. The company was founded by W. Glenn Shyba in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Astellas Pharma Canada, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company. It offers immunology, anti infective, cardiology, oncology and research and development products. The company is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

CANHaul International Corp. provides connectivity and visibility space solutions. Its Trakopolis platform is enterprise-centric and provides configurable functionality and location based connectivity to companies with remote and mobile assets. The company was founded in 2007 by Brent Moore and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

HorizonOne Asset Management, Inc. provides investment advisory services. It manages a series of energy equity funds on behalf of accredited investors (primarily high net worth individuals and family offices) emphasizing western Canada oil and gas producers with leading resource plays. The firm also arranges and manages select private placement financings and strategic advisory assignments which included BlackSquare, an emerging leader in Ecommerce/DTC technology for the wine/alcohol beverage industry. The company was founded by James Mahoney and Paul G. Cataford and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Creative Kids Museum operates as a children's hands-on museum. It focuses on hands-on explorations of music, theater and visual arts. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Telus World of Science operates as a science and technology centre to strengthen people, families, and communities. It offers facility rentals, purple pear, birthday parties, science camps, camp information, sleepover programs and adult astronomy classes. The company is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Summerhill Venture Partners Inc (Summerhill Venture Prtnrs) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

Zephyr Sleep Technologies, Inc. operates as a product development company that researches, designs, develops, manufactures and distributes scientifically-validated medical devices focused on the diagnosis and treatment of certain sleep disorders. Its products are used by sleep labs, technicians, physicians, dentists, and leading-edge sleep researchers. The company was founded by Paul Cataford, Sabina Bruehlmann, and John Remmers in 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Part of Kubota Corp., Hemisphere GPS LLC is a Canadian company that manufactures and distributes positioning system products. The company is based in Calgary, Canada.

Defence Construction Canada provides construction services. It offers contracting, construction contract management, and related infrastructure services to the department of National Defense. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Ottawa, ON

Novariant, Inc. provides pre-eminent precision steering solutions. It offers precision steering and controls, positioning and vision sensors, human machine interface, communications, software data services and vehicle interface. The company was founded by Glen Sapilewski, Clark E. Cohen, Avi Gross, Lars G. Leckie, Kurt Zimmerman, Dave Lawrence, Gregory Gutt, Michael Eglington, Stewart Cobb, Tom Bell, Paul Montgomery and Michael O'Connor in 1994 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Sunovion CNS Development Canada Ulc develops pharmaceuticals products. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Espresso Capital Partners offers financial solutions and services. It provides Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED) and digital media financing services. The company was founded by Greg Smith in 2009 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.