Directors and Officers


{President - Rus Matichuk}

President - Rus Matichuk

Russel Matichuk is the Chairman of ACTIA. He has had key roles in many other industry initiatives over the years including President of InfoTech (Association that launched Banff Venture Forum), Board of Governors Member for ITAC (a Canadian IT associatio
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{Vice President - Paul Cabaj}

Vice President - Paul Cabaj

A well traveled , balding, father of three, Paul holds a Bachelor of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta Business and is working on a Masters in Leadership focusing on cooperative decision making (trying to balance with fathering three great c
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{Secretary / Treasurer Lorena Forster}

Secretary / Treasurer Lorena Forster

Since 2008, Lorena Forster has worked with TEC Edmonton as the Manager, Strategic Partnerships. She works with provincial and federal partners and collaborators to enhance TEC’s service offerings to new start up and early stage companies, inventors ....
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{Chris Lerohl}

Chris Lerohl

Chris has been working as a business development associate at TEC Edmonton since July 2012. At TEC Edmonton Chris has a focus on supporting entrepreneurs and technology commercialization. His strengths include; identifying market opportunities ......
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{Simon Knight}

Simon Knight

Simon's passion for sustainability has kept him active in area of energy efficiency and small scale renewable for many years. . He has served as the president of the Alberta Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council and was president of the Net Zero En
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{Wes Zaboschuk}

Wes Zaboschuk

Wes Zaboschuk is the Associate Chair in the Marketing program for the JR Shaw School of Business at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Before coming to NAIT, Wes worked as a sales executive for the Canadian operations of many multi-national ...
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{Kris Hodgson}

Kris Hodgson

Kris Hodgson's vision is to see renewable energy development projects initiated across southern Alberta showcasing the great opportunity to harness the power from the sun and wind. Through education, training, economic development initiatives and ....
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{Mark Blackwell}

Mark Blackwell

Mark joined Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVE) as an Advisor within the company’s corporate venture fund in early 2012. Within his role at Cenovus Mark works closely with the existing portfolio companies and internal operations team on assisting with technology tra
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{Paul Paynter}

Paul Paynter

Paul Paynter joined Calgary Economic Development in October 2010 as Business Development Manager, Energy. Paul's role is to develop trade and inward investment opportunities for Calgary companies in the energy sector, including sustainable and ....
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Tatsuyuki Setta

Tatsuyuki Setta, AICP, MCIP, RPP, represents the Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Clean Technology Industry Alliance. His keen interest to apply clean technologies to the field of land use and .....
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{John C. Goetz}

John C. Goetz

John is a partner in the Energy and Commercial Group at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. John has extensive experience advising clients in the energy sector. John co-leads the Cleantech and Emissions Trading practice at FMC and brings his energy and cleantech
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