Vikas Gupta
Prior to joining TransGaming, Vikas was the founder and President of InterLogic Systems, a telephony consulting and systems integration firm dedicated to delivering innovative and creative enterprise solutions to Fortune 1000 clients in the areas of Computer Telephony Integration, Interactive Voice Response Systems, and fax processing systems. Under his leadership InterLogic grew to include offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal with a prestigious North American wide client base. In 1998, InterLogic was acquired by Prima Telematic and Vikas served as President of Prima Canada and Executive Vice President of Prima Telematic. During Vikas' tenure, he expanded the client base and doubled company revenues.
Vikas is a frequent speaker and lecturer at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Business and Ryerson University's Business and Technology program and also advises a number of start-up enterprises. He has served as Chairperson of a not-for-profit corporation where he advised on educational policies and youth program development. Vikas is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, Ontario.
Gavriel State
As Founder and CTO of TransGaming, Gavriel (Gav) brings exceptional technical expertise in the areas of portability technologies and significant engineering management experience. Prior to founding TransGaming, Gav founded and led Corel's Linux Applications Development team, and later served as its Software Architect. Gav was also responsible for Corel's use of the Open Source Wine project as a solution for moving Windows applications such as WordPerfect Office 2000 and CorelDRAW to Linux. Prior to his involvement with Linux, Gav led the CorelDRAW for Macintosh development team. In addition to portability technology and graphics, he has also worked on development tools at both Microsoft and Metrowerks, as well as on network distributed virtual reality systems at the University of Waterloo.
Leo Lax, Chairman
Mr. Lax co-founded Skypoint Capital Corporation in 1998. He has been the company’s CEO since its inception. Prior to launching Skypoint, Mr. Lax established and managed Newbridge Network Corporation’s Affiliates Program. Prior to Newbridge, Mr. Lax worked as a line manager and executive in R&D, marketing and sales, and business development, including nine years at Mitel Corporation, where he became Assistant Vice-President responsible for emerging businesses.
Leo holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from McGill University and a Master’s of Engineering from Royal Military College. He is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario and a previous member of the board of directors of the Canadian Venture Capital Association.
Damian Cristiani
Damian was President of Jack of all Games Canada Inc, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed US company. Take-Two Interactive is involved in the publishing, development and worldwide distribution of interactive entertainment software and video games. Prior to Jack of all Games, Damian was one of the founding partners of Triad Distributors. Triad, currently known as Jack of all Games Canada, was established in 1993 and became a successful software distribution company through sales to all of the major retailers in Canada. In 1995, Damian founded Global Star Software, a company that specialized in publishing software. In 1999 both companies were sold to Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. and Damian continued to oversee the growth of both companies, including serving as President of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. in Canada up to 2004.
Anthony DeCristofaro
Anthony DeCristofaro is President and Chief Executive Officer of iseemedia inc., a company specialized in digital image content management for the Internet. He is a 25-year veteran in the computer industry.
Prior to establishing iseemedia, Anthony was President and Chief Executive Officer of MGI Software, which he co-founded in December 1995. Prior to MGI Software, he was a founding board member of Delrina Corp., which was subsequently purchased by Symantec. From 1991 to 1995, Anthony was Vice President and General Manager of AST Canada, a computer hardware company. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. DeCristofaro worked as General Manager at NEC Canada, a computer hardware company. Mr. DeCristofaro holds an Advanced Business Administration degree from York University.
Kerry Munro
Kerry Munro joined Yahoo Canada as General Manager in 2005 after more than 20 years of executive management experience in the technology products and services sectors. In his role at Yahoo! Canada he is responsible for the company's overall operation and strategic growth, and in the latter capacity he has significantly increased the size and influence of Yahoo!'s presence in Canada by expanding the operational staff, increasing revenue and making Yahoo! Canada one of the fastest growing Yahoo! business units worldwide. His previous experience includes both corporate and entrepreneurial leadership positions such as leading new ventures, alliances and applications as a Senior Director at Bell Canada, and prior to that as founder and President of KBM Marketing which provided market analysis and business unit turnaround strategy for numerous Canadian corporations. He has also held executive marketing positions at leading technology companies including ACC TelEnterprises and Allstream. Mr. Munro is a graduate of the University of Toronto and has an MBA from Queen's University. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and an in-demand media interview on the business of the Internet. He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards program.
John Nemanic
John Nemanic is the Chairman of the Board of Hostopia.com, an award-winning wholesale provider of web, e-mail and e-commerce hosting solutions. Prior to Hostopia, John co-founded and served as CEO of TUCOWS Interactive Inc., a popular Internet software site, and I.D. Internet Direct (now Look Communications), the largest publicly traded, independent internet service provider in Canada. In May 1999, a majority of TUCOWS was sold to the Steinmetz Group. His companies have won several awards including Profit Magazine's 7th fastest growing company in Canada (1997), Profit Magazine's 2nd fastest growing company in Canada (1998), and PC Magazine top 100 sites (1995 - 1999). John was also a final nominee for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998.