Oliver Schmidtke, Director of the Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) at the University of Victoria, joined Cascadia Report to share his story and his valuable insights on challenges and opportunities facing the Pacific Northwest

Greg Waring, VP of Marketing at Kal Tire has over 30 years of senior general management, marketing, and business development experience. A native Canadian, his career began shortly after receiving an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Jill Earthy, CEO of the Women’s Enterprise Centre (WEC) based in Vancouver, BC. Jill recently completed 8 years on the Board of Directors of WEC BC, serving as Board Chair for the past 3 years. Having taken the role of interim CEO in March we spoke to Earthy as the new official CEO of WEC.

Hilary Laney, owner, and CEO at Seattle-based Evia Events is an event technology leader with a real passion for bringing people together. Evia Events is primarily focused on enabling businesses

Steve Peak, CEO of Storyscript based in Seattle, Washington, joined Cascadia Report to talk to us about how technology is changing in response to how humans interact with it. He has been an entrepreneur and engineer for over a decade.

Rick Glumac was elected MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam in 2017, representing communities in Anmore, Belcarra, Coquitlam and Port Moody. He is the Parliamentary Secretary for Technology

Madison Guy, founder of Vancouver-based education platform, GrantMe, joined Cascadia Report for a look at her career so far, and what lies ahead for the company. We talked about the huge strides that GrantMe have made in matching students with scholarships since they started out in 2017.

John Manlove, CEO and Founder of Apex Trading, joined us for a chat about the journey that he has been on in the world of developing business management software for the cannabis industry.