Katie is an innovator and creative force inside Up Cannabis’ cultivation program. She brings in-depth knowledge of plant physiology, ecology and organic chemistry that has uncovered new insights & optimization techniques into the overall production strategy & planning. Her passion extends into the local community as co-founder of the Brantford Arts Block organization and oboist in the Brantford Memorial Concert Band. She also runs a craft business of artisanal soap, bath & body products, Plant Magic.
“…One of the brightest minds in cannabis…looks to solve its biggest issue…”
Over the last 4 years, Dr. Cachat raised and managed a $3.5MM investment for the development of SunGrown Indoor cultivation system. Together, it represents a game-changer that provides multiple strategic advantages over competition.
A result of his data-driven approach and business sensibility, Dr. Cachat is the exclusive distribution partner of DSS systems for the indoor agricultural/cultivation market worldwide.
Dr. Jonathan Cachat, PhD has a doctorate degree in Neuroscience, focusing on Psychopharmacology (drugs, brain behavior). He has published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 2 books on the use of adult zebrafish in behavioral pharmacology research. Dr. Cachat is also specialized in Data Science, working at the University of California, San Diego and the University of California, Davis on big-data neuroscientific data integration platforms,
His business approach is consumer-centric, data-driven, political-engaged and socially responsible. He is a founding board member of the California Growers Association, Science, Standards & Labs committee chair for Sonoma County Growers Alliance, Sustainability committee member for California Cannabis Industry Association and a member of several regional NORML chapters. Most recently, CCV Research has joined the founders circle of the Resource Innovation Institute, a non-profit dedicated to developing sustainability standards and improving resource efficiency in cannabis cultivation. His political network and strategic business partnerships are formed with some of the most popular and successful entities in their respective fields.
Dr. Jonathan Cachat, PhD has a proven track record researching and developing novel methodologies. He is extremely knowledgeable on cannabis, its therapeutic value and the industries’ business models.
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Mr. Perruzza is the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Rouge Media Group, a leading North American place-based media company connecting brands with millions of consumers on their daily journey out of home by combining media, mobile targeting, data, and live event activations. Mr. Perruzza leads all Tobacco & Cannabis brand building activity within Rouge Media’s compliant Legal Audience Branding Solutions (LABS) network.
Prior to joining Rouge Media, Mr. Perruzza spent over 11 years leading multiple B2B & B2C marketing initiatives with Philip Morris International in Canada. Mr. Perruzza has the expertise to direct customized brand building programs, as well as strategic marketing plans in highly legislated and regulated market environments. Mr. Perruzza has proven ability steering strategy, Tobacco and Cannabis brand preference and information advertising, into dynamic consumer/retail/employee solutions and best-in-class market positions.
Mr. Perricone is the founder and CEO of Double Clef Management (DCM) a consulting and management firm that offers expertise across multiple disciplines in the cannabis industry. DCM works with cannabis companies all over the planet that are looking for guidance, funding, business development, and operational cannabis know-how.
DCM has been heavily involved with cannabis genetics and is well-versed in the breakthroughs in fingerprinting the DNA of individual strains, identifying and activating specific cannabinoids to promote specific medical and health benefits, and in creating a master database of genetics that are identifiable for creating superior genetics.
In 2002, Mr. Perricone moved to the mountains of Southern Humboldt. During over fifteen years of experience, he mastered virtually every type of indoor and outdoor growing techniques, eventually combining indoor and outdoor techniques to create a fully automated system in a state-of-the-art marijuana cultivation facility that is considered the industry standard today.
In 2014, Perricone founded a local chapter of California Cannabis Voice Humboldt (CCVH), a political action committee (PAC). Mr. Perricone raised over $100,000 to fund the PAC, which organized and ran stakeholder meetings with local law enforcement, lawyers, politicians, environmentalists and building and planning department experts to draft the ordinance that is now used to regulate the legal cannabis industry in Humboldt County.
With John’s deep level of experience and time spent in the field he is a perfect choice for purpose-driven for panels and keynotes on genetics, cannabis activism and advocacy, and navigating the complex issues in cannabis investment and operations in the industry today.
Since 2009 Jared Mirsky and his award-winning cannabis-focused branding agency, Wick & Mortar (Formerly Online Marijuana Design) have been featured in over eleven magazines including CNN Money, Geekwire, WeWork, The Dieline, Dope Magazine, NW Leaf Magazine, Leafly, Cashinbis, Top 40 under 40 in Marijuana Venture Magazine, Dope Magazine Industry Award Winner for“Best Cannabis Design Firm,”and was recently featured on the cover of the Cannabiz Journal, but for Jared the greatest achievement in his life is his son. Few life experiences are as motivating as having a child early in life. “It was something that put me in my place. I needed to focus, I needed to create a legacy for my child,” said Mirsky. Whether he is spending time with his son playing soccer or on FaceTime during those long hours, Jared has made it his priority to be the father his son deserves. Success is simple when you understand how to balance your priorities with your passion but Jared Mirsky has found a way to make his passion his priority.
Jodie Giesz-Ramsay (formerly Emery) is a high-profile longtime advocate for cannabis and civil liberties. Since 2004 she has engaged in many forms of activism including election campaigns, presentations to government bodies, and frequent appearances in the media and at events. Jodie owns and operates Cannabis Culture Magazine, Pot TV, Cannabis Culture stores and lounges, and a hemp-themed coffeeshop model called Jodie’s Joint. She has been arrested and convicted for her peaceful civil disobedience, and remains passionate about human rights and drug policy reform.
Dooma Wendschuh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Province, a Toronto-based highly disruptive startup in Canada’s legal cannabis industry. Province’s products promise a better class of psychoactive, the first true alternative to alcohol. Following twenty-nine speaking engagements, thirteen times on national television, and nearly sixty media appearances, Mr. Wendschuh has emerged as a leading voice in the burgeoning cannabis industry. He is known for advocating and helping bring about a new paradigm where top quality cannabinoid-derived products serve as a safer and healthier alternative to alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, and prescribed and illegal psychoactives.
Prior to founding Province, Mr. Wendschuh was the co-founder of a successful, well-known Colorado-based cannabinoid research and consumer products company which he ran for two and a half years. Before entering the cannabis industry, Mr. Wendschuh was co-founder and co-CEO of sekretagent Productions, Inc., a film and video game production company and advertising agency with offices in Los Angeles and Montreal. sekretagent is best known for its video game work, helping to develop and launch the wildly popular ASSASSIN’S CREED franchise, and providing development and story services on BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS, three games in the PRINCE OF PERSIA franchise, and many more. Collectively, sekretagent’s games grossed more than $5 billion worldwide. sekretagent’s advertising division created and produced award winning work for the Coca-Cola Company, General Motors, Polaroid, Diamond Resorts International, Mentos Mints, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and many others. Under Mr. Wendschuh’s leadership, sekretagent also sold eight motion pictures and one television series to major studios and produced THE PLAGUE for Sony Screengems.
Mr. Wendschuh graduated magna cum-laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and received his Masters from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema / Television Peter Stark Producing Program.
Shannon has been developing educational and competency-based training programs for the cannabis industry in Canada since 2015. She had a major role in the design and implementation of Canada’s first university course focusing on the management of medical cannabis production under the MMPR. Using leading edge online technologies along with proven Competency-Based Training methodologies to design and develop programs, she has implemented training both face-to-face and online for thousands of clients in Canada and internationally. She has been Director of Training at Cannabis Compliance Inc. (CCI), Canada’s foremost cannabis regulatory consulting firm and then with Deloitte’s Center for Cannabis. Shannon holds an MEd from Simon Fraser University.
With 3 decades of experience in education and training, including 7 years specifically in the cannabis sector, Shannon has the unique position of being at the forefront of this industry as it has evolved and has seen first-hand how developing people and instilling competence in leading practices not only mitigates risk but propels clients to success. www.hachekloet.com
Kimberly is a leading voice in the patent agent community. She has a PhD in chemistry and currently serves on the Canadian Patent Agent Examining Board for the qualification of Canadian Patent Agents. Kimberly thrives on the challenge of figuring out how best to claim, strengthen and protect her clients’ inventions to create a strategic patent portfolio.
Kimberly is a registered Patent Agent in Canada and the United States. The focus of her practice is on drafting and prosecuting patent and design applications, preparing patentability, infringement, validity and freedom-to-operate opinions, providing worldwide strategic patent and design portfolio management and conducting due diligence in patent and design valuations.
Kimberly specializes in the areas of chemistry, pharmaceutics, medical devices, aerospace and energy and mining. More specifically, she specializes in the fields of organic and inorganic chemistry, such as pharmaceutical formulations, polymers, surfactants, petroleum, propellants, electrochemistry, photochemistry and synthesis. Kimberly’s post-doctoral research experience in chemistry related to synthesis of new drugs for photodynamic therapeutic treatment of cancer (Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, England) and the development of new polymeric materials and methodologies for holographic data storage (NSF Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY). During that time she co-authored several well-known scientific publications.
Kimberly is a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). In addition to serving on the Canadian Patent Agent Examining Board, she currently serves on the Women’s IPO Committee and the Canadian Practice IPO Committee.
Her clients include academic/research institutes, start-up companies, pharmaceutical small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger blue chip companies.
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