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 Apps 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.
Katie Wilde
VP of Engineering of Buffer
Katie is the VP of Engineering at Buffer, which is a globally distributed team with no offices. She’s co-authored “The Holloway Guide to Remote Work”, available now at Holloway.com. She’s also co-authored “97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know” and “Atomic Migration Strategy for Web Teams”, both with O’Reilly. Katie champions remote work and personal flourishing.
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About Ambassador Labs, Buffer: Social Media Management Software for Growing Brands
Grant Brown
VP Brand and Marketing of Plan B Energy Storage
Grant Brown is a passionate environmentalist, driven by a need to “leave it better than he found it”. This drive, combined with a capacity to understand power solutions of all types, gives him the ability to explain the benefits of energy storage and inspire others to become a part of the change towards clean energy.
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About Plan B Energy Storage: Plan B Energy Storage manufactures high power energy storage systems.
Kenneth Conroy
VP of Data Science of Finn AI
Kenneth Conroy is the VP of Data Science at Finn AI.
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About Finn AI: Finn AI provides AI-powered conversational banking technology for personal banking and finance.
Roth Niven
VP Professional Services of Clevest Solutions
Roth is an experienced technology industry leader with expertise in scaling technology companies, driving operational improvements that lead to great customer experiences, establishing and leading professional services practices, developing partnerships that support continued growth and customer success, and building high-performing teams. He combine a structured, disciplined approach, and a strong sense of ownership, with creativity, passion and energy to deliver measurable results.
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About Clevest Solutions, fathom: Clevest Solutions provides software for mobile workforce management and smart grid deployment and post-deployment operations exclusively
Tony Kroeker
VP Systems Engineering and Co-Founder of Tutela
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About Tutela: Tutela crowd-sources mobile usage and experience data from millions of mobile devices every day to provide insight to the mobile industry
David Yarish
VP Mobile Solutions and Co-Founder of Tutela
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About Tutela: Tutela crowd-sources mobile usage and experience data from millions of mobile devices every day to provide insight to the mobile industry
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
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