A former journalist and writer in the real estate sector, Laura identifies as a digital marketing strategist, investor and visionary.

Coupled with her background as an internet marketer, since the early days of YouTube and Facebook, Laura displays a strong disposition in communications and stays on the forefront in the digital sector.

Her expertise in marketing, journalism and real estate investing led her on the path to co-creating Reitium, an asset-backed blockchain real estate investment marketplace.

Along with owning a successful digital marketing agency, Laura has been involved with the success of multiple businesses, most notably bringing 3 clients an increase of $1M+ in annual revenue through her digital marketing efforts.

Andrew brings over a decade of technology experience with him to the Reitium team. He began his career as a pentester and transitioned into blockchain as the nascent technology was emerging.

In 2014, he joined the Ethereum Classic development team in Toronto, Canada.

Currently a blockchain architect at Accenture, Andrew has years of experience within developer roles at leading technology consultancies. Andrew’s work has relied heavily upon service level architecture and cryptography.

Developing and conducting security analysis of blockchain projects, Andrew is experienced with architecture and development of Ethereum, Hyperledger, and Corda based blockchain technologies. He is regarded as a lead developer in his field, with expert application specific experience in Banking, Supply-Chain, and Federal projects.

Andrew's last project was leading a team at Accenture are leading up project Jasper, the Bank of Canada’s first Blockchain project.

With more than 10 years of experience as a Software Analyst and Developer, Leonardo’s varied experience has allowed him to learn and utilize many of the world’s most in-demand programming languages including PHP, Javascript, C++.

Leonardo’s ability to adapt and become proficient in multiple languages, frameworks and technologies makes him an excellent addition to the Reitium team. With analytical mind and creative vision, his advanced knowledge of app architecture allows him to tackle complex projects.

From analysis and development of ERP, to participation in documentation, building architecture, development, and testing, Leonardo’s focus is to bring more reliability for the software.

Ronald started in tech by coding his first website at 13 years old. Due to his keen interest and thanks to his tenacity, he is completely self taught and by time he was able to enter into relevant classes, he was years ahead of the available curriculum.

As a young teen, he wrote guides for iOS jailbreaking, themeing, and 3rd party applications. In 2016 he launched a social network for anglers, teaching and learning new development standards just before becoming a blockchain developer.

Proficient in multiple languages, Ronald has worked with Javascript, Node.js, Node-RED, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Composer, Mongo DB, Git, HTML5, CSS3, ES6, Linux, Nginx and Apache, to name a few.

Ronald’s programming fluency, attention to detail and self teaching ability make him a valuable addition to the Reitium Team.

With a growing following his current side project is writing content, teaching developers who work in blockchain.

With media experience that spans from her home country of Kenya, Wanjiru brings ideas and ingenuity in the areas of advertising, search engine marketing, lead generation and social media management to the Reitium team.

A digital marketing coordinator with a passion for social change, Wanjiru holds a degree in Marketing & Communications from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia and a diploma in Digital Marketing RED Academy in Vancouver.

Growing up living in range of countries in Africa and across North America, her global exposure fostered a desire for social impact, particularly in reducing existing disparities in developing countries. In Kenya, she was involved with a passion project, an app that facilitated annual reporting for farmers in the agricultural sector. This is where her love for technology grew. She came to Canada to pursue a degree in Marketing with a focus on helping technology companies grow and is hoping to stay.

Her current dedication is on Reitium’s social media and community development side, where she is helping grow Reitium’s following, engaging with thousands of investors, advisors and supporters.

David started off his real estate tech career in 2008 in real estate online marketing with Homegain, where he consulted brokers and agents on their lead generation campaigns. It was at HomeGain that he cultivated a deep knowledge on targeted search engine marketing, user experience optimization, lead conversion modules and client relationship management strategies. He transitioned from HomeGain to BoomTownROI and brought on over 600 mega agents and teams in the country to BoomTownROI and continues to consult them on the industry's best strategies with marketing tools that convert leads into sales. In the last 8 years, David has established hundreds of key relationships with the top franchises and independent brokerages across the US and now has created his own marketing consulting business where he consults and connects people to reach their goals.

Amber entered into the tech industry right after graduation and has been flourishing through opportunities to work with international tech companies.

Currently involved with two blockchain companies in Vancouver, Amber’s skills in community management, events and marketing are highly sought after. Most recently, she successfully facilitated the community management for a Token Generating Event which raised $30M.

Amber is a speaker known in the Vancouver tech community and has been called “one to watch” as a young and dynamic woman in the blockchain industry.

Presently working at Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms, Thomas has been brought on board to assist us with creating positive economic impact and to help us understand the inner workings of larger institutions. Along with introducing us to his immense network, we see incredible value in having an expert in the American and global markets in our corner.

He’s placed a strong focus on building and setting up the REIT structure for his firm who currently hold $400+ billion assets under management and are one of the world’s largest Real Estate investors. As a licensed dealer-broker specialist, he is onboard to help us deliver solutions, unlock value and propel growth.

Understanding how to navigate risk-adjusted concerns across a broad range, he is offering his expertise to help us expand to a wide range of asset classes through varying economic conditions.

Currently holding an advisory role with three other blockchain projects - an exchange management platform, a compliance engine and trading protocol, he has humbly taken on a role with us as the final project in his blockchain advisory bandwidth.

Kal Suurkask’s ability to develop brands through communications and marketing strategies is backed by more than 15 years of experience. He has worked as a communications advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, developing strategies and carefully crafted messages for the world stage. His numerous clients have included large international entertainment powerhouses, billion-dollar energy supply companies, and fledgling social media start-ups, among others.

Kal has played a founding role in a number of successful business ventures. He has grown Elevation Group into a multi-million dollar international enterprise and is an active investor in commercial and residential real estate. Kal is an award-winning public speaker and thought leader. He's been invited to speak at conferences around the world and has been interviewed in international publications on the topics of sales and communications. Kal’s professional experience is complemented by a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario.

In 2011/2012 Kal was selected as one of 16 emerging leaders for the prestigious Action Canada fellowship.

With a passion for real estate investment, innovation, and using technology to enable financial inclusion, George embodies the Reitium mission. He has 25+ years of experience in engineering, financial services, and startup companies in Asia where his cross-asset industry experience in FICC and equities includes sales, trading, research, marketing, product management, and managing a US$5 billion emerging market equity portfolio for a leading UK investment firm.

George is based in Singapore as Head of Sales, APAC at Flowcast, a San Francisco based AI company which leverages its patented machine learning algorithms to create high-performing predictive models that reduce risk and unlock credit to businesses.

George received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from McGill University and a Master of Business Administration from The University of Western Ontario. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Currently serving as CTO of a proprietary trading blockchain startup targeted at the global crypto-currency trading markets, Rob’s career in the tech space spans 25+ years.

He invented and led the commercialization of what became the Blackberry Enterprise Server, designing and commercializing various technological components to create the basis for what is known today the Car2go car sharing service, inventing and commercializing the first web-based searchable video clip site, building a global marketing platform for an international payments company, and work with local Vancouver startups, helping them launch or expand their enterprise application companies.

Rob has been actively involved in the property management and commercial real estate investment world since 2010, including previously being an equity partner in a boutique property management firm, through to managing a team of 29 licensed property managers servicing more than 16,000 condos spanning 750,000+ square feet of commercial real estate in British Columbia, for Canada's largest privately-owned property management company.

With 25+ years of experience in various segments of the life sciences industry, Mats
brings unique international knowledge from senior management positions working
with large global brands.

Including Nicorette, Regaine and Enfamil, bringing innovative products to market is Mats’ speciality.

Earning an MBA from The University of Linköping Sweden and University of Washington, Mats also acquired a General Management Diploma from IMD Switzerland.

Bringing more than 2 decades of European and global business development, Mats’ worldwide experience make him an attractive asset to the Reitium team.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mats-hakansson-7990a72/

A globally recognized privacy and security expert with over two decades of experience, Kris advises on digital security and responsible data practices, as well as executes projects with the International Criminal Court.

After working at the highest level in IT Security at Nortel from 1999-2005, in 2007, Kris began consulting as a technical advisor to the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), as well as to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC (OIPC).
Constable became one the first International Trainers for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in 2011

Currently, Kris owns PrivaSecTech, a privacy law and data security consulting firm that has been ranked by the BC Innovation Council and Techvibes as one of the top 20 startups in Victoria, Canada. Kris is also the CEO of Decision Tree, a team-based decision service that prioritizes on privacy and security.

Senior Security Software Developer and Linux System Administrator, at home debugging in Assembly or coding in Ruby and C, proving out a potential exploit, or performing emergency attack mitigation at any level.

Business focused technical consultant, skilled at iteratively turning customer requests into polished results.

Specialties: project consulting, threat analysis, software development (Ruby, C, JS, Python, PHP, ASM, more...), business analysis, documenting systems, reverse engineering, quality assurance, customer support, security and secure system design, system administration, requirements gathering, network administration, IT hiring, training.

Blockchain-evangelist and visionary, Alexander has experience staging ICOs in several projects.
He has raised an average of $25 million each for 6 different ICOs.

The co-founder of Blockchain Association in Russia, Alexander now resides in California, working closely with a few Blockchain companies as an advisor and consultant.

Currently operating as the CEO of the Russian Media digital agency, Alexander has 8 years experience in internet marketing and creating web services.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uglovs/

An avid entrepreneur and thought-leader in the blockchain space even before Ethereum’s time, Gregg believes in the power of the distributed ledger.

Since 2014, Gregg has played an active role in the blockchain industry as an investor and educator.

He currently acts as the COO of CoSyndicate, a platform for blockchain investors to identify, compare and capture opportunities in the ICO ecosystem in order to increase project success rate and ROI. Gregg is also the founder of Vimba Consulting, a blockchain strategy group.

An innovator and technologist, Shaun brings an eclectic mix of abilities as an advisor to the Reitium management team. As a business leader, he spent the past twenty years building businesses to solve difficult problems in challenging environments.

With successful business development and subsequent projects in the Middle East, Africa, the USA and Canada, he has raised the standards and expectations within the oil & gas, defense and emergency services industries.

By mixing this experience with an aptitude for invention, drive, and leadership, Shaun will help Reitium deliver unique solutions to its customers globally.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaun-shulba-17b887a/

Entrepreneur and engineer, Richard Scott-Smith has always had a passion for solving problems with technology, fused with elegant and efficient design. After attaining a Master’s Degree in Engineering from Oxford University, he joined the world class architectural firm, Atkins.

After several years working on some of the most challenging and prestigious projects, he went out on his own; starting a modular building solution provider ’Monitac; Smarter Spaces’, and co-founding IOT Research & Development lab ‘Binarybean’.

Richard currently sits on the board of all 3 companies, directing, advising and leading the engineering departments down the path of innovation and successful product launches.

Connect with Richard Scott-Smith:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-scott-smith-8a81a42/
Richard@monitac.com