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2016/2017 VIATEC Board of Directors

September 30, 2016 by Tectoria

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Our Tectorians of the Week are: VIATEC’s newly appointed Board of Directors!

Last night’s AGM drew out 52 attendees containing 42 voting member companies and 15 candidates fighting for the 7 seats available on VIATEC’s board. The level of qualification of all 15 candidates was remarkable! The members didn’t have it easy when voting.

Here are the results…

The 2016-2017 VIATEC Board of Directors are:

  • Jim Balcom, Redlen Technologies Inc (returning)
  • Robert Cooper, PlusROI Online Marketing Inc (returning)
  • Scott Dewis, RaceRocks 3D Inc
  • Colin How, How Creative
  • Ho Kim, Protection 1 (returning)
  • Bobbi Leach, RevenueWire Inc. (returning)
  • Mark Longo, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • Owen Matthews, Wesley Clover
  • Alex Mendelev, TinyMob Games (returning)
  • Rasool Rayani, RDL
  • Christina Seargeant, Workday (returning)
  • Nicole Smith, Flytographer
  • Brianna Wettlaufer, Stocksy United
  • Brad Williams, Helm Operations (returning)

The following positions were also assigned and voted for by the board:

  • Colin How, Board Chair
  • Ho Kim, Past Chair
  • Rasool Rayani, Vice Chair
  • Brad Williams, Chair of the Finance Committee
  • Mark Longo, Chair of the Governance Committee

“We are blown away by the level of interest and calibre of the candidates for this year’s board election,” said Dan Gunn, CEO of VIATEC. “While I did not envy them in the tough choices they had to make, the members did a great job electing a board that closely reflects the broader membership and the VIATEC team is looking forward to working with them.”

Congratulations!

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Tectoria

September 23, 2016 by Tectoria

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Our Tectorian of the Week is: All of Tectoria!

Tectoria was on display at its finest from September 15-17 as 37 investors flew in from all over North America, and even Norway! Investors, public and media heard the latest news from local tech companies at the Launch & Learn and saw their products in action at Demo Camp. Investors even got one-on-one time with local entrepreneurs and dove into details during a private “Pitch ‘N Putt the Harbour” event.

In addition to this, over 200 people gathered at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club for the largest FuckUp Night gathering yet, and there was unlimited networking on rooftops, on the water, in the sky and even at the Rifflandia Music Festival.

LINKS

  • Photo Album
  • CHEK News story
  • Times Colonist article
  • Watch the recap video below!

A huge thanks to the following local tech companies that participated:

  • Agog Labs (SkookumScript)
  • AXYS Technologies
  • Beanstream, a Bambora Company
  • Cooler Heads Safety
  • Craftt
  • Econics
  • Foundry Spatial
  • FreshWorks Studio
  • FunctionFox
  • GenoLogics, an Illumina Company
  • Holografyx Canada
  • LlamaZOO Interactive
  • Mighty Oaks
  • Robot Shark Gaming
  • Tellwell Talent
  • Ticket Rocket
  • WhoKnozMe

And another huge thanks to our Local Hosts and of course, the following Sponsors & Supporters:

  • Alacrity Foundation
  • BCIC
  • Brink Events
  • Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
  • RBC Commercial Financial Services
  • Roy Group
  • South Island Prosperity Project
  • Western Economic Diversification Canada
  • Zinc PR

Filed Under: Tectorian of the Week Tagged With: a Bambora Company Cooler Heads Safety Craftt Econics Foundry Spatial FreshWorks Studio FunctionFox GenoLogics, Agog Labs (SkookumScript), Agog Labs (SkookumScript) AXYS Technologies Beanstream, Alacrity Foundation, an Illumina Company Holografyx Canada LlamaZOO Interactive Mighty Oaks Robot Shark Gaming Tellwell Talent Ticket Rocket WhoKnozMe, AXYS Technologies, BCIC, Beanstream a Bambora Company, Brink Events, Cooler Heads Safety, Craftt, Econics, Entrepreneurs, Experience Tectoria, Foundry Spatial, FreshWorks Studio, FunctionFox, GenoLogics an Illumina Company, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, Holografyx Canada, Investors, LlamaZOO Interactive, Mighty Oaks, RBC Commercial Financial Services, Rifflandia, Robot Shark Gaming, Roy Group, South Island Prosperity Project, Startups, tectoria, Tellwell Talent, Ticket Rocket, Viatec, Victoria, Western Economic Diversification Canada, WhoKnozMe, Zinc PR

MetaLab

September 2, 2016 by Tectoria

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Our Tectorian of the Week is: MetaLab!

MetaLab helps the world’s top companies build amazing apps, products, and services. Over the past 9 years, they’ve helped everyone from tiny web startups to Fortune 50 companies build products that are simple, beautiful, and easy to use. Have you heard of the web’s most popular corporate chat client, Slack? Ya, they built that 🙂

They were recently featured on the “Inside Design” blog on InvisionApp.com. The author gave a great interview and allowed us to learn even more about this amazing Victoria-based company!

Have a read right here.

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Filed Under: Tectorian of the Week Tagged With: Inside Design, InvisionApp.com, MetaLab, Slack, Victoria

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