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