Glamour Magazine named Anne a visionary who will change the world for her work with Young Inventors International.
Anne's passion lies in innovation and bringing new technologies to market. Anne is the founder of Young Inventors International (YII), and has created networks and programs that have assisted thousands of innovators around the world. Anne founded Young Inventors in her second year of undergraduate studies while she was struggling to patent a flexible keyboard and grew the organization to more than 1,800 members around the world. The organization has held three international conferences, including at MIT and the University of Toronto, as well as a special panel of social venture YII member companies at the Dow Jones Emerging Ventures Forum.
Anne is an Xconomist and author of the following articles:
Anne has also worked with the MaRS Discovery District, the Innovation Systems Research Network, the Cleantech Venture Network, Magna International, the University of Toronto Law School, Free the Children, and a number of start-up companies in Canada and around the world. Prior to working with YII, Anne started a series of businesses, including a database management company that created a database for managing patient flow for a major Canadian hospital and a communications and marketing company that worked with enterprises relocating to Canada.
Anne recently took the CEO position at a solar thermal start-up that is still in stealth mode.
Take a look at this recent World Intellectual Property Organization's Magazine article about YII and its members.