Thrive Health 
Leadership

Alec steers Thrive Health’s strategy, direction, and operations, working continuously to optimize our relationships with customers and partners while ensuring all company pursuits align with our platform vision and goals. He ensures all employees have the tools, resources, and support needed to produce effective work and continue to grow in their careers.

Prior to Thrive, Alec spent 10+ years in product and software development leadership, working at start-ups, enterprise consulting services and in the public sector. Notably, he held various senior consulting roles at FreshWorks Studio and served as CIO for West Island College in Calgary. His diverse skill set enables him to align technology, business strategy and creative innovation together to drive towards Thrive’s mission and mandate.

Alec is passionate about growing leaders from within, giving Thrivers the opportunity to tap into their leadership potential and provide constant avenues for advancement across the organization, regardless of how and where team members are distributed. When he’s not leading the business, Alec spends time traveling to places he loves, particularly Vancouver Island and Southern California.

David is a serial software entrepreneur with a passion for building mission-driven companies that set out to solve the world’s most important problems. Under David’s leadership, over just a few years Thrive has grown from providing services to a handful of BC clinics and hospitals to helping over 10 million people through healthcare journeys across the continent.

Prior to Thrive, David founded Pulse Energy, which grew into the world's leading energy intelligence software company for businesses and utilities. Before that he worked as a geophysicist, a professional windsurfing racer, a Paris-based strategy consultant, and Director of Policy to a Canadian cabinet minister. Outside of Thrive, David loves discovering new things with his wife and two teenage daughters. He also serves as a mentor and angel investor with the Creative Destruction Lab, is a board member at Life Sciences BC, is on the Loran Award selection committee, and has served two terms on the Advisory Board for the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP).

David holds an MBA from École des Ponts Business School in Paris, and a BSc in Geophysics, Physics and Astronomy from UBC and Harvard University. David loves to be on the water or in the mountains (and sometimes both at once). He coaches and competes in flatwater kayak, surfski, cross country skiing, and biathlon.

Ryan oversees Product & Engineering strategy at Thrive Health. His days are spent connecting with teams across both our Technical and Commercial functions to ensure that what we are building continues to align with our vision and goals for improving healthcare. Ryan’s role includes fostering a creative and curious culture where teams are focused on collaboration, engineering excellence, and an unwavering commitment to our clients.

Ryan brings over two decades of technical leadership experience and entrepreneurship to our team. He co-founded Benevity, a tech unicorn that changed how people and companies engage with charities and co-created a project called FreePBX which is the world’s leading open source telephony server.

Ryan’s academic credentials include a diploma in Computer Engineering from the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology. When not working, and regardless of the season, he can usually be found creating memorable new experiences with his family or breaking records at the disc golf course. 

Edward directs commercial strategy and business development at Thrive Health. He spends his days leading, mentoring, and facilitating relationships between internal commercial teams, and external ones to forge and grow new business partnerships. By carefully evaluating strategic partnership options, Edward ensures that our business development planning and execution are consistently aligned with Thrive Health’s mission and vision.

Edward brings over three decades of experience in healthcare operations and innovation to our team. As National Director, Strategic Partnerships at LifeLabs, he worked within Business Development to identify transformative opportunities for laboratory medicine, diagnostic testing, customer and payer channels, and digital technology solutions. Prior to LifeLabs, Edward spent over two decades with Provincial Services Health Authority and the BC Centre for Disease Control, holding various operational leadership positions.

Edwards holds a BSc in Microbiology from The University of British Columbia, and a certificate from the Centre for Creative Leadership’s flagship program focusing on human-centred, transformational leadership producing lasting change. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family, walking or hiking with his dog Koby, working on his collector car and in his garden.

Karen oversees the end-to-end financial management at Thrive Health. Her days are spent managing risk and investment strategies while tracking our overall financial health, and that means looking beyond the numbers. Karen uses the raw metrics to interpret our financial performance and develop reporting systems to ensure the consistent delivery of data and insights.

Karen worked in cancer research and radiation biology before switching to accounting, managing her own education and research consulting company for several years. Prior to joining Thrive in our founding year, Karen worked with Simon Fraser University for six years and BC Cancer on a drug discovery project.

Karen holds a post-graduate Diploma in Accounting from the Sauder School of Business, and a BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of British Columbia. To unwind, Karen loves to travel, read, and spend time with good friends, food, and wine.

Cody drives the Engineering teams at Thrive Health. He manages the software and operational processes, collaborating with team leads on the status of current projects, and providing input into our technical solutions. Working closely with the Product and Customer Solutions teams, Cody ensures that our engineering priorities track towards our OKRs, customer priorities, and the ongoing growth and development of our platform.

Prior to joining Thrive, Cody worked as a system architect for NAV CANADA, designing and implementing safety-critical systems for domestic and commercial use. Before NAV CANADA, he led the engineering function at KAI Innovations, delivering safe and secure EMR systems for physicians in Ontario.

Cody holds a Diploma in Computer Science from Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology. When he’s not working, you can find him on the road, discovering new travel destinations (and golf courses) across North America.

Tracy leads Thrive Health’s Marketing and Communications strategy. She is responsible for creating brand engagement and customer enablement. Her days are spent driving creativity across our organization. By collaborating and ideating with other departments, Tracy ensures that our Marketing team is empowered to produce innovative and imaginative work. 

Tracy brings over two decades of Marketing and Communications experience, with specializations in branding and project management. Prior to joining Thrive Health, she held multiple leadership positions with Tangerine Bank, where she led their brand transition from ING DIRECT and launched several retail locations across Canada. 

Tracy holds a BA. in English and Sociology & Anthropology from Carleton University, a post-graduate in Marketing and is currently working on her MBA. When she’s not working or studying, she’s making vacation plans to go snorkeling, hanging out with family and friends, or taking a ride on her motorcycle.