Nathan Tell
Director of Operations
- Credentials
- BA, Grad DIP
- Based in
- Calgary, Alberta
About
Hands-on Quality.
From the front lines to the front office, our team brings knowledge, perspective, and practical solutions to every engagement.
The team
Dedicated. Reliable. Builders.
Ryan Hopf
President & CEO
Ryan has led operating companies for about two decades, from founding a logistics business to running national operations at MasTec Canada. He founded Bison & Bird in 2021 and leads the firm as President & CEO.
- Has run
- MasTec Canada (EVP); Iracore (COO & EVP, Sales); Civeo / PTI Group (GM, VP Operations Control); Loop Logistics.
- Credentials
- MBA, ICD.D
- Based in
- Calgary, Alberta
Larry Kim
Senior Full Stack + AI Engineer
- Credentials
- BBA
- Based in
- Calgary, Alberta
Khalid Ghanem
Technical Builder
Caleb Melin
Intern, Cloud Services
- Credentials
- BCS, 4th year
- Based in
- Calgary, Alberta
Ian Tell
Chief Revenue Officer
- Credentials
- B.Sc.
- Based in
- Calgary, Alberta
How we are different
Claude for operating companies. Built by people who have run them.
We will lose deals that want a hundred use cases and a steering committee. That is the filter.
| They sell | We sell |
|---|---|
| A transformation program | One workflow |
| A catalog of agents | Claude on work you already run |
| A hundred use cases and a steering committee | One number, measured before we start |
| A Copilot rollout | Enterprise Claude the company can defend |
| A workshop | A decision: do this, do not do that |
How we work
Four steps.
- 01
You describe it.
A few sentences is enough. What the job is, who does it today and what it touches.
- 02
We prove the concept.
Does AI fit, what would it take on, how much should it do on its own, and what number should move.
- 03
Users test and accept.
We test and document every build, and your users try it on real work.
- 04
Agents go live.
Always inside your environment, with security and guardrails.
The operating record
What we have run before Bison & Bird is on the operating record. It is why we can sit in the room.
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