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 Director operating in the Mobile 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.
Christene Best
Director of Sales, North America of Infobip
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About Infobip: Infobip specializes in omnichannel engagement powering a range of messaging channels, tools, and solutions for advanced customer engagement.
Antonio Kolstee
Managing Director, North America of Infobip
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About Infobip: Infobip specializes in omnichannel engagement powering a range of messaging channels, tools, and solutions for advanced customer engagement.
Richard Auchinleck
Member of the Board of Directors of TELUS
Richard Auchinleck began his service as a director of Conoco Inc. in 2001 prior to its merger with Phillips Petroleum Company in 2002. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Canada Resources Limited from 1998 until its acquisition by Conoco in 2001. Prior to his service as CEO, he was Chief Operating Officer of Gulf Canada from 1997 to 1998 and Chief Executive Officer for Gulf Indonesia Resources Limited from 1997 to 1998. Richard Auchinleck currently serves on the boards of Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. and Telus Corporation and previously served on the board of Red Mile Entertainment Inc. from 2005 to 2008.
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About : Second largest Canadian telecommunications company. Provides wireless phone service, high speed Internet, IPTV, home phone, long distance,
Olivier Amiot
IoT Solutions – Marketing and Business Development Director of Sierra Wireless
Olivier Amiot is the IoT Solutions – Marketing and Business Development Director at Sierra Wireless.
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About Sierra Wireless: Sierra Wireless provides wireless wide area modem solutions for the mobile computing, rugged mobile, and machine-to-machine markets.
Marc Baumgartner
Co-Founder, Design Director of CodenameDesign
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About CodenameDesign: CodenameDesign is a company that designs and delivers apps and products for the web.
Joel DeYoung
Director of Technology of Hothead Games
I’m a technology-focused business leader with extensive experience in the interactive entertainment industry. Over my career I have developed successful hit games for game consoles, PCs, handhelds and mobile. I am currently the lead technology executive for a 200-person studio focused on free-to-play mobile games. The ubiquity of mobile devices has brought about a revolution in the video game business. My recent areas of focus are operating a scalable games-as-a-service backend and using big data and analytics to optimize the performance of our games.
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About Hothead Games: Hothead Games is an independent video game developer and publisher based in Vancouve
Mo Dhaliwal
Director of Strategy of Skyrocket
Mo Dhaliwal is Director of Strategy at Skyrocket.
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About Skyrocket: Skyrocket is a digital marketing company that helps entrepreneurs focus on communicating their mission statements.
Ryan Nadel
Founder & Director of Biba Ventures
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About Biba Ventures: Biba Ventures is a Computer Games company located in Vancouver.
Steve Thomson
Director, Strategic Projects of Mifos Initiative
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About Mifos Initiative: The Mifos Initiative is an open source foundation that stewards the development of the Mifos Platform for Financial Inclusion
Steve Thomson
Director, Strategic Projects of Mifos Initiative
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About Mifos Initiative: The Mifos Initiative is an open source foundation that stewards the development of the Mifos Platform for Financial Inclusion
Hans Xu
Director of antsquare
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About : Antsquare builds the next generation of online retail marketplace, anywhere and everywhere with mobile
Brian McKenzie
Director of Product of ProSmart Enterprises Inc.
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About ProSmart Enterprises Inc.: ProSmart Enterprises Inc. (TSX-V:PROS) is the parent company of Sportgo, a global online network connecting sports fans, teams and brands.
Alan Schuler
Director of ProSmart Enterprises Inc.
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About : ProSmart Enterprises Inc. (TSX-V:PROS) is the parent company of Sportgo, a global online network connecting sports fans, teams and brands.
Marnie Sisson
Director, Community of ProSmart Enterprises Inc.
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About ProSmart Enterprises Inc.: ProSmart Enterprises Inc. (TSX-V:PROS) is the parent company of Sportgo, a global online network connecting sports fans, teams and brands.
Chris Lefebvre
Director Business Development of Tap for Tap
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About Tap for Tap: Tap for Tap is a cross-promotion mobile app exchange and monetization network for iOS and Android app developers.
Kathy ODonoghue
Managing Director of Conquer Mobile
Kathy heads up the Conquer Mobile consulting services business. She is an experienced software leader who has managed technology products and projects for companies such as Electronic Arts, Nortel Networks, Pfizer, NEC and SAP (Business Objects, Crystal Decisions). Her current passion is bringing together mobile and gaming technology for medical, educational and social impact. Recent projects in this area include a Parkinson’s app and CNIS surgical training in Africa. Kathy’s product experience ranges from Crystal Reports and EA video games to Dentyne & Trident chewing gum. She has also implemented several international large scale government lottery systems. Previously, Kathy was a development director at Electronic Arts building video games such as SSX (Snowboarding), Need For Speed (Racing), and Virtual Me (Avatars). Kathy has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Regina. When she’s not working, you can find Kathy on the golf course.
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About Conquer Mobile: PeriopSim is an interactive and immersive learning environment for perioperative clinicians.
Kathy ODonoghue
Managing Director of Conquer Mobile
Kathy heads up the Conquer Mobile consulting services business. She is an experienced software leader who has managed technology products and projects for companies such as Electronic Arts, Nortel Networks, Pfizer, NEC and SAP (Business Objects, Crystal Decisions). Her current passion is bringing together mobile and gaming technology for medical, educational and social impact. Recent projects in this area include a Parkinson’s app and CNIS surgical training in Africa. Kathy’s product experience ranges from Crystal Reports and EA video games to Dentyne & Trident chewing gum. She has also implemented several international large scale government lottery systems. Previously, Kathy was a development director at Electronic Arts building video games such as SSX (Snowboarding), Need For Speed (Racing), and Virtual Me (Avatars). Kathy has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Regina. When she’s not working, you can find Kathy on the golf course.
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About Conquer Mobile: PeriopSim is an interactive and immersive learning environment for perioperative clinicians.
Francois Deschenes
Lead Software Engineer & Director of Engineering, TINT of Filestack
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About Filestack, meowbox, TINT: Filestack, Inc. provides a Software-as-a-Service solution to help software developers manage images, videos.
Darren Card
Director, Product Management of QuickMobile
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About QuickMobile: QuickMobile develops mobile event apps to compile and manage information about meetings, conferences, and exhibitions.
Larry Ng
Director, QA of QuickMobile
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About QuickMobile: QuickMobile develops mobile event apps to compile and manage information about meetings, conferences, and exhibitions.
Larry Ng
Director, QA of QuickMobile
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About QuickMobile: QuickMobile develops mobile event apps to compile and manage information about meetings, conferences, and exhibitions.
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