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 CEO’ operating in the Industrial space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Devlin Fenton
CEO of Arch Engineers
About Devlin Fenton: The CEO of Arch Engineers has two decades of entrepreneurial experience in a variety of industries; from heavy equipment and industrial moving to heavy civil construction, from healthcare services to information technology. Now happily residing in Vancouver BC, he leads an exceptional team of technologists and business operators with the singular intent of building a Service Platform that delivers fast and efficient service, accepting the highest quality standards as a given, with the personal touch that clients demand in the modern gig-economy.
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About Arch Engineers, ChiroFen Ltd: AI facilitated, distributed structural engineering, design and detailing services.
Ben Sparrow
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Saltworks Technologies
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About Saltworks Technologies: Provider of advanced water treatment technology and solutions.
Jerry Kroll
CEO & Founder of Electra Meccanica
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About Electra Meccanica: Electra Meccanica is a development-stage company that plans, develops, manufactures, and sells single person electric vehicles.
Michael Heaven
Chairman of the Board, CEO of Aurora Solar Technologies
Mike Heaven chairs the Board of Directors and is the company’s CEO. He is also a co-founder of the company. Mike has had over 20 years experience in the development and application of measurement and control technology to a variety of industries. He has published extensively in the field of industrial measurement and process control and holds eleven patents in this area. His extensive in-depth experience in this field is particularly pertinent to the role Aurora is playing in the solar energy industry. As General Manager for PT Papertech Inc. from 2003 to 2008, Mr. Heaven drove the development and delivery of innovative machine vision systems for in-line process monitoring and optimization in paper, tissue and steelmaking. Prior to Papertech, he was Chief Operating Officer of Norsat International Inc. (TSX: NII, NASDAQ: NSATF), a company providing ground station equipment for satellite communications. Before Norsat, Mike spent 13 years with Honeywell in various senior engineering and marketing roles. Prior to Honeywell, he spent five years in the steel industry, responsible for Dofasco’s Hot Strip Flatness and Profile Control program. Mr. Heaven holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from McMaster University and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Provinces of British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. He also holds an MBA from Queen’s University.
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About Aurora Solar Technologies: Aurora Solar Technologies develops and markets Production Measurement and Control systems.
Campbell Macdonald
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of PROXXI
Campbell is an entrepreneur and the CEO Proxxi, a smart sensor that senses and interprets electricity with software. Their first product, Proxxi Band, is targeted at electrical workers. It notifies the user by vibration when they get too close to an electric current. Currently, there are no connected, always-on devices to detect electricity for the 20 million US workers covered by an electrical safety plan Before Proxxi, Campbell co-founded Pathful , an artificial intelligence solution for enterprise marketing. After going through Techstars and raising VC from Foundry Group & Angel List, Pathful was acquired by Mobify in 2015. Previously he co-founded Parking Mobility in 2009, an early mobile-first, social enterprise targeted at disability community. Before setting out his own, he held senior management roles at BuildDirect, Home Depot and Canadian Pacific Railway. Campbell has an MA from Queen’s in game theory and economics.
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About Pathful, PROXXI: PROXXI is a company which manufactures wearable, electrical safety device for industrial workers.
Afshin Doust
CEO of Advanced Intelligent Systems
Afshin is an entrepreneur with professional background in finance, real estate, sales, business consulting and management with extensive experience in bringing teams together to resolve business challenges.
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About Advanced Intelligent Systems: AIS is a Practical Robotics company with a library of hardware and software modules that reduce time and cost of product development.
Trent Punnett
Co-CEO and Executive Vice President. Head of Sales, Product Management, Marketing, Corp. Dev. of Delta-Q Technologies
Prior to joining Delta-Q, Trent served as VP of Marketing at Teradici Corp., a pioneering company in the virtual desktop space, where he was responsible for product management, marketing, and systems engineering. Trent has held a variety of roles including Senior VP of Marketing and Corporate Development of Sierra Wireless Inc. and senior positions in marketing, product management, business development, and sales at Motorola over a 14 year period. Trent’s experience also extends to management consulting and commercial banking industries. Trent holds a Master of Science, Business Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.
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About Delta-Q Technologies: Delta-Q Technologies manufacturers industrial battery chargers for lead acid and lithium-ion batteries.
Ken Fielding
Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Delta-Q Technologies
Ken has over 22 years of experience in the power electronics industry, having worked on the development and launch of several innovative power conversion product platforms. Prior to co-founding Delta-Q in 1999, Ken oversaw and co-led the development of high-efficiency, true sine wave DC-AC and bi-directional inverter/charger product lines for Statpower (now a subsidiary of Schneider Electric). Ken holds a Bachelor degree in marketing and finance from Simon Fraser University.
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About Delta-Q Technologies: Delta-Q Technologies manufacturers industrial battery chargers for lead acid and lithium-ion batteries.
Gonzalo Tudela
CEO of Vandrico
Gonzalo is CEO and co-founder of Vandrico Solutions, an enterprise wearables software company based in Vancouver. With a background in finance and mining operations, Gonzalo is an early champion of the positive impact wearable technology will have on large commercial operations. His insights have been featured in publications such as The Globe and Mail, Entrepreneur Magazine and TechCrunch. He is a TEDx speaker who regularly presents to business leaders across the world. Gonzalo’s expertise has been televised internationally to millions of viewers on the Globo TV network and CBC. Gonzalo currently leads Vandrico in helping large global organizations use wearable technology as a way to overcome safety and operational challenges.
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About Vandrico: VANDRICO TURNS YOUR DATA INTO SAFE PRODUCTIVITY
Christopher Chong
President & CEO of SST Wireless
Christopher is the President & CEO of SST Wireless Inc. In 2013, Christopher joined the company with the singular purpose of designing, manufacturing and distributing wireless sensor technologies to help companies of all sizes monitor critical equipment and vehicle condition in real time. He is passionate about how technology should serve to remove barriers by building in the intelligence to make technology simple to install, configure and provide real, actionable and useful data. Christopher brings over 25 years of executive experience in media, technology and marketing, having held several senior positions with companies in Canada and the United States.
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About SST Wireless: SST Wireless designs, manufactures and distributes wireless sensor technologies specifically to help each customer increase safety.
Matthew Anderson
CEO and Head of Business Strategy of A&K Robotics
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About A&K Robotics: A&K Robotics design and build robots and want to change the world through automation.
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