Mr. Lance Laking serves as Senior Investment Director at MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund. Lance also serves as a Boartd Member of viscore. He is a Board Observer of Cybeats. He is also a mentor, advisor and facilitator of Entrepreneurship Programs for MaRS Venture Services. In addition to MaRS, Lance is a member of the Board at Expertfile, and an active Angel Investor. Lance was recently Executive Chairman at Granite Networks where he lead the sale of the company to Rogers Communications. He previously served as President and CEO of BTI Systems where he was responsible for securing more than US$55M in growth capital (BTI acquired by Juniper Networks in January 2016). Prior to joining BTI, Lance founded the Canadian subsidiary of HUBER+SUHNER, a Swiss-based wireless and optical component manufacturer.