Boris Mann is a noted Vancouver technology evangelist and open source specialist. Prior to founding Bootup Labs, Boris co-founded Bryght, a solution for turnkey online communities using the Drupal open source content management system, in 2004 and sold it to Raincity Studios in 2007. Previously, he ran a boutique web and small business tech consulting firm in Ottawa, and worked with Nortel's system engineering team helping to build technical and economic models for new technologies like VOIP.