Topic: People
Margaret Hopkins
Margaret Hopkins is a third year math and music major at Acadia University with an interest in promoting mathematics and technology education for youth in the Annapolis Valley. She is a founding member and now coach of the Horton High Robats, an all-girls’ robotics team; coaches Wolfville School’s First Lego League team, Robo Lobo Wired; and volunteers with WISE Acadia and other organizations in the region to promote STEM education for all students. She also plays the trumpet and carries out interdisciplinary research that combines mathematics and music.
Mark Richards
Mark has been working in the field of education for over 20 years. For the past four years Mark has been the AVRSB Consultant of Technology integration and Student Data. Prior to that, Mark spent 10 years teaching high school science/technology, was a high school vice principal and was project manager for the provincial PowerSchool implementation. Mark wrote the original Computer Programming 12 curriculum document for the province of Nova Scotia in the early 2000’s.
Matt Hall
I make stuff happen at Agile*, an independent geoscience idea factory in Canada.
We build awesome knowledge engines for organizations (mostly wikis), and we hone our skills in subsurface science… We have most recently been working on geothermal reservoir description. I’ve worked the Montney tight gas of Alberta and BC, frontier exploration in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, the Athabasca oil sands, the Norwegian North Sea. I also worked in software for several years, as an advocate of integrated volume visualization and interpretation and viz room pilot.
Matthew Doucette
I am a video game developer (Xbox 360 & PC). Check out my video game company, Xona Games, and my first professional video game, Duality ZF, for more information. My only parter is my twin brother, Jason Doucette.
Here is the Duality ZF April 2009 trailer:
Max Caplan
Hi, I’m Max! I’m a full stack web developer and designer with over 3 years of freelance experience and a lifetime of passion for building things!
I really enjoy learning new things and problem solving as a developer. As a designer, I love creating unique and engaging experiences. I am a very detail oriented person who puts a lot of emphasis into how people interact with the things I make.
Michael Caplan
Mike has been active as a web application developer and designer since the late 90s, working in the non-profit, university, retail, agricultural, and health care industries. He was a founding partner of HarvestHand , a platform that services Community Shared Agriculture farms. Mike founded Refresh Annapolis Valley , a new media professional association.
Mike is the Software Development Manager for the Labnet Dental Lab Systems division of Henry Schein - a solutions company for health care professionals.
Michael Macmillan
Michael is an SEO and marketing specialist, focusing on consultancy for software & service companies and specializing in troubleshooting. He built his first website in 1996 and was a working professional in the digital world by 1999. Having held various roles in the digital world, he transitioned to an SEO role in 2009. Since then he has held SEO roles in-house, as leadership for an agencies SEO team, and as an independent consultant.
Mike Downs
Mike has over eighteen years of Internet marketing strategy and product management experience helping create, shape, and launch technology products on the Web. Mike is very passionate about how human beings use computers. Focusing on usability and user experience for the last 10 years, Mike has helped retail giants like Macy’s and The Gap as well as government organizations like Tourism British Columbia and Service Nova Scotia deliver experiences that engage their audience.
Mrugakshee Palwe
My name is Mrugakshee Palwe. I started investing my time in understanding the blockchain technology in mid-2018.
- Graduated with a degree in computer science in spring 2018
- Received a scholarship for Consensys academy’s 2018 Developer Bootcamp in October 2018.
- Certificate of Proficiency from Ethereum Blockchain Developer Bootcamp - Feb 2019
- Forked and customized the Bitshares, Graphene, and Peerplays blockchains
- Co-founded Atlantic Blockchain Company Inc. in November 2018