About the Hosts
KAROLYN HARTKarolyn Hart is an award-winning Canadian entrepreneur, technology executive, activist, speaker, author and Founder of InspireHUB.
Karolyn has spent two decades building a unique skill set around engagement including as a technologist with experience implementing large scale projects in financial services, automotive and healthcare; an entrepreneur launching a national television show; an award-winning economic developer working in community engagement; and a startup co-founder designing and working with the latest in Progressive Web App technology. Karolyn knows what it takes to keep a team engaged against all odds.
Karolyn has been covered in Reader's Digest, The Globe and Mail, CBC, The Chicago Tribune, GCN and SD Times. She was recognized as one of 99 Limit Breaking Female Founders by Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global and was featured as a Top Female Disruptor in Authority Magazine. Her technical white papers have been published by various industry magazines, and her 2017 white paper garnered the support and participation from leading engineers in Google Chrome and Samsung Internet.
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SAMANTHA CASTRO
Samantha Castro is a multi-talented professional with experience in television, film and technology and is the Director of Video Production & Digital Storytelling at InspireHUB.Samantha's experience living in the U.S., Ireland and the U.K. has allowed her to see through the eclectic and creative lens that informs her work. Since graduating Suma Cum Laude from the University of North Texas, she has passionately pursued working on multiple films and enthusiastically taken up leadership roles in every company she has joined. Samantha knows what it takes to successfully produce, whether that is a team, a media project or a software product.
As a multi-lingual video producer at InspireHUB Samantha wears multiple hats across the organization. She is the lead QA Tester for the IHUBApp, the lead producer of all InspireHUB video content and is responsible all aspects of the Big On Small Podcast. Her belief is that a customer should be delighted with every interaction they encounter, whether directly with a fellow teammate of InspireHUB, the IHUBApp product itself or in viewing content that has been produced.
Samantha was awarded the internal nickname of 'Samnado' by the development team for her extraordinary ability to destroy software bugs during her QA Testing duties of the IHUBApp platform. Assisting her teammates in the production of a strong product was a key contribution that allowed InspireHUB to obtain the Business Excellence Award in Innovation in 2018.