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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 Enterprise Software 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.
Hillary Lovric
VP – Professional Services of Monexa Services Inc.
Hillary Lovric, VP of Marketing at Chargify.
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About Chargify, Monexa Services Inc.: Monexa is a cloud-based billing platform providing timely and customer-friendly billing solutions to drive growth in the enterprise.
Ryan Wilk
Vice President of Customer Success of NuData Security a Mastercard company
Ryan is the Vice President of Customer Success at NuData Security where he is responsible for ensuring the success of every NuData customer during the lifetime of the partnership. In his previous role, Ryan was the Manager, Trust and Safety at StubHub, an ebay company. Prior to joining StubHub, Ryan spent 8 years with Universal Parks & Resorts where he established and implemented the eCommerce Loss Prevention teams at both Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.
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About NuData Security a Mastercard company: NuData Security positively verifies users online through real-time passive biometrics and behavioral analytics.
Marah Berezowsky
VP of Public Relations of Genius Ventures Inc
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About Genius Ventures Inc, Genius Ventures Inc: Augmented Reality & Immersive Technology
Dave Levine
Senior Vice President of Corum Group
Dave joined Corum in 2015 and has a diverse background in technology and life sciences. As an executive and entrepreneur, Dave has been operating and investing in companies sitting at the convergence of commerce and eCommerce as well as innovative life science businesses for over 25 years. Recently, Dave was CEO North America for Gaxsys, an eCommerce and logistics company that is a leader in last mile logistics and fulfillment for eCommerce marketplaces. Dave has been on both sides of the mergers and acquisitions table, having sold a life science technology company, facilitated sell side and buy side technology transactions and has also scaled multiple technology companies globally in the eCommerce, life sciences and innovation intelligence markets. Dave sits on boards of numerous public and private companies, including one that recently filed for an IPO.
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About Corum Group: Corum Group Ltd. is the global leader in merger and acquisition services, specializing in serving software and information technology firms.
Dean Prelazzi
Vice President, Head of Business Development & Marketing of Fujitsu
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About Fujitsu: Fujitsu is a information & communications technology equipment and services firm providing IT & IT infrastructure and other services.
David Green
VP of Architecture of Tasktop
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About Tasktop: Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software.
Kevin Oke
Co-Founder, VP Sales of LlamaZOO Interactive
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About LlamaZOO Interactive: LlamaZOO is changing the way the world sees data by helping enterprises analyze and visualize big data in its real-world context.
Benjamin Slater
VP of Data Science of Hack Capital Ventures
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About Hack Capital Ventures: Hack Capital is a software company that helps digital companies hire, train, retain, and motivate employees.
Ryan Engley
VP, Customer Success of Unbounce
Ryan Engley joined Unbounce as SVP, Customer Success in 2020.
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About Unbounce: Unbounce is a drag-and-drop builder that allows users to create and publish customized landing pages.
Julius Farkasv
VP, Manufacturing of GPS Industries
Julius Farkasv is a VP, Manufacturing at GPS Industries.
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About GPS Industries, The Synapse: GPS Industries is developing and implementing cutting edge technology all over the globe while providing an exciting and dynamic workplace.
Jon Behune
VP, Customer Success and Implementations of SaaSquatch
Jon Behune serves as VP of customer success at Referral SaaSquatch.
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About SaaSquatch: SaaSquatch is a provider of referral and loyalty platform to businesses with thousands to millions of customers.
Spencer Cox
VP – Engineering of SensorUp
Spencer Cox is the director of IoT solutions at SensorUp.
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About SensorUp: GeoAI and IoT Platform for Connected Workers
Elizabeth Steward
VP Marketing of Envisio Solutions Inc.
Technology marketing leader with more than 10 years of experience at SaaS startups in London, Cambridge and Vancouver. Liz has experience across the full B2B demand generation spectrum and was part of the team that took analytics startup Indicee through to acquisition by Dun & Bradstreet in 2014.
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About Envisio Solutions Inc.: Envisio helps local governments to deliver plans, align staff with strategy and manage the expectations of their council and community.
Kevin Ho
Co-Founder & VP, Business Development of Internuncio Technologies Inc.
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About Internuncio Technologies Inc.: A Crowdsourcing Control Center, Built for Developers
Chris Torrens
Vice President of Engineering of Rx Networks
A BCIT Data Communications graduate, Chris brings 18 years software design experience in high availability, real-time wireless mobile systems, including mapping and GPS solutions. He was a Senior Software Engineer at Mobile Data Solutions, Inc (MDSI) and Itron Inc.
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About Rx Networks: Rx Networks offers location-based assisted GPS technologies and services.
Sean Higgins
Executive Vice President of CityView
As the Executive Vice President, Sean is accountable to CityView meeting its goals of delivering a superior customer experience, while ensuring growth, sustainability and ongoing profitability of the business. Together with the leadership team, Sean’s focus is on delivering exceptional business solutions to our customer base as well as expanding market share. Sean has been with CityView since 2004, serving many roles including Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Regional Sales Director, and also leading several customer implementations in the role of Business Analyst. Sean has 15 years of experience in technology sales and a Master of Science in Agriculture (CUM LAUDE) from the University of Natal, South Africa.
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About CityView: CityView is a developer of local government business process automation software.
Kurt Pichler
VP Finance and Corporate Development of Viewpoint AI
An entrepreneur at heart, accomplished fundraiser and business strategist, he has 15 years of putting deals together, creating opportunities and getting them funded. He graduated in 2001 in international trade and business with an emphasis in logistics. Since then he used his contacts in Asia to source products for other companies or for his own projects. Then he was drawn to Fort McMurray during the time of the housing boom where he put together and raised $10M for a 26 house project. Then he got more involved with financing for both private and public companies. He has been a financial consultant to Chinese companies as those companies transition towards the stock market. After China, Kurt focused more on North American emerging technologies in primarily in the medical, pharmatech, digital media and fintech areas. He is always exploring new technologies and new market opportunities as they emerge. He is currently a cofounder and VP Corporate Development for Viewpoint AI Inc., an A.I. powered decision software company that combines the best of human and machine intelligence, amplifying human skill levels.
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About Viewpoint AI: Viewpoint is an AI powered decision software company that combines the best of human and machine intelligence amplifying human skill levels.
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