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Business Advisors
Joanne DeLaurentiis   President and CEO, Mondex Canada.
Charles Coffey   Executive VP, Royal Bank Financial Group

Creative Advisor
Richard Garvin   Vice-president, Creative, Retail Division, The Watt Group

Technical Advisor
Michel Blondeau   Founder & President, ecentricarts inc.

 

Business Advisors
Joanne DeLaurentiis, President and CEO, Mondex Canada.
Joanne brings a wealth of business expertise to Inventive Women Inc. Her management approach is well-suited to helping Inventive Women Inc. become a state-of-the-art operation. As President and CEO of Mondex Canada, Joanne launched the innovative, multi-stakeholder, smart card product. As President of Interac Association, she guided the national rollout of Interac to become the most successful, safe and secure debit network in the world. Joanne's previous accomplishments include Vice-President, Public Affairs, Canadian Bankers Association, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Labour, Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Community Social Services, Ontario Government.

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Charles Coffey, Executive VP, Royal Bank Financial Group
Charlie leads government relations and community affairs for the Royal Bank Financial Group. He also promotes the advancement of targeted business segment strategies and goals for the bank. Prior to his appointment as Executive Vice President, Government and Community Affairs, led one of the six core businesses of Royal bank – business banking – for four years. He also headed three geographic regions from 1989-1995: Manitoba, Metro Toronto and Ontario. In 1998 and 1999, Charlie accepted the Canadian Women's International Business Initiative Award from the Canadian Embassy in the United States for Royal Bank's "outstanding contribution" in support of Canadian business women.
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Creative Advisor

Richard Garvin,
Vice-president, Creative, Retail Division, The Watt Group
Richard's expertise in graphics, illustration, product and retail design has served a long list of national and international clients. As a senior creative director of Canada's leading retail design firm, Richard has lead his team to produce cutting-edge design for the international marketplace. A design visionary, Richard acts as creative consultant with Inventive Women. His team has lead strategic design for clients such as Wal-Mart International, CIBC, Sportchek, Kings, Loblaws, Cotton Ginny, Aliant, The Bay and Empori.com

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Technical Advisor

Michel Blondeau, Founder & President, ecentricarts inc.
Michel was the former Director of Development at Extend and has a long history of arts and culture related projects. He has Produced and Executive Produced many award winning digital technology projects. Past Extend clients which were handled by Michel include Intel Canada, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, YTV, Discovery (US), HBO, National Aviation Museum, EMI Canada, Science Alberta Foundation, among many others. (Active sites: www.mcmichael.com/artifice, www.dropthebeat.com, www.dish-it-out.com, www.jacobtwotwo.com). Michael's new company ecentricarts inc. is a professional web development company with a focus on the arts, cultural industries and education.
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