Martha Amoako is a researcher and development policy analyst with expertise in public health and sustainable development in Africa. Her areas of expertise include global health governance, agriculture (food security), extractives (mining) and sustainable development. Martha has also worked as Assistant Director at Ga West Municipal Assembly, a sub-national administrative institution in Greater Accra, Ghana. She has worked at the Africa Bureau in the United Nation High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva, Switzerland in 2013. She holds two Masters: MSc. International Development Studies and Master of Engineer (ING) Landscape Engineering with major in Land and Water Management from Mendel University and Czech University of Life Sciencesrespectively in Czech Republic. She is currently pursuing her PhD researching the relationship between mining and agriculture in Ghana.

Maayan served five years as an officer in the Israeli Airforce (IAF) operations headquarters. She was in charge of ongoing missions and operations in the Surveillance and Reconnaissance division. Following her service in the military she spent four years as the Deputy US Director at the Industrial Cooperation Authority for the Government of Israel in New York City.

She brings her integrity, extensive knowledge, and experience in defense and offset to OMX for global expansion.

When not involved with defense and offset, she enjoys marathon training and is passionate about nutritional science. This passion also led her to get a Masters degree in Nutrition and Food Science.

Jon graduated from Queen's University with a degree in Political Studies and then went on to earn his Master's Degree in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada.

He began his career at RIGHTSLEEVE Marketing and in 2012 Jon became the Director of Client Services for commonsku Inc, a SAAS application born out of RIGHTSLEEVE's internal software. Jon has been instrumental in commonsku's growth, leading all client training/ onboarding and helping the platform grow to one of the largest online marketing marketplaces with over $100 million in transactions in it's first three years. He's passionate about creating great experiences for his clients and ensuring their success.

He is an active member of the Atlantic Council (NATO) of Canada and outside of work enjoys skiing, running and mountain biking.

Tom joined OMX as Director of Business Development to lead the business development team and expand OMX in the fast evolving world of CSR and ESG reporting. Tom has over 20 years of experience in capital markets including institutional equities, asset management, a long short equity hedge fund, and mutual fund data analytics. Tom also serves as a Paratrooper in the Canadian Armed Forces and is a long-serving member with the Queens Own Rifles of Canada. He has served on the board of the Ontario Crafts Council and volunteers at Sunnybrook Veterans Hospital. Tom enjoys crossfit and running but is usually too injured to participate.

Katherine has been with OMX since 2013 and is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. Katherine brings experience in sales, marketing, and Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) policy and Value Proposition strategy. In her role, Katherine is responsible for working with OMX clients to maximize their use of the platform as well as assessing the socio-economic impacts of organizations and programs.

Katherine graduated from Queen's University with a degree in Political Studies and is fascinated by global affairs and the role of business around the world. In her spare time, Katherine's interests include travelling, arts, running and triathlon.

Megha brings 7 years of experience in Sales and Business Operations. She has contributed towards client enrichment and revenue for many start ups and was last associated with SAP Ariba as Sales and Operations Manager.

She is obsessed with dogs and likes to cook and read. Being new to Toronto, Megha can generally be found exploring new places and restaurants.

Tay holds an Honours Joint Major B.Sc. from Trent University, Peterborough, where she spent several years working for the Ministry of Natural Resources- Natural Heritage Information Centre. Her interest in data gathering, verification & organization lead her tostudies in accounting, and she is currently a candidate for certification through the Canadian Institute of Bookkeeping & Durham College.

For the past 10 years, Tay has helped her clients get their finances in order, offering full cycle bookkeeping, audit & report preparation, and administrative support. In the accounting department at OMX, she provides keen oversight and organization to track company details, and supports employees & customers alike, in financial transactions with OMX.

She is also the bookkeeper & administrator for SODA (Southern Ontario Defence Association), a regional association for defence and security-related companies. Having grown up abroad,at the NATO Airbase at Lahr, Germany, Tay has been keen to learn more about the defence industry through her work with OMX & SODA.

When she is not busy with her clients or her family, Tay enjoys time at the gym, or working outdoors on her rural property.

Fernando Kreigne is a senior full stack software engineer who started his career working for big advertising agencies and bringing high interactive and innovative digital projects to life for clients around the world like Coca-Cola, Nike, Fiat and Heineken. Later on he worked for some of the most important startups from Brazil building complex digital products and systems from scratch, doing infra-structure, back-end and front-end development and as a tech lead.

He is experienced in a lot of different systems and programming languages and he joined OMX in 2019 to help the team with his more than 15 years of experience in software development and his knowledge of product development lifecycle.

While not working or studying he likes to play with his kids, read anything, listen to music and gaming. He speaks English and Portuguese and has good grasp on Spanish too. He is also interested in technology, science and business.

Ramses Lopez is a software engineer with over 12 years of experience. Graduated as a Systems Engineer at Universidad Metropolitana, one of the top universities in Venezuela, and he had the opportunity to led several software teams while working for very exciting projects for CANTV, the largest telecom in Venezuela, and for several of the biggest banks in the country.

He has worked on a wide range of projects in his career, from doing complex integrations between systems, developing web solutions for different types of businesses, to creating internal tools to help the team automate repetitive tasks.

He speaks english, spanish and currently learning french, HIs interests include reading about almost everything, science and sports, specially swimming & running. He has participated on three half-marathons so far, and he's looking forward for the next one on Toronto!

Godfrey graduated from Rotman Commerce at the University of Toronto with a BComm in Management. Since graduating, he has gained extensive experience in the Information Technology industry in functions including sales, recruiting and operations. With this passion for startups and the technology sector, Godfrey has co-created a digital space to share experiences and best practices, and is host of a podcast series featuring young, upcoming entrepreneurs.

In his spare time, Godfrey enjoys playing rugby, and is currently the first team Flanker for the Toronto Buccaneers Rugby Club (Go Bucs!). On a weekend morning, he can often be found cheering on his beloved Manchester United, or tuning into the latest news in politics, economics, and global affairs.

Timothy Quinn is a senior technology leader with over 15 years of hands-on experience in interactive and media. Tim brings to OMX a strong portfolio of project management and technical implementation aptitudes with particular emphasis on growing small companies into market leaders through innovative product development, strategic technical planning and process re-engineering.

Tim is an accomplished author and instructor who has taught at NYU and CUNY and has presented at such industry conferences as Screens 2011 (Toronto: 2011), the DMAs (San Francisco: 2010), IMC (Vancouver: 2010), Digiday:Apps (New York: 2010) and FITC (Toronto: 2010). Tim is currently a pro bono advisor for The Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention and the Canadian Executive Service Organization.

I am Anu and I hold a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering with more than 13yrs of exp in Software Quality Assurance and Testing. I have experience in working in the USA and Canada with startups as well as working for government projects with enterprise clients like HPE. I take pride in delivery a zero-defect product and client support.

I love to make and decorate cakes. I keep trying different recipes for cakes and actively try to develop new cake designs. I am huge dog lover. In my free time, I love to spend time with my family and play tennis and basketball.

Mandeep brings over 15 years of progressive financial and operational experience primarily within small to medium private businesses within the tech sector. Prior to joining the team, Mandeep served as the SVP, Finance and Operations at Virgin Gaming. During his tenure the company raised significant amounts of financing, grew from 10 to 60 employees, and signed landmark deals with industry leaders. Mandeep has also served as the CFO at Hostopia where he was responsible for restructuring the company's Finance operations and contributing to the acquisition and integration of numerous entities, ultimately resulting in the company doubling its revenue over a 2-year period. Mandeep has also held management positions at Genesis Microchip and Ernst & Young during his career.

Mandeep graduated from McMaster University with an Honors, Bachelor of Commerce and obtained his Chartered Accountants designation while working at Ernst & Young.

Nicole graduated from The University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business, and went on to work for Big Media Group out of Belgium. In this role, she provided PR and brand consulting to governments looking to target foreign investment.

In 2008, she founded a manufacturing business which serviced the Canadian and US defense industries. Nicole later joined Canadian based GMA Corp. as Director of Sales and Marketing, and grew the business in the international defense markets, joining GOCA and leveraging offsets internationally. She is also the Founder of the Southern Ontario Defence Association, and she remains the President of this Association. In 2010, she took on the CEO role at GMA and lead the sale of GMA to a private equity firm soon after.

She founded OMX in December 2011, with the intent to assist Canadian companies in leveraging government procurements and secure contracts, growing their businesses into high tech and international supply chains - with maximum benefit to the economy. She is passionate about reading, travel, international aid, skiing and running. She speaks English, French and Spanish.

Stephen Yeboah has lived and grew up in Obuasi, which is Ghana's oldest mining operation. He has extensive experience in strategic research and policy analysis in Africa’s extractive sector, agriculture, energy, climate and was a Research Fellow at the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a non-profit chaired by the late former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Stephen has also worked as a research consultant at the African Natural Resources Center of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Stephen has published more than 100 articles and papers on natural resources governance and sustainable development in Africa. Stephen holds a Master in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland. He had his undergraduate education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He is currently undertaking a doctoral study at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, researching on the politics, institutions of mining and the outcomes on Ghana's development.

Mark Nashman is an experienced and successful entrepreneur in the information technology space. Mark co-founded Clarity Systems in 1995 with a vision to improve the processes surrounding the Office of Finance. With over 400 employees and offices around the globe, Clarity Systems became a leader in the Corporate Performance Management arena. In 2010, IBM acquired Clarity Systems.

Mark is currently an active member of the venture capital community – providing funding and guidance to early stage ventures. Mark is also an Advisor at MaRS, an innovation centre located in Toronto, helping companies move forward with their business plans.

Mark holds an MBA and an HBSc, both from the University of Western Ontario.

For over 20 years, Rob Segal has been a leading North American marketing and communications specialist working with some of the world's biggest and most respected brands.

Segal founded his own agency, Segal Communications, in 1995. In 1996, Segal launched the original PlayStation and would go on to oversee and execute all of PlayStation's Canadian marketing for the next 12 years.

During this time, Segal Communications grew into one of the largest experiential, creative & promotional agencies in Canada. Clients included: Sony, Ford, Facebook, Marvel, HP, Dreamworks, Axe, Degree, Party Poker, TD Bank, 20th Century Fox and Virgin.

Segal Communications was acquired in 2000 by Interpublic.

In 2006, Segal partnered with Facebook, opening their first office outside Palo Alto exclusively representing Facebook in Canada until 2009.

Segal left the agency at the end of 2009 and became CEO of WorldGaming. WorldGaming was an early pioneer in the exciting world of eSports. WorldGaming was acquired by Cineplex in September 2015.

In April 2016, Segal became CEO of Avid Life Media (since rebranded to ruby) one of the world's largest online dating companies - best known for its revolutionary brands: Ashley Madison, CougarLife and Established Men.

Segal is an avid skier, surfer, musician and board member of OMX and Autism Speaks Canada.

Dave Stapley joins the OMX Board of Directors with over 35 years of extensive experience in the defence industry in Canada and globally. Some highlights from his career include being responsible for international defence related sales support, export controls and bilateral research, development and production cooperation at the Department of National Defence (DND), serving as the Vice President of Government Relations, Chief of Staff to the CEO and VP International Business Development and Government Relations at SPAR Aerospace and finally the President of the SPAR Defence Division.

He then joined DRS Technologies as the Group President responsible for operational performance in Canada, the UK, California, Philadelphia and New Jersey and moved up to Corporate SVP, International Business Development and Government Relations at DRS until he recently retired in 2013. Dave has experience in management, including both operational and corporate/ executive level, business development and marketing, government procurement policy and practices in Canada, the US, UK, Middle East, Australia and South-East Asia, global inter/intra company re-structuring and integration. He has served in numerous capacities such as: Board of Governors, Algonquin College, Vice- Chairman and Chairman Canadian Defence and Security Industry Association, Board of Directors, Canadian Commercial Corporation, Board of Directors, Lanark County Telecommunications Institute, NATO Industrial Advisory Group. Dave is passionate about small business and technology in Canada.