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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 President operating in the Software space. If you think a President 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.
Angela Lau
Senior Vice President of Finance & Corporate Secretary of Maxar Technologies
Angela Lau was appointed Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Secretary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) in July 2016. She is based at our office in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ms. Lau also served in various leadership positions in the taxation and treasury functions of MDA. Previous to joining MDA in September 2006, Ms. Lau worked for many years as an income tax advisor at KPMG and was the head of taxation at a Canadian biotechnology company. Ms. Lau also served on the Industry Tax Committee of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. Ms. Lau earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with honors) from the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
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About Maxar Technologies: Maxar Technologies provides integrated space infrastructure and Earth intelligence.
Donald Osborne
President of Information Systems of Maxar Technologies
Don Osborne was appointed President of MDA’s Information Systems Group in June 2014. He is based at our office in Richmond, British Columbia. Mr. Osborne also served as President, Satellite Systems, covering the Montreal and UK operations. He was then appointed President, Satellite Systems and Advanced Technologies, adding MDA’s robotics business in Brampton, Ontario to his responsibilities. Previous to joining MDA in May 2009, he held the position of President, Advantech Networks, a provider of Satellite and Wireless Solutions for the Telecommunications and Broadband markets. Mr. Osborne also worked at Spar Aerospace in 1983 as a Mechanical Design Engineer. After joining the management team in 1989, he held positions of increasing responsibility in Manufacturing, Engineering, Program Management, Sales and Marketing and Business Unit Management. Mr. Osborne holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration, both from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada.
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About EarthDaily Analytics, Maxar Technologies: Maxar Technologies provides integrated space infrastructure and Earth intelligence.
Peter Drummond
Vice President of Sales of Beanworks
Vice President of Sales at Beanworks.
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About Beanworks: Beanworks is an accounts payable automation solution that helps companies eliminate paperwork and reduce invoice processing costs.
Karim Ben-Jaafar
President and COO of Beanworks
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About Beanworks: Beanworks is an accounts payable automation solution that helps companies eliminate paperwork and reduce invoice processing costs.
Jon Bracken
President, Taxi Business Unit of DDS Wireless International
Jon’s 28 years in international business has taken him from the development of Computer Hardware, through Customer Support and into Product Management, from there into Marketing and General Management. He’s held management positions in Hyphen an Italian owned software company, the Belgium based European sales organization of Scitex and Canadian technology company Creo. Before joining DDS in the fall of 2014, Jon was Managing Director of Kodak Canada and worldwide General Manager of their business-to-business software division. Jon holds an HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK.
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About DDS Wireless International: DDS Wireless International Inc. is a diversified global provider of wireless mobile solutions for a variety of fleet applications.
Betsabeh Madani
Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development of Equicare Health
Betsabeh’s professional focus is centered on creating mutually beneficial partnerships leading to the next wave of innovation commercialization. In her current role as the VP of Strategy and Business Development at Equicare Health, she oversees the company’s strategic positioning, partnerships, and growth across new and existing verticals. Previously at Cerner Corporation, she navigated cross-functional collaborations within the healthcare delivery arena, with strategy ventures covering predictive analytics, revenue cycle, and population health programs. Her career spans operations at a start-up biotechnology company, scientific research in academia, medical devices, and innovation commercialization at Mitacs. Outside of work, she mentors graduate students and women in STEM, judges engineering design competitions and enjoys learning about the latest scientific discoveries. Betsabeh holds an Honors Bachelors in Physics and Biochemistry from the University of Victoria, a Masters in Bio-Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.
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About Equicare Health: Equicare Health is the industry’s leading provider of comprehensive care coordination software that improves clinical outcomes for patients.
Divesh Sisodraker
President, Chief Product Officer of Alida
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About Alida: Alida is a continuous customer insights solution (SaaS) provider.
Laurie Schultz
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of ACL Services
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About ACL Services, Allocadia, Boast.AI, The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, UserZoom: ACL Services is an enterprise governance software powered by data automation for audit, compliance, and risk management.
Shannon Rogers
President & General Counsel of Global Relay
As Global Relay’s President & General Counsel, Shannon provides Global Relay with a unique combination of legal expertise and business acumen, and a talent for developing and executing on business opportunities. She is responsible for Global Relay’s business strategy and business development. Over Global Relay’s history, Shannon has been integral in establishing Global Relay’s strong business relationships and global distribution network. Shannon also directs all aspects of Global Relay’s legal affairs, leads the day-to-day operations of the Legal Team, and oversees the Compliance, Audit & eDiscovery Team, who are charged with customer compliance related to the archiving, monitoring, auditing, eDiscovery, privacy and business continuity requirements of highly regulated industries such as those governed by the SEC, FINRA, Sarbanes-Oxley, FRCP, IIROC (Canada), FCA (UK), and HIPAA. With Global Relay’s international focus, Shannon plays a pivotal role in privacy and international jurisdictional issues related to data protection. Shannon was named Pacific Region Entrepreneur of the Year for 2013 by Ernst & Young in the Business-to-Business Products and Services Category. She was ranked #1 among Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs by the Profit W100 in 2011 and #2 in 2012. Shannon was also the recipient of Business in Vancouver`s 2013 Influential Women in Business Award and has been named to the “Top 10 Influential Women in BC Tech” (BC Tech Magazine 2013), “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40” (Lexpert 2006), and the “Forty under 40” (BIV 2007), honoring Vancouver’s top entrepreneurs under age 40. Shannon holds both a common law (LLB) degree and a civil law degree (BCL) from McGill University, and a Bachelor degree in Political Science from University of Victoria. She began her career as a business and securities lawyer at McCarthy Tetrault in Toronto and Borden Ladner Gervais in Vancouver before leaving large law firm practice to join Global Relay as its fourth employee.
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About Global Relay: Global Relay offers compliance messaging and message management, including archiving, audit and e-discovery for the financial sector.
Andrei Godoroja
President of Omnistream
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About Omnistream: Content Management and Web Video Chat
Samuel Cochrane
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Avigilon Corporation
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About Avigilon Corporation, Sierra Wireless: Avigilon Corporation is a motorola solutions company provides trusted security solutions to the global market.
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.
Brad J. Imrich
President of StarDyne Technologies-GEMS
Brad Imrich joined StarDyne Technologies Inc. in 2003 to focus on the financial and strategic objectives for StarDyne and its group companies. Brad has over 15 years of experience in growth companies, specifically in the areas of operations, finance and strategy. He is familiar with both publicly traded and privately held companies and manages all financial aspects of StarDyne with the same rigour as a publicly traded company. Prior to joining StarDyne, Brad served in senior financial roles at Pacific Insight Electronics, Western Star Trucks Holdings Ltd. and Placer Dome Inc. Brad graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and obtained his Chartered Accountant designation while with Ernst & Young. He is a past Director of both the Economic Development Commission of Kelowna, British Columbia and the Okanagan Science and Technology Council.
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About StarDyne Technologies-GEMS: StarDyne Technologies-GEMS provides industry software solutions with advanced integrations.
Ron T. Begg
Vice President of Strategy & Performance of StarDyne Technologies-GEMS
Ron Begg has a full appreciation for the challenges in bringing technology to the public sector from his background as both a vendor and management consultant. Ron joined StarDyne in 2006 and had been working with local governments since 1987 in operations for a municipal systems vendor. Since 1989, he has been a consultant, working with clients to identify, source and implement technology solutions. Ron has also worked with private sector firms to plan and organize their products and approach for the public sector. Ron is a Certified Management Consultant and a Professional Engineer and holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business.
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About StarDyne Technologies-GEMS: StarDyne Technologies-GEMS provides industry software solutions with advanced integrations.
Donna E. Kirisits
Vice President of Human Resources of StarDyne Technologies-GEMS
Donna Kirisits joined StarDyne in 2006. Donna brings strategic vision to all areas of human resources and internal consulting services including recruitment, employee training and development, succession planning, leadership development, change management, and salary and benefits administration. Prior to StarDyne, Donna was with CCL Custom Manufacturing, Division of CCL Industries for 20 years, serving as Director of Human Resources. Donna holds a Bachelor of Education degree and graduated with High Honours from Sheridan College. Ms. Kirisits also holds her Teacher Training Diploma and her Certified Human Resources Professional designation at a federal level.
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About StarDyne Technologies-GEMS: StarDyne Technologies-GEMS provides industry software solutions with advanced integrations.
William R.M Spittle
Vice President of Corporate Development of StarDyne Technologies-GEMS
Bill Spittle joined StarDyne in 2009, initially focusing on special projects in two of StarDyne’s operations. In 2011, Bill focused exclusively on the management of StarDyne’s Corporate Development initiatives, specifically mergers and acquisitions. Bill has a broad senior management background in government and education software and services, manufacturing and banking that includes hands-on experience in the effective integration of acquired businesses. Bill was the Chief Operating Officer of RFind Systems in 2008 and prior to that held positions at Bridges Transitions and Xap Corporation from 2000 to 2008, including VP Technology, VP Product Development, VP Corporate Integration and VP Business Development. Bill received a Joint Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) degree from Simon Fraser University and an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University.
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About StarDyne Technologies-GEMS: StarDyne Technologies-GEMS provides industry software solutions with advanced integrations.
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.
Rob Bakshi
President & CEO of Apivio
Technology luminary Mr. Bakshi is a seasoned entrepreneur with a proven track record for successfully developing market success. As the co-founder Silent Witness Enterprises, a technology company that was listed on the TSX and NASDAQ, he lead the company’s growth strategy until it was acquired by Honeywell for approximately $90 million in 2003. Since then, he has been involved with industrial land development, including building a Convention Centre in Calgary and other strategic investments. In 2009, Mr. Bakshi began working with a South Korean company to establish Apivio Systems Inc. He led the transformation of the business into a Canadian technology company, putting together an independent board of directors, financing, and corporate governance in his capacity of Executive Chairman. In 2013, he was appointed CEO to execute the global business strategy and was responsible for taking the company public. Mr. Bakshi has a Bachelor’s degree from Simon Fraser University with a major in Business and minor in Computer Science.
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About Active Witness, Apivio: Apivio Systems Inc.(“Apivio” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:APV) is a Canadian technology company.
Barry Allen
Founder,CEO & President of Calgary Scientific
CEO of PureWeb Inc. (Formerly Calgary Scientific Inc.), Co-Founder and Chairman of Zolo. Prior to founding Zolo, Barry was active in the VC and Start-up community as Entrepreneur In Residence for Ventures West, Creative Destruction Labs Vancouver and Calgary, Founder of BC Excels Program and Accredited Lead Mentor for BC Innovation Council. The majority of his career was spent building high tech public companies including building VSM MedTech from 2 employees to 200 and $360mm market cap on the TSX.
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About Calgary Scientific, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Zolo Realty: Calgary Scientific develops web and mobile diagnostic medical imaging solutions and collaboration enablement technologies.
Richard Sirola
Executive Vice President of OxCEPT
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About OxCEPT: OxCEPT is an Oxford University spin-out company which has developed the ‘World’s Most Secure’ way to transmit data.
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.
Sherborne Pao
Executive Vice President, Global People & Culture & Operations of Appnovation
Sherborne Pao is the Executive Vice President, Global People & Culture and Operations at Appnovation.
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About Appnovation: Appnovation is a global Digital Solutions and Managed Services provider, delivering strategy, app development and enterprise integrations.
Robert Silzer, Sr.
President of DSG Global
Robert has over 20 years’ experience in the GPS tracking and fleet solutions industries. He is the founder of our subsidiary, DSG TAG Systems Inc. and has served as Chief Executive Officer of DSG TAG Systems since its inception in April 2008. Robert serves as our President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, positions he has held since May 6, 2015. Mr. Silzer has developed multiple new product concepts and successfully introduced these products to market including an electronic handheld bingo gaming device, the handheld GPS golf units and the a Wi-Fi enabled GPS golf business solution for golf. Prior to establishing DSG TAG, Mr. Silzer and his team designed a total golf solution that addressed the growing needs in Golf Course management. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions different companies with diversified hardware and software platforms, he founded GPS Industries in 1996, serving as its CEO, Chairman and Director until 2007.
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About DSG Global: DSG Global Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that is dominating the IT industry and the new Internet of Things (IoT).
Denise Beaudoin
Senior Vice President, Accounting of DSG Global
Denise is a Chartered Professional Accountant. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies with a minor in Accounting, and additional management, supervisory and communication training.
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About DSG Global: DSG Global Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that is dominating the IT industry and the new Internet of Things (IoT).
Farid Najafi
President & Founder of Arbox Renewable Energy
Farid founded Xyfon Solutions in 2007 with a goal to provide managed IT services to businesses across Canada. Xyfon has since grown to become a key player in the Canadian IT sector by offering an array of IT solutions to small, medium and enterprise level businesses. Farid is a business savvy professional and also a geek at heart. He understands customer’s needs and the challenges they may face while expanding their business. With an extensive background in the IT industry working for Fortune 500 companies, he leads a team of professionals while implementing and managing custom tailored solutions for Xyfon’s current and prospective clients. Farid is deligent in assuring that the team at Xyfon delivers the best customer service and solutions to its clients.
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About Arbox Renewable Energy, Xyfon Managed IT: CLEAN ENERGY SOFTWARE FOR THE FUTURE
Peter Koning
Vice President of Sales and Business Development of Simularity
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About Canada Leads, Entra Marketing, Simularity, Typo Assassin: Simularity provides AI-driven geospatial intelligence
Sam Fisher
President & CFO of Hyper Hippo Games
Sam joined Hyper Hippo in September 2014. As president, Sam is affectionately known as the ‘Business Guy’ and day-to-day leader of the team. Sam loves the challenge of building a unique balance between 21st century business smarts and unfettered creative genius. Rarely can these two forces co-exist in an organization and Hyper Hippo is a rare example of the best of both worlds working together. Prior to joining the adventure at Hyper Hippo, Sam was heavily involved in software technology and real estate development. Having been a founder and C-suite executive in various successful companies over the past 20 years, Sam has a full-appreciation of the commitment required for high-performance teams to succeed in competitive marketplaces. Sam’s most recent position prior to Hyper Hippo saw him as the Executive-in-Residence at Accelerate Okanagan and Chief Financial Officer at Mill Creek Group of Companies. Sam completed his Master of Business Administration from Ivey Business School in 1993 and he still loves to learn every day.
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About Hyper Hippo Games: Hyper Hippo is a collection of passionate and creative people working to build fun digital games for everyon.
Bijan Sanii
President & CEO of INETCO Systems Limited
Bijan Sanii has more than 20 years history as a technology industry executive. Before joining INETCO, Bijan was Executive Chair at UB Video, which developed one of the key enabling technologies for video over IP. He provided leadership and guidance that culminated in the acquisition of the company by Scientific-Atlanta (now a Cisco company). Prior to UB Video, Bijan joined Infowave Software in 1997. As General Manager of the Imaging Division, he successfully led a restructuring of the business and generated a record operating profit in 1998. He was later appointed Infowave’s Chief Operating Officer and CEO, driving Infowave’s IPO and strategic partnership agreements with Intel Corp, Compaq Computer Corporation, and other technology industry leaders. Bijan was born in London, U.K. and graduated with honors from the Polytechnic of Central London (now University of Westminster) with a B.A. in Economics. He currently sits on the board of Disternet, a digital media entertainment company based in Richmond, British Columbia. Bijan is also a charter member of the TiE Indus Entrepreneurs, and an active partner within BC Social Venture Partners.
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About INETCO Systems Limited: INETCO provides payment fraud detection, transaction monitoring and channel analytics solutions for banking and payments environments.
Bart Copeland
President & CEO of ActiveState
Bart Copeland brings more than twenty years of leadership, management, finance, and business experience to his position as CEO and President of ActiveState. He is passionate about creating and building the infrastructure and environment at ActiveState that allows our bright people (aka “Activators”) to have a ton of fun while constantly creating and innovating to solve complex problems, produce cool and useful applications that provide real benefits to our customers, through technology solutions that “just work.”
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About ActiveState: ActiveState offers a PaaS-based infrastructure that enables developers to build and deploy apps to the cloud.
Michal Peliwo
Vice President of Business Solutions of ZE PowerGroup
As VP of the Business Solutions team at ZE, Michal spearheads ZEMA implementations. Michal brings many years of software development and client management experience to the company. He also provides a unique understanding of the industry’s market solution requirements. Michal’s capabilities are matched only by the intensity of his desire to exceed client expectations.
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About ZE PowerGroup: ZE PowerGroup is an experienced software development and strategic consulting firm.
Thorsten Gutsche
Vice-President, Operations of ZE PowerGroup
Thorsten is an experienced executive who has built his international career through positions with European and Canadian based companies. He has a mix of large company, entrepreneurial and start-up company experience covering a variety of domains including ISP – telecommunications, IT (e.g. Cloud computing), systems hardware and enterprise software. Thorsten has benefited from the training and environment of Colt Telecom (Multi-Billion Dollar European Service Provider) and has taken the skills developed and implemented the best practices and choice processes in a number of ISP and start up’s. He has earned an international reputation as an operational focused executive that gets the job done and is able to build an excellent operation structure which is customer oriented and cost efficient.
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About Uniserve Communications, ZE PowerGroup: ZE PowerGroup is an experienced software development and strategic consulting firm.
Zak El-Ramly
President & CEO of ZE PowerGroup
Zak El-Ramly, a renowned industry expert and successful executive with over 40 years of experience, is the founder of the ZE family of companies with offices globally that provide software development, consulting services, and engineering design. Dr. Zak El-Ramly formed ZE in 1995 in response to progressive changes towards competition in electric power. This new Zak’s venture supported his continued involvement in market transformation and building tools to facilitate competitive market operation. ZE was initially formed to transfer competitive market principals and implement trade and risk policies and operations; the company soon transitioned to developing software products required to meet the growing needs of participants in energy and commodities markets. Dr. El-Ramly leads a diverse group of more than 250 professionals in his quest to continue delivering innovation and value to an impressive list of multinational clients. His vision and ambition drive the success the ZE family of companies enjoys today.
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About ZE PowerGroup: ZE PowerGroup is an experienced software development and strategic consulting firm.
Brent Flichel
President of Spectrum Signal Processing
Brent Flichel is a President at Spectrum Signal Processing.
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About Spectrum Signal Processing: Spectrum Signal Processing is a developer of high-performance, software-reconfigurable signal processing platforms.
Chris Hobbs
President of TTT Studios
As President of TTT Studios, Chris always puts the team first and thus never fails to surround himself with amazingly talented people who under his stewardship create ground-breaking software. Chris is an active member of the Vancouver iOS Developers Industry Association, serving as its president.
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About TTT Studios: TTT Studios is a premium software team designing and developing mobile apps, complex websites, and enterprise software.
John Almond
Co-Founder & Vice President of Warranty Life
Communications and business experience – I have been involved in using technology for business communications for over 30 years. Began programming A/V presentations using first PC’s in school; joined first computer graphics design company in Canada after University; founded Alpha Visuals Inc. a computer graphic design company in Toronto 1985; was purchased by Genigraphics Corporation (division of GE) in 1987; Executive Producer, Genigraphics Corporation (Toronto – New York); Partner Vision Presentations Inc. – 1990 (Vancouver); founded Emerge Online one of Vancouver’s first web design firms in 1995; Principal, Ionysys Technology Corporation & President, New Media Consulting – 1999; Radiant Communications 2000; Graphically Speaking 2006. Specialties Internet Strategy; Usability testing; Information architecture; Ecommerce planning; Website development; Search engine optimization; Online marketing; Web analytics
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About Graphically Speaking, Warranty Life: Providing Usage-Based Mobile Device Insurance
Ian McAvoy
Founder, President & CEO of Thomson Power
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About Thomson Power: Thomson Power develops and supplies sustainable energy software and power management systems.
Jad Jebara
President & CEO of Hyperview
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About Hyperview: SaaS for IT infrastructure management
Stephane Bourque
Chief Executive Officer, Founder & President of Incognito Software
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About Incognito Software: Provisioning and Resource Management
Christin Wiedemann
President of Radical I/O Technology
After finishing her Ph.D. in Physics at Stockholm University, Christin Wiedemann started working as a software developer, but when she was asked to test on a project she realized she had found her true vocation. Christin sees software testing as problem solving and detective work with strong parallels to science, and she believe that testers can – and should – apply the scientific method. Christin lives in Vancouver, where she joined PQA Testing in 2011. In her current role as Chief Scientist, she drives PQA’s research and method development work and continues to use her scientific background and pedagogic abilities to develop her own skills and those of others.
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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.
Shaun Sweeney
President & Founder of Controller Series Software
With over 30 years dedication to the Controller Series product development, Shaun has spent his professional life creating a stable product to help countless other businesses reach their potential.
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About Controller Series Software: Controller Series Software program has provided customized and specialized software solutions for over 30 years.
Ron Iacobelli
President and CEO of Spur Innovations Corp.
President and CEO, Spur Innovations Corp.
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About Spur Innovations Corp.: Automated Vehicle Controls for fleets – Reduce Accidents, Save Fuel, Reduce Infractions
David Smith
Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Teradici
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About Teradici: Teradici PCoIP technology drives all the components you need to run a remote desktop infrastructure, whether on premise or in the cloud.
Michael Gililland
President, Business Development of AutoHouse Technologies
Mike first started out in the collision repair industry as an auto body technician and subsequently excelled in a variety of repair, insurance, and supply roles prior to founding AutoHouse. His early recognition of the critical role data and analytics would play in the industry has established a foundation from which to build and first mover advantage. Education ACETECH – Growth Strategy Program Certificate, Growth Strategy 2009 – 2010 Graduated from an extensive 2 year CEO mentoring and training program engaging in all aspects of the business operations. The ACETECH Growth Strategy Program (GSP) is a CEO mentoring and training organization that helps achieve higher performance, faster results with less risk. www.acetech.org University of British Columbia Honors Certificate – E-Business Management 2000 – 2001 Graduated with honors. Wilfrid Laurier University Business Administration 1995 – 1996″
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About AutoHouse Technologies: AutoHouse has developed proprietary, revolutionary post-consumer-sales software for this market on a SaaS.
Ian Treleaven
Vice President, Software of Bravatek
Ian has over 20 years of professional software development experience creating Enterprise-class software for some of the world’s largest companies, including Microsoft, Crystal Decisions, Business Objects and SAP. Most recently a Senior Product Owner in SAP’s Business Intelligence Portfolio, Ian was responsible for product performance and reliability (P&R), driving P&R improvements with multi-release strategies, sizing for traditional and SAP HANA-based BI solutions as well as developing product deployment methodologies scalable to SAP’s largest customer (e.g.: 250,000 users). Previously to that role, Ian was a Senior Software Developer for the Business Intelligence product suite at the company. Before its acquisition by Business Objects, and consequently SAP, Ian held similar roles at Crystal Decisions and Seagate Software. There he was responsible for the design, development, then the delivery of the company’s enterprise-class software, such as Crystal Reports. His earlier career includes various software development positions, most notably Engineer and Technical Lead at Microsoft. There Ian was focused on email server software development and was part of the team leading to the development of Microsoft Exchange.
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About Absolute Software, Bravatek: Bravatek Solutions, Inc. is a high technology security solutions portfolio provider.
Bruce Reese
Vice President of Finance of Apteryx Imaging
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About Apteryx Imaging: Apteryx Imaging develops tissue fluorescence visualization technologies.
Michael Checkley
President of QHR Corporation
Michael Checkley has been with QHR since April 2004. Mr. Checkley is an EMR subject matter expert and one of the co-founders and developers of QHR’s flagship Accuro EMR which has grown to be Canada’s leading EMR solution. Prior to his current position, he led the Product Management and Development areas and has been heavily engaged in all aspects of the EMR Division over his 10+ years at QHR. Mr. Checkley also has experience working with and mentoring technology start-ups.
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About QHR Corporation: QHR Corporation (QHR) is a publicly traded Canadian company (TSXV: QHR-V). QHR is proudly based in Kelowna,
Mike Morrow
Co-Founder & President of EmerGeo Solutions
Mike is a co-founder of EmerGeo Solutions and brings over 21 years of experience in the design, implementation and marketing of emergency management and major event security planning systems in government and industry. He has managed more than 50 major crisis management systems development and implementation projects around the world. These include: security planning and response systems for the 2002 G8 Summit Meeting in Alberta and the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver as well as emergency management information system implementations for Western Australia, several US State and Canadian Provincial Emergency Management Agencies, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sempra Energy and dozens of local government agencies and corporations. Mike is a “hands-on” emergency management practitioner who has supported many emergency exercises and has worked alongside emergency responders during several major emergencies and special events around the globe. He continues to help government and industry to effectively implement incident management systems, leveraging existing and open technologies whenever practical. Mike has held senior sales and management positions for several crisis management software companies prior to starting EmerGeo. He is an active member of several emergency management associations and a contributor to emergency management industry groups that are developing and promoting open interoperability standards for the emergency management industry. Mike holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary (Alberta) and gained his technical training from IBM Canada as a Systems Engineer and Marketing Representative for some of IBM’s large oil and gas customers.
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About EmerGeo Solutions: EmerGeo provides emergency and crisis management software and services to clients worldwide.
Robert Atwood
President & CEO of Hummingbird Drones
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About Hummingbird Drones: Hummingbird Drones is a remote imaging, sensing and software development company.
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.
Yanqing Wang
President and Founder of ScopeMedia
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About ScopeMedia: ScopeMedia built an advanced video and image recognition artificial intelligence platform for image data visualization and applications
Christian Carrillo
President and Chief Technology Officer of Tenebril
Christian Carrillo founded Tenebril, Inc., in 1998 and serves as its President and Chief Technology Officer. Prior to Tenebril, Christian Carrillo worked at Scripps Research and Digital Equipment Corporation, applying machine learning approaches to protein folding and compiler optimization. Christian Carrillo devoted his efforts to building the Tenebril product line around security and performance themes. His work in machine learning serves as the basis for Tenebril Inc.’s patented spyware profiling technology. He serves as a Director of Tenebril, Inc. He graduated from magna cum laude in Computer Science and studied at Harvard University.
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About Tenebril: Tenebril is a security and privacy technology company offering solutions for home and enterprise customers.
Larry Oliver
President & Founder of FileHold Systems
Larry Oliver serves as President of FileHold Systems, Inc. Mr. Oliver is responsible for ensuring FileHold Systems has adequate funding, business partnerships and focus to create and deploy a ground breaking document management software solution. He founded and successfully guided, Real Data Systems from start up to generating 10 million annually in profitable sales and subsequently sold to a public company. He has a BSc from the University of North Dakota.
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About FileHold Systems: FileHold Systems is a developer of electronic document and records management software for companies, departments, and organizations.
Matt Toner
President of Z2H Media
Throughout his career, Matt has concentrated on the creative direction and production of projects ranging from bleeding-edge mobile games to multi-platform television series to mixed martial arts spectaculars to nationwide comic creation campaigns. Matt was drawn to digital media during the “dot boom” of 90s and has seen it become an unrelenting transformative force… one that has redefined not just how organizations see themselves, but how they operate in the world. Matt has grown Z2H into an award-winning company whose work is recognized across North America.
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About Anvil Venture Partners, Z2H Media: Z2H Media is a technology-based company that creates transmedia properties using digital, mobile, and motion design.
Shawn Griffin
Vice President, Product of CommandWear
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About CommandWear: A wearable tech software platform for the global public safety & security market.
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.
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.
Tom Rossiter
CEO, President, Director of RESAAS
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About RESAAS: The World’s Largest Real Estate Technology Platform
Wayne Carlson
President & CEO of Nupoint Systems
Wayne Carlson brings over 25 years of proven leadership through all phases of the product development life cycle in a wide range of companies, both as an employee at Wireless Matrix, MacDonald Detwiler, and Epic Data, and with Personal Designs Inc, a consulting company he founded to provide real time software design services. Some of his clients included Unisys, de Havilland, Glenayre, Rogers Cable, Epic Data and Norcom Networks. Carlson’s diverse background includes design and implementation of a multi-mode satellite and terrestrial wireless router, automated vehicle location devices, various satellite communication protocols and devices, POSIX compliant client server transaction based system, an inventory management system, and communication software for an automated weather distribution system. Carlson has a B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He is an avid sailor and has been actively involved in the community as treasurer with the Air Cadet League, 819 Squadron and as vice president of the North Delta Baseball association. He coached minor baseball and soccer for over 13 years. He is currently on the executive of the British Columbia Multihull Society.
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About Nupoint Systems: Nupoint’s M2M satellite products provide cost-effective and reliable communications to monitor and track remote assets.
Jason Gray
President, Executive Officer of Pingify International
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About Pingify International: Pingify International Inc. is an innovative, Vancouver based software development company trading on the OTCQB market place.
Ken Puls
President and Chief Training Officer of ExcelGuru
Ken Puls, FCPA, FCMA is a Chartered Professional Accountant, blogger, author and trainer with over 20 years of business and financial modelling experience. He currently works full time as a consultant and trainer at www.excelguru.ca. Ken’s passion lies in exploring tools to turn data into information, and teaching others how to benefit from them. He has held the Microsoft MVP distinction since 2006, has been recognized as a Fellow of his accounting organization and as one of the “Top 20 under 40” business & community leaders on Vancouver Island.
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About ExcelGuru: Excelguru is dedicated to helping you get the most out of Microsoft Excel and Power BI through our website, free help forum, blog.
Jeff More
President & CEO of MineSense Technologies
As President and Chief Executive Officer, Jeff is responsible for the strategic and overall leadership of MineSense. His primary mandate is to bring to market the company’s disruptive, value creating technology. In 2016, this included a successful fund raise and the company’s first commercial contract. Jeff is a seasoned CEO with a particular focus on intensive growth mandates. His experience spans a diverse set of industries, including environmental services, electronics recycling, telecommunications, robotics and engineered materials. A company builder with a proven track record in both large companies and entrepreneurial environments, he brings broad functional expertise in business development, marketing strategy, operational efficiency and M&A to Minesense, This is coupled with extensive expertise in global markets, including China, India, Japan, South America and Africa. He is a demonstrated team builder and values-driven leader. Jeff holds a B.Eng in Chemical Engineering & Management and an MBA, both from McMaster University.
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About MineSense Technologies: MineSense Technologies is a developer of a data analytics platform intended to monitor and improve the productivity and recovery of mines.
Romina Pavel
President, Business Development of Copier How To
After nearly a decade working as a Client Trainer for one of the top copier manufacturers, he left to start his own company, Copier How To. He felt that his expertise in creating training materials for clients in every industry could be beneficial (and more profitable) to a more global audience. Copiers of any brand are some of the most ubiquitous devices in the vast majority of offices around the world, but the majority of users only know a few select, basic features. Their jobs could be made much simpler and more efficient by knowing even a few more of the standard features that are built in to almost every device. Having worked in the copier industry for so long, he have a great deal of experience understanding the needs and challenges of copier users. It is this expertise that makes Copier How To such a unique company and such a unique opportunity, and makes me uniquely qualified to lead this company.
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About Copier How To: Copier How To is a unique company focusing on the end users and key administrators of photocopiers and multi-function devices.
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