Summary
Johnny Oshika is a seasoned entrepreneur and CTO with 12+ years leading product and engineering across multiple startups, having co-founded four companies and successfully exited two. He built BCjobs.ca into Western Canada's largest career site and scaled Jobcast into a Facebook recruiting app used by over 40,000 companies worldwide, demonstrating an ability to ship high-traction consumer and B2B web products. As CTO of EXAMIND AI and Jobcast, he combines hands-on architecture and rapid MVP delivery—taking EXAMIND from idea to MVP in four months—with long-term operational leadership. His background spans product management, multidisciplinary engineering, and opto-mechanical design from earlier roles at Creo, reflecting unusual technical breadth for a software leader. Recognized with regional entrepreneurial and tech impact awards, he thrives on turning bold ideas into measurable growth. Based in Coquitlam, BC, he welcomes collaborations on ambitious projects that need an experienced, execution-focused technical founder.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science Mechanical Engineering at The University of British Columbia