The Writers

Wondering who is behind the Gazaro Blog? Here is a quick run down of our many writers.

Sam Zaid Founder & CEO

Entrepreneur and total nerd. Spent summer ‘09 at Singularity University and NASA studying artificial intelligence, genetics, nanotechnology and other cool stuff. Prior to Gazaro, Sam founded Apption and did a stint in photonics at Nortel. He is a 2008 Microsoft Code Award Winner, an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2009, and was a Google Scholarship recipient for the inaugural class of Singularity University.

Dominic Plouffe VP R&D

Dominic is an all around geek who loves learning new stuff everyday and is always looking for a challenge – that’s where Gazaro fits the bill! Dominic joined Gazaro to lead the development efforts in 2007 after having sold his previous start-up, FuseTalk, which he co-founded in 1998. When he’s not working on Gazaro, Dominic is a dedicated family man who loves to spend time with his wife and two children.

Brad Miller UX Director

Brad joined Gazaro as the resident usability guy, user experience designer, and web application developer in late 2009. With a background in computer science and a passion for web-based technologies, Brad focuses on the deal finding efficiency and effectiveness on Gazaro. Brad knows about your every click on Gazaro but tends to focus on the clicks you didn’t make.

Will Robertson Web Marketing Specialist

Will is a student from uOttawa’s Telfer School of Management, working towards his Bachelor of Commerce degree with a focus on E-business and Entrepreneurship. As the Web Marketing Specialist for Gazaro, Will regularly contributes to the blog, keeps an eye on the latest Tweets, and helps people discover how great Gazaro is.

Meagan and Andrea

Of these two, everyone in the office (and from afar) knows that Meagan is the strong, hard-working and hilarious one. And the perfect one. Also, the modest one. She studies at Carleton University (in Ottawa) and, unlike that nerd Andrea, has another year before she can graduate and accomplish her life long dream: sitting on a porch, complaining about today’s youth.

At the desk across from Meagan is Andrea. Studying marketing at the University of Ottawa, Andrea is 5 courses shy of holding her diploma. As a intern at Gazaro, exercising her brain with marketing activities and web 2.0 tech is a definite plus. Her only real challenge so far has been pronouncing Meagan’s name, ME-gan.