Board of Directors

		Andrew Bjerring (member-at-large), CANARIE Andrew Bjerring was a founding member of CANARIE’s Board of Directors and was the President and Chief Executive Officer for 15 years. Bjerring has participated in numerous organizations dealing with networking and related applications. He is currently on the boards of the National Research Council’s Institute for Information Technology and Ocean Networks Canada. He is also a member of the advisory panel for the Alberta Science and Research Investments Program. Bjerring spent 18 years as a faculty member, then, a Senior Administrator in Academic Planning and Information Technology Services at the University of Western Ontario. He obtained his BSc and MASc from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto, and his PhD from the University of Western Ontario.
		Dr. Trevor Davis, Mount Royal University Trevor Davis is the Associate Vice-President of Research at Mount Royal University. Trevor's research area is in the Geographic Information Science field - specifically on managing uncertainty in large spatial databases. At Mount Royal Trevor focuses on advancing the cause of MRU-based research, ensuring that the research-role is central to all decision making processes. Trevor also has a strong interest in studying spatial data as a driver in societal change. Trevor's background is in research admin, as a faculty member, and previously, in film and television production.
		Rainer Iraschko, TRLabs Rainer Iraschko holds a PhD from the University of Alberta and a BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. In 1997, Iraschko joined MCI's Network Technology Development group where he investigated the efficiency of MCI's North American transport network. Later, Iraschko moved to Silicon Valley, CA to launch ONI Systems and work as the Senior System and Network Architect for optical transport equipment. He helped ONI grow into a public company with a market capitalization in the billions. In 2001, Iraschko opened an office in Calgary, AB for Network Photonics Inc. Two years later, he started AccessNetware Inc., a broadband access solutions company. In 2004, he joined TELUS as an Optical Networking Strategist for the evolution of TELUS' transport network. Presently, Iraschko is the Vice-President Research of TRLabs, a not-for-profit organization fostering industry growth through ICT innovation.
		Brian Olafson, AICTI Brian Olafson has had an exceptional and broad ranging career in the ICT industry. After graduating from the University of Alberta with a BSc, Brian embarked on a career with IBM, primarily in the areas of sales and marketing. Following, Brian joined ISM Alberta Ltd. as Vice President of Marketing and Sales. During part of this time he was also President of Payment Systems Corporation, which was a payroll and financial services company formed by ISM Alberta and the Government of Alberta. In 1997, he joined TELUS as the Vice-President of Managed Services. In 1999, Brian joined Bell as Vice-President for Western Canada. In 2002, he started as the Vice-President of the SuperNet project and the role of overseeing the successful construction of the Alberta SuperNet. In 2005, Brian retired from Bell Canada and established Brian Olafson and Associates Management Consulting Ltd.
		Seamus O’Shea (Chair), University of Lethbridge Seamus O’Shea is a Professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge. O'Shea's research interests are in computational chemistry, especially in the relationship between the properties of molecules singly and in pairs and those of the corresponding liquids and solids. He has served as the Vice-President (Academic) and Provost of the University of Lethbridge, where he was involved in the development of information technology strategies for the university and its partners in Alberta’s public post-secondary system. O'Shea serves on iCORE's Board of Directors and is Co-Chair of the taskforce implementing ApplyAlberta, the province’s on-line post-secondary application system.
		Jonathan Schaeffer, University of Alberta Jonathan Schaeffer is a Professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta, and is currently the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President for Information Technology. Schaeffer is the iCORE Chair in High Performance Artificial Intelligence Systems. His research in artificial intelligence is best known for his work on computer games. He is the creator of the checkers program Chinook, the first program to win against a human in the World Checkers Championship.
		Peter Singendonk (Vice-Chair), Cisco Systems Canada Peter Singendonk is the Alberta Director for Systems Engineering at Cisco Systems. With over 29 years of industry experience, Singendonk has worked for multinational energy companies, systems integrators and service providers. Joining Cisco in 1997, he has been actively involved as a Field Advisor and a member to numerous projects and committees such as Web 2.0, and Specialist Virtualization and Corporate Citizenship. Outside of Cisco, Singendonk is a board member for Cybera and regularly works with youth groups.
		Brian Unger, University of Calgary Brian Unger is the Executive Director of the Grid Research Centre at the University of Calgary. Unger is also a Special Advisor for the joint Cambodia-Canada project, Informatics for Rural Empowerment and Community Health, and a Co-Principal Investigator for WestGrid. He has served as the founding President and CEO of iCORE, the founding President of Netera Alliance (now Cybera), the founding Chair of C3.ca Inc, and the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Jade Simulations. Unger was named a Canada Pioneer of Computing at an IBM CASCON conference. His list of awards includes the IWAY Public Leadership Award for outstanding contributions to Canada’s information society and the ASTech award for Innovation in Alberta Technology for his research in parallel simulation and distributed computation.
		Robin Winsor, Cybera Inc. Robin Winsor’s passion for scientific innovation, and experience in all aspects of the technology commercialization process uniquely position him to lead Cybera as President and CEO. Winsor brings a strong background of experience in sectors such as medical science, oil and gas, seismic, and geophysics. He invented and developed the world’s first direct digital x-ray system in 1991 and founded Imaging Dynamics to commercialize the technology. From 1995 – 2009 he guided the company from a startup to a public company listed on the Toronto stock exchange with worldwide operations. In 2005, Imaging Dynamics won the Cool Companies Award for being an innovative and exciting place to work. In 2005 and 2006, Winsor’s company was among the top 10 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 fastest growing companies. Winsor is a past winner of the Manning Innovation Award and the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Prior to Winsor’s successes at Imaging Dynamics, he served as Coordinator of Earth Science Systems at Alberta Energy Company (1994 – 1997), and as a Geophysicist for Gulf Canada (1982 – 1994). Winsor holds multiple patents in the field of medical imaging and has authored standards currently in use in the medical, well logging, and seismic industries. He is a member of both the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Winsor holds a degree in Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.