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From our Founder and CEO, Tanja Yardley
At the heart of this work is a simple belief: Brain health should be accessible to everyone.
Your brain shapes every experience, every relationship, every step you take in the world. When your brain and nervous system are functioning well, everything in life feels lighter.
Despite knowing this, some of the most promising advancements are siloed away in institutions or available only to those with the right resources and connections.
We believe access to these tools and insights should be universal.
That’s why our team of clinicians, educators, and innovators is building a model that puts brain health into real lives — not just research labs.
We train practitioners so they can bring deeper healing to their patients.
We support organizations so their people can recharge instead of burn out.
And we design pathways for underserved communities to receive the same care as anyone else.
Calmer parents create calmer homes. Regulated leaders create healthier workplaces. A single person’s healing ripples outward, touching families, communities, and futures.
This isn’t just about technology..
It’s about dignity.
It’s about equity.
It’s about community.
It’s about giving people the energy, clarity, and resilience to live fully — and to pass that on to the people they love.
This is our why.
Our Team
Together, we bring diverse expertise in neuroscience, technology, clinical practice, and business leadership, driving our collaborative mission. Together, they shape our strategy and reflect our commitment to transforming brain health through meaningful connections.
Tanja Yardley
Tanja, our founder and CEO, has 30+ years in healthcare leadership and technology integration. Her passion for connecting people to bring ideas to life is contagious and has resulted in many successful ventures over the course of her career.
The Brainnovation Network is the culmination of her connections, her experiences and her unwavering commitment to be of service to humanity.
Balraj Dhillon
With a decade of experience at the intersection of clinical practice and health technology innovation, Balraj brings a rare dual perspective that transforms ideas into patient-centered solutions.
As Brainnovation Network’s Director of Product Partnerships, Balraj sparks unique connections between the brightest minds in the business, bringing novel technologies and tools to solve complex health challenges.
Collin Adams
Collin’s passion for brain health began with overcoming ADD and performance anxiety through neurofeedback and heart rate variability training. As Director of Provider Partnerships and Training, he leads personalized, evidence-based strategies to boost cognitive performance, focus, and resilience.
He oversees coaching and certification programs, and manages service delivery for clients, clinical partners, nonprofits, sports, and corporate teams to implement brain performance solutions.
Tanja’s Journey
Tanja’s journey to revolutionizing how the world views brain health begins in the remote landscapes of the Yukon in northern Canada. Raised in a family of prospectors, she developed fundamental principles that would later define the Brainnovation Network: resilience in challenging environments, adaptability when faced with the unexpected, and recognition of the impact of collective effort.
These principles translated directly into more than three decades of healthcare leadership experience. Tanja has implemented strategic operations across 50+ healthcare sites, building high-performance teams across multiple business streams. Her analytical approach to healthcare systems identified consistent gaps in care delivery… gaps that technology could bridge.
As Healthcare Innovation Lead for CBI Health Group, a national healthcare organization in Canada, Tanja evaluated emerging technologies, developing and fostering connections with inventors positioned to disrupt the standard care protocols. This experience revealed a critical insight: neuroscience advancements were consistently failing to reach broader populations.
At HealthTech Connex, Tanja served as Vice President of Clinical Innovation, focusing specifically on integrating neuroscience research with practical technology implementation. By working with the med-tech team at Neurocatch, clinical researchers at the Centre for Neurology Studies and brain-savvy clinicians at NeuroPeak, she was able to weave tech into clinical protocols with ease and local impact, but it became evident that this mission needed a full team and a global focus to grow to its potential.
Our Advisory Board
Ramona von Leden, PhD
Genevieve Major, PhD
Jan Venter, MD
Lauren Karatanevski, DC
Markus Besemann, MD
Natasha Wilch, PT
Shaun Porter, MSc
Sheila Thelen
Dan O’Brien, MD, MBA, PhD
David Vago, PhD
Abeed Hirji, OT
Dr. Jeffrey Rouse, MD
Lee Lau, MD
Lee Sidebottom, PhD
Dr. Sealy Hambright, PhD
Dr. Ryan D’Arcy, PhD
Gary Mccoy
Mary Lee, CD MPR
Dr. Claire Sira, PhD
Neil Pearson, PT, MSc(RHBS), BA-BPHE, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Dr. Leigh Richardson, Ph.D., MBA