About Donovan

Donovan’s work focuses on translating great sustainable business ideas into great sustainable businesses. After starting in the non-profit sector, he has spent the last fifteen years working to launch, build, and scale businesses that address critical climate, environmental, and social challenges. Hi past and current experience includes:

• CEO of OPEN, a software company that helps the people that shape our cities to make pro-climate decisions with confidence
• Co-Director of RADIUS, a social innovation hub and venture incubator at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, where he is now an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Advisor
• COO of Offsetters (Nature Bank), Canada’s leading carbon offset and carbon management firm;
• founding investor, board member, and team member of Persephone Brewing Company; and
• Board member for a range of entrepreneurial organizations. He has also worked for Vancity, BC Hydro, and Ecotrust and worked the graveyard shift at a half-way house.