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Meet Our Team
Christian Dawson is currently the Executive Director and Co‐founder of the i2Coalition. Dawson is the former President of innovative web hosting provider ServInt. Dawson has a degree in leadership from the University of Richmond and an MBA from the University of Maryland. As an entrepreneur with over 17 years of experience building multiple businesses, he has a background in developing business models, go-to-market strategies and marketing campaigns. He excels at walking companies through the process of finding and actualizing on their goals, starting with collaborating with them on developing mission and vision statements, performing SWOT analyses and other business exercises designed to put businesses on the path they need to succeed.
Hilary Osborne is currently the Membership Director of the i2Coalition. Osborne serves as i2Coalition’s central coordinator for engaging and recruiting new members, and is the chief driver of growth for the organization. Osborne has 10 years of experience in the hosting and cloud industry. Prior to joining the i2Coalition, Osborne previously worked for iNET Interactive and Web Host Industry Review. One of the most connected people in the Internet infrastructure industry, Osborne has managed accounts for 40 of the top 100 Internet infrastructure companies in the world, and hundreds more. Osborne graduated from George Brown College with a degree in editing.
Taylor Tricarico has a passion for helping teams and organizations become efficient, well-oiled machines in pursuit of a common goal. Taylor believes wholeheartedly that the key to a successful organization lies within its people. She has experienced and understands the challenges of building, growing, and maintaining a world-class team in a competitive market, while simultaneously tackling ever-changing customer requirements. Taylor believes there are great opportunities in growth, and works diligently to ensure success through positive changes to HR, company processes, customer satisfaction and employee relations. Additionally, Taylor excels at data analysis and establishing successful customer feedback systems. This led her to a role with Open-i Advisors as a lead consultant, with a focus on employee relations and process improvement.
Prior to joining the team, Taylor served in a Director of Operations role for a customer-centric technology firm. During her tenure, she was a key component in doubling the company’s staff size in under two years, as well as establishing an HR and Project Management function. She has a degree in Journalism from Temple University.
Prior to joining the team, Taylor served in a Director of Operations role for a customer-centric technology firm. During her tenure, she was a key component in doubling the company’s staff size in under two years, as well as establishing an HR and Project Management function. She has a degree in Journalism from Temple University.
Patrick Siconolfi brings extensive experience and expertise in the delivery and management of CRM and business intelligence platforms for many notable organizations across multiple industries, including advertising, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and online gaming.
Prior to co-founding Toronto, Ontario based software development company Gensquared, Siconolfi held progressively senior positions in organizations such as Molson Canada, Siebel Systems, TELUS, Bearingpoint and Cryptologic. He served as Director of Data Operations for Draftfcb leading their business intelligence and marketing automation platform operations and served on the North American technology senior leadership team at Draftfcb.
Phil Chen has been involved with analytics, business intelligence, data warehousing, and marketing automation over the span of his career. His experience encompasses a variety of diverse roles across numerous industries including consulting, pre-sales, and management across diverse industries, consumer loyalty, retail, financial, and online gaming.
Prior to co-founding Toronto, Ontario based software development company Gensquared, Chen held positions with LoyaltyOne (formerly The Loyalty Management Group Canada) and MicroStrategy. During his nine year tenure at Cryptologic, Chen was instrumental in the design and delivery of the firm’s Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence platform, providing the vision of its Back Office products and services in the roles of Director of Decision Support Services and Sr. Director of Business Services.
Chen holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business.
Dmitri Adler is the co-founder and Chief Data Scientist of Data Society. He has a deep background in machine learning and predictive analytics, and has worked with many businesses and government agencies to help them find predictive insights in their data and train their workforce. Dmitri is a former J.P. Morgan investment banker and hedge fund analyst who used data to improve investment outcomes. Since its start in 2014, Data Society has received numerous awards for its professional programs, federal work, and online education platform. Data Society was highlighted in Forbes as one of the top 10 EdTech companies to watch for 2017.
Data Society’s clients include the U.S. Army, Department of Commerce, Northrop Grumman corporation, the International Monetary Fund, and many others.
Elisabeth Klughardt gathered her logistics/operations expertise in a wide array of industries: nonprofit sector, SaaS, User Interface and Trademark/Patent services in Virginia and Europe.
Elisabeth brings understanding, communication and organization to her role as consultant at Open-i Advisors. With a heavy focus on project management, relationship management, vendor management and event management.
Elisabeth brings understanding, communication and organization to her role as consultant at Open-i Advisors. With a heavy focus on project management, relationship management, vendor management and event management.
With a background in media and economics, David Hamilton has made a career of communicating complex internet topics to both general and niche audiences. He witnessed the growth of cloud computing as a tech journalist for various media outlets and as a contributing editor for industry publication The WHIR. His attention to detail and analytical eye caught the attention of major tech brands needing both in-depth expertise and the ability to communicate simply and effectively. He’s produced creative content for HP, Intel, Lenovo, Bell Canada, and others. He’s an active member of the tech and startup community in Toronto where he founded a coworking space called Lab T.O. His current focus is on exploring how data and statistics can be applied to the big problems of our era to produce important new insights.
Ms. Davis earned her BA (Management) and her MBA (Finance) from Baker College. Professionally, she spent 15 years as the Controller for a $14 million service company before starting her own business in 2009. She has nearly 25 years of experience working with companies in many different business sectors.