Leadership

He is responsible for the organization’s membership offering, sponsorship portfolio, technology stack, annual conferences and events, and governance. Joshua previously led global expansion and growth at the C100, where he built chapters of global Canadian tech leaders in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London and other international hubs. In his early career, he held roles at the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium, the Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, and at the United Nations ESCAP in Bangkok. Joshua is an alumnus of Queen’s University and Toronto Metropolitan University with degrees in environmental sustainability. He is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Venture for Canada, a Board Member at the Canadian International Council, and Member of the Banff Forum. Joshua is an active angel investor and advisor to startups. He currently lives in Toronto with his partner and their mini Bernedoodle Lois.

Dan previously spent six years as VP of Membership at Embarc Collective, a globally-recognized startup hub in Tampa, Florida. As employee #3, Dan built a community of 125+ startups, 70+ annual programming events, and expert coaching team. Dan is also an Ecosystem Curator at Build In SE, active member of Let's Talk Ops, and startup coach. Before Embarc Collective, Dan led The University of Tampa’s volunteer center and was a founding team member at two (failed) early-stage tech startups. Dan studied business at the University of Tampa, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship and Leadership Studies. Dan is a Massachusetts native who has called Tampa home for nearly 10 years, where he lives with his partner and their senior kitty Pearl.