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 Health Care 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.
Edith G. McGeer
Foounder,Vice President & Director of Aurin Biotech
Dr. Edith McGeer is a professor emerita in the Faculty of Medicine at University of British Columbia (UBC). She is the former director of the Kinsmen Laboratory of Neurological Research at UBC. She received her BA from Swarthmore College and her PhD in chemistry from the University of Virginia at the age of 22. She worked for the DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware, winning three patents and a citation from the Delaware section of the American Chemical Society before moving with her husband to UBC’s medical school. She has served on the editorial boards of 15 international journals in the neuroscience field. She has recently been on numerous scientific review boards, particularly for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, and was one of the initial members of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Neurology Group on the Dementias. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a member of the Order of British Columbia and the recipient of three honorary degrees. She is the author of 525 scientific articles, 10 patents, an author of the textbook Molecular Neurobiology of the Mammalian Brain with her husband Dr. Patrick McGeer and Sir John Eccles. The McGeers were both original members of the Highly Cited Researchers database of the ISI, being among the world’ top 100 most highly cited neuroscientists.
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About Aurin Biotech: Aurin Biotech Inc. is a private company established to advance the development of a remarkable collection of small molecules.
Nicholas Raditsis
Co-Founder & VP Strategic Partnerships of Optimity
Founder of myHealthSphere.
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About Optimity: Optimity is a mission-driven technology company that uses evidence-based behavioural science and gamification to improve population health.
Jeff Collins
Vice President & General Manager Retail of Nautilus
Jeff Collins was named Vice President, General Manager Retail in November 2015 and was named an officer in February 2014. In this role, he is responsible for the Retail Channel’s global strategy and direction, along with managing both the domestic and international Retail Sales teams. He joined Nautilus in August 2013. Jeff Collins’ prior experience includes more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the consumer goods business segment. Prior to joining Nautilus, he held various senior sales and marketing positions with Pepsico, Pepsi Bottling Group, Handleman Co., Dyson Ltd., Halo Technologies, Techtronic Industries and Oreck Corporation. Jeff Collins attended both Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University. Leveraging his prior experience and success in both the U.S. and international markets will support our strategic initiative to further grow the Retail Channel.
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About Nautilus: Nautilus markets a complete line of innovative health and fitness products through direct and retail channels.
Mark Ross
Co-Founder and VP of Mindful Garden
Mark Ross currently works as Co-Founder and Vice President at Mindful Health. He was a Vice President for Accounts and Business Development at Switch United.
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About Mindful Garden: Mindful Garden develops a behaviour modification platform to de-escalate anxiety and aggression of patients with chronic disease.
Brian Kwok
VP Product Development of Fusion Genomics Corporation
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About Fusion Genomics Corporation: Fusion Genomics develops highly sensitive and massively multiplex DNA/RNA sequencing based diagnostics for infectious diseases.
Nicole Ranger
Vice President of Engineering & Product Development of Pyng Medical
A Professional Engineer, Nicole brings over 17 years of experience in managing and developing product lines from concept to market, with over 9 years in the medical device industry. Since joining Pyng Medical, Nicole has led product development and enhancement projects, contributing significantly to Pyng Medical’s first reaching profitability. Prior to joining Pyng Medical, Nicole held R&D, engineering, project and product management roles in the medical device, sports equipment and bioengineer industries. She is responsible for developing over a dozen products now in the marketplace and is named in four patents. Nicole holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Toronto as well as a Bachelor of Science (Honours Kinesiology) from the University of Waterloo.
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About Pyng Medical: Pyng Medical develops trauma and resuscitation products for the health care industry.
Iman Mansoor
Vice President of Engineering and Innovation of Microdermics
Iman has been involved in research and development of microneedles for more than 8 years. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (mechatronics option) in 2007 and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering in 2009 and 2014, respectively, from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada. He also received a sub-specialization certificate in Engineering Management and Technology Entrepreneurship in 2013 from UBC. Iman’s graduate research was in the field of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and mainly focused on process development and characterization of microneedle devices for intradermal drug delivery and biosensing applications. He currently holds a patent on the microneedle fabrication process developed during his graduate research. Since 2014, Iman has worked as Systems Consultant and Product Development Specialist in major engineering companies and has completed several successfully-commercialized projects. During this period, he has also been active in further development and commercialization of microneedle devices.
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About Microdermics: Unlocking continuous biochemical data for clinically relevant insights.
Sahan Ranamukhaarachchi
Co-founder, Vice President of Research & Development of Microdermics
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About Microdermics: Unlocking continuous biochemical data for clinically relevant insights.
Paul Landry
Senior Vice President – Redevelopment of Providence Healthcare
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About Providence Healthcare: Providence Healthcare is a leader in providing rehabilitation, palliative care, long-term care and community programs.
Bruce Reese
Vice President of Finance of Apteryx Imaging
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About Apteryx Imaging: Apteryx Imaging develops tissue fluorescence visualization technologies.
Paul Condon
Executive VP of Wellness Lifestyles Inc
Paul Condon is Executive VP at Wellness Lifestyles Inc.
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About Wellness Lifestyles Inc: Wellness Lifestyles Incorporated is a health company that focuses on Digital Health and Wellness consolidation through disciplined M&A.
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