David Alston
David Alston is a repeat tech and marketing startup entrepreneur, and the Chief Entrepreneur in Residence for the New Brunswick Government. He is widely celebrated in the industry, including: KIRA Award's Industry Champion for 2015, a Forbes top 50 CMO in social media, co-winner of a 2014 EY Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Atlantic Canada, 2015 winner of Entrepreneur of the Year, and co-winner of Enterprise Promotion for the Atlantic Region from Startup Canada.
David is co-chair of LivingSJ, a local movement creating pathways out of poverty; a member of the Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative (BCAPI); and has recently been involved with two documentaries, Code Kids, which follows the journey to get coding back in the classroom; and The Millennial Dream, a documentary questioning whether the values of “The American Dream” have now been replaced with those more aligned with the passions of the Millennial generation.
