Patrick is a classically-trained chef who studied under some of Toronto’s most prolific restauranteurs including Peter Oliver. He’s been cooking with cannabis since he was a teenager, after graduating from George Brown College with a degree in food and beverage management he ran Dude food, a lifestyle cooking brand, and he’s the brains behind Munchy Brothers.
Jasdeep Johal is an International Tax Partner in the Toronto office of Deloitte. Jasdeep has experience assisting Canadian based cannabis companies with international tax matters including financing, repatriation, expansion and restructuring of global operations, tax-efficient deployment of capital, and merger & acquisition structuring.
Michael Klump is the VP of Marketing & Innovation at Purafil Inc. – a subsidiary of Filtration Group. Purafil is the world leader in gas phase filtration. Since 1969, Purafil’s chemical filtration technology has been trusted by customers across the globe to remove toxic, corrosive and irritant gases from the air. Purafil and Filtration Group’s mission is to make the world safe, healthier, and more productive by creating innovative filtration solutions that matter.
Prior to joining Purafil, Michael held various roles at Mitsubishi-Hitachi, Babcock & Wilcox and Nalco Mobotec, developing and implementing large scale environmental control technologies designed for Air Quality Control globally.
Michael has co-authored numerous papers on effective ways to mitigate NOX, CO, O3, HCl, Hg and Acid Gases using enhanced equipment along with advanced sorbents (media). Having been a member of the Institute for Clean Air Companies
(ICAC) since 2013 and a member of the Council for Industrial Boiler Owners (CIBO) since 2012, he has worked with various regulatory bodies around the world to evaluate Best Available Control Technologies (BACT) for imposed air pollution control limitations. Michael has multiple patents using advanced mixing technology for various sorbents (media) to include activated carbons, sodium bicarbonates and hydrates designed to increase removal efficiency of gaseous pollutants.
Michael holds a MBA from Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and a MBA from Queen’s Smith School of Business. He has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University and has served in the US Army in both
enlisted and officer capacities.
Tabitha is a lifelong teacher and learner who is passionate about empowering and helping others, from cultivating business relationships to bringing quality cannabis products to the people who will benefit from them.
She first started consuming cannabis around the age of 30, when she was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. After finding that the medication she was prescribed left her feeling disconnected from life, she discovered that cannabis gave her the mental and emotional space to start working on her anxiety, and the change in perspective she needed for recovery.
With years of experience teaching MBA students to apply model-based decision making and working as a cannabis educator, Tabitha takes this expertise to the legal cannabis market to help facilitate research, mentorship and product development while working on bringing Fritz’s unique and innovative family recipes to market.
Brent has over 20 years of legal, finance and executive-level management experience at numerous small and large-sized growth companies, law firms and investment firms. He has managed, executed and participated in over $2 billion in capital raising, private equity, venture capital and M&A transactions. He has assisted in the oversight, management and
compliance of multiple investment funds with up to $100 million in assets under management. He routinely advises entrepreneurs, investors, executives, operators, fund managers and companies regarding entity formation, transactions, capital raising, structure, finance and operations. Brent is also an advisor and mentor to numerous companies and
investment funds in the cannabis industry.
In his legal practice, Brent specializes in the representation of closely-held entities and emerging growth companies through the whole business life cycle, including entity selection, formation, equity and debt financing transactions, acquisitions and the eventual transfer or sale of the business. In addition, Brent advises on capital raising transactions working extensively with companies looking for capital as well as venture capital and private equity funds. Brent also serves as outside general counsel to clients in support of operations, capital raising, corporate governance, commercial transactions, contract drafting and negotiation, intellectual property and general business matters.
Brent began his legal practice at a leading Silicon Valley high-tech, emerging growth law firm where he worked with venture capital firms and emerging growth and technology companies focusing on capital raising transactions, mergers & acquisitions, securities, public offerings and general corporate matters. He then joined a leading Denver-based law
firm where he represented public and private companies as well as venture capital and private equity firms.
Brent is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and served on active duty in the Air Force for five years, rising to the rank of Captain. He also holds a JD from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the University of Nebraska.
Larry Kropf earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph in 1987 and spent over 25 years in the food industry. He has held management positions in Sanitation, operations and quality control and has been exposed to all sectors of the food industry.
In 2014 Larry was asked to use his quality assurance knowledge to help an MMPR applicant obtain his license. Since then he has been working in various aspects of the Cannabis industry consulting on Quality systems, and facility design. He is working with suppliers to the industry to help them ensure they are compliant with Health Canada and cannabis grower requirements.
A & L Canada Labs has long had a software packaged that helped greenhouse growers manage their growing process.
Larry has been was asked to help develop, and market, this program to suit the needs of the Cannabis industry. Working with Alink Computer Systems Inc, the approach has been to develop an open text, modular based system to meet the needs of the industry while incurring minimal incremental cost. Clients can purchase whatever modules they need without having to invest in features already offered in existing software. The open text ensures easy data transfer between programs the clients already have and the systems Larry is helping to develop.
ALink is partnering with Accounting and Document Management software providers to provide all the needs of the industry in a single user interface.
David is a serial entrepreneur who loves bringing people together to make meaningful, useful, profitable programs and content. He has successfully started marketing and sales departments within creative agencies and Fortune 1000 corporations; as well as startups in Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Taiwan. He started the Culinary Cannabis Association (CCA) to fight stigma, and to establish and refine standards and best practices for anyone interested in cooking with cannabis – helping chefs, diners, and medical patients explore culinary cannabis the way we currently explore fine wine. The CCA offers certification services seminars and interactive events that bring people, cannabis, and food together around relevant problems, ideas, and products.
Harnessing extensive scientific knowledge to protect client innovations
An accomplished doctorate recipient, Lei harnesses his advanced knowledge of biotechnology, biological science and chemistry knowledge to assist clients with protecting and strengthening their valuable innovations.
Lei drafts and prosecutes Canadian patent applications and coordinates the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the United States. He counts among his clients pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities and research institutions.
Accomplished medical researcher and award recipient
Lei’s doctoral studies focused on cardiovascular, obesity and atherosclerosis research. During his studies, Lei received multiple prestigious awards including the Merck Frosst Schering Award and AstraZeneca Award for presentations delivered at the Canadian Lipoprotein Conference, as well as the Dr. Robert John Wilson Fellowship. He also took part in the Stroke, Cardiovascular, Obesity, Lipids, Atherosclerosis Research (SCOLAR) Training Program funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Skilled trademark lawyer helps brand owners protect, manage and monetize trademark portfolios
A highly experienced trademark lawyer, Graham’s counsel is sought after by brand owners focused on building and protecting their brands and reputations through efficient trademark clearance and prosecution. He regularly advises clients on effective strategies to manage and monetize their trademark portfolios and has successfully enforced clients’ trademark rights in Canada’s Federal and provincial courts.
Graham’s practice spans all aspects of trademark counselling, prosecution and litigation. He counsels brand owners through trademark selection, clearance and prosecution, as well as opposition proceedings, section 45 cancellation proceedings and section 57 expungement proceedings. His previous experience at the Canadian Trademarks Office benefits clients looking to defend their trademark applications and registrations before the Trademarks Opposition Board.
Graham counsels many famous brand owners, from leading professional sports teams to popular social media platforms to renowned consumer electronic companies to famous fashion houses, in the enforcement and protection of their IP rights in Canada.
Seasoned litigator and expert counsel for IP crime and anti-counterfeiting matters
Graham’s litigation practice covers both the Federal and the provincial courts and extends to actions and summary applications for passing off, trademark and trade dress infringement, depreciation of goodwill and the importation, distribution, marketing and sale of counterfeit goods.
As the firm’s leading expert in anti-counterfeiting, Graham is also experienced in protecting brand owner’s marks both online, across online marketplaces and social media platforms, and at Canada’s borders, working closely with the Canada Border Services Agency to enforce clients’ trademarks and copyrights and prevent the importation of counterfeit goods and pirated works.
He sits on the Steering Committee of the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network, and is a member of the Canadian Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association’s Anticounterfeiting Committee.
For over 20-years, David Cohlmeyer was the Governor General Award-winning producer of high-quality vegetables for Canada’s most acclaimed chefs. He accomplished this by learning what these plants need to fully express their flavour and nutrients. Growing premium cannabis is no different. He will share the elements of developing healthy soil, selecting preferred genetics, following optimal production practices, and developing effective marketing.
David has a B.S. in Industrial Management from Purdue University and years of corporate business consulting. With this combination, he knows how to incorporate full costs of production with agronomic, market, and labour requirements for devising profitable business plans. This scenario of combining indoor and outdoor production is a result of David’s unique experiences.
