Team

Our Experienced Team

Railtown is led and advised by experts in founding, building & exiting tech startups, Capital Markets & tech investing, and software development for some of the world's biggest companies.

Founders

Marwan Haddad
Co-Founder/CTO/Director

  • 25+ years of software development experience
  • 10 years leading and building engineering and product dev teams
  • Former CTO and VP Engineering for global proptech platform RESAAS
  • Launched platforms for Fortune 500s including Microsoft and Starbucks

Marwan Haddad has over 25 years of software development experience in addition to 10 years of experience leading and building high-performance engineering and product development teams.

He was the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering for RESAAS, a global award-winning proptech cloud platform.

Prior to RESAAS, Marwan was a software consultant and solutions provider with a wide range of local and international companies. He also has experience setting up teams and building applications and platforms on time and on budget.

He has led the development efforts/teams and launched several platforms for Fortune 500 Companies, including Microsoft and Starbucks.

Marwan holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, has completed several advanced MIS courses, and is actively involved with University of British Columbia computer science/engineering mentorship programs.

Cory Brandolini
Co-Founder/CEO/Director

  • 30+ years of experience as founder and investor in software companies
  • 20 years in investment banking, incl. Octagon Capital & Golden Capital
  • Helped raise $150M+ for private and public tech companies
  • Former partner of Teleo Inc. (acquired by Microsoft)

Cory Brandolini has over 30 years of experience as a founder, partner, angel investor, financier and advisor to disruptive, high-growth software companies within the technology industry.

His wealth of Capital Markets experience includes helping raise well over $150 million for private and public technology companies. His 20 years of experience in the investment banking industry includes time with Octagon Capital and Golden Capital.

Cory was also previously a partner of VoIP telephony company Teleo Inc. (acquired by Microsoft), a director of cross platform cloud storage application Dliveo Inc. (also acquired), a co-founder of proptech cloud platform RESAAS Inc., which has over 400,000 subscribing Realtors worldwide, and a collaborative supporter of major brands like RE/MAX and Keller Williams.

Dr. Elliot Holtham
Co-Founder/AI Data Scientist

  • Co-founder, former CEO and COO of Xtract AI (acquired by Patriot One Technologies - TSX:XTRA)
  • Ph.D. in geophysics from the University of British Columbia
  • Awarded prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Dr. Elliot Holtham has a wide range of experience in natural sciences, engineering and technology. While he has a passion for developing innovative technology, his strong work ethic and competitive drive have also enabled him to advise and lead groups to success.

Elliot was co-founder, CEO and COO of Xtract AI, a machine learning company that was acquired by Patriot One Technologies (TSX:XTRA).

He has a Ph.D. in geophysics from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and was awarded Canada’s most prestigious graduate scholarship, the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

Elliot has co-authored over a dozen published scientific articles and has spoken at technical conferences around the world. He holds an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid where he was on the Dean’s List and graduated from UBC’s Engineering Physics department with Distinction.

Kevin O’Neil
Co-Founder/Advisory Chair

  • 35+ years in technology investing, advisory and leadership
  • Former investment banker at Merrill Lynch
  • Former CEO of Xtract AI (acquired by Patriot One Technologies - TSX:XTRA)

Kevin O’Neil has over 35 years of experience in technology investing, advisory and leadership.

He was formerly the CEO of Xtract AI, which was recently acquired by Patriot One Technologies (TSX:XTRA).

Kevin was also an investment banker at Merrill Lynch.

Leadership

Andy Moeck
Senior VP of Product Development

  • Expertise in Mobile Dev, System Design, Product Management, Subscription Platforms, EdTech, AdTech, MobileTech and WebTech
  • Proven track record in IP generation, execution and management
  • Commitment to analytics and results-oriented decision making

Matthew Boulton
VP of Engineering

  • 20 years developing applications and software for some of the world's biggest companies: Microsoft, Pfizer, P&G, RE/MAX, Electronic Arts (EA), Samsung, Home Depot, WWF, Air Canada
  • 10 years developing scalable apps using AWS and Microsoft Azure clouds

Jaime Bueza
Lead Software Engineer

  • 19+ years of tech development experience
  • Former Senior Software Eng. at Barley, Senior Software Eng. for eSports platform Battlefy, Software Dev Senior Advisor at Dell, and Senior Front-End Eng. for proptech cloud platform RESAAS Inc.

Chris Girard
Senior Software Engineer

  • Former Frontend Engineer and Senior Frontend Developer for proptech cloud platform RESAAS Inc.
  • Former Senior Frontend Engineer at route planning and efficiency optimization software company Routific

Rebecca Kerswell
Investor Relations

  • 10+ years of experience in capital markets
  • Founder and CEO of SmallCap Communications, a leading North American Marketing and Communications group
  • Leverages extensive network of financial partners and service providers

Paul Woodward
CFO

  • 30+ years of experience in capital markets
  • Former Managing Director Investment Banking for Haywood Securities
  • President of Conation Capital Corp., a venture capital investor in early-stage blue sky opportunities

Advisors & Directors

Dr. Eldad Haber
Advisor

  • Professor of Computational Sciences and an NSERC Industrial Research Chair at University of British Columbia
  • Co-founded Xtract.ai (acquired by Patriot One Technologies -TSX:XTRA)
  • Written widely-adopted commercial software packages over last 20 years

Ali Sinawi
Capital Markets Advisor

  • Capital markets professional since 2005
  • Helped raise >$100M for private and public companies
  • Managing Director of Vancouver-based capital markets advisory firm specializing in marketing and financing micro- to mid-cap companies

Rob Goehring
Director

  • Serial entrepreneur and seasoned technology executive
  • 25 years of experience leading early stage, high growth tech companies
  • Founder and CEO of cyber security company Wisr AI

Anna Maria Parente
Director

  • VP of Human Resources at SureWerx Global
  • Leads HR functions for SureWerx and related companies across Canada, the US and Europe