About

Joseph Nakhla

CEO

Joseph founded Tribe in 2011 and has been overseeing its operations and expansion since. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of TIO Networks, a former TSX listed company that was acquired by Paypal.

Joseph currently serves on the Policy Advisory Council of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA). He is also a board member of OctoAI Technologies Corp. and Minehub Technologies Inc.

Joseph studied Civil and Structural engineering and Business Management courses at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Drew Keddy

Drew Keddy, COO – Drew has an extensive real estate background with three decades of experience in operations, most recently as President of Sutton Group Realty Services. Prior to his time at Sutton, Mr. Keddy was a former VP of Canada, VP of North American Operations and Director of Corporate Development with Colliers International.

He has experience growing companies through mergers and acquisitions both domestically and internationally, as well as leading high growth real estate operations. As COO, Drew’s focus is on organic growth opportunities, operational efficiencies, and accelerating Tribe’s acquisition strategies.

Dan Feeny

CTO

Dan Feeny brings over 20 years of technical and proven management experience to his role leading the Tribe Product, Engineering, and IT teams. A diversified IT professional, Dan’s background has taken him from developing the Canada Arm 2 for the International Space Station, to designing casino gaming systems, to expanding the product set of a leading SaaS restaurant transaction data management company. His work with fintech companies has included financial transaction monitoring, payment card solutions and mortgage workflow solutions.

In all these roles Dan has brought his effective blend of life-long technical expertise, “lead by example” hands-on mentoring, and people-first management experience. Dan is also honoured to sit on the board for the Pacific Post Partum Support Society. In addition to his natural technical propensity, Dan holds a computer science degree from the University of British Columbia.

John Tims

Corporate Secretary and Acting Privacy Officer

John was previously CFO for Tribe from 2017 to 2021. As Corporate Secretary he works closely with our CEO, Board of Directors and CFO. Prior to this, John was Chief Financial Officer and a director of Rhema Health Products Limited, and Vice President Finance for Simson-Maxwell.

John is a Chartered Professional Accountant and currently chairs the Financial Managers’ Group, an independent accounting industry professional development group.

Scott Ullrich

Executive VP Rental Management

Scott has spent his career in property management. Previously as CEO of Gateway Property Management (now a Tribe company) he oversaw its operations for decades. As Executive VP of Rental Management, he continues to oversee rental management across the country and work in a strategic capacity.

Scott currently sits on the Finance Committee and Impact Investment Committee of the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia.

Jenn Laidlaw

VP Marketing & Communications

Jenn manages stakeholder engagement across Tribe Property Technologies, ensuring a consistent experience with our brands. With more than 15 years of communications experience, she is passionate about how best to interact with and build engaged communities online and off.

Jenn brings creativity and a fresh take to communication in the residential community living space. She strives for a balance between bold yet simple and believes that communication is the key to a lasting community.

Lawrence Liu

VP Sales & Partnerships

With over 25 years of experience in complex sales, Lawrence has specifically targeted his career towards multi-family residential technologies for the last 18 years. He not only generated new revenues but has also successfully implemented these solutions into over a hundred thousand homes located in Canada, Italy, France, Singapore, Japan, and across the United States.

Joseph Nakhla

CEO, Director

Joseph founded Tribe in 2011 and has been overseeing its operations and expansion since. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of TIO Networks, a former TSX listed company that was acquired by Paypal.

Joseph currently serves on the Policy Advisory Council of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA). He is also a board member of OctoAI Technologies Corp. and Minehub Technologies Inc.

Joseph studied Civil and Structural engineering and Business Management courses at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Raymond Choy

Director

Raymond is the President and Board Member of Peterson Group, a real estate investment, development, and property management company. He was formerly the Chief Investment Officer of Peterson Group, responsible for acquisitions and dispositions, developments, capital lending, private equity, and partnerships.

Raymond is a Chartered Professional Accountant with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University. Previously, he served as Director of the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association and Chair of the NAIOP Education Committee.

Charmaine Crooks

Director

Since 1997, Charmaine has been the President and founder of NGU Consultants Inc., providing global strategic advisory and corporate development services to a variety of sectors including technology, sports, e-sports, health and major events.

She is a Member of the Order of Canada, five-time Olympian, entrepreneur and community leader with over 20 years of corporate governance experience as a director on several national and international non-profit and public boards.

Charmaine is Vice President of the Global Esports Federation and founding Chair, Canada Esports Association. She graduated from The University of Texas El Paso with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.

Andrew Kiguel

Director

Andrew is currently the co-founder and CEO of Tokens.com, a Proof-of-Stake technology company that powers digital asset transactions including decentralized finance applications. Prior to Tokens.com, he was the co-founder and CEO of Hut 8 Mining, a publicly listed bitcoin miner.

Previously, Andrew spent over 18 years at GMP Securities (now Stifel Canada) in investment banking, his most recent title being Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Banking. He graduated with an MBA from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from York University.

Mike Willis

Board Chair

Mike Willis is the CFO of Group14 Technologies, a manufacturer of nanomaterials to enable low-cost, high-performance lithium-silicon batteries. Previously, Mike was the CFO of Westport Fuel Systems Inc., a TSX and Nasdaq-listed manufacturer of alternative fuel systems, and CFO of Gevo Inc, a Nasdaq-listed industrial biotechnology company.

Prior to this, he worked at the Virgin Group as an Operating Principal at Virgin Green Fund and as an Investment Manager with Virgin Management Limited.

Mike holds an MBA from INSEAD in France and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University in Canada.

Sanjiv Samant

Director

Sanjiv Samant joined Round13 Capital at the beginning of 2020 to establish the Round13 Growth Fund as a Founder and Managing Partner. He has spent 20+ years in the technology & healthcare sectors and is one of Canada’s most experienced and widely respected growth company advisors and financiers.