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Aalika Kohli

Senior Advisor, Intergovernmental Affairs at City of Maple Ridge

Aalika Kohli is Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs at the City of Maple Ridge, BC. She is an active participant in Vancouver's AI community, engaging with AI policy an...

  • Senior Advisor, Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Maple Ridge, British Columbia
  • ai-ml
  • government-policy
  • intergovernmental

Aaron Hersh

General Manager, North America at MetaOptima Technology Inc.

Aaron Hersh is General Manager, North America at MetaOptima Technology Inc. in Vancouver, BC. MetaOptima builds DermEngine and MoleScope, an AI-powered digital health platform f...

  • General Manager, North America
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai-ml
  • dermatology
  • digital-health

Aaron Hilton

Founder at Steampunk Digital Corp

Aaron Hilton President and CEO of Steampunk Digital Corp (incorporated June 2016), Vancouver. Founder of VanVR, Vancouver's VR community. Attended Vancouver AI Community events;...

  • Founder
  • President/CEO
  • Vancouver, BC
  • community-builder
  • digital-media
  • founder

Aaron Stuart

CEO, VANTEC Angel Network at VANTEC Angel Network

Aaron Stuart is CEO of VANTEC Angel Network and COO of WUTIF Capital, both based in Vancouver, BC. He leads early-stage investment activity across BC's technology and AI ecosystem.

  • CEO, VANTEC Angel Network
  • COO, WUTIF Capital
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-ecosystem
  • angel-investing
  • vancouver

Abhay Ghatpande

Faculty at Sprout Fund

Abhay Ghatpande Abhay Ghatpande, PhD, MBA is a Vancouver based investor and educator. He is Senior Investment Associate at Sprout Fund II and teaches Strategic Management at Uni...

  • Faculty
  • Startup Mentor
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • startup-ecosystem
  • venture-capital

Abin AOT

Software Engineer at AOT Technologies

Abin AOT Abin (Abin Antony) is associated with AOT Technologies, a Victoria, BC headquartered software company with additional offices in Portland and Kerala that builds low-cod...

  • Software Engineer
  • Victoria, BC
  • ai
  • bc-tech
  • software

Adam Baird

Co-Founder at Gruff Ventures

Adam Baird is a technology and operations leader based in Vancouver, currently Entrepreneur in Residence at Gruff Ventures. He was most recently Head of Technology at Rooster Te...

  • Co-Founder
  • Creative Technologist
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • consulting
  • creative-tech

Adam Salah

AI Researcher at Simon Fraser University

Adam Salah is a SharePoint administrator and AI researcher at Simon Fraser University in Greater Vancouver. A veteran Microsoft trainer with 35+ years in IT, he bridges enterpri...

  • AI Researcher
  • Microsoft Trainer
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-research
  • microsoft
  • sfu

Adina Gray

AI Initiatives Lead at PurpleOwl AI

Adina Gray is the founder of PurpleOwl AI and AI Initiatives Lead at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC. She represented Team BC at the national ALL IN AI conference and...

  • AI Initiatives Lead
  • Founder, PurpleOwl AI
  • Kamloops, BC
  • ai-education
  • kamloops
  • purpleowl-ai

Aditya Phalod

Machine Learning Engineer at Scoop Robotix

Aditya Phalod Aditya Phalod is a Vancouver based ML engineer at Scoop Robotix and a UBC alum focused on making AI trustworthy. He has prior experience as a UBC Electrical and Co...

  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ml-engineer
  • trustworthy-ai
  • ubc

Adrian van Wijk

Design Director at JDi Design Inc.

Adrian van Wijk is Design Director at JDi Design Inc. in Vancouver, BC, specializing in industrial and sustainable design. He applies emerging technologies including AI to produ...

  • Design Director
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai-ml
  • creative-tech
  • industrial-design

Ahmad Jadallah

Game Developer at Vancouver Film School

Ahmad Jadallah Ahmad Jadallah is a Vancouver based game developer and Unreal Engine instructor at Vancouver Film School with 20+ years across roles including director of develop...

  • Game Developer
  • Unreal Engine Instructor
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • game-dev
  • unreal-engine

Ahmed Abuzuraiq

PhD Student / Researcher at Metacreation Lab

Ahmed Abuzuraiq Ahmed M. Abuzuraiq is a PhD student at Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts & Technology, working in the Metacreation Lab for Creative AI. His re...

  • PhD Student / Researcher
  • Burnaby, BC
  • creative-ai
  • generative-ai
  • hci

Ahmed Shalabi

AI Community Speaker at Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)

Ahmed Shalabi is a Data Integration Engineer at the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) in Vancouver, BC. He holds AI/ML certifications and spoke at the Infer AI Enginee...

  • AI Community Speaker
  • Data Integration Engineer
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-community
  • data-engineering
  • health-tech

Aigerim Shilibekova

Professor at University Canada West

Aigerim Shilibekova is a Professor at University Canada West in Vancouver, pursuing a second PhD with a focus on digital technologies in education. She has participated in the E...

  • Professor
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai-ml
  • digital-technologies
  • education

Alan Mackworth

AI Researcher at UBC Computer Science

Alan Mackworth Alan Mackworth is Professor Emeritus at UBC Computer Science and one of Canada's foundational AI researchers, with landmark contributions to constraint satisfacti...

  • AI Researcher
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-research
  • ubc
  • vancouver

Alannah Darnel

Founder, Banana Tek at Banana Tek

Alannah Darnel is the Founder of Banana Tek, an AI product marketing agency in British Columbia. She holds an MBA from SFU along with PMP and PSM certifications. She previously...

  • Founder, Banana Tek
  • Product Marketing Specialist
  • British Columbia
  • ai-ml
  • enterprise-saas
  • entrepreneurship

Aleks Pamir

Senior Director of Product Management at First Advantage

Aleks Pamir is Senior Director of Product Management at First Advantage in Vancouver, BC. He brings IoT and technology industry expertise to enterprise software product strategy...

  • Senior Director of Product Management
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai-ml
  • enterprise-saas
  • iot

Alex Dow

BSides Vancouver Founder at BSides Vancouver

Alex Dow is CIO and co-founder of Mirai Security, a Vancouver-based cybersecurity firm, and founder of BSides Vancouver, the city's premier community security conference. He has...

  • BSides Vancouver Founder
  • CIO & Co-Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-security
  • bsides
  • cybersecurity

Alex Salvador

Executive Assistant at BC + AI Ecosystem Association

Alex Salvador is Kris Krüg's new executive assistant at BC + AI Ecosystem Association, starting full-time in February 2026. She has a background in finance and is also a singer/...

  • Executive Assistant
  • Program Coordinator
  • Vancouver, BC
  • bc-ai
  • community
  • program-management

Alex Samur

AI Specialist at Langara College

Alex Samur Alexandra Samur — Curriculum Consultant and AI Specialist at Langara College, Vancouver. Holds an MA in Communication from York University. Attended Vancouver AI Meet...

  • AI Specialist
  • Curriculum Consultant
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-education
  • curriculum
  • higher-education

Alex Santo

CEO at Ahead.IO

Alex Santo CEO and Founder of Ahead.IO, Vancouver. 20+ years of experience spanning robotics, IoT, VFX, and games. Attended Vancouver AI Community events. Professional Informati...

  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • founder
  • games
  • iot

Alex Tapscott

Author at Blockchain Research Institute

Alex Tapscott is a Toronto-based author, investor, and blockchain thought leader. He co-founded the Blockchain Research Institute with his father Don Tapscott in 2017 and serves...

  • Author
  • Co-Founder
  • Toronto, ON
  • author
  • blockchain
  • digital-assets

Alex Yang

AI Engineer at AllTrue.ai

Alex Yang is a Vancouver-based AI engineer and co-founder active in BC's technology community. He is associated with AllTrue.ai — an AI security company being acquired by Varoni...

  • AI Engineer
  • Co-founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-engineer
  • ai-tooling
  • founder

Alexander Kazmurchuk

Founder & CEO at SpicyDate

Alexander Kazmurchuk is Founder and CEO of SpicyDate, a Vancouver-based AI-powered dating app. A Ukrainian-born entrepreneur, he built and launched SpicyDate in the Canadian mar...

  • Founder & CEO
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai-ml
  • consumer-app
  • enterprise-saas

Alexander Kurtynin

CEO at Sigen AI

Alexander Kurtynin CEO and Co-Founder of Sigen AI, a privacy-preserving AI and computer vision company based in Vancouver, BC. New Ventures BC Top 25 finalist. Attended Vancouve...

  • CEO
  • Co-Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • computer-vision
  • founder
  • new-ventures-bc

Alexandra Samuel

AI Keynote Speaker at Me+Viv

Alexandra Samuel is a Vancouver-based AI keynote speaker, technology writer, data journalist, and podcast host. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Harvard and writes regu...

  • AI Keynote Speaker
  • Podcast Host
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai
  • digital-workplace
  • future-of-work

Alexey Iskrov

CTO & Co-Founder at SigenAI

Alexey Iskrov is CTO and co-founder of SigenAI, a Vancouver-based privacy-preserving computer vision AI company. SigenAI was named a New Ventures BC Top 25 finalist and particip...

  • CTO & Co-Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • computer-vision
  • new-ventures-bc
  • privacy-preserving-ai

Ali Tavanayan

CEO at Manage Petro

Ali Tavanayan CEO and Founder of Manage Petro, a SaaS platform for fuel delivery fleet management, North Vancouver. Serial entrepreneur with 18+ years in software engineering. P...

  • CEO
  • Founder
  • North Vancouver, British Columbia
  • founder
  • fuel-delivery
  • iot

Alisha Grootendorst

Co-Owner at CBR Products

Alisha Grootendorst Alisha Grootendorst is Co-Owner (Principal) of CBR Products, a Coquitlam, BC-based manufacturer of water-borne wood finishing products serving the constructi...

  • Co-Owner
  • Coquitlam, BC
  • retail
  • small-business

Alistair (Kevin)

Education Technology Advocate

Technology leader with 35 years of experience spanning public education technology, cybersecurity, and industrial automation. Spent over a decade working with BC Ministry of Edu...

  • Education Technology Advocate
  • Technology Leader
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Southern Interior BC
  • conversational-ai
  • cybersecurity
  • education

Alistair Skey

founding-member at Mercer International

Alistair Skey CIO at Mercer International, Vancouver. 30+ years technology leadership. Led Google Workspace and generative AI transformation at Mercer International. Named CIO R...

  • founding-member
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • bc-ai
  • cio
  • digital-transformation

Alistair Vigier

CEO, Caseway AI at Caseway AI

Alistair Vigier is CEO of Caseway AI, an AI-powered legal research platform trained on millions of Canadian court decisions, and Founder of Clearway Law, a Vancouver-based onlin...

  • CEO, Caseway AI
  • Founder, Clearway Law
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • enterprise-saas
  • law

Alix Melchy

VP of AI at Jumio

Alix Melchy is VP of AI at Jumio in Vancouver, leading global machine learning teams for the company's identity verification platform. He has an SFU postdoctoral background and...

  • VP of AI
  • Vancouver, BC
  • identity-verification
  • jumio
  • machine-learning

Allan Baedak

founding-member at BC + AI

Allan Baedak BC + AI Founding Member 188. Professional Information - Organization: Words, Pictures & Music Media Inc. - Title: President - Location: Surrey, BC BC + AI Founding...

  • founding-member
  • Surrey, BC
  • bc-ai

Allen Pike

Co-Founder & CEO, Forestwalk Labs at Forestwalk Labs

Allen Pike is Co-Founder and CEO of Forestwalk Labs, an AI interface company building LLM-powered tools for teams, and Founder of Steamclock Software, a Vancouver app studio he...

  • Co-Founder & CEO, Forestwalk Labs
  • Founder, Steamclock Software
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-interfaces
  • community-organizer
  • enterprise-saas

Allison Meikle

Junior Backend Development Intern at Sparkjoy Studios

Allison Meikle is a Junior Backend Development Intern at Sparkjoy Studios, a Vancouver-based web design and development agency that builds custom websites and digital experience...

  • Junior Backend Development Intern
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • intern
  • software-development
  • student

Alma Barranco-Mendoza

Co-Founder & CEO at Canadian Space Society

Alma Barranco-Mendoza is an award-winning research scientist, author, and entrepreneur who earned her PhD in Computer Science with an AI specialization from Simon Fraser Univers...

  • Co-Founder & CEO
  • founding-member
  • Coquitlam, British Columbia
  • ai-specialization
  • bc-ai
  • canadian-space-society

Alvaro Peralta

CEO at Global Invest Quest XR

Alvaro Peralta CEO and Founder of Global Invest Quest XR (GiQ-XR), Vancouver. Host of The Convergence Podcast. Pioneering immersive XR technology for investor engagement in the...

  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • executive-coaching
  • founder
  • investor-engagement

Amanda Oliveira Calvo

founding-member at Data for Good Vancouver

Amanda Oliveira Calvo is Project Lead at Data for Good Vancouver, a chapter of the national nonprofit that connects data professionals with community organizations for social im...

  • founding-member
  • Project Lead
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • bc-ai
  • civic-tech
  • data-for-good

Amanda Tong

Investment Associate at InBC Investment Corp.

Amanda Tong is an Investment Associate at InBC Investment Corp., BC's provincial Crown venture fund, based in Vancouver. InBC invests in BC AI and technology companies including...

  • Investment Associate
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-investing
  • bc-crown-fund
  • inbc

Amarjeet Kaur

CEO at Yali-CyberShield

Amarjeet Kaur Amarjeet Kaur is a Vancouver-based cybersecurity founder, co-founder and CEO of Yali-CyberShield, a firm focused on helping businesses adopt a holistic, AI-aware a...

  • CEO
  • Co-Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • cybersecurity
  • founder
  • vancouver

Ameneh Madjd

Co-Founder at D2Type Health

Ameneh Madjd Dr. Ameneh Madjd is a Vancouver based co-founder and COO of D2Type Health, a digital health company combining AI with human life coaches to help people prevent and...

  • Co-Founder
  • COO
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-health
  • diabetes
  • digital-health

Amin Sharifi

Founder at Enya Learning

Amin Sharifi Founder of Enya Learning, a literacy lab and educational collective for K-12 newcomer students, Vancouver. BCBusiness 30 Under 30. Speaker at Web Summit Vancouver (...

  • Founder
  • Speaker
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-democratization
  • bcbusiness-30-under-30
  • edtech

Andrea Mills

Executive Director at Internet Archive Canada

Andrea Mills Executive Director of Internet Archive Canada (The Permanent), Vancouver. Celebrating 20 years of Canadian operations in 2026. Monthly sponsor of BC + AI Ecosystem...

  • Executive Director
  • Vancouver, BC
  • bcai-partner
  • bcai-sponsor
  • digital-preservation

Andrew Hennigar

Partner, Technology Sector at Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG)

Andrew Hennigar is a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) in Vancouver, leading the firm's technology sector practice. He advises on AI-related M&A transactions and is recogni...

  • Partner, Technology Sector
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-law
  • blg
  • chambers-canada

Andrew Kalenov

CEO & Co-Founder at BG8 AI

Andrew Kalenov is CEO and co-founder of BG8 AI, a Vancouver-based AI agents and automation company. BG8 showcased at CES 2025 and builds enterprise AI agent solutions.

  • CEO & Co-Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-agents
  • automation
  • bg8-ai

Andrey Zaykovskiy

Founder at ShadowCore AI

Andrey Zaykovskiy is founder of ShadowCore AI, a Vancouver-based multimodal AI platform for intent and emotion analysis, founded in 2025. Confirmed via Wellfound, Foundersbase,...

  • Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • emotion-analysis
  • intent-analysis
  • multimodal-ai

Andrii Kavetskyi

Machine Learning Engineer at Brno University of Technology (VUT)

Andrii Kavetskyi holds an MSc in Applied Mathematics from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and a degree in Mathematical Engineering from the University of L'Aquila (Italy...

  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Researcher
  • Vancouver, BC
  • applied-mathematics
  • biometrics
  • machine-learning

Anfal Mushtaq

AI Staff Engineer at Luxury Presence

Anfal Mushtaq is an AI Staff Engineer at Luxury Presence and founder of LLM-native tools, based in Vancouver, BC. Her personal site explicitly states she writes, builds, and con...

  • AI Staff Engineer
  • Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-engineering
  • llm
  • luxury-presence

Anna Sainsbury

Co-Founder and Chairman at GeoComply

Anna Sainsbury is the co-founder and chairman of GeoComply, a Vancouver-headquartered cybersecurity unicorn providing geolocation anti-fraud and compliance services to clients i...

  • Co-Founder and Chairman
  • Former CEO
  • Vancouver, BC
  • cybersecurity
  • founder
  • geolocation

Annelies Tjebbes

CEO at Roots & Rivers Consulting

Annelies Tjebbes Annelies Tjebbes is the Vancouver based founder and CEO of Roots & Rivers Consulting, a social innovation consultancy specializing in strategic planning, facili...

  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • facilitation
  • social-innovation
  • strategy

Anthonia Ogundele

AI Education Leader at Ethọ́s Lab

Anthonia Ogundele is Executive Director of Ethos Lab on Main Street, a Black and Indigenous youth center doing real creative work and real tech work with real youth in real time...

  • AI Education Leader
  • Community Engine
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai
  • ai-education
  • bipoc

Anthony Green

BC + AI Founding Member at BC + AI

Anthony Green is Co-Founder and CISO of Comp AI, and CEO and Co-Founder of OpenRep, an AI-driven organic marketing platform based in Richmond/Vancouver, BC. He co-founded Green...

  • BC + AI Founding Member
  • CEO & Co-Founder, OpenRep
  • Richmond, BC
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • bc-ai
  • bc-business-30-under-30

Anthony Joseph

Ceremonial Lead at BC + AI Ecosystem Association

Anthony Joseph (Yo Knight) is an elected Squamish Nation Councillor and cultural practitioner who leads the monthly opening ceremony at Vancouver AI Meetups, bridging Indigenous...

  • Ceremonial Lead
  • Councillor
  • Squamish Nation Territory (North Vancouver), British Columbia
  • ceremonial-practice
  • indigenous-leadership
  • squamish-nation

Anthony Lee

Co-Founder at Altos Ventures

Anthony Lee Managing Director at Altos Ventures (Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto), a top-tier venture capital firm managing approximately $30 billion AUM. Notable for being first mone...

  • Co-Founder
  • Managing Director
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • Whistler, BC
  • altos-ventures
  • c100
  • canadian-tech

April AI

Co-Founder at Economy of Wisdom Foundation

April AI Co-founder of the Economy of Wisdom Foundation and lead of the Wisdom Wallet initiative, British Columbia. Community outreach specialist with extensive experience worki...

  • Co-Founder
  • Community Outreach Specialist
  • British Columbia
  • community-outreach
  • dtes
  • economy-of-wisdom

Ariel Laver

Partner, Technology & Data at Fasken

Ariel Laver is a Partner in the Technology & Data practice at Fasken's Vancouver office. He has spoken on AI topics at the Surrey Board of Trade and industry symposia, advising...

  • Partner, Technology & Data
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-law
  • data-law
  • fasken

Arjun Kadaleevanam

Innovation and Economic Development Professional

Arjun Kadaleevanam is an innovation and economic development professional working across BC's tech and startup ecosystem with a focus on artificial intelligence and emerging tec...

  • Innovation and Economic Development Professional
  • British Columbia
  • ai-strategy
  • bc-tech
  • economic-development

Arman Hajian

Startup Founder at Higher Pop

Arman Hajian Founder of Higher Pop (formerly TalentNow), an HR/recruiting tech platform, Vancouver. Graduate of the AI Upgrade 6-week cohort course (October 2025). Active BC + A...

  • Startup Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-upgrade-graduate
  • community-builder
  • hr-tech

Armin Layegh

Community Member at Higher Pop

Armin Layegh is a talent acquisition specialist and entrepreneur based in Surrey, BC, working at the intersection of HR and AI. He founded TalentNow (later rebranded as Higher P...

  • Community Member
  • Founder
  • Surrey, British Columbia
  • ai
  • hr-tech
  • manufacturing-ai

Arno Apeldoorn

Brand Strategist at New Collider Creative

Arno Apeldoorn Owner of New Collider Creative, a branding and creative strategy firm in Vancouver. Attended Vancouver AI Meetup 25. Professional Information - Organization: New...

  • Brand Strategist
  • Owner
  • Vancouver, BC
  • branding
  • creative
  • design

Arshia Shoban

DEFRAG Producer at Metacreation Lab for Creative AI

Arshia Shoban Goes by Asha. DEFRAG Producer and Researcher at SFU's Metacreation Lab for Creative AI (under Professor Philippe Pasquier), Vancouver. Produces the DEFRAG creative...

  • DEFRAG Producer
  • Researcher
  • Vancouver, BC
  • creative-ai
  • defrag
  • festival-week

Arshia Sobhan Sarbandi

AI Artist at Metacreation Lab

Arshia Sobhan Sarbandi is a PhD student in SFU's School of Interactive Arts & Technology and a researcher in the Metacreation Lab under supervisor Philippe Pasquier. His researc...

  • AI Artist
  • PhD Researcher
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • arabic-calligraphy
  • autoloom
  • cultural-ai

Artyom Mamzhiev

Senior Innovation Strategist & AI Lead at DIGITAL (Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster)

Artyom Mamzhiev is Senior Innovation Strategist and AI Lead at DIGITAL (Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster), headquartered in Vancouver. He drives AI innovation programs f...

  • Senior Innovation Strategist & AI Lead
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-strategy
  • digital-supercluster
  • innovation

Ash (Ashutosh)

AI Researcher

Civil engineering PhD and AI researcher based in Ladysmith, BC, building a post-disaster management AI system from scratch with his partner (electronics engineering PhD / softwa...

  • AI Researcher
  • Civil Engineering PhD
  • Ladysmith, BC
  • Victoria, BC (former)
  • civil-engineering
  • custom-model-training
  • infrastructure-monitoring

Ashaya Sharma

Co-Founder and CTO at Honeycomb AI

Ashaya Sharma is the co-founder and CTO of Honeycomb AI, a Vancouver startup building AI-powered menu and dietary-restriction experiences used by over 2 million users. A UBC Com...

  • Co-Founder and CTO
  • Former Founding Engineer
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-founder
  • nlp
  • transformers

Ashiq Ahamed

Founder & CEO at SolvedAF

Ashiq Ahamed is Founder and CEO of SolvedAF, a Vancouver-based firm applying AI to modernize finance, accounting, and ERP systems for growing organizations. A Chartered Professi...

  • Founder & CEO
  • founding-member
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • automation
  • bc-ai
  • cpa

Ashutosh Sharma

CEO & Co-Founder at INVENT AI LTD

Ashutosh Sharma is Founder of INVENT AI LTD, based in Ladysmith, BC. He holds a PhD and is engaged in research at the intersection of evolving intelligence and what he calls "ab...

  • CEO & Co-Founder
  • Ladysmith, BC
  • ai
  • bc
  • ladysmith

Aya Ladki

Director, Cloud Data and AI at PwC Canada

Aya Ladki is Director of Cloud Data and AI at PwC Canada, based in Vancouver, where she helps organizations translate AI and emerging technologies into practical, measurable sol...

  • Director, Cloud Data and AI
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-adoption
  • cloud-data
  • consulting

Ayden Lum

AI Builder at Lüm Ventures

Ayden Lum Ayden Lum is a North Vancouver based UBC student entrepreneur and founder of Lüm Ventures (also branded Lüm Ventures AI), working at the intersection of product design...

  • AI Builder
  • Founder
  • North Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • ai-builder
  • founder

Barish Golland

Change and Training Innovator at Liberating Structures Vancouver

Barish Golland Change and Training Innovator, Delta, BC. Co-chair of Liberating Structures Vancouver. Attended Vancouver AI Meetup 25 and offered detailed facilitation expertise...

  • Change and Training Innovator
  • Delta, BC
  • change-management
  • facilitation
  • liberating-structures

Barrie Mowatt

Arts Philanthropist at Buschlen Mowatt Fine Art

Barrie Mowatt is the Founder and President of the Vancouver Biennale, one of Canada's largest public art programs, launched in 2005 as a free public experience. He opened Buschl...

  • Arts Philanthropist
  • Founder
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ar
  • arts-philanthropy
  • blockchain

Barry Johnston

Senior Associate at TEEMA Group

Barry Johnston Senior Associate at TEEMA Group, Langley, BC. 15+ years in staffing, workforce planning, and leadership development. Placed 1,500+ roles across technology, health...

  • Senior Associate
  • Langley, British Columbia
  • hr-tech
  • people-analytics
  • podcast

Belen Welch

Manager, National Partnerships at Innovation Asset Collective (IAC)

Belen Welch is Manager of National Partnerships at the Innovation Asset Collective (IAC), based in Port Coquitlam, BC. IAC works on intellectual property strategy for AI, cleant...

  • Manager, National Partnerships
  • Port Coquitlam, BC
  • ai-cleantech
  • innovation-asset-collective
  • ip-strategy

Ben Abel

Community Organizer at Abel Marketing

Ben Abel is an independent marketing consultant based in Vancouver serving nonprofits through Abel Marketing, and a TechSoup Connect Canada volunteer. He organizes AI for Good m...

  • Community Organizer
  • Marketing Consultant
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai-for-good
  • community-organizer
  • nonprofit-marketing

Ben Nyland

Former CEO, Loop Energy at Sanctuary AI

Ben Nyland is a Strategic Advisor at Sanctuary AI in Vancouver, and former CEO of TSX-listed Loop Energy. He spoke at Tech Talent North on physical AI, bringing deep tech execut...

  • Former CEO, Loop Energy
  • Strategic Advisor
  • Vancouver, BC
  • physical-ai
  • robotics
  • sanctuary-ai

Benji Zaslow

Senior UX Strategist at Motorola Solutions

Benji Zaslow is a Senior UX Strategist based in Vancouver, BC. He spent 2015–2023 at Motorola Solutions and previously worked at MakerBot (2013–2015). He is active in the BC AI...

  • Senior UX Strategist
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • enterprise
  • product-design
  • ux

Benson Wong

Open-Source Developer at Mozilla (former)

Benson Wong (GitHub: mostlygeek) is a Vancouver-based software engineer and former Mozilla programmer/operations engineer. He actively develops AI/LLM tooling, most notably llam...

  • Open-Source Developer
  • Software Engineer
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • llama-swap
  • llm-tooling
  • mozilla

Bernard Esquivel

CEO at GenXys

Dr. Bernard Esquivel MD PhD MAS is the CEO of GenXys, a West Vancouver AI company delivering precision prescribing and pharmacogenomics solutions. GenXys joined the AHA Innovato...

  • CEO
  • Physician-Scientist
  • West Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai-health
  • health-tech
  • pharmacogenomics

Bethany Edmonds

Chair, Board of Directors at AInBC

Bethany Edmonds Chair of the Board of Directors, AInBC (ainbc.ai), Vancouver. The most senior AInBC contact in the BCAI relationship and the personal bridge across what KK descr...

  • Chair, Board of Directors
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ainbc
  • bc-ai-ecosystem-leader
  • bcai-relationship

Bibi Souza

Community Organizer at Women in Tech Canada

Bibi Souza Bibiana (Bibi) Souza is a Vancouver based engineer and community organizer active with Women in Tech Canada and the broader Women in Tech Global network. She made the...

  • Community Organizer
  • Engineer
  • Vancouver, BC
  • developer-experience
  • vancouver
  • women-in-tech

Bijan Sanii

CEO at INETCO Systems Ltd

Bijan Sanii President and CEO of INETCO Systems Ltd, Vancouver — a fintech company specializing in AI-powered fraud prevention and payment intelligence. Active Vancouver AI Comm...

  • CEO
  • President
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • fintech
  • founder

Bill McGraw

Co-Founder at 3rdSight.AI

Bill McGraw Bill McGraw is a Vancouver based startup veteran and co-founder of 3rdSight.AI (an algorithmic prediction platform rebranded after FactorChain AI's acquisition) and...

  • Co-Founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • blockchain
  • circular-economy

Blair Goodman

Owner & Founder at Vibe Design Build

Blair Goodman is owner of Vibe Design Build in Surrey, BC, with 25+ years in construction and real estate. He explicitly integrates AI tools into his business operations and is...

  • Owner & Founder
  • Surrey, BC
  • ai-tools
  • construction
  • surrey

Bobby Motamed

Founder & Principal Consultant at Mindhouse Learning

Bobby Motamed is founder of Mindhouse Learning in Vancouver, an eLearning consultancy established in 2007 that explicitly incorporates AI, VR, and AR into learning design. He is...

  • Founder & Principal Consultant
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-education
  • elearning
  • mindhouse-learning

Boon Ng

Lead Innovation Investment Advisor at NRC IRAP (National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program)

Boon Ng is a Lead Innovation Investment Advisor at NRC IRAP in Vancouver, helping BC technology companies — including AI startups — access federal R&D funding and commercializat...

  • Lead Innovation Investment Advisor
  • Program Advisor
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-investing
  • innovation-funding
  • nrc-irap

Boris Mann

Co-Founder, FISSION at FISSION

Boris Mann is co-founder of FISSION, a Vancouver-based company building decentralized web infrastructure using IPFS, Filecoin, and protocol-layer technologies. A long-standing V...

  • Co-Founder, FISSION
  • Open Source Developer
  • Vancouver, BC
  • blockchain
  • decentralized
  • ipfs

Boyd Thomson

Engineer at EatMyWords

Boyd Thomson is a Vancouver-based engineer and entrepreneur with a BASc in Engineering from Queen's University. He maintains dyob.ca and is involved with EatMyWords, writing abo...

  • Engineer
  • Entrepreneur
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • engineering
  • entrepreneur
  • industry-4-0

Brad Necyk

Artist Residency Director at A Position on Retreat

Brad Necyk is a visual artist, AI filmmaker, and writer based in Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. His practice explores consciousness, mental illness, psyche...

  • Artist Residency Director
  • Sessional Instructor
  • Lake Cowichan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
  • ai
  • art
  • artist-residency

Branden Mooney

Marketing Director at GigNet

Branden Mooney is a Marketing Director at GigNet and a startup founder in British Columbia. He built Pulse, a live sports chat platform, as his capstone project through The Upgr...

  • Marketing Director
  • Startup Founder
  • British Columbia
  • ai-upgrade-student
  • cohort-5
  • pr-comms

Brayden Everton

Co-Founder at Aiyarise Intelligence Inc.

Brayden Everton is co-founder of Aiyarise Intelligence Inc., a Victoria, BC-based AI company. He presented at the VIATEC AI Meetup in April 2025, and the company was featured in...

  • Co-Founder
  • Victoria, BC
  • ai-startup
  • aiyarise
  • viatec

Brenda Benham

Lawyer (former) at BC Securities Commission (former)

Brenda Benham is a Vancouver-based presentation skills coach at Memorable Presenter, helping detail-oriented professionals communicate with clarity and confidence. She spent 28...

  • Lawyer (former)
  • Presentation Skills Coach
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • communications
  • executive-coaching
  • law

Brent Collins

Senior Technology Consultant at Miralto

Brent Collins is a Senior Technology Consultant at Miralto in Vancouver, specializing in deep learning, computer vision, NLP, and intelligent process automation. He previously c...

  • Senior Technology Consultant
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-consulting
  • computer-vision
  • deep-learning

Brett Macfarlane

Co-Founder at Innovation Leadership Collective

Brett Macfarlane is an innovation leadership consultant in Vancouver and co-founder of the Innovation Leadership Collective. He returned to Vancouver in 2022, advises Working Ti...

  • Co-Founder
  • Innovation Leadership Consultant
  • Vancouver, BC
  • g20
  • innovation-leadership
  • vancouver

Brian Hockenstein

Documentary Filmmaker at Protect Our Winters Canada

Brian Hockenstein is an adventure-based documentary filmmaker based in Squamish, BC, focusing on social and environmental justice storytelling. He is active with Protect Our Win...

  • Documentary Filmmaker
  • Squamish, British Columbia
  • documentary
  • environmental-justice
  • film

Brittany Smyla

Cognitive Psychologist at University of British Columbia

Brittany Smyla is a neuroscientist and lecturer at UBC Cognitive Psychology (Cogs department); recently transitioned from a research lab to teaching. She serves as event coordin...

  • Cognitive Psychologist
  • Event Coordinator
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • cognitive-science
  • community-organizer

Brittney Smaila

Community Host at University of British Columbia

Brittney Smaila is a Sessional Lecturer at the University of British Columbia with an MSc in Zoology and ICORD (International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries) research backg...

  • Community Host
  • Sessional Lecturer
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-community
  • educator
  • neuroscience

Bruce Ratzlaff

VP Sales, Applied Compression Systems at Applied Compression Systems

Bruce Ratzlaff is VP Sales at Applied Compression Systems, based in Cranbrook, BC. Applied Compression Systems is an industrial compressor company. His connection to the BC + AI...

  • VP Sales, Applied Compression Systems
  • Cranbrook, BC
  • bc-interior
  • compressors
  • industrial

Bryce McNaughton

Regional Economic Development Advisor at ISED Canada (Innovation, Science and Economic Development)

Bryce McNaughton is a Regional Economic Development Advisor at ISED Canada (Innovation, Science and Economic Development), based in Vancouver. He has a UBC education background...

  • Regional Economic Development Advisor
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-policy
  • economic-development
  • ised

Burt Will Consider

Community Member

Key contributions: Hackathon Round 2 & 3 registration and coordination, AI in BC dataset curation (canada.bc-ai.net — removed 2 inflammatory submissions from 1000+ responses), W...

  • Community Member
  • Operations Coordinator
  • Vancouver, BC
  • dataset-curation
  • hackathon
  • open-data

Buse Demir

CEO at BLUESENSE

Buse Demir Buse Demir, PhD candidate, is founder and CEO of BLUESENSE and INVENTRA and a Deep Learning / Machine Learning PhD researcher in Engineering Science at SFU. She has 1...

  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Burnaby, BC
  • ai-health
  • computer-vision
  • founder

Calvin Liu

Technical Professional at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Calvin Liu is a technical professional at Amazon Web Services (AWS) based in Vancouver, BC. He has a University of Waterloo background and is engaged in AI/ML hackathon communit...

  • Technical Professional
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-ml
  • amazon
  • aws

Carla Ritchie

General Manager at Performance and XR Conference

Carla Ritchie is General Manager of VIVO Media Arts Centre (April 2024–present), one of Canada's oldest artist-run centres (50+ years), located in East Vancouver. Mission: acces...

  • General Manager
  • General Manager, VIVO Media Arts Centre
  • Vancouver, BC
  • accessible-digital-hub
  • ai-media
  • artist-run-centre

Carla Vecino

Program Manager at Access2Innovate Hub

Carla Vecino (Carolina Cifuentes Vecino) is Program Manager at Access2Innovate Hub, a North Vancouver STEM/STEAM nonprofit with an AI Summit held in August 2025. BC + AI Foundin...

  • Program Manager
  • North Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ai-education
  • bc-ai
  • founding-member

Carlos Tanaka

CEO at EzShopper AI

Carlos Tanaka is the CEO and Co-founder of EzShopper AI, a Vancouver-based SaaS startup that uses AI and machine learning to deliver personalized shopping experiences for Shopif...

  • CEO
  • Co-founder
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai
  • ecommerce
  • founder

Carol Ann Hilton

Board Member, BC + AI Ecosystem Association at BC + AI Ecosystem Association

Carol Ann Hilton is a BC + AI board member and the founder of the Indigenomics Institute. Her involvement bridges Indigenous economic perspectives with Vancouver's AI ecosystem,...

  • Board Member, BC + AI Ecosystem Association
  • Director, Innovate BC
  • British Columbia
  • ai-ml
  • board-member
  • economic-development

Carol Wilder

Entrepreneur Mentor at Atomic47 Labs

Carol Wilder Carol Wilder is a Kelowna based AI and product leader who is a Partner at Atomic47 Labs leading western Canada growth, and an Entrepreneur Mentor with UBC's Venture...

  • Entrepreneur Mentor
  • Partner
  • Kelowna, BC
  • ai-strategy
  • product-management
  • ubc-okanagan

Caroline Lewko

Co-Founder & CEO at DevRel.Agency

Caroline Lewko is co-founder of DevRel.Agency in Vancouver, with 30+ years building BC's tech ecosystem. She founded WINBC and DigiBC, and created Wavefront, a major Canadian te...

  • Co-Founder & CEO
  • Vancouver, BC
  • developer-relations
  • devrel
  • digibc

Catherine Warren

Former CEO, Vancouver Economic Commission at Edmonton Unlimited

Catherine Warren is President of FanTrust (formerly "Fantrest"), an innovation consultancy for entertainment and economic development (fantrust.com). She is a 20-year partner wi...

  • Former CEO, Vancouver Economic Commission
  • Former Executive Director, Edmonton Unlimited
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-ml
  • creative-economy
  • enterprise-saas

Chad Kim Sing

Clinical Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia

Dr. Chad A. Kim Sing is an emergency physician at Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital, and currently serves as interim Vice President of Medicine and Medical Affairs at...

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Emergency Physician
  • Vancouver, BC
  • emergency-medicine
  • healthcare
  • medical-leadership

Chanell Axsel

Author at WorkSafe BC

Chanell Axsel is Senior Innovation Manager at WorkSafe BC in Vancouver, where she has led AI projects including call-centre AI and transcription systems. She is a keynote speake...

  • Author
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-innovation
  • author
  • keynote-speaker

Chelsey McIntosh

Head of Strategic Talent Sourcing at MDA Space

Chelsey McIntosh Chelsey McIntosh is Head of Strategic Talent Sourcing at MDA Space, based in Vancouver. She has 12+ years in talent acquisition, specializing in hard-to-fill ro...

  • Head of Strategic Talent Sourcing
  • Vancouver, BC
  • aerospace
  • talent-acquisition
  • vancouver

Chin Hing Chang

Mentor / Entrepreneur-in-Residence at BCIT

Chin Hing Chang is the Principal Consultant at ClassyNarwhal, based in Coquitlam, BC. He helps purpose-driven companies scale by developing sales processes and providing ethical...

  • Mentor / Entrepreneur-in-Residence
  • Principal Consultant
  • Coquitlam, BC
  • author
  • bc-tech
  • ethical-sales

Chinmay Kapoor

Field Application Engineer at mimik Technology

Chinmay Kapoor is a Field Application Engineer at mimik Technology, a Vancouver-based edge AI company. He holds an M.Eng. from the University of Victoria and is named on mimik's...

  • Field Application Engineer
  • Vancouver, BC
  • edge-ai
  • mimik
  • mobile-ai

Chris (Democracy Exchange)

Co-founder / Core Stakeholder at Atkinson Foundation (relationship lead)

Chris is a co-founder and core stakeholder of Democracy Exchange. The org started as Democracy Kit in 2014 — a toolkit providing resources for municipal election candidates — ev...

  • Co-founder / Core Stakeholder
  • Toronto, ON
  • client-contact
  • democracy-exchange
  • funding-relationships

Chris Cade

CEO & Co-Founder at Microsoft Canada (Former)

Chris Cade is Co-Founder & CEO of SaaSberry Innovation Laboratories Ltd, an AI-focused SaaS company based in Port Moody, BC. He leads a team of Microsoft-certified AI engineers...

  • CEO & Co-Founder
  • Co-Founder & CEO
  • Port Moody, BC
  • Vancouver, BC
  • 30-year-tech-veteran
  • agentic-ai
  • ai

Chris Carpenter

Policy Analyst

Chris Carpenter is a policy analyst and government relations thinker actively engaged in BC + AI's Ethical AI Futures Lab. Uses Gemini as "a very crack executive assistant or po...

  • Policy Analyst
  • Vancouver
  • ethical-ai
  • gemini
  • government-relations

Chris Gorczynski

Acting Program Manager at UBC Sauder School of Business

Chris Gorczynski is Acting Program Manager for Master's programs at UBC Sauder School of Business in Vancouver. UBC Sauder actively delivers AI education programs, and he manage...

  • Acting Program Manager
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-education
  • sauder
  • ubc

Chris Hardwick (Adventurepreneur)

Executive Business Coach, TEC Canada at Chris Hardwick Inc.

Chris Hardwick is President and CEO of Chris Hardwick Inc. (chrishardwickinc.com) and an Executive Business Coach through TEC Canada, a peer advisory organization for CEOs. He b...

  • Executive Business Coach, TEC Canada
  • President & CEO, Chris Hardwick Inc.
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ai-ml
  • business-coaching
  • entrepreneurship

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