Brendan King
CEO at Vendasta
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan King is a serial entrepreneur and CEO who has spent over two decades building technology-driven businesses that help local companies compete online. As co-founder and leader of Vendasta, he scaled a platform used by major media partners to empower thousands of small businesses and a team of 260+ employees. Previously he grew Point2 Agent to 165,000 users across 85 countries and founded two nationally franchised computer retail chains, demonstrating repeated product-market fit and operational scaling. A physics-trained former geophysicist, Brendan blends analytical rigor with a boisterous, optimistic leadership style that prizes clarity and energy in problem-solving. He’s equally at home with high-level strategy and fine operational detail, and is known for recruiting top talent and fostering a culture that champions local businesses. Off-hours he writes and maintains game mods, revealing a hands-on, creative technical streak beyond the executive suite.
11 years of coding experience
Central CollegiateBSc. Adv. Physics GeoPhysics, BSc. Adv. Physics GeoPhysics at University of Saskatchewan
Github Skills (136)
twitch10
graphic10
server-side10
logfile10
minecraft9
arrows9
padding8
countdown8
plugin8
spigot8
etch8
minesweeper8
puzzle7
azerothcore7
figure7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
eXish/ktane-masyu
Aug 2019 - Oct 2022
An interesting puzzle game that my new roommate Ben told me about, so we made a mod for KTANE about it.
Contributions:4 PRs, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
gamebeninterestingmodroommate
eXish/ktane-ultradigitalroot
Jan 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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