About — Elentra

Greg Vanclief

President & CEO

Greg is President and CEO of Elentra, and serves as a member of our Board of Directors.

As a tech industry veteran with more than 2 decades of experience and a passion for building successful companies, Greg brings extensive leadership and entrepreneurship skills to the company.  Over his career he has led and supported dozens of technology companies as executive, board member, mentor and investor.

Jim Roche

Chair

Mr. Roche has extensive experience in managing companies, specifically related to technology and international business. He is an experienced entrepreneur and business executive with a strong track record of leading innovative companies. Mr. Roche’s principal occupation is President & CEO of Stratford Group, a company he founded in December 2008. Over his career, Mr. Roche has sat on numerous boards and committees. He is currently a corporate director on the boards of Ballard Power Systems as well as several private companies and community organizations.

John Sheridan

Corporate Director

John Sheridan is a retired CEO and Corporate Director, currently engaged in Board, Community, and Charity roles.

Over his career, he has had broad operating experience and extensive corporate governance experience. He led companies in 3 different sectors (energy technology, communications, and media), as President & CEO of Ballard Power Systems, President & COO of Bell Canada, and President & CEO of Encom plc. He has been a director on numerous corporate boards including Actimedia, Aliant, Ballard Power Systems, Bell Canada, Dantherm Power, MTS, NewPage, and SunMedia.

He has also served in public leadership roles, as Governor of Ryerson University, Chair of the Toronto United Way Campaign, Chair of the UK Cable Communications Association, and Chair of the Canadian Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association.

Jane Philpott

Corporate Director

Dr. Jane Philpott is a Professor of Family Medicine, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She is CEO of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization and serves as the Ministers’ Special Advisor for the Ontario Health Data Platform. Dr. Philpott is an outspoken advocate and writer about issues of health equity and social justice in health systems. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1984. She completed a Family Medicine residency at the University of Ottawa and a Tropical Medicine fellowship at the University of Toronto. She later earned her Master of Public Health from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Philpott spent the first decade of her medical career in Niger, West Africa. In 1998, she moved to Stouffville, Ontario, where she served as a family physician for 17 years and as Chief of Family Medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital. In 2015, Dr. Philpott was elected as the Member of Parliament for Markham-Stouffville. She served in numerous federal cabinet positions from 2015 to 2019, including Minister of Health, Minister of Indigenous Services, President of the Treasury Board, and Minister of Digital Government.

Denis Bourguignon

Chief Liaison Officer

Denis Bourguignon is the Chief Financial & Administrative Officer (CFAO) for the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University. As CFAO, Mr. Bourguignon is responsible for the Faculty’s Information Technology Services and he is the Senior Administrator responsible for the Elentra Consortium.

In his capacity as Chief Liaison Officer, Mr. Bourguignon will work closely with the President & CEO of Elentra Corp to ensure coordination and collaboration between Queen’s University, the Elentra Consortium and Elentra Corp.