Vice-President, Start and Scale
Communitech
As an influential and energetic community specialist known for inspiring successful national and international relationships, Lisa builds upon over a decade of cross-sector experience helping organizations commercialize across global markets. Lisa is the VP of Start and Scale at Communitech, a Canadian organization based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario that helps technology companies start, grow and succeed. Lisa is also a proud board member at the Accelerator Centre in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Beginning in July 2021, Lisa will also assume the role of Managing Director of Canada's Tech Network, a national network of 28 regional innovation hubs across Canada. You can find her profile on LinkedIn, and an article from Forbes featuring how she runs her peer mentorship network can be found here. She was also listed as one of the top 80 women and non-binary people in Canada to follow.