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.
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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