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Corey Wagner

Co-founder, Bananatag

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Corey Wagner co-founded Bananatag, the Kelowna company whose email-tracking tool grew into internal-communications software for large employers, and ran it as CEO. Wagner launched it in August 2012 with two other co-founders and led it into a 2021 merger with Germany's Staffbase, then spent about a year at Staffbase as managing director for North America.

Corey hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Corey co-founded Bananatag.

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Did Corey Wagner co-found Bananatag?

Yes. The merger announcement Staffbase issued through PR Newswire on 2021-03-04 lists Corey Wagner as CEO and co-founder of Bananatag, with Isaac Oslund and Chris Wagner as fellow co-founders. BetaKit, on 2021-04-01, also quoted Wagner as Bananatag's CEO and co-founder.

How did Bananatag start?

In an Accelerate Okanagan Q&A published on 2019-02-05, Wagner said the software was built to track sales emails at a family electronics business, launched in August 2012 with three co-founders, and only began adding staff in 2014.

What happened after the Staffbase merger?

A Startup Grind Kelowna event page for a July 2023 fireside chat says Wagner became Staffbase's managing director of North America and vice president of product after the 2021 merger, and that the year working for Staffbase ended that month.

What has Wagner said about company culture?

In a FreshGigs.ca interview published on 2017-02-02, Wagner said Bananatag defined its company values when the team was about eight people, using feedback from everyone, and that the values held as the company grew.

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