Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Vancouver.
Product Designer @crew • Studied Engineering at @mcgill-university
Chief of Staff at @pch-international
Partner at @science Studio. Specialize in User Experience, Design, Brand and Identity. Product and UX Advisor, Co-Founder @urbandig, Founder @twiistup
Founder and Chief Creative Officer, LDRLY. Interactive Designer, Front-End Developer, Entrepreneur.
Co-founder @dineserve. iOS and Go engineer. Previously co-founded @nutrivise (@startx, sold to @jawbone). Studied CS.
http://zkirill.com
Founder of Monetsu.com, a really easy and safe way to earn and spend Bitcoin online.
Founder of @presentate. Frmly UI+UX at @apple, Product Designer at @apture (acq. by @google), creator of Modernizr (used on 800k+ sites globally).
http://farukat.es/
CMO & Co-founder of @picatic. Product Designer, Startup Marketer & Entrepreneur. Previously Co-founder of UX design agency @island, and Lead Designer for zu.com
http://brettt.com
Worked at @microsoft, Director of User Experience at @jobvite, Director of Product Design at @npario-1. Deloitte and Webby award winner.
http://www.usabilitycounts.com
Principal UI Designer @aol previously at @amazon @the-walt-disney-company • Loves fashion, design and modern art • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Loves challenges, people and startup culture.
Creative Director at @strutta. Co-founder of @facing-me and @pod.
http://rosshj.com
Founder, Jayesh is Picatic’s public face and voice. As CEO his primary responsible for overseeing product strategy & vision.
http://www.picatic.com/blog/
CEO/Co-founder of @trippeo. Previously founded Geotoko (acquired by @hootsuite)
currently @caarbon , built @axiom-zen , @zenhub • worked at @wanelo , @etsy , @threadsy • Studied at @louisiana-tech-university
http://bits.constantx.com
Practicing orthopedic hand surgeon. Investor in several small companies.
Product strategerist, UI/UX designer. @sosido in Vancouver, previously @google, @apple, @marketcircle, others. Focus on health and social wellness.
Designer at @hootsuite | snowboarding, coffee, pixels & pens
http://cozycashew.com
Founder @dccper, @goa.me. Worked at @bnotions, @indivibe-com
http://dccper.com/blog
CPO at BluePerch. 8 years designing experiences. Studied Design @university of Toronto, Architecture @university of British Columbia.
Artist, Founder @artsocket @eureka-1 @hechnr-business-engines-inc-1
http://knowledgeandanticipation.tumblr.com
Impossibly handsome. Incredibly talented. Visual designer with experience in web, desktop and mobile app design.
Founder @hanleymade-com • Studied at @concordia-university
Software Engineer & Designer
Founder and CEO at weeve.it (acquired by LX Ventures), Managing Director at Launch Academy, Co-Founder of Safe, Membr, Emberyl Creative, UBC MM
Co-Founder @wantering. UX designer and frontend architect that has built interfaces for HTML5 mobile, natural language search, and high-traffic syndication.
http://blog.niccai.com/
Founder/Product Designer @opencal (acquired by @groupon), @sitemasher (acquired by @salesforce), and @avicy (acquired by Teravendo). Mobile Product Design.
Mobile Product Designer • Currently Lead Mobile Designer @paypal, previously at @quietly ,@microsoft, @expedia and many others.
Full Stack UX Designer/Developer
Software Engineer and Growth Hacker
http://jbueza.blogspot.ca
@microsoft Alumni, Interened @rim, Currently a Sr. Technical PM @appnique. I get things done and make magic happen.
http://www.bluepixel.ca
Cofounder of @Postach.io - The Evernote powered blogging community. Winner of #devcup2013 - Designer, coder, blogger.
http://blog.nerdburn.com
I believe design + entrepreneurship are quantumly entangled.
Founder of Mountainr app, strong Design background.
Founder of Swiiish • Computer and design background • Worked at @best-buy
User Experience Designer.
Interaction research engineer working on Chrome. Previously at Apple.
BComm at UBC - Sauder School of Business. Startup Grind Vancouver Director. Entrepreneur and idea generator. Strong creative marketing and design background.
http://startupgrind.com/vancouver/
Worked at @ogilvy, @avioc-studios-indonesia-http-www-avioc-com • Studied at @georgia-state-university
https://medium.com/@whuxleyvan
Co-founded Viva Liva + designer at EA SPORTS.
Portfolio: JoshZak.com
Contact: [email protected]
http://www.JoshZak.com
Founder @allberta-com, Customerge • Worked at @intercell, @venturesource • Studied at @university-of-victoria
I helped make that thing you like on the Internet. Google, Upcoming.org, Flickr, Wikipedia.
http://neilk.net/
Founder @goodnights-1 . Full stack & business. Spearfisher. SCUBA Instructor
Indie front-end/UX developer. Principal at @taunt-media, founder of @protagonize, organizer of @VancouverCX, new dad. Community, webdev, standards & hockey.
http://www.tauntmedia.com
I design meticulous interfaces for digital products and software, with a focus on tools and utilities for iOS and the Mac
Interactive Designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Founder @cartching • Studied at @bachelor-of-information-technology-comp-sci-software-dev-majors-griffith-university
http://conradpk.com
CS, social sciences student at UofT, graduating June 2014. Interned as full-stack developer in summer 2013.
UX Researcher/ Architect | Strategic Consulting for Digital Products and Services. Worked at @sauder-school-of-business, @habanero-consulting-group
Vice-President @codecore-bootcamp-2
Creating and Designing digital products for the masses. UI/UX designer @invoke, Founder of @linespotters. Hit me up...
Worked at @stb-media • Investor @the-walt-disney-company, @pixar-animation-studios • Studied at @school-of-visual-arts
http://masood3d.wordpress.com
Designer, UI Engineer, UX Advocate, Digital Illustrator, Sketchnoter.
http://www.calvin-c.com
UBC CS. Full Stack Web Developer. UI/UX Designer. Founded and sold NPO Crowdfunding company in 24 months
Founder & Arch. UI/UX of 500videos
Designer that focuses on brand consistency, typography, and creative aesthetics while keeping things communicative and usable.
Mechatronics Engineer and Master of Digital Media with a passion to create meaningful experiences in both the digital and physical realms.
Co-Founder @funl • Worked at @verafin, @alcatel-lucent, @logitech • Studied at @memorial-university-of-newfoundland. Outgoing, outspoken and Outdoorsy.
http://shawno.ca/resume.html
Founder of social music startup, Syncofy™. Music industry professional, entrepreneur. Worked for WEA, Apple, MTV, Sony ATV and others...
http://heinstein.com
Marketing Guru, previous Microsoft and Sony team member now working in the startup world.
Co-Founder / UX-UI Designer @play-a-sports-community • Worked at @hootsuite
Full-stack (django/JS/HTML/CSS) product guy with deep analytics and strategy background. I enjoy leading teams to build beautiful, usable, and useful products.
Game Developer | Designer | Filmmaker. Having gained views in the millions on popular gaming channels like Machinima, I'm now designing my own games!
Software Developer at @allur-group, Architect of @spark-crm, Wizard of all things code.
http://chronicle.ryanilg.com
Your handy UX Guru!
Product Manager at Mozilla for Firefox. Former Product Designer at Mozilla and Red Hat. Strong Design & Technical background; MS Computer Science.
UI/UX @thinkific. Lead Designer @ohbeer_app.
http://appuidesign.tumblr.com/
Graduate school at MIT. Worked at the CBC. Runs successful consulting business.
McGill CS student, UI/UX Front-End Design & Full Stack Developer
Ex-Nokia Designer. Director of Experience Design at Global Mechanic and Regional Ambassador for Wearable Wednesday Vancouver. I also like drones.