Executive Team
Don Tapscott
Chairman
Don Tapscott
Chairman
Don is a recognized world leading authority on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology on business and government. He is the author of 15 books, available in all major languages including the bestsellers - Paradigm Shift, The Digital Economy and Wikinomics. His most recent book (May 2016): The Blockchain Revolution: How the Underlying Technology of Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World: explores the fundamental way this new protocol will transform business in the second Era of the Internet. The book quickly rose to the top of the bestseller lists at the New York Times and Amazon. Don is a sought after advisor by Fortune 100 Industry and Governments across the world and has deep networked connections throughout the world economy.
William Tapscott
Chief Executive Officer
William Tapscott
Founder and CEO
Bill has founded, co-founded and led a number of successful technology start-up companies in Toronto over the past 25 years, including: IntelliOne, a world leading method of processing mobile phone data to generate bulk geo-location and traffic information; Maptuit, a navigation and optimization software company in Transportation Logistics; and, Mountain Lake Software, a custom software development company with a strong financial services practice. These companies became acquisition targets of larger organizations for their strategic value. Bill is an Advisory Board Member of Jonah Group, a 120-person software services company with clients in financial services, US Healthcare and emerging blockchain enabled biz models. Bill has a long standing interest in Cleantech and until recently was on the Investment Committee of The Atmospheric Fund.
Sharon Solomon
VP Projects
Sharon Solomon
VP Projects
Sharon is an accomplished Project Consultant with a history of contributing to a client's success through project delivery and Executive Search in Financial Services, Information Technology and Cleantech Industries in Canada, the US, and the UK. An early advocate for sustainable development, Sharon assisted The World Watch Institute, an environmental think tank based in Washington D.C. in developing a research program (The New Economy Council) and secured the founding financial partner from industry for its inception. Earlier she has helped companies build high profile Boards and find ‘C’ level individuals across a broad corporate spectrum for sustainable energy companies through the UK and Asia. For Investment Banks she has carried out numerous executive recruiting projects for positions in Systems Architecture and Development, Trading and Cyber Security. Her network of contacts covers the world's leading figures in Finance and Cleantech.