Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Waterloo.
Co-Founder of @relay. Former Product Manager on Google+ Mobile and Software Engineer on Mobile Search/Gmail. Waterloo CS grad.
Waterloo EE Student and Hackaday writer. Worked at Tesla Motors and CrossChasm Technologies. I build hardware, software, and the stuff in between.
Previously co-founder at @couple (YC W12). Y Combinator alum. Studied Economics and Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
http://blog.jamiemurai.com
Co-Founder Kira Talent • Worked at @minted, @nuance-communications • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • Next36 Entrepreneur
Software Engineer at ExcitEm; Worked at @amazon, @if-we-1; UWaterloo Software Engineer Grad (Dean's Honours List)
Developer Relations @thalmic. Follow to get the latest details of the @thalmicdev program and how to develop with Myo!
Founder @gonabit, @bidvine • Worked at @livingsocial, @adgear • Investor @dash, @flashprops • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @wilfrid-laurier-university
http://www.danstuart.me
Web developer and product guy. Created Recipeasly. Formerly of @kik-interactive and @unata .
VP Engineering at ArtBarn Labs
Worked at @well-ca, @research-in-motion
CEO of @tribehr (Sold to NetSuite 2013), CEO of @lewis-media (Sold 2009), CEO @onmyblock-ca, and Co-Founder @simple-machines-forum. UWaterloo Computer Engineer.
http://www.josephfung.ca
Software Developer. @tribehr Engineering Manager. Maker. Hacker. Self-diagnosed wantreprenuer. Community enthusiast. Political wonk.
Geek of all trades.
Co-Founder Chalk.com • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • @lightspeed-venture-partners and @the-kairos-society Fellow
http://williamzhou.com
Founder @ticketlabs (YCS14) • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Full-stack web dev with a talent for usability.
Worked on Mobile Google+ and hangouts.
Founded Freepoint Inc and launched www.pictoreo.com
Working at Square
Zora Cofounder, First Executive Director @volta, Cofounder @titanfile, Maritimer.
http://www.milanvrekic.com
Co-Founder of @piinpoint. University of Waterloo Geomatics and Computer Science. Developer of data visualization and location analytics tools.
CEO of Tulip Retail. Founder of @well-ca. Creator of BrickBreaker. Software Developer. Ecommerce Guy.
2-time founder, YC alum, Founder @ @streak.com
http://omarismail.com
Currently studying Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Previous internships focused on web application development in Ruby and Python
Software Engineer at @careguide
PhD candidate at University of @oxford-university in Mechanical Engineering as Rhodes Scholar. Teacher and strong generalist engineer who can code.
http://www.kezboard.ca/blog
Founder @woof • Worked at @niteroll • Studied at @mcmaster-university
Founder Gratious • Worked at @amazon, @artbarn • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://www.gauravmali.com/thoughts/
Entrepreneur. Designer + Engineer, University of Waterloo
http://www.namank.com/resume
Self-unemployed developer looking for adventure in a creative workplace!
http://barbaramacdonald.ca
Software Engineer @rollbar. Cofounder @goosechase. Bachelor of Computer Science at the @university-of-waterloo
Senior Scientist @nicoya-lifesciences starting in October. PhD in Nanotech @imperialcollege in London. M.Eng and B.Eng in Chem Eng @McGillU
Waterloo CS, lover of networks and security, self-acclaimed linux guru. Determined to develop a functional OS kernel and reverse engineer everything I touch.
CEO of Lumos. I dig game development and filmmaking.
@SweetTooth co-founder, eCommerce advocate, #Magento engineer, @CodingForACure, Travel lover, and Entrepreneur
http://blog.jayelkaake.com
Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university, built amazing Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Consulted, Founded @dateonfire
CTO and Co-founder @Edvisor.io • @techstars alumnus • Founder @mysnowbuddy • Consultant @avanade • Junior Lead @airg • Slacker at @simon-fraser-university
Co Founder, CEO @steamblocks • Studied at @university-of-westminster-uk
http://blog.soundofcode.com
Founder of @taab, simplifying mobile payments. Waterloo ElecEng & CompEng graduate. Master's student at Toronto. Second software startup after UW.
http://www.xitjipatel.com/
Pensive, entrepreneurial biped with a strong technical background, and a focus on web based tech.
Founder LeafNotes • BCS @university-of-waterloo
Founder HearthStats • Worked at @procter-gamble-2, @gopexo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://extra.io
Serial entrepreneur including a successful acquisition /w @productwiki. Currently working @google as a @product_manager. Focused on @consumer-internet and @mobile-2.
http://blog.garethmacleod.com
University of Waterloo CS, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, attention to details, and passion on learning
Founder @funraisers-ca • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder and CEO @nicoya-lifesciences. Studied Nanotechnology and Mechanical Engineering @university-of-waterloo.
Founder @stockpad • Full-stack Software Engineer, Skydiver from Canada • Worked at @scotia-capital, @td-securities • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Active contributor to ReviewBoard. Worked at @fora, @bookneto. Studying CS at University of Waterloo. IOI 2011 bronze medalist.
Waterloo New Grad in 2014; Web developer since freshman year highschool; Worked at SAP
Waterloo Computer Engineering, Entrepreneur & Full-Stack Software Developer
Waterloo Master's Student working in Machine Learning
Multimedia graduate, managed the website and built a cross-platform mobile app at Ontario Sheep.
Now doing contract website design and building apps.
https://PhilipK.ca
University of Waterloo Honors Computer Science Co-op student. Graduating in 2019. Fast learner, competent and team worker.
Founder Gratious • Worked at @zynga, @amazon • Studied at Software Engineering @university-of-waterloo
Diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Coding Disorder), student at University of Waterloo.
Jack of all trades, Master of none
Studies Nanotechnology Engineering and Knowledge Integration @university-of-waterloo . Works at @Nicoya Lifsciences. Athlete, traveller, problem-solver.
Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo
CompEng @university-of-waterloo • Interned @vectorface @vitalhub @bnotions @ibm • Tech, books, music
http://irvanjit.wordpress.com
Student at @university-of-waterloo
Computer Engineering student at University Of Waterloo. Mobile Engineering and Embedded systems enthusiast. Love hack-a-thons and open source projects.
Front end developer and designer. Engineering student at @university-of-waterloo
https://medium.com/@lesianalepa
Passionate about greate code, which leads to great software.
MEng CE graduate from UBC; Worked at BlackBerry, Motorola and Canadian tech startups.
Worked at @facebook, @lookout, @qualcomm, @pivotal-labs • Honours Computer Science @university-of-waterloo
8 years of involvement in IT. Co-founded 3 startups. Business & coding. UWaterloo MBET, Bocconi BBA.
Integrity Tactical Services Manager at PTC
Waterloo Geomatics, experience with Java, Python, MySQL, and ArcGIS
University of Toronto Grad, Proven Team Leader, accomplished / drivien developer
Project Lead at Pravala Networks. Started a startup in University focused on mobile and web technology. Full stack JavaScript developer.
http://twitter.com/bzmwillemsen
Worked on both software engineering and QA teams. Passion for development; currently developing Android app as self-study and working as Ruby on Rails Developer
Software Developer at @tawlk LLC. Real-time social search and analysis. Focus on machine learning, NLTK, data mining and sentiment analysis.
Worked at @experiment • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Worked at @webotics • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Co-founder @121writing on a mission to demystify writing. Incubated by @imaginek12. Prev Kira Talent @ Next36, uWaterloo for CS and Knowledge Integration.
Software engineer. CTO of Artdst.
Waterloo CS new grad; Worked at Facebook, Oracle
Embedded software developer • Worked at @blackberry-2 • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Computing & BBA Double Degree | Developed numerous WebApps | UI&Graphic Design | Full-Stack
http://www.romansanine.com/blog
Serial entrepreneur and co-founder at @outsourcefactor. Also a developer with Python / Django / Linux.
http://blog.outsourcefactor.com
Worked at @fora
Founder TeamAtLast, jimport