Max Tremaine

CEO & Co-Founder at Sherpa°

Max Tremaine started his career in Market Research, and he is a proven stats nerd. His passion for mountaineering led him to the intricate world of travel regulations, resulting in the creation of sherpa°, co-founded with Ivan Sharko. As CEO Max's primary objective is to align the sherpa° team with the travel industry, governments, and other relevant parties, creating a frictionless border crossing experience.

Christian Wolters

CMO at TourRadar

Christian Wolters, with over 25 years in sales, marketing, and business development, is the CMO at TourRadar. He has worked with top brands like Harley Davidson, Honda, and Kawasaki, and transitioned into the touring industry with The Intrepid Group, becoming its North American VP of Sales and Marketing. In 2015, he helped establish TourRadar's North American office, focusing on making Organized Adventures more accessible online.

John Boguslawski

Co-Founder at TripStack

John is an accomplished executive with 20+ years experience leading software teams in the Startup, eCommerce & Software Consulting space. John holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Toronto and has a passion for solving challenging engineering problems.

Stuart MacDonald

Venture Advisor of Narrative.Fund

Stuart is a seasoned, successful, entrepreneurial business executive with executive management, marketing, start-up and sales experience in Canada, the USA and Europe. Digitally savvy, practical, connected and fiercely passionate about profitably making customers happy, charting clear business direction and designing great organizations. Specialties: Executive Management, Marketing, Strategy, Startup, Software as a Service, Small Business, Online Travel, Digital, Internet

Janice Sousa

Sales Transformation at Deloitte, and Co-Founder at Indie Travel

Janice loves building companies - both as a former Travel Tech Founder (2X) and as an EIR (Next Canada) and entrepreneurship lecturer at U of T. Janice is constantly tinkering on a new idea or project (current: training few chatbots) and has a super power in connecting early stage entrepreneurs to great investors and talent. More recently, Janice joined Deloitte in a Sales Transformation and Coaching role helping teams develop more human centric sales skills and ecosystems.

Dan Christian

Host of Travel Trends Podcast, Travel Industry Executive & Entrepreneur

Dan is the former Chief Digital Officer at The Travel Corporation, one of the world’s largest and oldest travel brands, Dan was responsible for leading the group’s 40 travel brands – including Trafalgar, Contiki, Insight Vacations, and more – through a massive digital transformation. This transformation was driven by a deep understanding of consumer behavior, wants and needs. Dan also held progressive director-level roles at G Adventures, Points and Lonely Planet, where he was responsible for overseeing marketing, e-commerce and digital products. Prior to his corporate life, Dan was an entrepreneur. He founded a successful startup, and credits its success in part to his ability to tell their story in a way that engaged and excited customers. Today, he’s the the host of the ‘Travel Trends’ podcast, a sought after speaker and a trusted advisor for many startups and companies.

Francois Gouelo

CEO & Co-Founder at Enso Connect

Francois Gouelo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Enso Connect, a dynamic AI-driven guest experience platform for hospitality professionals. Since the foundation in 2019, Enso Connect has scaled to 20,000 homes in 55+ countries, and processed over a million guest profiles, helping operators monetize and digitize the guest experience. Francois is a young tech leader who has been recognized for his innovation, entrepreneurship, and contribution to the short-term rental industry. In 2023 he was recognized as one of the 30 most innovative and inspiring Canadian entrepreneurs of the year by Forbes 30x30 Toronto and Glory Professional 30x30 (formerly known as Bay Street Bull).