Management & Directors

Mr. Garnett is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in various consumer brands including Seattle’s Best Coffee Canada, Steaz (a brand of organic green tea beverages previously owned by Nestle’s venture capital arm) and Small Potatoes Urban Delivery Inc. (SPUD.ca).

Mr. Garnett founded Seattle’s Best Coffee Canada in 1993 and expanded it nationally until it was acquired by Starbucks in 2007. As Executive Chairman and CEO of Steaz, he ran the business, driving its restructure, rebranding, and positioning for eventual sale. Mr. Garnett was an early investor in Spud.ca and recently founded the online liquor platform, New District.ca, which he ran as CEO, along with Icon Fine Wine, which he sold in 2017.

Mr. Garnett is a past Chairman of the Board of The Vancouver Club, a storied establishment in Vancouver now in its third century.  The Vancouver Club is rooted in the very foundations of the City and is a place where global business meets rich local culture and tradition.

Mr. Malnarick has extensive experience in product regulatory compliance with Health Canada for various food and beverage, natural health, pharmaceutical and agriculture companies.  Specifically, with cannabis, over the last four years, Mr. Malnarick has spearheaded the process of application for myriad Licensed Producers in Canada (‘’LPs’’), including Experion Biotechnologies Inc. application, obtaining LP status, funding, going public, and commission cultivation and processing facilities. He has also managed cannabis projects throughout the United States including greenhouse projects in California and Washington and extraction facilities in Washington and Oregon.  Mr. Malnarick is operationally focused, with expertise spanning several industries guiding organizations through the process of funding and commissioning, mergers and acquisitions, product development, new facility process planning and quality engineering.

Ms. Hitkari is an influential Senior Financial Leader with a progressive career working with public and private companies.

Ms. Hitkari’s brings to Experion true executive leadership and experience and a remarkable track record of guiding business growth and transformation.

Ms. Hitkari’s financial leadership and experience at developing and leading financial strategy in dynamic, fast paced and hyper-growth industries is fitting experience that she is leveraging at Experion. Over the course of her career she has participated in strategic transactions, ranging from $1 million to $2.6 billion, including due diligence, risk assessment, valuation and integration activities. Ms. Hitkari is an accomplished executive skilled at navigating listings on major exchanges ensuring legal and regulatory compliance regarding key financial functions.

Mr. Mayer joined Experion Biotechnologies in 2017 bringing 20 years of international leadership experience in engineering, operations and quality assurance from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cosmetic and cannabis industries.

As Senior Vice President of Operations, the Quality Assurance Person (QAP) for Experion Wellness and the first site employee, Mr. Mayer engaged a team and completed the build-out and commissioning of the site, established all cultivation systems and processes and directed the implementation of the site security and quality management systems.

Currently Mr. Mayer is responsible for the ongoing site expansion and industrial extraction deployment, overseeing all joint ventures and partner operations as well as the day-to-day operations at the site.

With over 20 years of senior management experience in beverage alcohol including significant time at MolsonCoors and Diageo, Mr. Medwid is excited to bring his skillset into the emerging cannabis space.

Well known for his positive leadership style, he brings an entrepreneurial perspective to the workplace  helping transform under achieving operations by creating high performing teams guided by a consumer first strategic vision.

A believer in being extraordinary, Mr. Medwid led teams that won a national Strategy Marketing Award for Canada 150 programming, founded the BC Independent Distillers Association and were the first Canadian craft brewers to enter the Quebec grocery market.