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
