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Anojh Thayaparan
CTO at Airble Aviation. Founder of Glimpse Networks.
I build technology companies and the systems behind them — from aviation marketplaces to managed IT and cybersecurity.
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Wings Magazine Top 20 Under 40 · 2026
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About
I love connecting technology to people. My path into tech didn't start in a server room — it started on the sales floor at Best Buy and Geek Squad, learning what people actually want from technology, and grew at Microsoft, where advising businesses as a solutions advisor showed me how the right technology decisions can transform a company.
My Simon Fraser University degree reflects that range by design: a Bachelor of Arts with a double minor in Business and Interactive Arts & Technology, where I focused on interactive systems, alongside studies in cognitive science on its computer science stream. Building software people love takes equal parts engineering, business sense, and design — so that's what I studied. And I earned it all alongside a full-time career of consulting, MSP work, and leading engineering teams.
Today I'm the Chief Technology Officer at Airble Aviation, where I've led the platform from its first mobile release to a unified GraphQL platform serving web, mobile, and admin products. I founded Glimpse Networks in 2017 to bring enterprise-grade managed IT and cybersecurity to Vancouver businesses. And for over seven years I've been the Systems Analyst for Courthouse Libraries BC, helping steward the infrastructure that keeps legal information accessible across British Columbia.
In 2026, Wings Magazine named me one of its Top 20 Under 40 leaders helping shape the future of Canadian aviation. Underneath the titles, though, I'm still a DevOps geek who automates tedious tasks, self-hosts everything, and takes things apart to see how they work — usually with my dog Bailey nearby and a car project waiting in the garage.
- Based in
- Vancouver, BC
- Education
- BA, Simon Fraser University — Double Minor in Business & Interactive Arts and Technology, with studies in cognitive science
- Currently
- CTO at Airble · Founder of Glimpse Networks · Systems Analyst at Courthouse Libraries BC
- Recognition
- Wings Magazine Top 20 Under 40 (2026)
- Previously
- Microsoft · Jolera · Independent consulting
- Off hours
- Working on my cars, walking my dog Bailey
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What I'm an expert at
More than a decade across the stack — from writing the code to running the company that ships it.
Technology Leadership
Setting technical direction as a CTO and founder: platform architecture, engineering culture — automated testing, code review, pre-commit standards — and marrying technology to business objectives.
- Architecture
- Team leadership
- Code quality
- Agile & Scrum
- Product strategy
Full-Stack Engineering
End-to-end product engineering: unified GraphQL APIs with type-safe code generation, server-rendered Next.js web apps, and cross-platform React Native mobile apps shipped to both app stores.
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- React
- React Native
- GraphQL
- Node.js
- MySQL
- C# / .NET
Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure
From Azure deployments and containerized services to bare metal: virtualization, colocation, private cloud, and the microservices and job queues in between.
- Microsoft Azure
- Docker
- VMware ESXi
- Redis / BullMQ
- CI/CD
- Linux
- Windows Server
Cybersecurity & IT Operations
Security posture and IT operations at MSP scale — automated code scanning, managed detection and response, tested backups, and fault-tolerant network design.
- Snyk
- Managed security
- Backup & DR
- Networking
- Private cloud
- Colocation
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The journey
Now
The road here
Full Stack Developer · Airble Aviation Inc.
2021 — 2022
Joined as a contract developer and shipped the first version of Airble's cross-platform mobile app — React Native and Expo on a Node.js/TypeScript backend — to the Google Play and Apple App Stores, then stepped up to CTO.
Independent Software Developer · Self-employed
2016 — 2021
Consulted for small businesses across Vancouver — building websites, software, and SEO — while contributing to open source projects along the way.
Help Desk Analyst · Jolera Inc.
2018 — 2019
The MSP trenches: network deployments, Windows migrations at scale, and on-site client support across Greater Vancouver — experience that later shaped Glimpse Networks.
Business Solutions Advisor & Product Advisor · Microsoft
2015 — 2016
Drove a Microsoft Dynamics CRM sales pipeline, worked with Microsoft's Enterprise Sales Group, and ran technology workshops for everyone from kids learning to code to business owners — where I saw the impact of technology on business up close.
Sales Representative & Geek Squad Agent · Best Buy Canada
2013 — 2015
Where it started: top-ranked sales, back-to-back MVP awards, and Geek Squad repairs — the years of customer service that still shape how I build products people understand.
BA, Double Minor: Business & Interactive Arts and Technology · Simon Fraser University
2014 — 2024
A degree built around multi-disciplinary curiosity: interactive systems through the Interactive Arts & Technology minor, business, and cognitive science along the computer science stream — earned alongside a full-time career.
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Ventures
Companies I've founded or help lead. Building things that outlast the codebase.
Glimpse Networks
Founded in 2017, Glimpse Networks is a managed service provider for Metro Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, and the Fraser Valley. It gives businesses of 10–250 people the technology foundation of a much larger company: proactive managed IT, enterprise-grade cybersecurity, tested backups, colocation, and GN Cloud — a sovereign, PIPEDA-compliant alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive, hosted entirely in Canada.
- Managed IT & 24/7 helpdesk built on prevention, not firefighting
- Cybersecurity, backup & disaster recovery in every plan
- GN Cloud — private cloud storage on Canadian soil
- Certified partners: Sophos, Veeam, Microsoft
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Open source & tinkering
I keep the tinkerer's habit — my personal projects come from scratching my own itch, then sharing the fix.
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Let's talk
Whether it's aviation tech, managed IT for your business, or just comparing notes on a homelab build — my inbox is open.