Tinkerine Studios Ltd. announces the establishment of an advisory board comprised of Nancy Liang (Shapeways), serial tech entrepreneur Ben Yan (HP, GT Telecom), current Member of Parliament Russel Hiebert, Silicon Valley PR strategist Mark Addison, and tech entrepreneur Russ Krywolt as initial members. Nancy Liang is currently the Co-Founder of Mixee Labs. Previously, Nancy ran the Materials Product Group at Shapeways.

Ben Yan has more than 35 years of management experience with Fortune 50 companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and Abbott Laboratories. During his time at HP, Ben was involved in several areas including Channel Management in distribution, setting up the dealer network, and other industry sectors, such as government, telecom, natural resources, system integration, ISV (independent software vendor) and financial services. Russel Hiebert has been a Canadian Member of Parliament for ten years.

He has practiced law at a national law firm and owned and operated a software company. He is currently completing the Institute of Corporate Directors Education Program and serves as a director of a mining exploration company. Mark Addison is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and international marketing consultant.

Mark was a former vice president of GolinHarris. Russ has been a technology entrepreneur for his own companies (both private and public) and an advisor/board member of other companies for 20 years.