The WIP Team

Founder & CEO - Caroline Lewko

A consummate 'connector' with a passion for wireless!

Caroline has been in the wireless/ telecom industry since 1995, as a coder, funder, business developer and entrepreneur.   She is sought out by investors and C level executives for insights, contacts and advice; and has advised and funded hundreds of companies.

Caroline founded the Wireless Innovation Network of BC (WINBC) in 2001 and is its current Chair.  During the last 6 years, WINBC has become recognized as a leading wireless trade organization through its innovative programs including producing North America 's Wireless Innovation Contest (WIC). She also spearheaded and Chairs the Wireless Technology Centre in Vancouver, a $14 million project that brings together a number of key industry groups to facilitate time to market of emerging companies and includes collaboration with Bell Canada 's 2010 Innovation Centre.

Caroline has also worked for a Hong Kong consultancy marketing an industrial park in China and was in the Telecommunications Industry Group of Anderson Consulting (Accenture). She received her MBA from Dalhousie University .

Some additional links:

www.linkedin.com/in/carolinelewko

WIP Advisory Team

Steve Glagow

As VP of Marketing Operations, Orange, Steve Glagow is responsible for three areas within Orange: Commercial Operations, Project Management and Implementation, and Orange Partner.

Orange Partner is a dedicated global programme for existing and potential partners of Orange and the France Telecom group, helping them provide compelling products and services using the Orange network and devices.
The programme offers free tools and information required to build solutions that satisfy the requirements of a 100 million-plus customer base across the globe. Over 55,000 members of the programme are supported with free development tools, information, testing and signing, on-line support, and access to the Orange Partner global development centres.
Steve joined Orange in December 2003 from Hewlett-Packard where he was director of software developer programmes. His background is predominantly in the marketing, technical and communications area with senior roles at: Coopers & Lybrand (director of strategic business services), Digital Equipment (director of marketing), Sequent Computer Systems (director of telecommunications), Silicon Graphics (director of marketing for telecommunication and media), and Bluestone, which was later acquired by HP, (VP of international marketing operations).

Steve sits on the board of directors of EEMA, a European Commerce and Security Association and also on the board of ISUG, the international Sybase User Group.

www.orangepartner.com

Linda Streb

Senior Director Marketing at Access

http://www.access-company.com/developers/index.html

Douglas H. Blakeway

Mr. Blakeway is President and CEO of Strategic Technologies Inc., a publicly traded international wireless RFID company which he founded in 1985. As an entrepreneur and investor, over the past 40 years, he has founded and operated a number of successful endeavors from service oriented companies to high technology electronic manufacturing. Mr. Blakeway has extensive connections in the security and policing sectors and has security clearances from the Canadian and U.S. Government law enforcement agencies. Mr. Blakeway is a proven inventor with a variety of patents for such things as a rotary engine; a portable diamond drill feed, a fluid management system and an infrared night viewing system. As a helicopter pilot, his vision and tenacity resulted in the founding of WM Aviation - the parent company of Helijet Airways, the first regional helicopter service in B.C. Since 1982, Mr. Blakeway has been a director of a number of public companies on the TSX Venture Exchange. He is currently a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Listed Company Association, CanTest Ltd, Legend Power Systems Inc., Tactical Technologies Inc., On Guard Plus Limited. and Texas Gas & Oil Inc. Mr. Blakeway serves on audit and corporate governance committees and with his knowledge of the policies and procedures for listing Capital Pool Companies (CPC's) has facilitated the successful qualification of a CPC to a Tier 2 issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Blakeway is a member of Simon Fraser University Surrey, Business Advisory Council, a Board member of the Wireless Innovation Network of BC (WINBC) and TEC (The Executive Committee), an international organization for CEOs.

Terry Hughes

Terry has more than 20 years experience in the wireless industry including seven years in a variety of sales and business development roles at Vodafone HQ in the UK .  He has gained valuable experience as head of sales at wireless start-ups selling to carriers and more recently led the efforts of Canadian based Zi Corporation licensing software to handset manufacturers including Nokia and LG.  In addition to sales and marketing roles, Terry has been General Manager and head of Professional Services, responsible for delivering company-wide solutions to customers.  Terry's global sales experience, coupled with his deep understanding of the mobile industry,  are key to the build-out of WIP's Go-to-Market program.