Tom joined RESAAS in 2011 and serves as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. During his time in this leadership position, Tom has led the company’s evolution from a free-to-use business social network, into a recurring revenue generating technology company offering a wide variety of solutions specific to different markets within the real estate sector.

Prior to joining RESAAS, Tom was Managing Director of Lightmaker, a global award-winning digital agency, where he ran the Vancouver office following four years at their UK headquarters. During that time Tom became known for taking mobile solutions to mass-markets for the likes of Adobe, Nokia and Samsung, where he worked onsite across Europe and Asia. Tom was also recognized as a Subject Matter Expert in accessible design for digital solutions.

Tom holds a Board position with the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) based in Vancouver, is an International REALTOR® member of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), the trade association representing the real estate industry in the United States, and served as a mentor at Second Century Ventures, the strategic investment arm of NAR.

Annie joined RESAAS in 2018 as Chief Financial Officer. In this position, Annie is responsible for the overall financial strategy and direction. Within finance, she guides the treasury, accounting, tax, audit, financial planning and analyses functions to pursue the company’s aggressive growth strategy.

Prior to joining RESAAS, Annie was Chief Financial Officer at Urban Communications Inc. (“Urban”), a telecommunications company providing gigabit internet services in Metro Vancouver, where she oversaw the mergers & acquisition process that led to its acquisition in 2017. Previous to Urban, Annie was the Chief Financial Officer for two TSX-traded mining companies, which were ultimately acquired. Annie also held senior finance positions with an international financial institution.

Annie obtained her Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia, and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Accountant (CA).

Sascha joined RESAAS in 2019 as Chief Operating Officer. He is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, with a particular focus on building recurring revenue businesses.

Most recently, Sascha served as President & COO of Unbounce, one of Canada’s top performing Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) companies, with 175 employees in Vancouver and Berlin.

Prior to joining Unbounce in 2015, Sascha was a Senior Director and Studio Head at Disney Interactive, where he brought focus to recurring billing subscriptions in Disney’s gaming stable. Prior to Unbounce and Disney, Sascha was Director of Development at BigPark for two years, leading up to its acquisition by Microsoft. Previous to this, Sascha was Franchise Development Director at Electronic Arts (EA Games).

Aarif joined RESAAS in 2014 as a Senior Software Engineer and now holds the position of Director of Engineering. During his time at RESAAS, Aarif has led significant feature enhancements to the platform with a focus on quality, performance and security.

Before joining RESAAS, Aarif worked as a Technical Architect with Blast Radius, a global digital agency, where he helped deliver mission critical software solutions for industry leaders including Starbucks, Microsoft, Nike, Nintendo and Electronic Arts.

Aarif’s 25+ years in the Information Technology includes a background in Finance and Information Security.

John joined RESAAS in 2014 as a Lead Software Engineer and now holds the position of Director of Product where he is focused on building user engagement and improving the platform’s feature set.

In his time at RESAAS John has helped bring numerous features online always with the goal of building simple, reliable experiences that directly impact the day-to-day of our users. Since joining RESAAS John has also been responsible for leading the front-end team, helping members to learn, grow and contribute to the best of their ability, a role which he is still passionate about today.

Prior to working at RESAAS John worked at both Habanero Consulting Group and Blast Radius as a Senior Front End Developer. Before those positions John worked as a freelance contractor designing and building websites and other digital assets for a variety of clients starting in 2000.