Founder and CEO, The Big Push
Communication Studies and English, Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Honours

Sharon is a serial entrepreneur and investor with more than twenty years experience founding, investing, advising, and operating technology, internet, and digital media companies. She is driven by her passion to identify new innovative technologies and business models that have the potential to disrupt traditional markets and are designed to improve the human condition.

As founder and CEO of the Big Push, Sharon has developed a unique “Service for Equity” business model dedicated to accelerating the growth of women-led start-ups and preparing them for Series A financing. She leads a diverse group of professionals with years of experience in the areas of finance, design, law, technology, research, sales, and marketing dedicated to supplementing women founders’ own expertise during the critical startup phase.

Sharon has received several awards for her leadership and vision in the startup ecosystem including the 2020 National Canie Awards for Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, 2019 Diversity Initiative of the Year from Women in Finance, and the Winner of the 2016 Google Startup Best Company.

Sharon has held senior executive positions in various technology and media companies. She left the corporate world to pursue entrepreneurship where she successfully developed a number of mobile and software applications for health, education, and media markets.

Sharon sits on the board of the Banff Spark Accelerator for Women in Media and was appointed Member of the Women’s Entrepreneurial Strategy Expert Panel by the Honorable Mary Ng.