Board of Directors
Get to know our board of directors and strategic advisory board.
Brian Tunick
Mr. Tunick is an award-winning Wall Street consumer research analyst, investor and business leader in early-stage consumer technology companies. For nine consecutive years during his career at JP Morgan Chase, Mr. Tunick was voted as the #1 retail analyst on Wall Street by mutual funds and hedge funds in the annual Institutional Investor poll. Throughout his 20+ years of equity research and capital markets experience as Managing Director at JP Morgan Chase and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), he advised and facilitated the IPOs of companies such as Lululemon, Canada Goose, Ulta Beauty, Michael Kors, Burlington Stores, Stitch Fix and Tumi to name a few. At RBC, while covering 25 retail/consumer companies, Mr. Tunick helped Institutional investors understand the financial implications as the sector underwent unprecedented changes. He was a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg Business and his thematic research reports were often quoted in Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business Week and Investor's Business Daily. In 2019, he formed Grand Slam Partners to invest family office capital in private companies that he believed were disrupting their industries including Alpha (plant based) Foods, Bluestone Lane Coffee, Genies, Hint Water, Pipe, Rescale Software, Sneakercon and The RealReal. In 2021, he co-Founded vranda.io, an ESG operating system unlocking the value of ESG data for companies that are needing to comply with the increasing scrutiny and risks associated with SASB, TCFD, GRI and other key standards of carbon emissions, DE&I programs and corporate governance. He is an advisor and seed investor in XRC Labs, a NYC based venture capital firm and innovation accelerator for the next generation of disruptors in the retail technology and consumer goods sectors. ... Read more
Sina Miri
Sina Miri is a seasoned professional with more than 25 years of experience in bridging the gap between design, technology, and business requirements. He has a proven track record of transforming innovative ideas into commercially successful products through his expertise in product development and strategic planning. ... Read more
Sarfaraz Haji
Mr. Haji is a qualified CPA, CA having managed audits of both public and private companies while working for Clarkson Gordon and Company (now E&Y) in Toronto. He went to Pakistan and started two successful businesses before returning to Canada in 2009. On his return to Canada, he provided consulting services to Par Pak Ltd, Brampton a plastic packaging manufacturing company, assisting them in their sale transaction ... Read more
Atul Sabharwal
Mr. Sabharwal is a founder of Snipp and has over 10 years of experience in the digital media/mobile industry. He served as Executive Director of the Acme Group, a $2+ billion company based in India. Mr. Sabharwal’s earlier experience includes a board role at eSolar, an Idealabs company funded by Google, GE & Oak Capital, being the founder of the Finalysis Group (a consulting group and provider of remote services such as call center management and lead generation to corporate clients), and positions with AOL, IBM Business Services (previously PWC Consulting), the Boston Consulting Group and News Corporation. He holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and attended Wharton. ... Read more
Martin Shen
Martin Shen is Co-Founder and General Partner of Shen Capital Partners, a growth equity investment firm specialized in publicly listed technology businesses. Prior to Shen Capital, Martin spent a decade in Silicon Valley founding and scaling two venture-backed startups, raising capital from Y Combinator and Lightspeed Venture Partners. He currently serves as a Board Director of ICEsoft Technologies. ... Read more