Advisory Board

Kimberley Clarke is the founder and strategic force behind KCI Management Inc., a boutique, multi-national events firm operating in Canada and the United States. KCI’s core competency is in event operations with a niche in VIP and C-suite concierge programs. An entrepreneur for nearly two decades, her company employs a team of dynamic individuals across North America, and counts international brands such as Ferrari, Pitney Bowes, First Data and Deloitte among its client roster.

Kimberley sits on the advisory board of Crimson Asset Management, an independent investment firm focused on U.S. small cap investing. She is closely involved with the Maddie Project, a Toronto non-profit dedicated to building awareness for youth mental health and raising funds for treatment facilities. She works extensively as a mentor, advising young people as they launch their careers, and is a past Member of the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of London. Kimberley began her career working in the technology sector.

Kimberley holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Western University, and a diploma in Business Administration from Wilfred Laurier University. When she isn’t traveling, she’s at either the lake or the ski hill with her family or cheering on the London Knights from her rink side seasons ticket seats.

Steven is the founder and President of MessageBank, LLC, an industry leading provider of multimedia technology meeting services to the Financial Services, Investor Relations, and Capital Markets industries catering to global Fortune 500 companies.

He began his career in the conferencing/event meeting services industry by opening the New York office of ConferTech International, Inc., an OEM and service provider based in Colorado which was later acquired by Frontier Communications and then Global Crossing, Inc.  He was a pioneer in the development of conferencing/web-based service applications for the Investor Relations marketplace specific to quarterly earnings events for publicly held companies, crisis communications and annual shareholder meetings. He has extensive experience and expertise in the coordination of shareholder/media communications for both public and private asset management entities.

Prior to founding MessageBank to provide virtual event conferencing services in 2000, Steven was also a founding managing partner of The Castle Group, Inc., a software consulting firm specializing in the implementation of Customer Relationship Management solutions for mid-market companies. He also currently serves on the Board of Advisors of OpenExchange, Inc, a video meeting services collaboration company catering to the world’s largest banking institutions. Steven received an undergraduate degree from Franklin & Marshall College and an MBA from Fordham University.

He is also the proud father of triplet children and lives with his wife Melissa in Bedford, NY.

Griff is well recognized in the advertising community for both his editorial skills and business acumen. Over the course of his twenty plus years in the industry as a commercial editor, he has won countless awards both nationally and internationally, collaborating with agencies and directors on high profile clients that include Bud Light, FedEx, Mars, Visa, Nike, Pepsi and Mars. He is appreciated for his unique style of editorial storytelling and impeccable visual and comedic timing.

Griff is also a well-respected business owner and leader. He has founded three successful editorial companies, bringing together best in class commercial editors to service Canada’s advertising community. Saints Editorial is the culmination of Griff’s many years of experience and is home to Canada’s top editorial talent and the preferred collaborator and destination for top agencies and directors in both Canada and the United States. Not only do they appreciate the craftsmanship of the work, they rave about the Saints’ experience itself and feed off of the enthusiasm of Griff and his team.

When Griff isn’t working, he’s fueling his passion for personal fitness, golf, skiing, music, film, friends and family. He also spends a great deal of time at the rink supporting his son’s hockey team and at the hill cheering on his snowboard racing daughter.

Wally is one of Canada’s leading Energy Technology Venture Capitalists and has been investing in the Energy Technology sector for over 20 years. He is a Managing Partner with EnerTech Capital which has managed over $500 Million in capital through four funds. Wally runs EnerTech’s Canadian operations from Toronto and has raised over $200 Million in capital for the EnerTech Group of Funds since 2003.

Prior to EnerTech, Wally was a Managing Director with RBC Capital Partners where he was responsible for the bank’s Venture Capital fund (Energy Technology and Advanced Technology Fund) which was part of RBC’s Investment Banking Division (RBC Capital Markets $1 Billion dollar investment fund). He has an extensive background in the Venture Capital business including a series of successful IPO’s, M&A and turnaround transactions throughout his 20 year career in the finance business.

In addition to Wally’s extensive finance background, he previously produced and hosted the weekly financial television show “Money Week” which featured over 200 guest interviews from Canadian and U.S. money managers over a 14 year period. He was also involved in politics and sat as a local Councillor in the Town of Milton (three terms) and on the Board of the Ontario College of Pharmacists (Chair of Finance).

Wally was past Chairman of the Banff Venture Forum Cleantech Stream and Chairman of the 2014 Canadian Venture Capital Association conference in Ottawa in May of 2014. He sits on the board of the Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA), Venture Capital Association of Alberta (VCAA), Sustainable Development Technology Canada Governing Board (SDTC) as well as EnerTech portfolio companies FilterBoxx, N-Dimension Solutions, HPC Energy Services, Western Oilfield Equipment Ltd. And Sofdesk. Wally was previously involved on the Board of Distech Controls prior to the sale of the company to Acuity Brands for $318 Million CDN.

Wally is a graduate of The University of Western Ontario and has completed a number of securities-related courses and programs including the Canadian Securities Institute (CSC program) and Canadian Investment Finance (CIF I, II &III).

Jonathan Price was announced as Chief Financial Officer of Q2 Software on September 23, 2024. Prior to this appointment, he was the Head of Emerging Businesses, Corporate & Business Development, having joined the company in February 2018. Q2 is a cloud-based, digital banking company headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Company provides solutions for deposits, money movement, lending, security and fraud prevention to enable financial services firms to deliver a better financial experience to their account holders.

Jonathan Price joined Q2 after a fourteen-year investment banking career, focused on M&A and capital raising in the software space in North America. Prior to Q2, Jonathan led the West Coast software practice for BMO Capital Markets in San Francisco, where he advised Vertical Software and Financial Technology companies. Prior to BMO, Jonathan spent time between Citi and Goldman Sachs. He holds an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.

Outside of the office, Jonathan spends his time with his wife and two young boys and is an avid sports fan, rooting for the Calgary Flames and Jacksonville Jaguars, and golfing as often as he can.

Paul Rivett is the founder of Tevir Capital, a long-term focused, innovative funding firm based in Toronto. 

Mr. Rivett was the former President of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, having began at Fairfax in 2004. He previously served as Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Toronto, a Master’s Degree in Industrial Relations from Queen’s University and a Law Degree from Queen’s University. He is also a Canadian Securities Registered Portfolio Manager. Mr. Rivett resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Art Robinson has been a professional venture capital and private equity investor for 25 years and has participated in over 150 purchase and sale transactions during his career. Art is currently a Managing Director at Longbow Capital Inc., a Calgary-based energy transition fund manager with approximately $1.5 billion of assets under management. As part of his responsibilities at Longbow, Art is the Chairman or Director of several Longbow investment companies.

In addition to Longbow, Art is the Chairman of Orogen Entertainment Inc., a feature film finance and production company based in Los Angeles, CA and Calgary, Alberta.

Art received a Bachelor of Management degree from the University of Lethbridge and a Master of Business Administration from Queen’s University.

Adam Sinclair is Managing Director and Head of the Financial Institutions Group at BMO Capital Markets. In this role, he has responsibility for leading transaction advice and capital raising across all the financial services verticals globally.

Previously, Adam was Co-Head of Global Investment Banking and Canadian Corporate Banking at Scotiabank and prior to that was a Managing Director, Head of FIG Canada & North American Depositories at Barclay’s. Collectively, Adam has more than 23 years of Investment Banking experience.  Adam is part of the Advisory Board of the NHL Coaches Association and the Campaign Cabinet for the Children’s Aid Society.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History at Dalhousie University and an MBA (Finance) from DeGroote School of Business – McMaster University.