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