ACCELERATE NORTH TEAM
Our Founders
Our team is made up of strategic players with backgrounds in a diversity of industries. We are a friendly group, so make sure to reach out!
CHRISTOPHER WINROW
General Partner, Investments
Christopher Winrow, B.A. (Hons), LL.B, is an innovative leader who has been critical to the success of our virtual accelerator. We are privileged to have Chris Winrow as a part of our team. Chris is past Chair of the Northern Ontario Angels and a partner of Thomson Financial Partners since 2008. Prior to purchasing a share of the financial planning practice, Chris was a practicing solicitor, first in British Columbia with the national firm, Lang Michener and then, upon relocation to North Bay, with D’Agostino & Associates. Mr. Winrow has chosen to limit his legal expertise to areas of corporate, commercial and estate planning law.
LARRY FULD
General Partner, Networking & Investments
Larry Fuld  served as the Chief Investment Officer for Jograh Investments Ltd., duties  included selecting and managing investments, tax efficiencies, managing various real estate holdings and interfacing with accountants and attorneys on legal and estate planning matters. Larry also participates in the raising of money and investing in startups and is a consultant with the Northern Ontario Angels network. He has been involved in the futures industry since 1980. He has held memberships on various exchanges, been a retail broker, written newsletters and founded two Commodity Trading Advisory firms. In 2001 Larry became the head trader for a proprietary trading firm and left to start his current partnership in 2009. Larry also has 30 years of experience in managing rental property and construction.
VICTORIA PAINE-MANTHA
General Partner, Entrepreneur
As a former successful entrepreneur, Victoria has special financial and business insight to share with others making the entrepreneurial journey. She has many years of experience in academia as a University President and as Vice President Finance & Administration in both the University and College sectors. She was the President and CEO of a Canadian health information software development company serving acute and sub-acute hospitals . Victoria has extensive hands-on experience managing sophisticated software development, implementation and support services. She has a successful track record of initiatives in stabilizing, financing and strategically positioning small growing companies for acquisition or merger opportunities. Ms. Paine-Mantha has a strong background in finance and administration and is a CPA, CA.
GARY GARDINER
General Partner, Designer &Â Builder
Gary comes from an extensive sports background. He has built national teams, developing world class athletes where talent identification, coaching and mentoring is critical and which has many parallels to developing world class entrepreneurs. As a custom home designer and builder, Gary is an innovative thinker, able to communicate a vision and then complete the plan.
MIKE CAMPIGOTTO
General Partner, Entrepreneur
Mike is the President of Safesight Explorations Inc., a company that specializes in innovation. The company has developed powerful integrated solutions that use Drone, LiDAR, and imaging technology The company creates unique tools for use in mining and other industries to enable safer worksites. Mike is a serial entrepreneur with many years of public sector and software development experience. https://www.safesightxp.com
ANTONINO (TONY) LIMINA
General Partner, Commercial Real Estate
Antonino (Tony) Limina, HBA, CCIB, retired from ownership of Kennedy Insurance Brokers Inc. in 2016. Since then he has been active in Kengap Holdings Inc., a commercial real estate venture in North Bay. Tony’s skill set includes management, marketing, planning and financial control, acquired during his career with Gulf Oil. In 1983, he moved his family to North Bay for a better lifestyle and an investment opportunity with Kennedy Insurance. Risk management and Insurance Brokering skills were attained during his 33 years of ownership. Tony has served on the St. Joseph, Civic and North Bay General Hospital Boards, along with Nipissing University, Patrick4Life, Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario and Northern Ontario Angels. He is Past President of the Rotary Club of North Bay Nipissing leading numerous significant fundraising projects.
ROB SUPPA, P.ENG
General Partner- Engineer & business owner
Rob Suppa is an experienced professional engineer, entrepreneur and business owner. Driven by a desire to understand how things work, he takes pride in helping clients find the right solution, instead of the easy solution. Rob is very customer focused and strives to build trusting relationships, serving his clients through integrity, honesty, hard work, and accountability in a collaborative, solution-oriented fashion,
As the founder and owner of Suppa Engineering, Rob draws on over 20 years of engineering experience as he leads a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and technologists through the various stages of the building design. Specializing in building systems, Rob understands that the technology his team incorporates into their designs bring life to the building and will have a lasting impact on operation, comfort and the environment.
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ACCELERATE NORTH TEAM
MENTORS
Our team is made up of strategic players with backgrounds in a diversity of industries. From our mentors and gurus to the management team at Accelerate North, we are a friendly and helpful group, so make sure to reach out!
PEYVAND MELATI (P. ENG. MBA)
Mentor and General Partner, Archangel
Peyvand is a highly accomplished entrepreneur and angel investor who has successfully launched multiple businesses.
His expertise includes in-depth knowledge of commercialization and growth of companies in major vertical industries, with a focus on AI, IOT, Clean-Tech and
Med-Tech. He is an experienced leader of the start up process from initial inception to launch and scale up. Peyvand has a particular knack for setting priorities, developing strategies and building teams to successfully execute.
ESHAN MIRDAMADI, BSC. COMPUTER SCIENCE
Mentor, Co-Founder and CEO NuBinary
Ehsan draws on 18 years of enterprise computer networks, storage and cloud infrastructure experience. He was the founder and CEO of one of the largest and the first cloud computing companies in Canada, Cirrus Tech Ltd.
He is also a serial entrepreneur, an active angel investor and a mentor at many technology companies. Ehsan holds a BSc in Computer Science from York University.
ROB METZ
Mentor, Founder and CEO R.M. Metz & Associates Inc
Rob has a long history of founding and running companies. 4tell Solutions, Worldscout Corp, Production Data Corporation and SDMS Communications have provided a rich history of success in founding and operating SME’s.