Boris has been active in the Vancouver startup ecosystem for over a decade. His first local startup was Bryght, the first commercial Drupal company. He then went on to co-found Bootup Labs, the first startup accelerator in Canada, and has gone on to run Full Stack, an early stage investment fund. Boris is currently co-founder and VP of Business Design at HUMAN, a product design consultancy that focuses on body worn computing, including wearables and VR/AR. Boris holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Victoria, where he went after a coin flip made him choose between university and becoming a professional chef.