Iran Karimian started her career in marketing and program management over ten years ago, working on the agency side for some of Canada's largest brands like Google, YouTube, Kraft Heinz and the Royal Bank of Canada. Today, Iran is responsible for startup and accelerator ecosystem efforts at Google Canada, where she brings the best of Google's people, programs, products and technology to startup teams across the country. She currently resides in Toronto, and in her free time enjoys reading, practicing yoga and discovering new restaurants and coffee shops in the city.