Founder and President

Prior to BuzzBuzzHome, Matthew was VP Development for a Toronto land development firm. Matthew holds a M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh, and an Hon. B.A from the University of Toronto. If Matthew does not respond to your email within one hour, he is most likely sitting on his cottage dock with a cigar and bourbon in hand.

Co-Founder and Co-President

After completing his BA, Cliff founded Nutrition in Motion Ltd. (nimdiet.com) which he sold to U.S.-based The Fresh Diet. Recreationally, Cliff is an avid wake-boarder, snow-boarder, scuba-diver, video-game player, and occasional surfer.

Chief Technology Officer

Pavel is an audiophile, adrenaline junkie and foodie. Pavel previously worked at JustAnswer developing one of the Internet's largest tag cloud systems. He has recently started a foodie tumblr account at Fuzzy's Food Blog for restaurant and recipe reviews and photos.

Chief of Staff

Kiyoko graduated from U of T with an honours degree in Commerce and Finance. She likes politics, pop music, pomegranates, puns and parks. She's also particularly fond of watching cute animal videos on the internet.

Director of Social Media Marketing

Ian holds degrees in International Business and Marketing from Dublin City University and Northeastern University in Boston. He loves food and holds the auspicious title of "guy who eats the most in the office". His dream is to open up his own ice cream store, but fears that it would go out of business after he eats all the inventory.

Director - Western Canada

Prior to BuzzBuzzHome, Gord worked in traditional print as well as online publications for national and regional publishers across Canada. With a degree in Political Science and Economics from The University of British Columbia, Gord has also lived and worked in Japan. When not working, Gord can be found in one of Vancouver's MANY sushi joints or hiking the city and mountain trails of Canada's "wet" Coast.

Engineer

Smijith has a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication. He likes bicycles and taking pictures and is often spotted taking pictures while riding his bicycle.

Social Media Account Manager

Gabriella holds an honours B.A. in theatre and a diploma in creative advertising. Gabriella likes writing, graphic design, painting, knitting (she can make a pair of mittens in a day), cooking and eating. When she's not eating or thinking about what to eat, Gabriella is happiest sitting in the park on a sunny day with friends and snacks.

Engineer

Anoop has a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University in India. Anoop is an avid wildlife photographer and especially enjoys filming Asian Elephants (Elephas Maximus). His favorite activity however is watching late night movies with friends.

Research / QA

Originally hailing from Mississauga, Ryan followed his dreams and moved to the big city of Toronto where he studied urban planning at Ryerson University. He is now compiling a collection of short stories as well as maintaining his Tumblr account. Ryan is especially fond of playing the guitar, watching back to back episodes of The Wire, and skateboarding.

Editor

Sean graduated from U of T with an honours degree in Political Science. He enjoys editing a lot — certainly more than the average person — and edited both the Strand and Varsity newspapers at U of T. In his spare time he likes to vicambulate while listening to obscure 60s garage rock and show tunes.

Social Media Account Manager

Erin graduated from York University in Communications and International Development. She has lived in Denmark, where the architecture is impressive, and Vietnam, where the construction never ends. She attends Ryerson University for Magazine and Web Publishing and writes for www.shedoesthecity.com.

Research/QA

Dean's tall, but not too tall. It helps him reach things for you, which he is all too happy to do 90% of the time. Hailing from the micropolis of Ignace, ON, Dean rocks a B'Comm from Queen's University. That means he can break down almost anything into dollars and cents -- he just really, really doesn't like doing it because money means much less to him than do people and time.

Graphic Design

Noemi decided to leave the warm beaches of Barcelona to enjoy the frigid winters of Toronto. She holds an Honours B.A. in Art History and a B.A. in Digital Design from the University of Barcelona and is completing her Ph.D. in Interactive Design. When she's not earning degrees, Noemi enjoys exploring the wide world of food (tapas are the best!), reading and writing children's books and watching soccer matches. Visca el Barça ¡ Visca Catalunya!

Engineer

Uzair has crawled out from the dark vestiges of his university life (a strange place called University of Toronto) -- with but a paper confirming his Bachelors in Computer Science as Software Engineering specialist -- to do some actual work. He enjoys backpacking to strange foreign lands, arcade games, cooking stuff (sometimes literally just stuff), curling and reading a good book in his quiet times. His dream is to earn the title of "Code Ninja".

Engineer

Chris barely escaped alive from the clutches of the University of Waterloo, with a BASc for Mechatronics Engineering. In his spare time he can be found trying various food, playing games, or doing things that are otherwise nerdy or geeky. Dice with more than 6 sides? Yup.

Research/QA

Joel studies Biochemistry at Queen's University. He spends his free time surfing the internet, reading Lifehacker, finding new ways to be thrifty, and for reasons he simply cannot fathom, watching the Maple Leafs play. Fun fact: The season premiere of Dexter gets Joel as excited as his birthday did when he was 10.

Social Media Account Manager

William is a recovering coffee addict and wannabe aspiring writer with not a single publishing credit to his name. When he’s not tweeting, he can be found working on his memoir “Headdesk” or out somewhere practicing Jedi mind tricks on unsuspecting souls. William graduated from Simon Fraser University.

Customer Service Specialist

Brian was formerly the head tripper at camp Wopongo. He is renowned for consuming two boxes of Milk Duds daily and enjoys building fires in the Muskokas during the winter. He has a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering.