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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 Digital Media 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.
Bryant Pike
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Rainmaker Entertainment
Bryant Pike is charged with oversight of the company’s financial operations and regulatory reporting as a publicly traded company and shares responsibility for business development. Identifying strategic opportunities that support the company’s new business model are all part of his purview. Bryant began his career as a chartered accountant specializing in the financial services and entertainment industries with Ernst & Young, becoming Senior Manager and working with independent producers, distributors, and a majority of major US-based film studios operating in Canada. He also served as CFO for Insight Films, a private live action film studio in Vancouver. Bryant has hands on production experience, producing the independently packaged and financed original science fiction movie Chupacabra vs The Alamo for the Syfy channel. Recently named to the Board of the Whistler Film Festival, Bryant also holds the distinction of being named to Business in Vancouver’s list of “40 Under 40” before entering his 30s.
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About Rainmaker Entertainment: Rainmaker Entertainment is a CG animation studio creating unique CG animation styles using artist friendly tools.
Kim Wilder
Senior Vice President of Production & Operations of Rainmaker Entertainment
Kim Dent Wilder nurtures the creative artistry of the studio’s productions while overseeing and managing its growing film and television operations. She is also involved in identifying and developing new business opportunities, including the creation of new intellectual properties and partnering with rights holders of established branded properties, as well as ensuring efficiencies across all creative and technological production processes. Instrumental in bringing the company’s first feature film, Escape from Planet Earth, to fruition in 2013, Kim is currently engaged in the production of Ratchet & Clank and the development of Sly Cooper, hugely successful video game franchises for Sony PlayStation. Kim first came to the original Mainframe Entertainment in 1997 as a production manager, and went on to become producer of the Hasbro television series Beast Wars, among other numerous television series and direct-to-video titles. In 2005, she joined Nexon Publishing North America (NPNA), a Vancouver-based global online entertainment company where she managed the company’s global creative and production infrastructure. Kim returned to Rainmaker in 2009 in her current role. Over the past nearly 20 years, Kim’s production credits encompass many high-profile animation series including Hot Wheels (Mattel), Max Steel (Mattel), Weird-ohs, Inspector Gadget (DIC Entertainment), Stuart Little 3 (Sony), Popeye’s Voyage–The Quest for Pappy (King Features), The Spider-Man Animated Series (Sony and MTV), and more than twenty DVD features in the direct-to-DVD Barbie series (Mattel).
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About Rainmaker Entertainment: Rainmaker Entertainment is a CG animation studio creating unique CG animation styles using artist friendly tools.
Michael Hefferon
President & Chief Creative Officer of Rainmaker Entertainment
Throughout his 25-year entertainment industry career, Michael Hefferon has catapulted the growth of established business operations around the globe, strategically conceiving how best to attract the talent, projects and clients that can grow revenues. His business development skills combine with a solid reputation for creative excellence, with vast experience across creative development, production, distribution and acquisition of children’s television and feature film properties. Michael joined Rainmaker from Canada’s Bardel Entertainment, where he oversaw numerous productions and associations with broadcasters worldwide. Michael’s first company Phoenix Animation quickly built a strong reputation as a source for high-quality productions, working on five theatrical feature films, including Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest, as well as a number of international series and specials, including The Magic Adventures of Mumfie. After selling his studio, Michael went on to hold executive level positions with a number of leading entertainment companies including Catalyst Entertainment (now CCI Entertainment); the Britt Allcroft Company (now known as HiT Entertainment); Gullane Entertainment (formerly known as Britt Allcroft Group); BFC Berliner Film Companie GmbH (Berlin); and EM Entertainment’s Australian studio Flying Bark Productions.
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About Rainmaker Entertainment: Rainmaker Entertainment is a CG animation studio creating unique CG animation styles using artist friendly tools.
Tara Kemes
Vice President of Culture & Talent of Rainmaker Entertainment
Tara Kemes is passionate about nurturing talent and encouraging people to follow their dreams. Charged with developing and implementing the studio’s overall recruiting strategy while also advising studio talent on career growth opportunities, Tara is often seen at industry job fairs and on school campuses, evangelizing the benefits of working in the unique culture that has come to define Rainmaker. Originally joining Mainframe Entertainment in 2002, Tara joined Relic Entertainment in 2006 as recruitment manager. She rejoined the new Rainmaker Entertainment as Manager of Talent Development in 2009, helping the company hire the crew for its first animated feature film, Escape from Planet Earth. A graduate of the University of British Columbia with a BA in Asian Studies and Japanese, Kemes moonlights as an instructor at the Vancouver Film School.
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About Rainmaker Entertainment: Rainmaker Entertainment is a CG animation studio creating unique CG animation styles using artist friendly tools.
Johann Starke
President & CEO of FCV Interactive
John Starke is the President & CEO of FCV, a full-service digital advertising agency with offices in Toronto and Vancouver. Before FCV, John was Director of Business Development at Expedia. Prior to Expedia, he worked with several organizations and was a consultant with Accenture. In addition to his role at FCV, John serves as a director at BC Assessment, an independent, provincial Crown corporation, and is an MBA mentor at the University of British Columbia. John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Computer Information Systems from the University of Colorado and is a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. In 2010,he was recognized in Vancouver’s Top 40 Under Forty, and his leadership and philanthropic endeavours earned FCV a 2010 Community Leadership Award from the British Columbia Technology Industry Association.
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About FCV Interactive, FCV Interactive: User-focused transformation agency
John Hossack
President & Co-Founder of Cardinal Path
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About Cardinal Path: Cardinal Path leverages digital analytics to deliver insight, understanding and outcomes that create competitive advantage for our clients.
Yuri Khramov
President of Evident Point Software
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About Evident Point Software: Evident Point is a leading provider of professional digital publishing solutions worldwide.
Peter Carr
President, Development of Partnered Filmed Entertainment
Peter has over 30 years professional employment in both Canada and the UK’s filmed entertainment production industries. His work has run the gamut from Assistant Director to Production manager to Line Producer and currently Development Producer, Series Television. he is a member of The Directors Guild of Canada, Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia and The Canadian Film and television production Association (CFTPA) . he received his BFA, Film & Communication from St.Martins College of Art & Design in London, UK.
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