As Senior Director at MaRS Discovery District, Amol Deshpande helped oversee a portfolio of 250+ ventures and launched Canada's first pan-Canadian therapeutics accelerator. He applies systematic review methodology to extract actionable insights from complex experiences and has built communities of practice that connect ventures with growth resources.

Graham Toppin is a recognized expert in Databases, AI, distributed systems. Specializing in developing complex distributed systems and Cloud/IoT technologies.

David Scharbach is the Founder of the Toronto Machine Learning Society (TMLS) and founder of MLOps World, the world’s largest independent event series focused on machine learning and generative AI in production. He leads a global community of 20k+ practitioners, driving peer-curated conferences, workshops, and reports that emphasize real-world deployment, infrastructure, and scaling of AI systems.

Adriel Dean-Hall is a software developer and technology leader with expertise ranging from building large scale distributed cloud systems, search and recommendation products, and machine learning platforms at multiple organizations.