Pink Army’s Board of Directors
John Carlson is founding director of the Pink Army Cooperative. He has over a decade of experience in the public securities market, and is a co-founder of the J2 capital corporation which, through its subsidiaries, has almost 300 employees. Mr. Carlson is also a partner in Q2 Consulting Limited, a consulting group focused on developing innovation strategies and solutions for the Canadian life science, technology, and energy sectors.
Andrew Hessel is the founder and managing director of the Pink Army Cooperative. After earning degrees in cellular biology and bacterial genomics, he joined the Amgen Institute in Toronto, where he learned firsthand the challenges of novel drug development. A champion of open source synthetic biology since 2004, he now advises leading groups on strategies for open innovation, including open drug development. His work is enabling a new generation of researchers and entrepreneurs to address major bioengineering challenges, including renewable energy production, environmental preservation and remediation, and human disease.
Jayson Tymko is an Alberta-born businessperson who continually seeks new opportunities and challenges. A founding director of the Pink Army Cooperative, he is also active on the boards of a numerous companies, including a private investment bank, an investment trust, a construction company, and a consulting company. He also builds strategic alliances and does corporate development and investment banking services through his work with the J2 Capital Corporation.