Board of Directors
Meet our board of directors
Paul Vallée
Founder and CEO, Tehama
Paul Vallée is the founder and CEO of Tehama and a serial entrepreneur who has spent his career at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies that enable the exchange of work over the internet.
Paul Vallée
Paul Vallée is the founder and CEO of Tehama and a serial entrepreneur who has spent his career at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies that enable the exchange of work over the internet.
When founding Pythian in 1997, Paul envisioned a future that allows anyone to work from anywhere. Perceiving an opportunity for the Internet and related technologies to unlock human potential, he set out to apply and invent technology that could securely connect global workforces to enterprise IT systems.
Paul was a pioneer in remote connectivity technology and lays claim to the first application of IPSEC VPN technology to enable enterprises to consume services over the internet. Paul founded Pythian as a data-centric services business with a focus on remote work, and under his leadership, the company developed groundbreaking tools that enable teams to work and interact seamlessly and securely even when dispersed across multiple continents. It is at Pythian that Tehama was born, then launched to the public in 2018, and now spun out to develop its opportunity to help global enterprises seeking to secure their services supply chain.
With Tehama now independent, Paul has redoubled his commitment to the future of work. Tehama’s Virtual Office as a Service technology makes it easy for enterprises to manage, onboard and audit third-party vendors, remote teams, and freelancers by providing compliant, secure, cloud-based virtual desktops available on-demand globally.
Paul is a sought-after speaker who was named 2016’s Diversity Champion by Canada’s Women in Communications and Technology, is active in the Council of Canadian Innovators, the CIO Strategy Council, and serves on the board of the Basic Income Canada Network.
Shawn Chance
Venture Partner, OMERS Ventures
In his role as Venture Partner, Shawn is focused on driving investments in enterprise computing technologies, including virtualization, cybersecurity, and voice.
Shawn Chance
In his role as Venture Partner, Shawn is focused on driving investments in enterprise computing technologies, including virtualization, cybersecurity, and voice. Shawn also oversees and provides strategic direction to the global operations team. Shawn has over 15 years of product, sales and marketing leadership. Prior to joining OMERS Ventures in 2019, Shawn worked at various startups, leading GTM strategy. Previously, Shawn spent five years in global product management at Spin Master, as well as five years at Microsoft during the launch of the first and second generation Xbox consoles. Shawn lives in Toronto, Canada and holds a psychology degree from Ottawa University. Shawn is a passionate motorcycle racer, rider and builder.
Mike Aiello
Chief Product Officer, White Ops
Mike Aiello has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry with a focus in cloud security, privacy, risk management, large scale infrastructure security, machine learning and fraud protection.
Mike Aiello
Mike Aiello has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry with a focus in cloud security, privacy, risk management, large scale infrastructure security, machine learning and fraud protection. He uses this expertise to fight cybercrime with White Ops as Chief Product Officer.
Prior to White Ops, Aiello served as the CEO of AppGate and was previously at Google, where he served as Director of Product Management for Google Cloud Security leading the strategy for Google’s enterprise cloud security products. Aiello also served as Chief Information Security Officer at Goldman Sachs where he helped secure and launch Marcus, the company’s digital retail bank, and established the company’s Consumer Trust and Technology Risk Committee.
Aiello earned an MBA from the University of Oxford and a M.S. and B.S. Computer Science, with a focus on Information Assurance, from New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. Mike serves on boards of cybersecurity focused companies and has authored several patents related to cybersecurity and privacy.