{"id":80597,"date":"2020-05-05T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/?p=80597"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T23:37:34","slug":"welcoming-our-global-entrepreneurs-who-aim-to-change-the-world-from-their-new-home-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/blog\/welcoming-our-global-entrepreneurs-who-aim-to-change-the-world-from-their-new-home-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming our global entrepreneurs who aim to change the world from their new home in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"80597\" class=\"elementor elementor-80597\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-230a4d28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"230a4d28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a83be16\" data-id=\"5a83be16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9d87e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9d87e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>At Spring, we are excited to be welcoming ten impact-driven entrepreneurs to our fourth intake of our <a href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/programs\/impact-startup-visa-program-canada\/\">IMPACT Startup Visa Program (ISV)<\/a>. For the first component of the program, our global entrepreneurs will be tuning into the program from the safety and comfort of their own homes as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/blog\/covid-19-impact-startup-visa-program\/\">COVID-19<\/a>.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Please join us in extending them all a warm welcome!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3279f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f3279f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the cohort<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6760bbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6760bbb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eccd8d9\" data-id=\"eccd8d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2677363 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2677363\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1602\" height=\"1602\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ana-e1588709810580.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-80615\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ana-e1588709810580.png 1602w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ana-e1588709810580-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ana-e1588709810580-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ana-e1588709810580-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ana-e1588709810580-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ana-e1588709810580-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ana-e1588709810580-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1602px) 100vw, 1602px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7706eb\" data-id=\"d7706eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbc000d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbc000d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f951e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f951e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ana-ruth-henr%C3%ADquez-mba-8880a59\/\">Ana Ruth Henriquez<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552a5f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"552a5f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CEO | InSitu<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-525ed14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"525ed14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Born and raised in El Salvador, Ana has more than 12 years of experience working in social organizations. She was the Executive Director at AYUVI, cancer treatment foundation in El Salvador, managing 110 people and a USD 3 million annual budget, in partnership with Government. She has worked leading different projects funded by IDB, USAID, UNDEF, mining companies and among others organizations in several countries of Latin America including El Salvador, M\u00e9xico, Haiti, Costa Rica, Colombia, Per\u00fa, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. Her career has been mostly focused on making a difference in Latin America. She has an MBA from University Diego Portales in Chile and bachelors in Psychology of Central American University in El Salvador.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba8beac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba8beac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-48a5f2e\" data-id=\"48a5f2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9fb8e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9fb8e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/David-e1588712055110-768x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-80618\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/David-e1588712055110-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/David-e1588712055110-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/David-e1588712055110-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/David-e1588712055110-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/David-e1588712055110-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/David-e1588712055110.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-38d2af5\" data-id=\"38d2af5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c9c97f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c9c97f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d00477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d00477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-bick-421769165\/\">David Bick<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7990e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7990e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sd-farm.com\/\">Impact Director | Sons and Daughters Farm<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e8ab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16e8ab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>David is the Impact Director, Head Farmer and Winemaker at Sons and Daughters (S&amp;D) Farm. Under his leadership S&amp;D received BCorp 2018\/19 Honors, hosted congressional delegations and was an original signatory to the We Are Still In campaign. Over the last thirty years David has gained a wide range of experiences and recognition while studying organic agriculture, food service design, not-for-profit management and earning certificates in brewing and distilling. David founded and sold several small businesses including seminal cocktail bar Lola Miami and Greenerside Media. David\u2019s work has been highlighted in regional and national publications throughout the years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fc8ed3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fc8ed3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1b1369\" data-id=\"c1b1369\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b48363f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b48363f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mohamad-e1588721503195-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80620\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mohamad-e1588721503195-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mohamad-e1588721503195-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mohamad-e1588721503195-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mohamad-e1588721503195-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mohamad-e1588721503195-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mohamad-e1588721503195-239x239.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mohamad-e1588721503195.jpeg 1541w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-124bf6c\" data-id=\"124bf6c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0362625 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0362625\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cee2f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cee2f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mohamedkafafy\/\">Mohamad Kafafy<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca89f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca89f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CEO | Biomaterials<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3165e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f3165e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mohamad has more than 12 years of experience in managing manufacturing projects in Egypt. Before devoting his work at Biomaterials, he began his career as a Lean Consultant for local companies after obtaining his Kaizen diploma from Japan. Mohamad then worked in General Motors, successfully launching new models with a team of over a hundred people and a budget exceeding USD 10 million. In 2016, Mohamad worked as Regional Operational Manager, where he led the process optimization of steel companies across the Middle East. He then became Executive Director of Agrona, a waste recycling company in Egypt, where he collaborated with local NGOs on social impact projects. He has a Masters of Science degree in waste recycling and a Bachelor&#8217;s in Mechanical Engineering from Ain Shams University in Egypt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-67f72e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67f72e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b60d39\" data-id=\"1b60d39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34a8189 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34a8189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hadi-e1588715415770-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80621\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hadi-e1588715415770-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hadi-e1588715415770-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hadi-e1588715415770-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hadi-e1588715415770-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hadi-e1588715415770-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hadi-e1588715415770-239x239.jpg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hadi-e1588715415770.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5d3c71\" data-id=\"a5d3c71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a986b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a986b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3231f11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3231f11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hadi-molavi-ardekani\/\">Hadi Molavi Ardekani<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e21a5b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e21a5b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shahrzad.store\/\">Co-Founder, CEO &amp; Director of Engineering | Genuine Sesame Ltd. <\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dba8361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dba8361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hadi is the Co-Founder, CEO and Director of Engineering at Genuine Sesame Ltd. Hadi is an entrepreneurial spirited professional with 4+ years of proven experience in the sesame food industry, where he has also effectively taken advantage of his solid engineering background in overseeing production processes and machinery. He is enthusiastic about bringing new ideas and technologies into the food industry to contribute in the progress towards developing and diversifying sustainable and vegetarian health-based food products.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-52e1be4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52e1be4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbcf351\" data-id=\"dbcf351\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2532c75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2532c75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lee-e1588716334141-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80622\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lee-e1588716334141-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lee-e1588716334141-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lee-e1588716334141-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lee-e1588716334141-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lee-e1588716334141-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lee-e1588716334141-239x239.jpg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lee-e1588716334141.jpg 1361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7be781\" data-id=\"f7be781\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab19e8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab19e8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc4ee4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7dc4ee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lee-simon-3b22a43b\/\">Lee Simon<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbb5ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbb5ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CEO and Founder | Revelry Events Kelowna Ltd.<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6df280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6df280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lee is the CEO and Founder of Revelry Events Kelowna Ltd (Revelry). After 25 years in commercial foodservice, design, and construction, Lee is shifting to the operations side of hospitality with a new concept, and potentially a new category &#8211; a community event centre focused on hosting live, private, and innovative events designed to promote community gathering, interaction, and artistic experiences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ed17b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ed17b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6f82b7\" data-id=\"f6f82b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7653a6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7653a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"461\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shaahin_Fazeli_Panah-e1588716442428.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80623\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shaahin_Fazeli_Panah-e1588716442428.png 461w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shaahin_Fazeli_Panah-e1588716442428-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shaahin_Fazeli_Panah-e1588716442428-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shaahin_Fazeli_Panah-e1588716442428-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shaahin_Fazeli_Panah-e1588716442428-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e19818c\" data-id=\"e19818c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ec057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29ec057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3a3f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d3a3f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shaahin-fazeli-panah\/\">Shaahin Fazeli Panah<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f26abb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f26abb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novellabs.ca\/\">Managing Director | Orviss Co.<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6556559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6556559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shaahin Fazeli is Managing Director of Orviss Co, a well-known company in Iran, active in the fields of IT and automation of physical infrastructure in the healthcare, financial, power and oil industries. He is fully technical and has more than 12 years of experience in high-tech industries. Shaahin brought together talented people and formed an R&amp;D team in the company to provide practical solutions to some of the industry\u2019s unaddressed problems. The team has invented many breakthrough solutions in Biomedical, Geotechnical and Cleantech fields.\u00a0 He recently formed a startup called Novel Labs Inc. to present the latest achievements of the team in Canada and North America.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cad60c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cad60c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb063d9\" data-id=\"cb063d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40c24b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40c24b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lalit-e1588716850493-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80624\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lalit-e1588716850493-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lalit-e1588716850493-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lalit-e1588716850493-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lalit-e1588716850493-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lalit-e1588716850493-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lalit-e1588716850493-239x239.jpg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lalit-e1588716850493.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e661d6\" data-id=\"3e661d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaccff2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eaccff2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b70a24c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b70a24c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lalit-gautam-61241a23\/\">Lalit Gautam<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9cf830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9cf830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/handscart.com\/\">Founder and Manging Director | HandsCart<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbf5cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fbf5cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lalit is a dynamic and young entrepreneur having founded his first start-up at the age of 23. Passionate about global issues like climate change and textile waste, Lalit has helped more than 50 social impact startups and entrepreneurs raise funds, as a mentor. He is the\u00a0 first and the only entrepreneur awarded by three European governments with innovative startup visas and funds for his work, besides representing India and his work in the UN twice. Lalit has won multiple fellowships including Ashoka Changemaker Exchange, Bosch, SOCAP and Robert Swan Arctic Expedition. Lalit has a Pharmaceutical science degree and an MBA. Currently, Lalit is working on two books on the topic of Startup &#8211; &#8220;How to win the hardest marathon &#8211; Startups&#8221; and &#8220;Life after the Arctic&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c42660 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c42660\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f9655f\" data-id=\"1f9655f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dcf149 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4dcf149\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.27.56-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80656\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.27.56-PM.png 336w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.27.56-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.27.56-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.27.56-PM-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.27.56-PM-239x239.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4ec096\" data-id=\"e4ec096\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ca99b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73ca99b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab1dec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab1dec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lizhunt\/\">Liz Hunt<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a54960f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a54960f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smithassembly.com\/\">CEO | Smith Assembly<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e62809d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e62809d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Liz Hunt honed her product design and development expertise over 20 years while working at startups and corporations in the United States like Google, Starbucks, and frog. She\u2019s led and motivated global teams to deliver on big ideas from mobile apps and websites to immersive experiences melding digital devices with the physical world. Her ambition and heart have pushed her work beyond the expected, most recently by leaving the tech industry to co-found Smith Assembly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6a6808 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6a6808\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e28b0f8\" data-id=\"e28b0f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f54ec1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f54ec1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.28.05-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80657\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.28.05-PM.png 336w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.28.05-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.28.05-PM-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.28.05-PM-66x65.png 66w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-05-at-1.28.05-PM-241x239.png 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7860b0d\" data-id=\"7860b0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb6756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fb6756\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5ac8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e5ac8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tacurais\/\">Ta Corrales<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db1713b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db1713b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smithassembly.com\/\">CPO | Smith Assembly<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d15dbe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d15dbe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ta Corrales is an MIT-trained mechanical engineer from Heredia, Costa Rica. Her passion for social innovation, sustainable technologies and educational experiences has led her to collaborate with grassroots organizations in over 14 countries. During that time, she&#8217;s worked with a variety of technologies from pedal-powered machines to electrolysis-assisted hydrogenation reactors. She co-founded Smith Assembly to further her love of facilitating social connections and global innovation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bdf15e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bdf15e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b7bec5\" data-id=\"7b7bec5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f42fa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f42fa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ritesh-e1588716971551-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80626\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ritesh-e1588716971551-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ritesh-e1588716971551-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ritesh-e1588716971551-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ritesh-e1588716971551-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ritesh-e1588716971551-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ritesh-e1588716971551-239x239.jpg 239w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ritesh-e1588716971551.jpg 1367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c71e3ce\" data-id=\"c71e3ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b8f382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b8f382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d59b16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d59b16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ritesh-kalati-47b9043\/\">Ritesh Kalati<\/a><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f9e0ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f9e0ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rumiearth.com\/\">Founder | Rumi Earth<\/a><\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12b8d6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12b8d6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ritesh is the founder of Rumi Earth, a platform focused on enabling a sustainable life through natural or recycled consumer products.\u00a0 Prior to founding Rumi, Ritesh dedicated four years to studying yoga, exploring\u00a0 the world and studying various subjects of interest, including principles of Ayurveda and the perfect methods of opening fruits.\u00a0 He has also spent five years working in a Wall Street bank focused on mergers &amp; acquisitions in all industries.\u00a0 Some of his interests include practicing yoga and creating art in different forms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd31d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6dd31d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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