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Did Bill Schonbrun co-found CarboNet?
Yes. CarboNet's leadership page, read 2026-10-17, lists "Bill Schonbrun, Cofounder / Chief Operating Officer" and says he "played a key role in launching CarboNet in 2018". BC Business (2022-03-15) names "COO William Schonbrun" among the founders, and its Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 feature (2024-10-25) is headlined on "Co-founders Barry Yates, Michael Carlson, Amielle Lake and Bill Schonbrun". Techcouver (2024-03-18) also lists him as a cofounder. Sources differ on the year: Techcouver says 2016, the company says 2018, and BC Business says the company launched in 2019.
What did Bill Schonbrun do before CarboNet?
CarboNet's leadership page, read 2026-10-17, credits him with "over 20 years in operations and product management" and work at Blast Radius, Monexa and Oracle. BC Business (2022-03-15) calls him "a former colleague of Yates' from digital agency Blast Radius", and its 2024 feature (2024-10-25) says Yates "brought in his long-time business partner Bill Schonbrun" in 2019. No fetched page gives his dates or titles at those companies.
Has Bill Schonbrun spoken at TechTO?
No. CarboNet has no talk on a TechTO stage. Co-founder Amielle Lake spoke at TechVancouver on 2016-08-12, presenting "Amielle Lake of Tagga presents the Value Proposition" for Tagga Media, the company Lake ran before CarboNet.
Where is Bill Schonbrun based, and what is his role today?
CarboNet's leadership page, read 2026-10-17, lists him as co-founder and chief operating officer, managing "the company's product strategy, manufacturing, and distribution". BC Business (2024-10-25) describes CarboNet as East Vancouver-based, but no fetched page states where Schonbrun himself lives, so no city is recorded. The archived carbonet.com team page (Wayback Machine capture of 2022-01-18) listed him as "William Schonbrun, Chief Operating Officer"; the company's current page uses "Bill".