Introducing OKGNtech

A strong community can promote new ideas and ensure accountability. It can also act as motivation, support, and even provide a little friendly competition. The power of community is undeniable and the Okanagan tech community is no exception.

Our community is strong and growing with record speed and maintaining connection through a period of growth like this can be a challenge. Nobody panic, we’ve got a plan.

We are OKGNtech is a showcase of Okanagan tech entrepreneurs, partners, supporters, and cheerleaders designed to fuel more connection, more growth, and more excitement. Follow along here, on the Accelerate Okanagan blog and on Instagram @OKGNtech to learn more about our growing community and what makes them awesome.

Natalie Chew

Cheeky Monkey Media

Eryca Stirling

Designs by Eryca/Accelerate Okanagan

Arpan Kandola

Mission Group/Proximy

Charity Joy

30 Turtle

Chris Stephens

Twirling Umbrellas

Angie Schick

New Ventures BC

Kate Wilson

Pela/Current Taxi

Stefania Valoroso

Unity

Jason Richards

Minga

Brodie Desimone

Brightwork Ventures

Lynda Brown-Ganzert

Curatio

Julia Lockhart

Adventure Marketing

Michael Wendland

Refresh Financial

Embrace failure and don’t do it twice.

– Justin Goodhew

Chris Pinkerton

GetintheLoop

Markku Luopa

CDN Apparel/Graphic Designer

Aidan Cole

Okanagan College/Accelerate Okanagan

Justin Goodhew

Trellis

Keep showing up. It opens up new possibilities and reveals different opportunities you may now have known about.

– Jennifer Tedman-Jones

Michael Macaulay

Lawson Lundell

Shelby Skinner

Shopify

Debbie da Silva

KPMG

Jennifer Tedman-Jones

Mitacs

Erin Athene Fisher

Purpose Five/Mint C.R.O.

Luke Turri

Mission Group

Jason Bernhardt

Levity

Trevor Butler

Archineers

Quinton Pullen

BDO Canada

Aman Dosanj

The Paisley Notebook

Pam Boyko

Bananatag

Brea Lake

Accelerate Okanagan

Lance Schafer

LotLinx, Inc.

Mike Lerner

Greenspace Mental Health

Sandra Oldfield

Elysian Projects Inc./Accelerate Okanagan

Joanna Schlosser

Niche Wine Company

Daryl Chymko

Automattic

Nika Pidskalny

Bananatag

Richard Takai

Grant Thornton/COEDC

AdVenture Capitalist

Hyper Hippo Games

Evan McIntosh

Estated

Tasha Da Silva

Infuse I.T. Inc.

Simon Hason

SHD Games

Fraser Johnston

Watch & Ride/Accelerate Okanagan

Ross Ladell

RFG Software

Chloe Popove

Another Room

James Schlosser

BC Cancer Agency / Niche Wine Co

Marissa Young

Wildflower Healing Arts

Jamil Karim

Innovate BC

Erica Pretorius

Deloitte

You’re constantly improving your swing as a leader, and I think that’s very important.

– Larry Smith

Jason Lotoski

Tonit

John Sechrest

Seattle Angel Conference

Monika Brenner

Graphic Designer

Rocky Ozaki

NoW of Work Inc

Gina Cherkowski

STEM Learning Labs

Let me put it this way, if I were an investor, I would not invest in an entrepreneur if they didn’t have a mentor.

– Jason Lotoski

Larry Smith

Accelerate Okanagan

Kathleen McKinnon

Nine Rising

For me, sucess is simplification.

– Josh Fraser

Scott McMillan

XCO

Colin Basran

City of Kelowna

Carrie Mayhew

Twirling Umbrellas

Dan Rondeau

925 Freelancing

Jamie Wood

Sanga Living

Josh Fraser

Estated

Rob Dawson

Top Search Result

Jackie Goode

Data Nerds

Angela Nagy

Green Step Solutions

Tyler Krenz

Grant Thornton

Nicole Rustad

Vortovia

Jason Kryski

Strawhouse

Raghwa Gopal

Innovate BC

Stephan Grynwajc

Transatlantic Legal Services

Sara Scott

Accelerate Okanagan

Scott Bauer

Navigator Multimedia

Kelly Hooey

Build Your Dream Network

Steven Morrison

Farris, Vaughan, Will & Muprhy LLP

Sarah Bauer

Navigator Multimedia

Kevin Lavigne

Reid and Associates Financial Solutions

Paris Gaudet

CDTS

Amanda Loewen

Purppl

Samantha Smith

UBC / Dwell In / Freelancer

Ideas without follow through will always just be ideas.

-Max Colls

Thuy Tran

Accelerate Okanagan

Austin Walper

Playr

David St Jean

Graphic Designer

Alex Reid

Accelerate Okanagan

Kandy Schroder

KAST

Lisa Hewitt

Aptean

Lexi Keen

Light House Labs

The art of networking is really the art of interrupting.

-Austin Walper

Pete Macleod

Change Gamers

David Kemp

BlockCAT

Brad Dahl

Bardel Entertainment

Matt Gomez

Mazu / Soil Mate

Andrew Greer

Accelerate Okangan / Purppl

Sonja Lee

Bananatag

If an opportunity scares you a little, it’s probably the best one for you.

-Krista Mallory

Kathleen Reid

Switchboard PR

Susan Johal

Kimmit Wrzesniewski Law

Take your job seriously, don’t take yourself seriously.

-Leslie Thomson

Taiya Ahola

Strawhouse

Erin van den Brink

Data Nerds

Jay Bell

Trellis

Phil Ashman

Okanagan College

Michael Ratch

Hyper Hippo

Max Colls

Data Nerds

Joanna Wrzesniewski

Kimmitt Wrzesniewski Law

Jenna Stasuk

Accelerate Okanagan

Leslie Thompson

Innvation Centre

Dan Rink

iTel Networks

Bri Spoule & Kristian Depoint

Teacher / Entrepreneur

Krista Mallory

CODEC

Justin Veenema

BlokCAT

There’s lots of space for talking, but not enough space for listening.

-Andrew Greer

Carly Malchuk

Bananatag

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Photos produced by The Collective You – Editorial produced by Accelerate Okanagan