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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 CTO’ operating in the Internet space. If you think a CTO’ 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.
Dieter Shirley
Founder & CTO of CryptoKitties
CTO and co-creator of CryptoKitties. A proud member of the Axiom Zen family!
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About CryptoKitties, Dapper Labs, Flow Blockchain: CryptoKitties is a game that enables users to collect and breed virtual cats on the blockchain.
Jay Addison
CTO of EventChain SmartTickets
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About EventChain SmartTickets: Eventchain is a Blockchain-powered ticket system that aims to solve problems of the ticketing industry
Jay Addison
CTO of EventChain SmartTickets
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About EventChain SmartTickets: Eventchain is a Blockchain-powered ticket system that aims to solve problems of the ticketing industry
Lawrence Chee
Chief Technology Officer, VP of Engineering of LifeBooster
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About LifeBooster: Leading connected worker and risk analytics platform for industrial health and safety – ensuring every worker gets home safe every day.
Christopher Bailey
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of NuData Security a Mastercard company
Christopher is a NuData Security co-founder and is responsible for the strategic vision and direction of technology solutions. At the age of 19 he founded H2O, a developer of video game products for top tier publishers such as THQ, Nintendo, and Sony. He was a founder of Secure Networks, a web security company acquired by Network Associates. He was also an investor and early participant in Security Focus which was acquired by Symantec Corp in 2002. Prior to co-founding NuData Security, Christopher was involved in several other software ventures in consulting, contract programmer, and management roles.
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About Mastercard, NuData Security a Mastercard company: NuData Security positively verifies users online through real-time passive biometrics and behavioral analytics.
Jag Bains
Chief Technology Officer of DOSarrest
A 17 year veteran in the internet service provider arena, Jag Bains has extensive network design experience as well as implementing a number of security platforms. In his previous position as the Director of Network Engineering and Operations for PEER1 Hosting Jag was able to observe a large number of DDoS attacks against their customer base, and came to appreciate the singular focus needed to combat the evolving nature of these attacks. Jag holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Science from the University of Victoria, in British Columbia.
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About DOSarrest: DOSarrest specializes in stopping DoS and DDoS attacks of all varieties.
Sanad Aridah
CTO, Co-Founder of VoltSafe Inc.
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About VoltSafe Inc.: Fearless creators, changing how people connect to electricity using magnets. Simply put, we’ve patented a better way to connect to power.
Sean Porter
Co-Founder and CTO of Sensu
Sean Porter is the creator of Sensu, the open source monitoring tool, and the co-founder and CTO of Sensu Inc. Sean is a seasoned systems operator and software developer with nearly a decade of experience in automating infrastructure. As CTO of Sensu Inc, he oversees the development of Sensu, and works with users to better understand how Sensu can help them solve complex monitoring problems. Outside of work, he collects photography equipment, scotch whiskey, and Warhammer 40k miniatures.
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About Heavy Water Operations, Sensu: Sensu is a full-stack monitoring platform for dynamic operating environments.
Craig Ford
Chief Technology Officer of Expression
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About Expression: XPR is developer platform that lets you build anything online and works as your digital OS to connect the digital world for your customers
Craig Ford
Chief Technology Officer of Expression
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About Expression: XPR is developer platform that lets you build anything online and works as your digital OS to connect the digital world for your customers
Jason Madar
CTO of Vandrico
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About Vandrico: VANDRICO TURNS YOUR DATA INTO SAFE PRODUCTIVITY
Jason Pila
CTO of PlaceSpeak
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About PlaceSpeak: Location-based smart city citizen engagement
Rami Jebara
CTO of Hyperview
Rami oversees product development at Tuangru. Previously, Rami held product management positions in the IOT space at Webtech Wireless and in security at Sophos, where he was the technical product manager for gateway security products.
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About Hyperview: SaaS for IT infrastructure management
Rami Jebara
CTO of Hyperview
Rami oversees product development at Tuangru. Previously, Rami held product management positions in the IOT space at Webtech Wireless and in security at Sophos, where he was the technical product manager for gateway security products.
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About Hyperview: SaaS for IT infrastructure management
Ian Sim
CTO of Radical I/O Technology
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About Radical I/O Technology: Radical I/O Technology is a people-first dev lab and consultancy that excels in custom software development of digital product/services.
Pouyan TaghipourBibalan
Co-founder and CTO of Event Temple
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About Event Temple: Event Temple Is The First Venue Management Software As A Platform For Hotels, Venues And Restaurants
Stephen Hayes-McCoy
Co-Founder and CTO of LocalSolo Freelance
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About Communo, LocalSolo Freelance: Find the Top Freelancers in Your City
Aaron Jorgensen
Founder, CTO of CloudNcode
Founder, CTO of CloudNcode.
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About CloudNcode: CloudNcode offers a full suite of advanced cloud-based transcoding software solutions.
Wei Fang
Co-founder & CTO of Tochtech
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About Tochtech: Tochtech is a healthcare technology on a mission to apply innovations for Seniors daily living.
Wei Fang
Co-founder & CTO of Tochtech
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About Tochtech: Tochtech is a healthcare technology on a mission to apply innovations for Seniors daily living.
Dave Hawkins
President and Chief Technology Officer of Viewpoint AI
Dave Hawkins is the President and Chief Technology Officer of Viewpoint.AI.
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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.
Tony Mauro
CTO of Plasmatic Technologies Inc.
Tony leads the architecture and engineering efforts at Plasmatic Technologies, including the development of the Alana connected home system and device family. As an experienced systems engineer with a dual specialization in electronics and energy systems, Tony has led multi disciplinary teams working on a range of projects, from enterprise technology improvement initiatives to consumer device product and technology development. As an active champion within standards groups Tony’s focus is on making technology easier for consumers. Earlier in his career, during his tenure as a service architect and lead engineer at TELUS, one of Canada’s leading telecommunications companies, Tony was directly involved in the emerging Future Friendly Home initiative, with a focus on Home Control and Connectivity, as well as Wireless Data. More recently at Powertech Labs, Tony played an instrumental role in building out a Smart Energy practice, and helped the organization understand the intersections among large power systems, connected devices, and consumer needs. Tony loves finding ways to make his home more automated and adapted to his needs. When he is not riding his bike or taking his daughter to dance recitals, he can usually be found in the midst of a home renovation project or two.
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About Gliderline Solutions Inc., Plasmatic Technologies Inc.: Empowering service providers and their customers to benefit from the Connected Home through whole-home insights and mobile experiences.
Fernando Botelho
CTO of socYalize
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About Pulsee, socYalize: The social network made for people who want to feel deeply connected to like-minded others
Matthew Smith
CTO of Hippomap Technology
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About Hippomap Technology: Hippomap Technology is a free mobile application for railroad and subway maps worldwide with station vicinity maps.
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