Bryan Kanarens

Managing Director, IAF
Ontario Centres of Excellence
Moderator: Elevator Pitch

Bryan Kanarens is the Managing Director of the Investment Accelerator fund, with overall responsibility for managing the fund and developing its portfolio of investee companies. Previously, Bryan worked with key stakeholders as Director, Strategic Partnerships within OCE's Centre for Communications and Information Technologies.

Before joining OCE Bryan was Vice President and COO of WSi Interactive Corporation, a Vancouver based, publicly traded technology incubator where he was instrumental in building the company through acquisitions and the creation of new businesses.

At Thomson & Associates Marketing, Bryan headed up a marketing agency focused on the development of marketing and customer loyalty programs for clients that included American Express, Air Canada, HBC, Sears, Imperial Oil and McLean Hunter.

Earlier, he held progressively more senior positions with American Express, relating to responsibilities for corporate planning and marketing, in both Canada and the US.