The People Who Make It All Possible
The BBK Network was started by a group of people with big hearts. Along the way, we found more people with big hearts.
Leadership Team

Khalid Hasan is someone who is passionate about different aspects of Web Development and Digital Marketing...
Khalid Hasan

Khalid Hasan is someone who is passionate about different aspects of Web Development and Digital Marketing. He is a Web Developer at BBK Network. He is also currently doing Master’s in Computer Science at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Merziya is a passionate creative, majoring in Professional Communications at Ryerson University. She thrives on bringing ideas to life..
Merziya Hussain


AJ is a creative based in Canada. She continues her freelance journey in media while balancing her passion for entrepreneurship and content.
AJ Varela


Jorelle is a Canadian born Filipino from Vancouver. His dream is to be the show runner of his very own animated TV show.
Jorelle Almeda

Jorelle is a Canadian born Filipino from Vancouver. His dream is to be the show runner of his very own animated TV show. His passion has guided the last six years of his life. He has dedicated those years towards storytelling, drawing and everything that comes with content creation. When he’s not storyboarding or writing you can find Jorelle laughing, playing the bass or saxophone, cheering for the Seattle Seahawks, jogging or watching TV. If he were to dominate at one category of trivia he says it would be a tie between Earth Science related questions and the Simpsons. His Grade 5 teacher once said “Jorelle is very kind and approachable”, and he’d like to think she was right. So feel free to say ‘Hey!’ whenever! Jorelle is always down for a nice conversation!

Darrio Christian Dean is 27 years old and originally from beautiful Nassau, Bahamas. He is proud to hold the position of dad to
Darrio Dean

Darrio Christian Dean is 27 years old and originally from beautiful Nassau, Bahamas. He is proud to hold the position of dad to the beautiful busy body, Sage Isla Bryn Dean, his daughter. Outside of that, he is a digital nomad and spends time creating content and running digital advertisements for different businesses and organizations. Here at Build a Biz Kids and BBK Network, as a Content Strategist he is responsible for creating content strategies and plans. Lastly, he oversees the team responsible for producing that content. When he is not working or chasing Sage around, he enjoys playing basketball, reading a good book, or looking into the new digital advancements such as cryptocurrencies or NFT’s.

Ivy is a recent graduate who is ready to design! She feels proud being able to spread meaningful information through designs.
Ivy Wang


Leah Coss has owned numerous businesses in manufacturing & finance and been a Franchise Development Consultant for over 9 years.
Leah Coss

Leah Coss has owned numerous businesses in manufacturing & finance as well as being a Franchise Development Consultant for over 9 years in assorted industries. She is a published author & speaker on automation, eliminating skill obsolescence & reducing turnover in the workplace, skills labour gap. She is also an advocate for education and the Co-Founder & CEO of The Fuel Academy.

A recent graduate from the University of British Columbia, Rebecca holds a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology.
Rebecca Patterson

A recent graduate from the University of British Columbia, Rebecca holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology. She is excited to be working with the BBK Network customer experience team.
Operations & Programming

Karly is an avid reader and writer with a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology. In her spare time she enjoys expanding her book collection.
Karly Zouppas


Raphael is a recent Arts graduate from the University of British Columbia, majoring in International Relations.
Raphael Cardenas


Ashima is a creative artist, who enjoys anything related to animation. Her creative range is very wide.
Ashima Gurung


Ana is passionate about empowering today's youth to become tomorrow's leaders! She has a background in International Law and Psychology.
Ana Tiruta


Bam is a graphic designer who is also passionate about advertising and UX/UI design.
Bam Yingchoncharoen


Braedon is studying English literature and creative writing in Vancouver, BC, and lives for anything and everything to do with storytelling.
Braedon Lowey

Braedon is studying English literature and creative writing in Vancouver, BC, and lives for anything and everything to do with storytelling. He is planning to complete his bachelor’s degree and then to pursue more education, develop a writing career, or teach English to spread his enthusiasm for the language to more learners.

Vika is a graphic designer, a problem solver, and a lifelong learner. She loves designing & is excited to apply her skills in BBK Network.
Vika Zheng


Ray is an experienced digital solution expert with over 5 years of experience leading digital product projects.
Ray Jiao

Ray is an experienced digital solution expert with over 5 years of experience leading digital product projects, from their strategic conception to development and implementation.
In addition to product management, Ray has led a number of high importance strategy projects, including the future of supply chain with Alibaba in Asia, and US market entry for FinTech startups in London, UK.
Prior to that, Ray has spearheaded several multi-million-dollar marketing and branding projects for Volkswagen and BMW in Asia.
Also, Ray has worked with a few non-profit organizations in Canada to help them grow and reach out to those in need, including UBC’s initiative with the LGBTQ community and Work Wellness Institute’s work with people with disabilities.
Ray currently holds an MBA from Imperial College London and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from SFU.

Stephanie is a self-taught character and concept artist residing in Vancouver, Canada, who started drawing portraits in her youth.
Stephanie Moscone

Stephanie is a self-taught character and concept artist residing in Vancouver, Canada. Having started with drawing portraits in her youth, she developed her skills by studying surrealist artists in high school, such as Margaret Keane, Salvador Dali, and Reneé Magritte. Afterward, once figuring out which topics in illustration she wanted to focus on, Stephanie started looking at comic and cartooning artists who have had a heavy influence on her work. When not drawing, she’s either writing various fan fictions, attempting new dinner recipes, or binging on 20th-century comedy shows.
Marketing & Community

Mel is an aspiring video editor who is always willing to take on a new challenge and expand his experiences.
Mel Fresnel


Jaquelin is an immigrant from Mexico who moved to Vancouver six years ago. She enjoys developing new skills and going out for hikes.
Jaquelin Najera Granados

Jaquelin is an immigrant from Mexico and moved to Vancouver, Canada six years ago. At the moment, she is a student interested in Digital Marketing, who’s aspiring to become a UI-UX designer. She enjoys developing new skills and going out for hikes every time there is an opportunity.

Sophia has 5+ years of experience in digital marketing with an understanding of social media, creating content, and customer engagement.
Sophia Pinto

Sophia has 5+ years of experience in digital marketing with an understanding of social media, creating content, and customer engagement.She is a team player, quick learner, result-oriented with outstanding communication and relationship building.

Garvit is a seeker, problem solver, learner, who's in love with the Internet but hate it too! He is a lifelong hodler.
Garvit Bafna

Mission Based Projects

Third year UBC student who loves research and learning. Main interests are Psychology and Education...
Conor McGarry


Deniz moved to Canada five years ago for UBC and fell in love with Marketing soon after. She loved the idea of wearing different hats.
Deniz Firat

Deniz moved to Canada five years ago for UBC and fell in love with Marketing soon after that. She loved the idea of wearing different hats every day with a team of passionate people and having the opportunity to combine her individual work with others to create something bigger than herself. Deniz has a very analytical background thanks to her chess career, and seeing how that mixes so well with her creative side in university has made her very hopeful about finding a job and a company that would allow her to do some valuable work and grow both as a person and a professional!
Board of Directors

Joe Deobald is the Founder of Full Frame Marketing, Franchise owner of Code Ninjas, and the Entrepreneur in Residence at Left Technologies.
Joe Deobald

Joe Deobald is the Founder of Full Frame Marketing, Franchise owner of Code Ninjas, and the Entrepreneur in Residence at Left Technologies. He sits on the board for the Women’s Collaborative Hub and is the digital creative director for TEDx Vancouver. Joe has written articles on empathetic leadership for publication in Forbes magazine, spoken at numerous regional conferences, and has helped numerous companies develop award-winning cultures.

Archana is an entrepreneurial leader who has steered many organizations to new levels of performance and business growth.
Archana Samtani Singhania

Archana is an entrepreneurial leader who has steered many organizations to new levels of performance and business growth. She has navigated through all phases of enterprise initiatives – building new programs, reshaping and rolling out processes, and working shoulder to shoulder with executives and employees for seamless implementation and adoption.

Victoria Petriw is the VP of Operations at WiderFunnel, and Co-Founder of Port Moody & Co. She is an SFU grad in Human Geography.
Victoria Petriw

Victoria Petriw is the VP of Operations at WiderFunnel, and Co-Founder of Port Moody & Co. a lifestyle brand that connects the Port Moody community and promotes the incredible people and places of the area. She is an SFU grad in Human Geography, specializing in Urban Studies, and completed all the experiential programs the faculty had to offer.

Braden comes to us from working as a Program Director & Project Manager for over 10 years at the YWCA, a large non profit association.
Braden Ricketts

Braden comes to us from working as a Program Director & Project Manager for over 10 years at the YWCA, a large nonprofit association in Vancouver, BC as well as co-owning a podcasting business, Amplifyou. Braden is also the Co-Founder of The Fuel Academy and professional High-Fiver to Kids.

Leah Coss has owned numerous businesses in manufacturing & finance and been a Franchise Development Consultant for over 9 years.
Leah Coss

Leah Coss has owned numerous businesses in manufacturing & finance as well as being a Franchise Development Consultant for over 9 years in assorted industries. She is a published author & speaker on automation, eliminating skill obsolescence & reducing turnover in the workplace, skills labour gap. She is also an advocate for education and the Co-Founder & CEO of The Fuel Academy.

Victor joins Build a Biz Kids sharing in its vision to develop the skills and talent children will need for our connected future.
Victor Gelano

Victor joins Build a Biz Kids sharing in its vision to develop the skills and talent children will need for our connected future. He brings with him a wealth of experience from the Real Estate Development and Hospitality industries. His career has taken him to Europe, Oceania, Asia, The Middle East and North America where he has held several leadership positions that uniquely combine business proficiency with genuine concern for customers and the team.