 Brief company overviews  Challenges & Impressions of the tech market in Vancouver  How are companies attracting tech talent in BC?  How are companies staying competitive?  What has been successful?  Employer Branding (re-launch at Ritchie Bros.)  What are challenging roles to fill?  Future recruiting in BC  How do you set your company apart? Agenda

 Vision Critical is a Vancouver-based company that provides technology and expertise to build and manage online insights communities. With Vision Critical's technology, clients can engage with their own consumers and stakeholders on a regular basis through the use of online surveys, discussions, videos and 3D simulations. Their client base includes one third of the world’s top 100 brands - from the City of Vancouver to Molson Coors, Banana Republic and Discovery Channel - and their offices are spread across the globe in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and South Africa. Vision Critical was recently named one of the top five SaaS companies and one of the top ten software companies in Canada by Branham300, in addition to being amongst Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 and Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.  Website:  Stories:  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/vision-criticallinkedin.com/company/vision-critical  Facebook: facebook.com/visioncriticalfacebook.com/visioncritical  Twitter: twitter.com/visioncriticaltwitter.com/visioncritical  YouTube: youtube.com/user/visioncriticalyoutube.com/user/visioncritical Vision Critical Camila Louzada, Global Recruitment Manager

 Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers began as a family-run business in Kelowna, Canada. Three brothers - Dave, Ken and John - conducted their first auction in 1958, selling $2,000 of inventory from their furniture store to pay a bank debt. Spurred by success, the brothers began conducting more auctions, eventually progressing beyond furniture and into industrial equipment. Flash forward 50 years, and Ritchie Bros. is now the world’s largest industrial auctioneer. We’re publicly traded on the TSE and NYSE. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, we have over 110 locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. We offer stable, rewarding careers for hard-working people like Dave, Ken and John - people who strive to achieve big goals, and who inspire others to do the same.  Website:  Client Stories:  LinkedIn:  Facebook:  Twitter:  YouTube: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Susan McAlpine, Manager, Recruitment

 Ping Identity believes secure professional and personal identities underlie human progress in a connected world. Our identity and access management platform gives enterprise customers and employees one-click access to any application from any device. Over 1,000 companies, including half of the Fortune 100, rely on our award-winning products to make the digital world a better experience for hundreds of millions of people.  In 2013, Ping Identity has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Most Promising Companies, named Colorado’s Technology Company of the Year at the 2013 APEX Awards, named by IDG’s Computerworld as a 2013 Best Places to Work in IT and selected as one of The Denver Post’s Top Workplaces.  At Ping, we believe the key to hiring the right talent is to find people who want to build a great company, not simply join one. Skills and capabilities are important but the key is finding out what drives a person. We’re building an amazing company fueled by individuals who have a focus on something bigger than themselves. We are always looking for those that fit our culture and together want to build something extraordinary.  Website:  Career Site:  Customers:  Follow Us on  Join our LInkedIn Group: Ping Identity Cloud  Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: PingIdentityTV  Like Us on Facebook: PingIdentityPage Ping Identity Jen Geddes, HR Manager