Laurence Girard

Laurence Girard is a seasoned tech entrepreneur and leader with a strong background in scaling teams, systems, and culture.

With a passion for enabling teams to create exceptional products and fostering community, Laurence has a proven track record of driving growth and success.

Having played key roles in various organizations, Laurence spearheaded significant expansions including growing Thrasio's engineering and program management team from 6 to 120 individuals.

Notably, Laurence scaled GIPHY's API and infrastructure, resulting in a growth from 1.3 billion to over 80 billion requests per month.

With 15+ years of professional software development experience, Laurence has co-founded a 22-person web startup and held the position of CTO.

His expertise extends to diverse roles such as Founding CTO at Gigaverse, Vice President of Engineering at Thrasio, and Director of API Engineering at GIPHY.

Additionally, Laurence has contributed as a Project and Festival Manager at Further Future and as a Software Engineering Consultant at MaiTai Global.

Laurence's educational background includes a degree in B.Comm., Management Information Systems from Concordia University.

Throughout his career journey, Laurence Girard has been instrumental in driving multiple business exits and excels in product development and fostering a positive organizational culture.