The VIZE Story

Hailey is a seasoned entrepreneur with a decade of experience in building customer service-focused B2B companies. As COO and Co-founder of Vize Labs Inc., Hailey’s passion lies in leveraging technology to foster diversity, inclusion, and a sense of belonging in the workplace. She firmly believes that businesses benefit greatly from diverse lived experiences, and that creating a supportive and nurturing work environment is key to unlocking people’s full potential. Hailey is also a proud parent and partner who enjoys experimenting with new recipes in her free time. She welcomes any challenge that allows her to unleash her creativity and tackle problems with a fresh perspective.

Joel, named Canada’s Top Young Entrepreneur in 2013, is a visionary leader who values people above all else. Through his several successful business ventures, he has demonstrated a commitment to fostering a culture of high-functioning, purposeful achievement, and happiness. As the CEO and Co-founder of Vizelabs, Joel’s focus is on building up everyone around him, enabling them to thrive and advance. He is deeply committed to his family and has a passion for all types of food and enjoys savoring a good scotch. In addition, Joel is a big sports fan, and you can often find him cheering for his favorite teams during his free time.

Retired paramedic from rural East Central Alberta, B Adair (he/they) is an accomplished equity, diversity, & inclusion (EDI) speaker, educator, and facilitator. Through his company, Just B Diversity & Inclusion Consulting (www.justbconsulting.ca), B takes pride in providing supportive and non-judgmental spaces for folks of all backgrounds to learn and ask questions comfortably. B shares his life experiences, sense of humour, and passion for advocacy while facilitating conversations that increase knowledge and improve EDI practices with educators, business owners, healthcare organizations, sports organizations, students, and community groups across the country.

B also works with Gateway Association, a non-profit organization based out of Alberta, on a project called GEDI (Gateway to Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion) Hub. This is a federally-funded project that offers EDI consulting services free of charge for small and medium sized organizations across Canada. (www.gatewaytodiversity.ca)

Chris Dyer is a recognized company culture and remote work expert. As a former CEO managing thousands of people, his companies consistently were named a best place to work. They have also been named a fastest growing company by Inc Magazine 5 times. Chris routinely consults and speaks, and Inc Magazine ranked him as the #1 Leadership Speaker on Culture. He has two bestselling books The Power of Company Culture and Remote Work, and has been named #5 on the Leadershum Power List, a Top 50 Voice in Leadership, a Top 40 Change Management Guru, a Top 50 Global Thought Leader, and a Top 50 leadership podcast just this year.

As a leadership speaker his goal is to inspire audiences with a straightforward delivery, insightful candor, and engaging humor. His talks leave audiences permanently transformed, offering innovative perspectives on leadership to improve company culture, and empower organizations to discover new successes. Countless companies have unlocked productivity, performance, and profits by implementing his 7 Pillar Strategy. 

Jeff Dyck is a Senior Director of Engineering at Siemens EDA, responsible for R&D for four software product lines in the Custom IC Verification (CICV) division. Prior to joining Siemens, Jeff was VP of Engineering at Solido Design Automation, where he led Solido’s R&D teams, managed Solido’s product lines, and co-invented Solido’s machine learning technologies. Solido was acquired by Siemens in 2017. Jeff is now working on evolving the active learning technology in Solido’s products, as well as developing new disruptively differentiated tools within the Siemens EDA CICV product line. Jeff also helps to grow tech start-up and scale-up companies as an active mentor.

Jocelyn is an EDI researcher and mechanical engineer with nearly 20 years of experience leading change. Through her business, Prairie Catalyst, Jocelyn creates awareness and removes roadblocks so that individuals and organizations can realize the benefits of inclusion and achieve their full potential. She helps her clients lead change with a consultative and collaborative approach that engages key stakeholders. 

Jocelyn is a 2021 Vanier scholar and is working on her PhD project, “Activating Allies”. After thirteen years working at Canadian mining and mineral processing sites in technical and leadership roles, Jocelyn is now focused on leading and inspiring positive change through EDI research, facilitation, public speaking, and consulting.  

Jocelyn is Vice-Chair of the Board  for Women in Mining and Women in Nuclear Saskatchewan and sits on the advisory board for ECO Canada’s Reclaiming Leadership project.”

Credentials:

• Ph.D. Candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies
• M.Sc. in Interdisciplinary Studies
• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering with Distinction