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