Company Info for ottawa.ca | IcebreakerCity of Ottawa
February 4, 2026
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My passion is people - understanding, hiring, leading, and growing them. I’m a builder. I’ve led and grown recruitment teams of 1-40+, worked internationally, and been a strategic HR business partner. I love learning people’s stories, and I care deeply about human-centred interviewing and candidate experience. I get excited about designing and scaling effective hiring programs, coaching and developing teams, and using data-informed experiments to drive change. Engineering is my speciality, but I’ve hired across all RnD & non-tech disciplines. I believe in leading with the right balance of empathy and accountability. I have a strong growth mindset, and thrive in ambiguous and constantly changing environments. During my 8 years at Shopify, I was among the first TA team members, and helped to grow the company over 20x. 
As the Co-Founder of Sprout.Hr, I thrive on helping high-growth organizations unlock their full potential by crafting international talent acquisition strategies, optimizing global payroll and compliance, and delivering customized scaling solutions. With over a decade of experience, I’ve partnered with more than 100 companies worldwide, building entire departments and entities from scratch, saving them over $23 million in salaries, and scaling their tech teams from zero to 1,000+ hires annually.
I’m passionate about empowering impact-driven organizations to thrive in the fast-paced tech industry by offering strategic, tailored solutions across software engineering, data science, product, design, QA, sales, and leadership. My mission? To help your business achieve scalable, sustainable growth with a competitive edge.
Beyond that, I mentor startups, advise entrepreneurs across Canada and Latin America, and inspire others as a keynote speaker and award-winning recruitment leader. Let’s build something extraordinary together.
• 2023 Top Recruitment Leader - The Americas - TopRecruiter.co
• 2022 Global Change Maker (Ecosystem Builders) - Argentinian Startups & Fund Association
• 2022 Top Recruitment Leader - The Americas - TopRecruiter.co
• 2021 Top Recruitment Leader - North America - TopRecruiter.co
• 2020 Top Recruitment Leader- North America - TopRecruiter.co
• 2019 Top Recruitment Leader - North America - TopRecruiter.co
• 2013 Volunteer Of The Year Award - City of Ottawa 
Resident emergency medicine physician at McMaster University in Canada
Graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine with further interest in MedEd, trauma, POCUS, and teaching financial literacy.
Research experience in the fields of emergency medicine, health tech/informatics (AI, patient portals, EHRs, data-driven healthcare, etc.), mental health, and geriatrics
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy-Zhang-2/research 
Strategic, adaptable, and relentlessly curious communications leader with 20+ years of experience helping forward-thinking brands grow. I bridge strategy and execution—equally comfortable shaping the big picture as I am diving into research, data & analytics, and hands-on campaign delivery.
As founder of KRC Digital, I’ve built something that’s not quite a consultancy and not an agency—we embed with your team as a true extension, driving marketing and communications programs that deliver measurable impact. With a background in teaching and training, I don’t just execute; I leave your team smarter, more capable, and inspired to keep building momentum long after the engagement ends.
With a trusted network of partners and freelancers, we scale seamlessly to offer full-spectrum marketing, PR, internal and external communications strategy, and execution. Whether serving as a fractional marketing leader or a specialist on demand, I bring a research-obsessed, data-driven, and creatively informed perspective that balances strategy with real-world results.
Specialties:
- Communications & Brand Leadership
- Marketing & GTM Strategy
- Data Analysis & KPI Development
- SEO & Demand Generation
- Digital Advertising & Social Media Strategy
- Storytelling & PR (internal + external)
- Training, Coaching & Fractional Leadership 
