Speaker Archives

2021 2022 2023 2024

Presented by

Stephanie Hollingshead

CEO, TAP Network

Our Speakers

Stephanie Hollingshead

CEO, TAP Network

Tara Ataya

Chief People & Diversity Officer, Hootsuite

Camille Dundas

Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ByBlacks.com Inc

Sara Cooper

Chief People Officer, Jobber

Bethany Edmunds

Assistant Dean of Computing Programs, Northeastern University

Michelle Clayton

Director, Talent & Organizational Effectiveness, Visier

Miranda Lievers

Co-Founder, Thinkific

Sharon Nyangweso

Founder & CEO, QuakeLab

Ilya Brotzky

CEO, VanHack

Josh Siegal

VP of People at 7shifts

Chris Munroe

Partner, Labour and Employment Lawyer, Roper Greyell

Laurie Murdoch

VP, People & Organization, Sony Picture Entertainment (Imageworks)

Anika Bauman

Graphic Recorder Speaker, Drawing It Out

Patrick Barron

Vice President, Corporate Citizenship & Community Affairs, TELUS

Alex Bouaziz

Co-Founder & CEO, Deel

Dan Box

VP of Strategy, EA SPORTS

Paul Rubenstein

Chief People Officer, Visier

Emily Burgess

Emily Burgess Business Developer, University of Waterloo

Leslie Collin

VP, People & Culture, Unbounce

Tiona Corcoran

VP Immigration and International Recruitment, Global Talent Accelerator

Jennifer Couldrey

Executive Director, Upside Foundation

Mike Desjardins

CEO, ViRTUS

Manpreet Dhillon

CEO, Veza Global

Shauna Grinke

Head of People and Culture, Lush Handmade Cosmetics

Elaine Grotefeld

Partner, Cleantech and Tech, Odgers Berndtson

Kristina Irvine

Director, Talent Acquistion, SkipTheDishes

William Johnson

Founder & Editor, Vancouver Tech Journal

Sona Khosla

Chief Impact Officer, Benevity

Tammy Kim-Newman

Business Developer, University of Waterloo

Adam Kirsh

AVP of Commercial Sales, Canada, Salesforce

Katie Koleszar

Manager, People Business Partnerships, Clio

Véronique Lecault

Chief Operating Officer, AbCellera

Mike Leon

President & Founding Partner, Brand Heroes Inc.

Shavonne Hasfal-McIntosh

(she/her)

Diversity & Belonging Senior Lead , Shopify

Trisha Neogi

Consultant, Bright + Early

Ceri Rees

VP, People & Culture, Domain7

Vanessa Ribreau

VP of Human Resources & Internal Solutions, AlayaCare

Himanshu Singh

Performance Coach, Paycor

Libby Stewart

Director of Customer Success & Professional Services, Paycor

Shawna Stewart

VP of People & Operations, PostBeyond

Eric Termuende

Co-Founder of NoW of Work, author of the bestselling book Rethink Work, and global keynote speaker, NoW of Work

Carleen A. Thomas

Special Projects Manager, Treaty Lands & Resourcs Dept. Tsleil-Waututh Nation

Natalie Toman

Health Promotions Lead, ParticipACTION

Lisa Zombor

(she/her)

Director of People & Culture, Certn

Priya Verma

Senior Account Manager, Google Canada

Our 2022 Chair

Laurie Murdoch

she/her

VP, People & Organization, Sony Picture Entertainment (Imageworks)

Hosted by

Stephanie Hollingshead

she/her

CEO, TAP Network

Our Speakers

Amanda Cennon

she/her

Global Head, Future of Work and Employee Experience, Electronic Arts

Janeen Speer

she/her

Chief People Officer, Benevity

Teresa R. Kobayashi-Tabo

she/her

Senior Director, People Partners, Hootsuite

Vanessa Judelman

she/her

President, Mosaic People Development

Sharon Nyangweso

she/her

Founder & CEO, QuakeLab

Shirley Andriesh

she/her

Head of HR Exports and Expansions, Amazon

Clayton Bergquist

he/him

Program Manager, SFU Beedie Mentors in Business

David Bolton

he/him

Market Director, Robert Half

Kristin Bower

she/her

EDI Consultant and Partner

Ilya Brotzky

he/him

CEO, VanHack

Debby Carreau

she/her

CEO & Founder, Inspired HR Ltd

Jeanne-Marie Owens

she/her

Advisor & former COO, Phoenix Labs

Lorie Corcuera

she/her

Head of HR, North America West, DNEG

Julie DeBuhr

she/her

Senior HR Director, 1Password

Arlin Dueck

he/him

Executive Director, Talent, Harvest Builders

Tia Fomenoff

she/her

Sr. Director People and Culture, Thinkific

Candace Giesbrecht

she/her

Director, Remote Performance Academy, Teamit

Dan Jacob

he/him

Head of Partnerships & Corporate Development, The Knowledge Society

Tessa Lane

she/her

Talent Solutions Executive, WithYouWithMe

Pam Lee

she/her

Director, Human Resources, Blackbird Interactive

Camila Louzada

she/her

Director, Talent Infostrux Solutions

Natalie Martin

she/her

Vice President, Talk Shop

Chris Munroe

he/him

Partner, Labour and Employment Lawyer, Roper Greyell

Lidia Pawlikowski

she/her

Associate Vice President, Health Consulting, HUB International

Helen Sheridan

she/her

Chief Human Resources Officer, STEMCELL Technologies

Debbie Pearmain

she/her

Principal, One Stop HR

Doug van Spronsen

he/him

CEO & Co-founder, Versett

Darryl Stickel

he/him

Founder, Trust Unlimited

Matt Stokes

he/him

Innovator, The Knowledge Society

Jessie Sutherland

she/her

Director, Intercultural Strategies

Paul Rubenstein

he/him

Chief People Officer, Visier

Manu Varma

he/him

Head of People & Culture, SWTCH Energy

Michael Weeks

he/him

Head of HR, Canada (Consumer), Amazon

Janet Young

she/her

Director, Well-being & Health Services, People & Culture at TELUS

2023 CONFERENCE MC

Tara Ataya

she/her

Chief People & Diversity Officer, Hootsuite

"Welcome to TTN! I’m thrilled to be chairing the most exciting conference on the tech talent scene this year! This conference is focused on the remarkable tech talent we have in Canada and welcomes industry people professionals who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the talent landscape as well as cutting edge trends, opportunities to network and industry stewardship insights. Looking forward to seeing you there!"

-Tara

Hosted by

Stephanie Hollingshead

she/her

CEO, TAP Network

Our Speakers

More speakers added regularly

Ingrid Gailler

she/her

Vice-President, Benefits Consulting - National Accounts at HUB International

Lindsay Chan

she/her

VP, Corporate Communications, Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Camille Dundas

she/her

Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ByBlacks.com Inc

Faizal Mitha

he/him

Chief Innovation Officer, HUB International

Bethany Edmunds

she/her

Assistant Dean of Computing Programs, Northeastern University

David Allison

he/him

Human values expert. Speaker. 2 x best-selling author. Founder of Valuegraphics

Lewisa Anciano

she/her

Talent & Organizational Transformation Consultant, Former Vice President Global Human Resources, PayByPhone

Sezzy Beasley

she/her

Director HR Business Partner, North America (Sr. HRBP), TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of Tencent Games

Stephanie Bergman

she/her

Senior Consultant (HR/DEI), Team Lead, Bright + Early

Sean Burke

he/him

Founder & CEO, CheckingIn

Michelle Clayton

she/her

Director, Talent & Organizational Effectiveness, Visier

Dr. Jarik Conrad

he/him

VP of Human Insights Team, UKG | Executive Director, Workforce Institute

Catherine Dahl

Former CEO, Beanworks (Acquired by Quadient)

Diandra Forde

she/her

Head of People

Nikki Gore

she/her

Director, Business Development & Marketing, Auticon Canada

Lars Herwig

he/him

Director, Legal, Hootsuite

Shawn Hewat

she/her

CEO & Co-Founder, Wavy

Teresa R. Kobayashi-Tabo

she/her

Senior Director, People Partners, Hootsuite

Tanvi Krishna

she/her

Associate Director, Technology & Creative, Robert Half

Carrie Lamb

she/her

Lead Indigenous Recruitment & Retention, Fraser Health Authority

Miranda Lievers

she/her

Co-Founder, Thinkific

Swapna Malekar

she/her

Principal Product Lead, Microsoft

Sandy Manj

she/her

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Manager, Bench Accounting

Gavin Marshall

he/him

Partner, Roper Greyell

Joshua Nilson

he/him

Co-Founder, GM & former CEO, East Side Games

Simone Riml

she/her

Chief Wellbeing Officer, Somair

Char Stark

she/her

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Beacon HR

Alison Tedford Seaweed

she/her

Indigenous Relations & Communications Consultant

Katie Stevens

she/her

Managing Partner, Talk Shop

Noah Warder

he/him

Founder & Principal Consultant, PeopleOps Consulting

2024 CONFERENCE MC

Janeen Speer

she/her

Chief People Officer, Benevity

Hosted by

Stephanie Hollingshead

she/her

CEO, TAP Network

Our Speakers

More speakers added regularly

Ingrid Gailler

she/her

Vice-President, Benefits Consulting - National Accounts at HUB International

Sonja Baikogli-Foley

she/her

Co-Founder, Maturn

Simran Bahia

People Business Partner, Klue

Anna Baird

she/her

Special Programs and Executive Engagements, Google

Chandler Bartsch

she/her

People & Culture Business Partner, PayByPhone

Phyllis Bowman

Sr. HR Business Partner, Microsoft

Paulina Cameron

she/her

COO, Flytographer

Amanda Cennon

she/her

Global Head, Future of Work and Employee Experience, Electronic Arts

Rolanda Chen

she/her

People & Culture Leader, TAP Network

Tess Collard

she/her

Co-Founder, Chapter Two Meditation

Lino Coria

he/him

Associate Teaching Professor, Northeastern University

Alanna Dare Gammage

she/her

People & Culture Business Partner, Reimagine Work

Julie Develin

she/her

Sr. Partner, HCM Advisory & Human Insights, UKG

Phil Di Loreto

Director of People Operations, Jane App

Claudia Ivanova

she/her

Head of Human Resources, FISPAN

Balbina Knight

VP, People & Culture, Thrive

Shona McGlashan

she/they

Principal, McGlashan Consulting Inc.

Caitlin Murphy

she/her

Senior Manager, People & Culture, Elastic Path

Jen Murtagh

she/her

Co-Founder, Maturn

Amanda Nagy

she/her

Global Total Rewards & Benefits Manager, Tailscale

Amanda Mallow

she/her

EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, Sophos

Jarvis Sam

he/him

Founder & CEO of Rainbow Disruption, Former Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer for Nike

Jen Singhal

she/her

Principal, Jennifer Singhal Consulting

Janeen Speer

she/her

Chief People Officer, Benevity

Robert St-Jacques

he/him

VP of HR, University of the People

Holly Stone

she/her

HR Director, Tentree

Michael Timms

he/him

Leadership Author, Speaker and Consultant

Kelsy Trigg

she/her

Global Head HR Advisors, SAP

Amreeta Wadhwa

she/her

Director of People & Culture, Greenlight Innovation