Brydon Gilliss

Guelph, Ontario  ·  June 2026

Builder, connector, and community person. 20+ years at the intersection of technology and people.

I've just wrapped up a run at Vantage as a Solutions Architect, where I led enterprise client launches with organizations like Canadian Tire Corporation and El Corte Inglés, taking them from contract signature to fully operational. Good work, interesting people. I'm ready for what's next.

The thread that runs through everything I've done: I'm at my best when I'm connecting people and enabling something to happen between them. That looks different in different contexts: building and shipping products, running a coworking space for nine years, leading AI implementation inside enterprise teams, or organizing the startup community on a train between Toronto and Montreal. The common denominator is people and what they can do together.

I'm looking for roles where that combination matters: either leading AI adoption and enablement at an established company that needs someone to do that from the inside, or community and product leadership at an organization where community is genuinely core. Director, Head, or VP level. Primarily remote, open to Toronto hybrid.

Some of the things I've built and the communities I've helped grow: