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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top British Columbia based VP’ operating in the Mobile space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Mathew George
Head & Founder of TELUS Ventures + Vice President of TELUS
Mathew heads TELUS Ventures, the venture capital arm of TELUS Corporation. He is currently a Board director of Vision Critical and Checkwell Solutions and a Board Observer of Clairmail and Teradici. Prior Board roles include Widevine (acquired by Google), Hostopia (acquired by Deluxe), Digit Wireless (acquired by Nuance), Critical Telecom (acquired by BATM), Atreus Systems (acquired by Sonus Networks), Apparent Networks (now AppNeta) and the Arts Club Theatre Company (owner of the Stanley and Granville Island stages). Before founding TELUS Ventures in 2001, Mathew managed the global co-investment and direct private equity investment activities of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund. Mathew started his career with the Paribas Asset Management in Paris, followed by roles in investment banking with Barclays de Zoete Wedd and Warburgs in London and New York. Mathew holds a Master of Business Management degree from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commericiales (HEC) in Paris, with specialization in Analytical Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. His Bachelor of Technology degree is in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Calicut. Mathew is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, the Vancouver Society of Financial Analysts and the IEEE.
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About TELUS: Second largest Canadian telecommunications company. Provides wireless phone service, high speed Internet, IPTV, home phone, long distance,
Michel Belec
SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of TELUS
Michel E. Belec is Senior Vice President, Legal Services with TELUS where he leads an international team of legal professionals dedicated to providing value-added strategic support on a broad range of corporate, commercial and investment transactions. His mandate includes providing tactical advice to TELUS’ domestic and international business units in support of corporate priorities and to create outstanding customer outcomes in the business market segment. Michel also supports TELUS’ Corporate Secretariat office, is a trustee of TELUS’ co-managed pension plan and a director on various TELUS pension related boards and committees. His focus in these roles is on compliance, governance and investment performance as well as supporting effective decision making in a diverse environment. Throughout his career, Michel has been a strong supporter of his community through pro-bono legal work, volunteering and serving on the executives of local charities. He is a current director of the TELUS Fund, an independent production fund that aims to enlighten health choices and a regular participant in the delivery of TELUS’ induction and learning programs as well as a mentor to various team members. Michel holds a BA from Simon Fraser University and an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School. He is authorized to practice law in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario and completed senior leadership training with INSEAD, the Rotman School of Management and the Schulich School of Business.
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About TELUS: Second largest Canadian telecommunications company. Provides wireless phone service, high speed Internet, IPTV, home phone, long distance,
Tim Fimmers
EVP & CTO of AdPerfect
Skills Online Advertising, Digital MediaProject Management, Product Management, Product Development, Account Management, Web Development, Information Technology, Business Strategy, Business Process, Business Planning, Strategic Partnerships, User Experience, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Technology Solutions, IT, SEO, Sales, Advertising, Publishing, Email Marketing, Newspaper, E-commerce, Data Integration
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About AdPerfect: Self-serve advertising, Digital & print classifieds, Web-based technology, Obituaries, Mobile-Responsive Marketplace
James Heise
VP, Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships of Appnovation
James Heise is the VP, Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Appnovation Technologies.
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About Appnovation: Appnovation is a global Digital Solutions and Managed Services provider, delivering strategy, app development and enterprise integrations.
Sherborne Pao
Executive Vice President, Global People & Culture & Operations of Appnovation
Sherborne Pao is the Executive Vice President, Global People & Culture and Operations at Appnovation.
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About Appnovation: Appnovation is a global Digital Solutions and Managed Services provider, delivering strategy, app development and enterprise integrations.
Kenneth Conroy
VP of Data Science of Finn AI
Kenneth Conroy is the VP of Data Science at Finn AI.
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About Finn AI: Finn AI provides AI-powered conversational banking technology for personal banking and finance.
Jamie Lubiner
VP, Customer Solutions of Attendease
Jamie Lubiner has spent 16+ years overseeing and participating in the design and delivery of custom software for myriad Fortune 500 companies like Adobe, SXSW, NVIDIA, Apple, Intuit and PalmSource. Jamie also co-founded Attendease, which is an enterprise-grade event management, marketing and delivery platform.
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About Attendease: an event automation platform for corporate event teams built to enable a repeatable, scalable event planning and execution process.
Tony Kroeker
VP Systems Engineering and Co-Founder of Tutela
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About Tutela: Tutela crowd-sources mobile usage and experience data from millions of mobile devices every day to provide insight to the mobile industry
David Yarish
VP Mobile Solutions and Co-Founder of Tutela
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About Tutela: Tutela crowd-sources mobile usage and experience data from millions of mobile devices every day to provide insight to the mobile industry
Roman Azbel
VP Engineering & Founder of Vonigo
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About Vonigo: Vonigo provides SaaS business management software for mobile services companies.
John Almond
Co-Founder & Vice President of Warranty Life
Communications and business experience – I have been involved in using technology for business communications for over 30 years. Began programming A/V presentations using first PC’s in school; joined first computer graphics design company in Canada after University; founded Alpha Visuals Inc. a computer graphic design company in Toronto 1985; was purchased by Genigraphics Corporation (division of GE) in 1987; Executive Producer, Genigraphics Corporation (Toronto – New York); Partner Vision Presentations Inc. – 1990 (Vancouver); founded Emerge Online one of Vancouver’s first web design firms in 1995; Principal, Ionysys Technology Corporation & President, New Media Consulting – 1999; Radiant Communications 2000; Graphically Speaking 2006. Specialties Internet Strategy; Usability testing; Information architecture; Ecommerce planning; Website development; Search engine optimization; Online marketing; Web analytics
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About Graphically Speaking, Warranty Life: Providing Usage-Based Mobile Device Insurance
Grant Jurgeneit
VP Business Development, Co-Founder of Checkfront
Founder of Checkfront.
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About Checkfront: Checkfront offers online booking services for tours and activities, rentals, and accommodations.
Dexter Hu
Vice President of antsquare
Co-Founder, CTO, Back-End at antsquare.
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About antsquare: Antsquare builds the next generation of online retail marketplace, anywhere and everywhere with mobile
Lenny Goh
VP, Business Development of Tradable Bits
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About Tradable Bits: Know Your Fans, Market Smarter. Tradable Bits is the leading fan-based marketing platform for music and sports.
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