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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 Alberta based Director operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a Director 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.
Greg Kelemen
Managing Director and General Manager of Diffsix
Greg Kelemen is the managing director and general manager at Diffsix. He is also the president and managing partner at Kelemen & Company Inc. Greg graduated from Ryerson University with a bachelor’s degree in arts and architecture.
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About Diffsix: Diffsix provides enterprise service management and shared services solutions to help companies take costs out of their IT operations.
Ed Levinson
Director of Ensibuuko
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About Ensibuuko, Shona, Sockeye: Ensibuuko is a fintech startup that provides cloud-based micro-finance & insurance software as well as mobile money apps.
Dusan Berka
Director of King’s Bay
Berka is a graduate engineer with a M.Sc. (Dipl.Ing.) degree from the Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia (1968) and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. since 1977. He has over 40 years international experience in Engineering, Marketing & Sales and Business Administration. Dusan also has extensive experience in the management, marketing, promotion and administration of public companies as well as in the Corporate Communications, shareholders information, public relation and contract negotiations. During the past 34 years Mr. Berka has served as a Director and Officer of various public companies traded on the TSX and TSX Venture Exchanges and the NASDAQ System in USA.
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About 92 Resources Corp., King’s Bay: King’s Bay is a Vancouver based company focused on the exploration of cobalt, and other high-tech metals in North America.
Ian Storm
Director of Managed Services of Stratiform
I’m Director of Managed Services. I’m responsible for managing procedure and process. Not surprisingly I’m a huge nerd and love to geek out on strategic growth and computers. Here’s proof: I keep a clean desktop, clean icons, clean documents, and organized file structures. Yet I have a messy car, messy room, and messy desk.
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About Stratiform: Stratiform is a provider of cloud IT solutions that includes consulting, professional, and managed services.
Gary Hagerty
Sales Director, Calgary of ZE PowerGroup
With over 25 years in the energy and commodities market field, Gary is ZE’s Sales Director based in Calgary, Alberta. Gary is an energy professional with engineering and business expertise in Asset Optimization, Trading, Marketing, Strategic Development, Structured Product Design, and Physical Operations.
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About ZE PowerGroup: ZE PowerGroup is an experienced software development and strategic consulting firm.
Wayne Calder
Director Customer Experience of ENMAX
Wayne Calder is currently the Director of Customer Care with ENMAX in Calgary, Alberta, and is responsible for the delivery of customer-focused solutions for residential and small commercial segments including accounts receivable and collections. He is accountable for operations, training & development, and workforce management & reporting, along with driving a highly engaged performance culture. Prior to ENMAX, Wayne was with TELUS for nearly 14 years in various roles including field operations, sales support and loyalty & retention marketing. He earned his MBA from the University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy.
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About ENMAX: ENMAX makes, moves, and sells electricity to residential, small business and large commercial customers.
Kirk Oulette
Director of Design of Tether Information Technologies
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About Tether Information Technologies: Streamlining the coordination and management of the world’s activity
Jon Plett
Director and VP of Finance of ESW IT
Jon Plett is the Director and VP of Finance at ESW IT.
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About ESW IT: ESW IT offers IT Business Advisory to help with Managed Print, Microsoft 365, IT Support, and more.
Jeff Wimmer
Director of Human Resources of QHR Corporation
Jeff has an extensive professional career in Human Resource management with large organizations including airline and telecom corporations. Jeff earned his Masters of Business Administration degree in Human Resources Management from Royal Roads University, with the added distinction of receiving the University Founder’s Award for exemplifying the qualities of leadership, sustainability and personal development. Jeff is responsible for contributing to QHR’s success by creating and sustaining an environment of deeply committed and engaged employees.
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About QHR Corporation: QHR Corporation (QHR) is a publicly traded Canadian company (TSXV: QHR-V). QHR is proudly based in Kelowna,
John Duckett
Director of Hatsize Learning
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About : Hatsize is a cloud-based training labs provider based in Canada.
Sava Knezic
Tech Director of Open Gate Properties
An ambassador of learning coding and robotics at an early age, and the past COO of STEM Learning Lab, Sava loves to help youth find and apply their passions in a technologically rich world.
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About Open Gate Properties: Open Gate Properties operates as an incubator company with a team of dynamic, well-educated and experienced young professionals.
Andrew House
Director of Commercialiization Programs of tecTerra
Andrew leads TECTERRA’s investment programs and sits as the Chair of the Project Advisory Committee, with the goal of helping geospatial companies reach commercial success faster than they could on their own.
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About tecTerra: tecTerra support technologies developed for integrated resource management and other geospatial applications.
Donna Laird
Marketing Director of Tronia
Donna Laird is the Marketing Director at Tronia.
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About Tronia: Tronia is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of software support, agriculture, ag-retail, and training.
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