Ben Kepes @benkepes.bsky.social Professional board member | Tech and business commentator | Ultra endurance athlete | Firefighter | Co-founder and bossman @cactusoutdoor
Alex MacEachern @alexmaceachern.bsky.social Recovering lawyer with a decade of experience in digital transformation and the scars to prove it. Loves this stuff 🌊🐶📚🥋From Ottawa but now on Vancouver Island. Works @publicdigital
@jaethan.bsky.social @jaethan.bsky.social 
mb baker @bethmaru.ca She/Her/Elle
Canadian.
Curious.
Contrarian.
Contentious.
Contrasts.
Davender @coachdavender.bsky.social Guiding visionary innovators to prosper in unpredictable times #momentumscaling @coachdavender
Thoughts on entrepreneurship, startups, technology, scaling, economics, leadership, writing, books and politics
Opinions are my own.
thatVargas @thatvargas.bsky.social 
iknowwhatismyname @iknowwhatismyname.bsky.social Québecois, curieux et idéaliste. Amoureux et père de 2 enfants. Travaillant en développement logiciel. J'aime les couleurs, la musique et les M&M.
Aaron Percival @ampercival.bsky.social aaronpercival.substack.com
Director / @SSC_SPC / Public Sector Transformation Leader – Driving Change for Real Impact | Obsessed with Value, Cares Deeply, Gets Things Done #PublicSector #DigitalGovernment #ServiceDelivery #Transformation #GCDigital
Dhurata Ikonomi 🇨🇦 @ikonomi.bsky.social 
Heidi @heidi2o.bsky.social data, policy, and feelings
hobby collector
steph percival @stephpercival.bsky.social Mom, poet, sheepadoodle walker 🐾, heart health advocate. Always reading, often writing, otherwise faffing about. @thismanywords on IG.
At play, I natter on about books 📚, poetry ✍️ , nature 🌱, and random nerdery 🤓.
At work I design stuff. 💙
Dr Alex Bowyer @alexbfree.bsky.social Passionate about improving people’s lives through healthier relationships with technology & data. PhD #MyData.
Also: indie films, board games, improv, nature walks, travel, photography, local life/community & a little politics.
#forevereuropean #ND
Derek Hatchard 🐙 @derek.posthaste.ai Founder of Posthaste.ai. East coast 🇨🇦. Former engineering and product at Salesforce. Dorky dad. Oxford comma defender. I use hyphens like em dashes so you know I’m not an AI. Also at https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhat/
Antony Dear @tonybirte.bsky.social “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” (Charles Darwin)
Robert Cathey @robertcathey.bsky.social Cathey.co helps cloud infrastructure, dev tooling, data, security, and AI startups and new open source projects with PR, AR, content strategies.
Don Eglinski @eglinski.corporate.wtf Occasionally paid to audit brand strategies.
📍 Edmonton, Canada
@katherinebenjamin.bsky.social @katherinebenjamin.bsky.social 
Madison McLauchlan @madisonmcla.bsky.social Reporter at @betakit.com / Tiohtià:ke/Montréal / Views are my own
Sam Gaw @handle.invalid Building infra from before it was cool 🛠️⚡️
Amanda Blain @amandablain.bsky.social Geek | Press | Gamer | Coder
Canadian 🇨🇦
♥ #Technology #VideoGames #VR ♥
Jokes & quotes everywhere.
I follow back cause that's how social works.
https://www.girlfriendsocial.com
Kendall Powell @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social Senior editor @Nature.com's Careers team. Word nerd and chronicler of the geekosphere. Flip-turner at 5am. Opinions are just mine. she/her
David Holl @postobject.bsky.social Strategy. Futures. What is and what could be.
Author of Strategy Tactics https://pipdecks.com/pages/strategy-tactics-card-deck
Former bayarean, currently self-exiled in LA
Chris B. @chris.bajgier.net Man in dark times. Pittsburgher, product leader, humane technologist. Experiments to save democracy. Contains multitudes, but mostly a dad.
Claire Bonnar @clairebonnar.bsky.social (she/her)
Rob @robscottdavidson.bsky.social 
Brûleurs de Montréal @bruleursdemontreal.org Brûleurs de Montréal Burners
On partage les événements de la communauté / We share events from the community.
Prochain événement / Next Event:
reFeu Global - https://refeuglobal.org
Medha @medhadata.bsky.social if data's the new oil, someone's gotta think about the oil spills
(artificial intelligence ∩ policy ∩ the public service)
burrito enthusiast. chai connoisseur. muhindi wa canada 🇰🇪. #COYG.
Rick Duranceau @rickduranceau.bsky.social Strategic planning/risk management/performance measurement analyst in the federal public service of Canada. Interests in digital government and AI. Opinions are my own. Avid reader of books. lover of music and fan of the Montreal Canadiens.
Marwood @marwoodlennox.bsky.social Tragically one of those internet intellectuals
Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social Founder of The Difference Engine. Researcher, strategist, truth-teller. Host of Cross Tabs. Asking better questions since forever. Also: https://mastodon.social/@Bosticf
TimQ @timq.bsky.social Dad, Ally, in my spare time I like to ✈️📖🎞️🏋️👨🍳🚴⛷️🎸🎶🚗
Marsee Henon @marsee.bsky.social I love to take photos and enjoy traveling, art, and history. I spend many hours supporting my local community in the Russian River, CA. #Dachshund #RioNido #books #russianriver
Douglas Soltys @trondizzle.bsky.social word czar. two-guard. BetaKit EIC. “Wildly out of control.” 
Matt Whiteman @aworkinregress.bsky.social 
Richard Switzer @rswitz.bsky.social Product guy & Torontonian. CBC, Globe and Mail, TWG, eCampusOntario, Bad Gateway, PaymentEvolution. Old hipster-> hip oldster.
Sylvain Carle @froginthevalley.com Curious and generous. I believe we need entrepreneurs and innovation to face the challenges of this world, but I am not a techno-optimist. Pragmatic optimist?
LANG=FR @sylvain.social
Professional (serious?) profile at
www.linkedin.com/in/sylvaincarle
@vahidjozi.com @vahidjozi.com 
Tikva 🙌 @tikva.bsky.social 
Ben Waldman 🇨🇦 @benjaminwaldman.bsky.social Designing for growth with social impact. Founder at Gander Social and The Art Department. Currently exploring smaller [big] tech alternatives for the greater good. And my own.
Brae-Man @braeman.bsky.social Founder at LeapAP - real estate accounts payable automation.
www.leapAP.com
Alex Gunter @gurugunter.bsky.social 
@dianafy.bsky.social @dianafy.bsky.social 
Tamara Srzentić @tamarasrzentic.bsky.social Passionate about government working for people
Founder Rebel Alliance, Chairwoman GovDesign Foundation, 40 under 40 European Young Leader
Minister of Public Administration, Digital & Media, 42 Gov of Montenegro
Cofounder OI, ODI California State Gov
Luke Dones @lukemeister.bsky.social The comet is coming.
Fan of SA Spurs and Toronto Blue Jays
Woke, but sleepy
> 67,800 years old
Really leaning into those raccoon protocols
Tomorrow may never come
For you and me, life is not promised
- Yasiin Bey, Umi Says
🎧 https://www.nts.live/
🪐🐈🦝🦔
Bryan Crockett 🇨🇦 @bryancrockett.bsky.social He/him · Métis · @westcat.ca | Paralegal, ex–Parliament Hill staffer, other things too probably idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
✉️ bryan.crockett@westcat.ca
📍 BC, Canada
Eric Shoesmith @ericshoesmith.bsky.social Birder with a penchant for #Policy #Dialogue #Community #Ottawa. Views are my own.
Vincent Koopmans @vkoopmans.bsky.social Founder / Design Director @ http://www.createnew.co Dad. ❤️ Design in all it's shapes and flavours. Mobile Addict. Design System Advocate.
Meddy B. @o-be-one.bonjour.gay 🇨🇦 Trust me I’m human! #Linux sysadmin with #DevOps - former Star Citizen, Ubisoft and OVHCloud - #AI and #Kubernetes enthusiast (CKAD, CKA, CKS) - Opinions are my own.
https://github.com/o-be-one/kubernetes-at-home
Deborah Collier @futuristleader.com Award Winning Strategic & Futurist Leader® in Digital, Media, Business & Technology. CEO, Author, Creator, Keynote Speaker, President & Founder of the Digital Skills Authority @DigitalSkillsAuthority.org My YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@futuristleader
@miss-mu.bsky.social @miss-mu.bsky.social 
Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com CTO at Bluesky. Not a nerd.
Bruno Pedro @brunopedro.com Building an API Product: Design, implement, release, and maintain API products that meet user needs: https://a.co/d/dE6pQpK
Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.
Sean Boots @bluesky.sboots.ca A better world, by listening.
Perri Collins 👑 @perricollins.bsky.social Known as the Monarch. Former web dev, former journalist. Current higher ed marketer, current social media prof. Desert dweller. Here for the politics. And to make friends.
dustin hostetler @upso.bsky.social .Design. Strategy. Creative Direction. Storytelling.
⇒ http://dustinameryhostetler.com
Molly @mollycain.bsky.social 
Mycolaos @mycolaos.bsky.social Senior Indie Wannabe - SWE Specialized in FE
🎲boardgamesrh.com - Rules helper
🥷Postponing a secret project
🧑💻Software Design
Silversprite @silversprite.bsky.social 📖Research: planetary boundaries, apples, orchards, sustainable food systems
🌍Interests: European heatwaves, deep ecology, biodiversity loss, GCR and ER, ecological economics
🚶♂️Outside: Scandinavia, archipelagos, glaciers
🍰Food: lussekatter, semla, tosca
Luke Robert Mason @lukerobertmason.net ⏳ Futures Theorist
🎙 Host, FUTURESPodcast.net
🎓 Studying Humanoid Robots at University of Warwick
💡 Discover More: LukeRobertMason.net
🧬🔬🚀🤖🧠🪐🦿
#Science #Technology #Podcasting #Space #Future
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org Product manager on Google Maps driving + walking, and that little bit at the end that says you've arrived. I dream of a beautiful place in the mountains to call home. 日本語でもたまには書きます
📍Zurich by way of Tokyo and Boulder
Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social MA LING, MS SLP, mad scientist. A couple mid CES awards in a storage unit. Clinical director for the first FDA approved BCI, where’s my money Elon
Politics, data art, mental health, accessibility, bad jokes
datapoems.io • lukesteuber.com • bipolarsky
Jeff Outram @jeff-outram.bsky.social Free Agent in the Gov of Canada
*Views are mine **RT≠Endorsement
Valentin Crafts Drown @valentin.blue I design digital products for people.
https://halftonecloud.com
@krystynacoyle.bsky.social @krystynacoyle.bsky.social 
Al Franken @alfranken.bsky.social Husband, Dad, Granddad, Democrat, Minnesotan, Author, Human Cannonball, Comedian, Head of Midwest Values PAC, Host of The Al Franken Podcast, AlFranken.com
Dan Kahn @dbkahn.bsky.social 📍 LA <> SF
Jens Scherbl @jensscherbl.bsky.social Tell ’em a hookah smoking caterpillar has given you the call.
Michelle Lin is @NeurIPS2024 (and new to bsky!) she/her @mchll-ln.bsky.social ML for remote sensing @Mila_Quebec * UdeM x McGill CS alum
Interests: Responsible ML for climate & societal impacts, STS, FATE, AI Ethics & Safety
prev: SSofCS lab
📍🇨🇦 Montreal (allegedly)
TW: @XMichellelinX
https://mchll-ln.github.io/
kenneth ng @kenifxyz.bsky.social 
nate s jacobs @natesjacobs.bsky.social surfer, dad, (former) neuroscientist, research technologist, entrepreneur, open science advocate, sometimes writer.
Hollis Tibbetts (SoftwareHollis) @softwarehollis.bsky.social Product Marketing Leader | Tech Enthusiast | Crafting strategies that make tech meaningful. Advocate for AI, innovation, impactful storytelling & emotional intelligence. Working on a project about procrastination - causes & impact on professional/personal.
Nelson Gauthier 🌴 @nelgau.bsky.social Software/Hardware. Reverser. Musician. I abhor jankiness in all forms.
Alexander Iosad @iosad.fyi Progress, policy, practice. Past: TBI, edtech VC, history of science DPhil.
AI & tech optimist, not solutionist. Fan of universities, state capacity, 🏏. School governor, occasionally. Diasporan ✡️.
FWD50 @fwd50conf.bsky.social Where the people building tomorrow’s government go to learn, connect, and recharge.
Melissa Kline Struhl @mekline.bsky.social Executive Director of childrenhelpingscience.com, Psych-DS maintainer, strong feelings about data management & collaborative science. My last name is "Kline Struhl" (she/her)
Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social Bioinformatics Scientist / Next Generation Sequencing, Single Cell and Spatial Biology, Next Generation Proteomics, Liquid Biopsy, SynBio, AI/ML in biotech // http://albertvilella.substack.com
priya @ayirpelle.bsky.social geek, entrepreneur, 'I strictly color outside the lines!', opinions r my own indeed. @ayirpelle , universal handle at this time
Matt Moor @imprecise-matt.bsky.social Nerd. I build teams that build platforms. Ex-Atlassian, Hootsuite
Mountains, food and photography after hours. 🍁🦘
Anna Wong @annawong10.bsky.social Coach | Strategist | Executive | Facilitator | Helping People and Organizations Level Up
Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social PharmD, MS in Biophysics, PhD in Biochemistry
🇧🇷 Rio 🇺🇸 Sacramento 🇩🇪 Munich
International Society of Long COVID & Post-Acute Infection Syndromes: https://islc-pais.com/
daniellebeckman.com
Kim Fuller @kim4good.bsky.social CEO & Founder of Phil Inc., certified B Corp.
Changemaker, volunteer and nonprofit expert. 
GoldenHandcuffs613 @goldenhandcuffs613.bsky.social 20+ year federal public servant. NCR & Regional. Several depts. Now ESDC.
Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social Political psychiatrist. Pragmatic progressive. I teach people how to have political conversations that change minds. Smart Politics founder, Angry Uncle Bot creator, Troll Tamer. JoinSmart.org Linktr.ee/SmartPolitics 🏡 Oakland, CA
Fredrik Delin @fdelin.bsky.social Helping orgs realise their full potential. Executive advisor at Thoughtworks. MBA. Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. Digital transformation orchestrator. Customer champion. Ex Google, AKQA Leap, Cognizant, WPP
George Tziralis @gtzi.bsky.social aligning interests at https://marathon.vc
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tziralis/
marcrjgagnon @marcrjgagnon.bsky.social Father, son, brother, believer in change, Mac addict, amateur photographer. Opinions expressed are reflective of my own ideas, thoughts & ramblings.
That JSTweedie | Gatineau 🇨🇦 @jstweedie.bsky.social Former federal public servant. Now doing a PhD to figure it all out. Complex systems, decision making, and digital transformation. And my humans. And cats. Never forget the cats. Nor music. Not books either.
@jwp15102.bsky.social @jwp15102.bsky.social I like this quote. Be nice if I could live by it.
"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you want to become." – James Clear
Derek Alton @derekalton.bsky.social Community Insights Lead for Apolitical by day, Civic Punk by night. Passionate about helping make government work better. Obsessed with all things digital/open government and Public Sector Reform. Community Insights Lead for Apolitical 
Warren Wilansky @warrenwilansky.com Founder of https://plank.co, a digital agency that builds innovative websites for creative organizations. Do’er of internet things since the 1990s. Passions are travel, music, museums, Montréal and baseball. ⚾
Andrew Belding @sandman5.bsky.social IT Specialist (not powered by AI)
Dr Miah Hammond-Errey @miahhe.bsky.social CEO Strat Futures | Host Technology & Security podcast | Author | National Security, Data, Tech, Information Influence & Interference (disinformation and IO), Intelligence & Leadership | Adj A/Prof Deakin 🏳️🌈🇦🇺 stratfutures.com | miahhe.com
Just Evil Enough @evilenough.bsky.social The book you wish your competitors weren't reading.
The world needs more subversive thinking. Packed with fascinating stories and practical advice, we show you how startups, underdogs, and challenger brands turn attention into outcomes.
Liz LeClair (she/her) @lizleclairhfx.bsky.social “Problem Stretcher”
Feminist. Fundraiser. Advocate. Activist. Dog lover. People are ok.
Kjipuktuk (Dartmouth), Nova Scotia (Canada) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴 #nspoli #canpoli