Catherine Winckler is the founder and owner of The Mindful Garden Digital Health, Inc. and founder and CEO of Switch United, a digital innovation company that since 1998 has built an international reputation for building immersive interactive experiences for entertainment and health/lifestyle clients. The company’s large interactive installations at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are examples of digital work that gained world recognition. Catherine has been an active health advocate nationally on continuity of care issues. Her mother’s story of delirium and failing continuity of care at www.esthersvoice.com is the impetus behind MindfulGarden.

Mark Ross, Co-founder and Product Director Mark oversees all aspects of the research & development of MindfulGarden, and is the front-line liaison with medical, scientific research, and technology accelerator partners (Fraser Health Authority, Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr’s Health Design Lab, TELUS, Innovation Boulevard) advancing MindfulGarden from a proof-of-concept, to a clinically-validated platform. Mark also manages the intellectual property, and commercialization activities of MindfulGarden. Prior to working full-time on MindfulGarden, Mark worked with Founder, Catherine Winckler, running business development for Switch United since 2005.

Gauthier Pompougnac is a technical lead and developer providing consulting front-end and back-end development for leading brands including Mozilla, Wacom, FOX, and Visa. Gauthier has been the developer on MindfulGarden from the proof-of-concept and has worked with Switch United for over a decade on large sensory-based digital installations including the 110 ft. long digital wall for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

A business leader with international experience in digital health, Peter Fenwick is a highly valued strategist for teams looking to re-invent business models of publicly funded health and health care delivery that will achieve both exponentially better health outcomes and value for money. Peter is a Board Member of Alberta Council of Technologies and Professor or New Ventures and Social Enterprise at Ambrose University (Calgary). His career experiences include: Senior Provincial Director, Innovation, Alberta Health Services; Country Director, Enterprise Sales and market Development, GE Healthcare; and VP Growth, Sail Cannabis. He is academically trained by the Institute of Corporate Directors; is a Certified Health Executive from the Canadian College of Health Leaders; holds a Bachelor’s in Applied Science (Engineering) from Queen’s; and an MBA from the joint Kellogg-Schulich program. Peter’s strong belief in patient, family, and community centred design aligns perfectly with the vision of MIndfulGarden for non-invasive, patient-driven digital therapeutics.

Gloria Gutman, PhD, FCAHS, OBC, LLD (hon.), Professor/Director Emerita, Gerontology Dept. & Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University. In her positions as Professor Emerita and an SFU Gerontology Research Centre Research Associate Gloria’s focus is on research and advocacy as well as mentoring graduate students. Dr. Gutman has held a number of high profile roles including two terms as President of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, President of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and President of the International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse. She is a member of the World Health Organization’s Expert Advisory Panel on Ageing and Health, a member of the Research Management Committee of the Canadian Frailty Network, and Vice-President of the International Longevity Centre-Canada headquartered at the University of Ottawa. She is author/editor of 22 books and monographs, the most recent (with Andrew Sixsmith), Technologies for Active Aging (Springer, 2013), over 175 journal articles, chapters and technical reports and over 375 conference presentations. To date, she has been PI or a Co-investigator on 113 grants and contracts with a total value of $16,438,536.

Marcia Carr, RN, BN, MS, GNC (C), NCA, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Fraser Health Medicine Program. Marcia is a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for Medicine Clinical Network Team and Clinical Nurse Specialist of all areas for Peace Arch Hospital, Delta Hospital, Delta Community and Mountain View Residential Care Home; Nurse Continence Advisor for New Westminster Specialized Seniors’ Clinic; Facilitator for Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum. She’s responsible for identifying care gaps for medical patients throughout the whole health authority and to develop solutions to improve the overall system and direct care to close the care gaps. Concentration especially is focused in Medicine on Stroke care, oncology, respiratory, falls and injury prevention, challenging responsive behaviours and urinary and fecal incontinence. As a member of the Medicine Leadership Team, Marcia is responsible for identifying, developing and implementing/evaluating best practice, evidence-based solutions related to clinical practice issues and quality of care.

Fabio Feldman, PhD, Managing Consultant, Patient Safety and Injury Prevention, Fraser Health Authority & Adjunct Professor Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology Simon Fraser University. Fabio’s position enables him to pursue a unique research program in collaboration with investigators at SFU, UBC and various health facilities in BC. He has received external peer-reviewed funding as Principal investigator as well as Co-Investigator and such efforts have raised his profile in Fraser Health and BC. Fabio is now part of the Fraser Health Patient Quality and Safety program and responsible for implementation of new technologies to support quality and safety for Fraser Health’s patients. Previously, Fabio was part of the Fraser Health Older Adults program and mostly involved with dementia initiatives. He was also part of the BC provincial committee responsible for developing the BC Dementia Strategy.

Steve is a computer based cognitive scientist, artist and researcher. His main research areas are cognitive, character and expression based artificial intelligence, interaction and computer graphics. Steve is past Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. And Professor at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, and interdisciplinary computer based art/science research school with approximately 800 undergrads, and roughly 100 masters and PhD students.

Pieter Dorsman is CEO of RedPeaks Management, a Vancouver-based capital advisory firm that advises early and later stage technology companies. Pieter is steering The Mindful Garden through the start-up financing process towards commercialization and operations.