Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Vancouver.
Founded @emotely (Acquired by @brass-monkey Inc.). Senior Game Engine Architect turned HTML5 Developer & Evangelist.
http://francoislaberge.com/
Co-founder/CTO @nitobi-software (acq'd by @adobe). Worked on @phonegap-1 and @robotreplay (acq'd by @foresee-results). PhD, investor, father, and lover of beer.
iOS Developer
http://robsandhu.com
http://github.com/hsandhu
http://robsandhu.tumblr.com
Co-Founder + iOS Developer @theplayapp. Formerly on BI Team @hootsuite. Love to see creativity in action.
Founder @markup4u • Worked at @unbounce, @playhaven • Studied at @national-kharkiv-university
http://dybskiy.com
Founder at @caliper-io; Director of Product at @joyent ; Founder @layerboom (now part of Joyent)
http://trevoro.net
Founder @invesd, investor, developer
Vancouver. SSJSer.
Technology Entrepreneur with 8 years of professional experience in FinTech
SPACELORD!!1! @adobe-systems formerly @nitobi-software mostly working on @phonegap-2 aka the @apache-software-foundation project Cordova
Co-Founder of @mightyhive, @SupporterWall, and others. First startup in 2000. @yahoo alum. Early-stage advisor. Developer. Husband. Makes impossible possible.
http://tumble.jeremyhubert.com
CEO & Co-Founder at @rewardloop. Co-Founded @eqo-communications. Signed up 2MM+ mobile users before app stores existed. MIT Tech Review TR35.
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/
Chief of Staff at @pch-international
Software Engineer at @khan-academy
https://plus.google.com/110287455381476170305/posts
WordPress.com engineer, open source developer, and bogey golfer.
Co-Founder of @retsly. Full Stack Hacker from Vancouver Canada. Software is a symptom of entrepreneurial spirit.
GM Europe PlayFab. Opened offices for @unity & @ubisoft. Ran multimillion user online projects. Entrepreneur, award-winning developer with 15 years of experience.
Technology leadership. Strong software engineering & research b/g. Builder of teams. Formal b/g in computer science & math. Created 1st company in University.
http://datascholars.com/
Practicing orthopedic hand surgeon. Investor in several small companies.
currently @caarbon , built @axiom-zen , @zenhub • worked at @wanelo , @etsy , @threadsy • Studied at @louisiana-tech-university
http://bits.constantx.com
Founder Pathful • Worked at @sophos, @silkstart-technology
Founder and CTO @hiretheworld-com • Worked at @pwgsc • Studied at @simon-fraser-university. Full stack developer with management and executive skills.
Co-founder of @sunnytrail. Worked at @google & @nokia.
Co-Founder of @caliper-io; Co-Founder @gofreerange; Led development on products for Thomson Reuters, GE, @telefonica & @twitterfeed. BSc Computer Science.
I build technology to enable people to make better decisions. PhD (Machine Learning & Optimization)
http://carchrae.net
Full-stack developer / team lead
Co-Founder and CTO - @7geese.com
Worked at @trulioo • Studied at @british-columbia-institute-of-technology-1
Self-taught, full-stack engineer, who loves what he does. Currently CTO @strutta.
Passionate about startups and code. Coding professionally since junior year of high school. Globetrotter; very amateur photographer; fluent in French & English.
21-year-old web entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of HelpHub.
CEO/Co-founder of @trippeo. Previously founded Geotoko (acquired by @hootsuite)
Founder and CEO of Loupe / @shape-collage. PhD Comp. Eng. Univ. Toronto in Machine Learning and Computer Vision. Worked at Google and Microsoft Research.
Technophile with big systems experience applied to brand new start-ups and established enterprises. Loves making a difference in sales, delivery and strategy.
Tech Lead @mybesthelper , Co-Founder of Pomocni.pl (@niania-pl) Strong IT background, T-Shaped, Studied @warsaw-university-of-technology
Co-founder of @sunnytrail, worked at @google and @bitdefender
CTO @ecquire . Interested in social and environmental justice, nature, birding, farming, web development, javascript, open source. Resilience in everything.
Software Engineer and Growth Hacker
http://jbueza.blogspot.ca
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/
Product Designer @crew • Studied Engineering at @mcgill-university
CTO of Eruptive Games; Software at Sitemasher, acquired by salesforce.com. Software guy at Motivus, aquired by Citrix Systems.
Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Software Engineer @axiom-zen, Founder @zenhub and @limezy, master in CS from @utbm
Android Developer @grantoo. 6 years experience in end-to-end Mobile Application development. Currently specializing on the Android platform.
Co-founded @bex.io, @Spawngrid, @railsware. Open Source developer. Public speaker. Multidisciplinarian. Cryptocurrencies aficionado
Node.JS Developer at NodeFly/StrongLoop, previously at a YC company called Opzi. Interested in machine learning, WebRTC, PaaS architecture and startups!
http://stephenbelanger.com
Founder @caliper-io • @open-source-1 Contributor • Worked at @ibm, @microsoft, @paystack • Did @computer-science & @cognitive-science at @simon-fraser-university
Full-stack dev. I love making APIs, AngularJS apps and coffee. Lots of coffee.
Founder @bluebat-games • Worked at @electronic-arts, @criterion-software
Worked at @grantoo, Blitzoo, Coole-Immersive, EventIQ, Chrome, @radical-entertainment • Degree from University of Lethbridge
Ordering bytes and pixels for positive impact
CTO of Loupe, PhD in computer science; HCI researcher, worked in tech industry and research labs across US and Canada
I build stuff and ride bicycles.
Founder of @routific • Full-stack dev @axiom-zen • MSc in Operations Research • Equity Trader at @ubs-investment-bank, @capgemini-consulting
http://@kuomarc
Technophile, recent SFU eMBA grad, strong background in delivery and strategy. Recently launched 2 cloud apps on python, built twilio prototype end to end, scaled out engineering teams, worked at EA, blastradius
Leader, veteran strategist, full stack developer, entrepreneur & communications expert
http://ericbrooke.wordpress.com/
Worked at @electronic-arts, @dell, @venuespot • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia, CS / Psychology. Geek, organizer & presenter at meetups.
http://www.tommytcchan.com
@massachusetts-institute-of-technology & MIT-Sloan Alum, MS Engineering & Management, Researcher at CSAIL.
A Rails developer passionate in technology trends, literature, paint, arts... And lately, a clojure padawan.
http://www.rafael-chacon.com
UBC Software Systems Grad, exploring ways to improve software quality delivered t
Software engineer @humanapi . Built security systems used by the Department of Homeland Security. Hardware hacker.
Mobile Developer at Grantoo. Cofounder and Lead Developer at AppSocial. BSc Cmpt Sci.
Mobile Lead at Invoke Labs. Founder of Orange Pco. BSc in Computer Science from the University of Victoria (Emphasis in Software Engineering)
Technical Director
lead front-end dev @bugbuster , mobile dev, freelance teacher and sencha touch author
http://www.florentlamoureux.fr/blog
Founder and CTO of Sky Motion Research. Founding Member Discreet Logic (IPO, subsequently acquired by Autodesk). Director of Technology at Ubisoft.
Keep showing up to the party
Senior Software Developer at @payrollhero.com. Ruby on Rails hacker and javascript pro. Lean and agile enthusiast. Social animal.
Worked at @invisible-gmbh, @simplificator-gmbh • Studied at @university-of-washington, @cornish-college-of-the-arts
Maxime Parmentier, Front-end Development Director at 7geese.com
I'm coding everyday with Javascript, Backbone.js, CSS3 and many HTML5 technologies. Know NodeJS, Python and PHP. Studied web development and marketing.
Hackerpreneur, co-founder of @anahita ™ social networking platform and PurpleRat Tribe. We are specialized in mobile apps and social networking technologies
http://blog.anahitapolis.com
Full Stack Django @tindie
http://marcsibson.com
Lead dev at @contractually, worked at @indochino • B.Ap.Sc. Engineering Physics from @university-of-british-columbia
Extensive experience developing test-driven, maintainable, readable code – concentrating on large-scale web applications, web services and distributed systems.
http://arthur.gonigberg.com
I write code.
Founder @crowdsway, Filmmaker, Engineer and Marketer. 4th Place Winner of Startup Weekend and Patent Pending.
Designer | Developer | Doer
Biosignal Analyst at @om-signal. Worked at @canassist • Studied at @university-of-victoria. Patents in EEG and Gait analysis. Facial - EMG based HCI.
Rubyist. Engineer. Thinker.
Founder @bidwars • Working at @retsly.
"If you don't work you don't eat, you don't grind you don't shine" - M. Jones
A programmer who has launched multiple well-received iOS and Facebook applications. Also an accomplished graphic artist that understands layout and proper UX.
JavaScript, JavaScript, JavaScript. Employee #1 at Retsly.
http://luke.vivier.ca/
Lead developer at @spacelist. Been writing code since before it was cool.
Mobile entrepreneur & tech anthropologist. CEO @jiber, founding team @Blueslice, Harvard/H150, race bikes for @lgevolution, adventure skier, guitar slayer
http://northgeek.com
Founder & Sole Developer/Designer @placeunit • Worked at @the-walt-disney-company • Studied at @tel-aviv-university University
Backend generalist; Problem solver & executor. Detail-oriented, driven, passionate, chill • Worked at @indochino, @blast-radius • MSc at UBC, BSc at Dalhousie
CS, social sciences student at UofT, graduating June 2014. Interned as full-stack developer in summer 2013.
Lead developer @bluebat-games. Currently working on developing Facebook apps and games and exploring different social channels it has to offer.
Developer & Digital Strategist. Technical Lead at Brightkit
First employee at @Top Hat Monocle, now working with @sokanu to help people discover their passions. Passionate in using tech for good, as well as good techno.
UBC B.Sc Mathematics, UWindsor M.Sc Statistics. Statistician who knows Ruby on Rails, Javascript and other web dev tools. Competitive online gamer.
Founder | CEO - FlightOffice.com, Former senior aviation manager, 20 years as a commercial pilot, Software engineer, Founder Institute grad.
Product development specialist with 15 years of experience in high pressure, start-up environments. Firm believer in the power of great process.
Previously, Director of Development at Tingle.com
Previously, developer at Relic Entertainment & Slant Six Games (Company of Heroes, SOCOM)
http://parveenkaler.com
Vice-President @codecore-bootcamp-2
Support Engineer at @lemonstand • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
Front-end developer at @axiom-zen; proficient in puck handling and stick skills
Cofounded Petromedia Ltd in 2001, leading website for the global marine fuel market, Bunkerworld.com. Ben holds a Masters degree in Advanced Computer Science.
Software Engineer @wantering
Interaction research engineer working on Chrome. Previously at Apple.
Hackerpreneur, Co-Founder of @anahita, @purplerat, @rmdstudio, @tinyrecipe
http://blog.anahitapolis.com
CTO @pixelmatic, technical director, TCP/IP ninja, cross-platform game developer, and entrepreneur. BSc & MSc specialized in Distributed Multimedia Systems.
Engineering @playyon-inc, CTO @suite101, SW Lead Darelle, co-founder CollabVillage, Eng: Tantalus, ActiveTelco(acq), Touchwave(acq) | @university-of-manitoba
Founder @cartching • Studied at @bachelor-of-information-technology-comp-sci-software-dev-majors-griffith-university
http://conradpk.com
Worked at @ogilvy, @avioc-studios-indonesia-http-www-avioc-com • Studied at @georgia-state-university
https://medium.com/@whuxleyvan
I helped make that thing you like on the Internet. Google, Upcoming.org, Flickr, Wikipedia.
http://neilk.net/
Waterloo CS, full stack polyglot, worked at Microsoft and Amazon; now loving the startup space!
CTO and Co-Founder of @tago. Strong software engendering background. 1st startup turned to be profitable.
Co-Founder at Mini Checkout
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
Bram Whillock
http://www.bramski.org
Interactive Designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Full-stack web and app developer, ex-management consultant (KPMG), entrepreneur with current and past startup experience (FlyShortcut.com, TimeAuction.org).
I've made Flash & HTML5 games gaining millions of plays and revenue in the tens of thousands. Not bad for someone who skipped past high school.
Designer, UI Engineer, UX Advocate, Digital Illustrator, Sketchnoter.
http://www.calvin-c.com
Founder @allberta-com, Customerge • Worked at @intercell, @venturesource • Studied at @university-of-victoria
Co-Founder @truth, @foro • CS at @university-of-british-columbia
UBC CS. Full Stack Web Developer. UI/UX Designer. Founded and sold NPO Crowdfunding company in 24 months
Worked at @r-ga with @nike, @mastercard and @nokia making things happen.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nike+-running/id387771637?mt=8
Worked at @contractually, @blitzoo
http://rockieweb.com/jhorton
Machine learning engineer at Intel. CEO at @fixational
Founder @goodnights-1 . Full stack & business. Spearfisher. SCUBA Instructor
Entrepreneur, co-founded Pandoo TEK, founded localhost Ltd., executive in various companies and security expert, contributor @ EU and global projects.
http://rev-eng.blogspot.ca/
Developer with MBA, solid coding experience in Objective-C, Java, and PHP.
Full stack generalist, knows of many ways to get shit done - picks the most appropriate tools for the job at hand.
Co-Founder @funl • Worked at @verafin, @alcatel-lucent, @logitech • Studied at @memorial-university-of-newfoundland. Outgoing, outspoken and Outdoorsy.
http://shawno.ca/resume.html
Software Developer at @allur-group, Architect of @spark-crm, Wizard of all things code.
http://chronicle.ryanilg.com
Graduate school at MIT. Worked at the CBC. Runs successful consulting business.
Full-Stack Engineer with 15 years experience. Ruby, Rails, Javascript and a keen eye for UX and design
Worked at @electronic-arts, @the-walt-disney-company • Studied at @heriot-watt-university
Founder @beamm • Worked at @microsoft, @razorfish • Studied at @clemson-university, @illinois-state-university
MBA at @university-of-british-columbia
Bachelor of Computing at @university-of-guelph
CTO & Co-founder @dudepins, @discovle | 8+ years technology leader & solutions architect. Previously at, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry
@iqmetrix / ex-MSFT / Castle Project founder / perfectionist by trade / INTJ / musician / Buddhism reader
http://hammett.castleproject.org/
Software Development Professional
http://mattpayne.ca
CTO at Tangoo. U of Waterloo CS Grad 2008. Worked at a number of start-ups as well as Business Objects (now SAP), IBM Deutschland, and CIBC.
Software Engineer, localized an existing game, converted one to iPad and launched a new SKU
CPO & Co-Founder @sharedesk 8+ years Front-end/ Back-end engineering. Collaborative Consumption Enthusiast.
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.
Software engineer with a background in social media policy. Pursuing user-focused front-end engineering opportunities in Vancouver, BC.
Junior developer at Spark CRM. Co-Founder at Fetch.
Drupal mechanic with @chapter-three. Really into baseball.
Founder, CEO of @isohunt-inc for the past 11 years.
http://garyfung.ca/
Founder Lost Elefant Technologies Inc. • Worked at @western-union-business-solutions • Studied at @rostov-state-university, @university-of-bremen
McGill CS student, UI/UX Front-End Design & Full Stack Developer