Jordan Woolf, CMO

Jordan Woolf, CMO

Jordan Woolf, CMO

Jordan is a marketing veteran with more than a decade of experience. He leads a team of digital marketing and website design experts as Promotions & Strategy Director for Primal Tribe New Media, a company focused on reinventing multi-channel, integrated marketing campaigns and advertising across Canada.

Currently, Jordan is president and founder of Woolf Strategic and sits as an Advisory Board member of several B.C.-based tech companies to apply modern business strategies, technology, and marketing expertise—helping entrepreneurs plan, build, envision and ultimately launch innovative businesses, products, and platforms. Jordan brings a wealth of strategy experience, working to formulate ideas and concepts into strong business models aimed at attracting investors that are seeking innovative venture opportunities.

He graduated from UBC with his Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus on marketing, strategy, and economics, and obtained a Fine Arts diploma from Okanagan College with a focus in Graphic Design.

Jim Mutter, In-House Counsel

Jim Mutter, In-House Counsel

Jim Mutter, In-House Counsel

Jim is the owner and founder of Whiteboard Law, a boutique business law firm that specializes in mergers and acquisitions and venture capital financing, with a focus on emerging technology companies. He formerly served three years as president of the Premier’s Technology Council, where he advised Premier Christy Clark on current and future-facing technology-related issues facing British Columbians.

In 2017, Jim was recognized in Martindale-Hubbell as one of Canada’s top business lawyers, receiving a BV Peer Review rating. During his time at Fasken Martineau, Jim was influential in establishing and running one of Vancouver’s largest corporate technology law practices.

He is a co-founder of AppNeta, a network intelligence software company that has since relocated to Boston, Massachusetts. Additionally, he has sat on the Board of Directors for nine organizations: QHR Technologies Inc., Pacific Carbon Trust, Vecima Networks (currently trading on the TSX), AppNeta, DigiBC, Quantum Works, Focus Foundation of BC, Vancouver Enterprise Forum, and the BC Chamber of Commerce.

A highly sought-after guest speaker and lecturer, Jim has also been a guest instructor for the Professional Legal Training Course for the Law Society of British Columbia and has been a contributing author for prior editions of the BC Company Law Practice Manual.

Brittany Whitmore, PR & Communications

Brittany Whitmore, PR & Communications

Brittany Whitmore, PR & Communications

Brittany is the founder of Exvera Communications, which specializes in PR for organizations in the innovation and technology industries. In 2017, Brittany was named to BC Business Magazine’s Top 30 Under 30.

Brittany was previously communications lead for Procurify, a SaaS software company, taking the company through multiple rounds of venture financing. During her nearly three years with the company, it grew from a small startup to a company with over 50 employees, earning seven-figure annual recurring revenue and serving customers worldwide.

In 2015, Brittany founded TEDxGastownWomen, a conference that aims to empower women and girls by providing a platform for them to share their stories and ideas. A former resident technology panelist on Roundhouse Radio, Brittany can often be seen and heard around Vancouver at numerous other speaking and emcee engagements.

Brittany completed her Bachelor of Business Administration and Marketing Management Diploma (with distinction) from Langara College. She is also a mentor and startup advisor for several initiatives and companies.

Piotr Piasecki, Head of Research & Development

Piotr Piasecki, Head of Research & Development

Piotr Piasecki, Head of Research & Development

Piotr is a leading, world-recognized voice in the blockchain sector as an academic, programmer, advisor, and thought leader. He boasts an extensive programming and software architecture background with a specialty in blockchain and financial technology.

Piotr received the first Bitcoin Foundation grant in 2013 and published a paper on smart contracts in the first blockchain Ledger Journal.

A high-achieving technical university graduate, Piotr holds both a double Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Informatics, along with a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering from the Lodz University of Technology, completing his Master’s thesis on Bitcoin.

Known as “The Piachu” in online circles, he currently moderates several online discussion forums related to Bitcoin and blockchain, as well as the /r/Bitcoin subreddit online forum.

Previous career roles have included Senior Developer at Factom and Chief Scientist at Provable. He prides himself on being an enthusiast of programming and plays both board games and video games in his spare time.

Matthias Kucharska-Huelsmann, Systems Architect

Matthias Kucharska-Huelsmann, Systems Architect

Matthias Kucharska-Huelsmann, Systems Architect

Matthias is an entrepreneurial business strategist with over 10 years of consulting and project management experience and joins iComply as Systems Architect.

He has worked with blue chip companies around the world and has a proven track record of successful project implementations across the banking, automotive, insurance, manufacturing, maintenance, aviation, and cybersecurity—including leading the cybersecurity implementation for the Israeli Military.

With his extensive programming and software architecture background in blockchain and financial technology sectors, Matthias has developed the architecture and programming for cryptocurrency exchanges and has consulted internationally on the subject. Currently, Matthias manages a multinational team of up to 50 developers, involving development programs of nearly a thousand users.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Information Science from the University of Applied Science in Ansbach, Germany, and has co-authored the SAP Press book, “Business Rules Management mit ABAP”.

Matt Masiar, CTO

Matt Masiar, CTO

Matt Masiar, CTO

Matt is a seasoned technical leader that is passionate about building dynamic teams and innovative products. He previously served as Web Team Lead at Plenty of Fish Media, where he was responsible for a number of large-scale technical initiatives. Matt led a team of developers serving a website with billions of daily page views and transactions. He was responsible for crafting a long-term strategy to improve team velocity and reduce bottlenecks in development and Continuous Integration (CI) processes. His current focus is on leveraging machine vision, machine learning and blockchain technology to create cutting edge compliance solutions.

A pioneer of web technology for almost two decades, he started his first company Aoulous Inc. in 1999.  The company went on to develop a number of products in the financial services space, including MorWEB, a web-based mortgage broker origination system, one of the first commercial applications to widely employ a dynamic JavaScript based end-user experience. Matt’s work has won numerous local and international web development awards, including the Webby Award, the Golden Web Award, and the W3 Award.

He has demonstrated expertise in architecting and implementing secure, high-performance, scalable applications. His background spans a unique combination of business strategy and technical realms aligning with his studies of a Double Major in Computer Science and History from the University of Toronto.