Blockchain Resources – BC

NOTE TO THE READER – This page is very obsolete, from 2018, and is no longer maintained or accurate. Just retained for historical interest!

Varro Technologies

• Website = https://varro.tech
• Key people:
  • Bob Summerwill – Co-Founder and CTO
    • Also Executive Director, ETC Cooperative
    • Also Community Ambassador, CryptoChicks
    • Also Community Member, Ethereum, EEA, Hyperledger
  • Alison Alexis – Co-Founder and CEO
    • Also Financial Controller, ETC Cooperative

FISSION

• Website = https://fission.codes/
• Events = Boris organizes many events in BC and around the world
• Discord = https://discord.gg/daDMAjE
• Key people:
  • Boris Mann – Co-Founder and CEO
  • Brooklyn Zelenka – Co-Founder and CTO

University of British Columbia

• Website = https://ubc.ca/
• Blockchain @ UBC
  • Events = https://blockchain.ubc.ca/news/events
  • Key people:
    • Vicki Lemieux
    • And more to add from https://blockchainubc.ca/team/
• UBC Blockchain Club
  • Website = https://www.facebook.com/UBCBlockchain/
  • Events = https://www.facebook.com/pg/UBCBlockchain/events/
  • Key people:
    • Andrew Tan (Co-President)

Government of British Columbia

• Website = https://gov.bc.ca/
• Key people:
  • John Jordan – Executive Director, Emerging Digital Initiatives, Office of the CIO, Government of British Columbia
• OrgBook BC Project
  • Website = https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca/
  • Key people:
    • Steven Curran – Member, Technical Governance Board, Sovrin Foundation
• BC Securities Commission
  • Website = https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/
  • Meetup = https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/About_Us/Events/
  • Key people:
    • Hyder Zach Masum, Manager, Legal Services (Capital Markets Regulation) and Fintech Team Leader
    • James Leong – Senior Legal Counsel

DCTRL Hackerspace

• Website = https://dctrl.ca/
• Meetup = “Dctrl”
• Key people:
  • Cameron Grey
  • Chelsea Palmer and Alex Salkeld (Doge Preacher)

RightMesh

• Website = https://www.rightmesh.io/
• Meetup = Ad-hoc hosting for various meetups
• Key people:
  • Chris Jensen (Co-Founder)
  • John Lyotier (CEO, RightMesh AG)
  • Melissa Quinn (Director of Corporate Strategy)
  • Brianna MacNeill (Manager, Global Strategy & Partnerships)

Others (to be made into full sections when I get a chance)

• BC Blockchain Ecosystem Society (Manie Eagar, Andrew Csinger, Vicki Lemieux, Sean Burke, Catriona Power)
• BC Blockchain Forum (MaRi Eagar)
• Victor Wong, BlockApps – https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic4wong/
• Dean Sutton, BlockTech Ventures – https://www.linkedin.com/in/suttondean/
• Guy Halford-Thompson, BTL – https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-halford-thompson-41592442/
• Blockchain Intelligence Group – Multiple people.
• Aziom Zen – Cryptokitties – Dapperlabs – Multiple people
• Coinpayments – Multiple people
• Bluzelle – Multiple people
• Northmark Ventures – Bernd Petak (Co-Founder)
• 7 Gate Ventures
• Boris Wertz
• Peter Rizun
• These new BCH people
• Chris Coldaway
• Indigenous Blockchain
• Government Blockchain
• Coincards
• CryptoCanucks
• Claire Gallant
• CryptoChicks Vancouver
• Holochain
• Next Decentrum
• Manie Eagar
• Symetria
• Tanna Po
• Richmond Chamber of Commerce
• Blockchain @ EA
• Microsoft, Amazon, Mozilla, IBM Vancouver
• Mining companies from Cancord conference
• Mogo
• That Polkadot guy – https://twitter.com/Rabasso
• Launch Academy
• Gary’s esports thing
• Dean Sutton’s new gig
• Guy Halford’s new gig
• Blockchain @ SFU, Capilano College, BCIT, others
• Fraser Valley blockchain meetup (google all meetups)
• Google for Vancouver blockchain job postings
• Tom Carchrae
• Dan Merino

Not recommended

• Finhaven (DH Kim)
• Squire Mining
• Vanbex (Kevin Hobbs, Lisa Cheng)