Cybele is a serial entrepreneur, seasoned board member, speaker, mentor, and columnist. Cybele is CEO & Co-Founder of Webnames.ca, Canada’s original .CA Registrar and provider of hundreds of domain extensions, corporate domain portfolio management, webhosting, email, security products, and other online solutions. Webnames’ clients include some of the country’s largest corporations, government, law-firms, and global Fortune 500 brands.
In addition to her role as Vice-Chair of the permanent BC Small Business Roundtable, Cybele serves as an ICD.D accredited director on a diverse portfolio of corporate boards. These include Webnames.ca Inc., AGF Management (TSX: AGF B) (Nominating & Corporate Governance and HR & Compensation Committees), the Royal Canadian Mint (Audit Committee; HR, Health & Safety Committee), BCAA (Chair, Risk Committee; Audit & Conduct Review Committees) and BlueShore Financial (Chair, Governance & Conduct Review Committee; Audit Committee; Nominations & Elections Committee).
She also serves as Vice-Chair of Science World and champion of the annual Girls & STEAM event. She also serves on the board of Telus Vancouver & Coastal Community board. She chairs the Departmental Audit Committee for Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada and serves on a number of other advisory boards and councils. As a Founding Visionary of the Prosperity Project, Cybele is actively involved in work to help mitigate the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian women and co-chairs their Rosie the Riveter Program (mentorship for women in STEM & skilled trades).
She formerly served on the Board of Governors of Capilano University, as Vice-chair of Small Business BC, and on the boards of the BC Premier’s Technology Council, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, Vancouver Economic Commission and Wired Women.
A Hall of Fame Inductee and four-time winner of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women and nine-time winner of PROFIT W100, some of Cybele’s other recognitions include Women’s Executive Network, Canadian Equity Diversity & Inclusion Award in the Corporate Board Directors category (2023), BMO Celebrating Women on Boards Award (2023), BIV500-BC’s top business leaders (2021 & 2022), Canada’s Marketing, Advertising, PR and Communications Hall of Fame Inductee (2021), BC Business Most Influential Women in Business (2018, 2017, 2015), and Business In Vancouver’s Influential Women in Business (2010) and Top 40 Under 40 (2003).
She is a columnist for Business in Vancouver and speaks at dozens of events each year including TEDx and Level Up Conference along with former Prime Ministers Chretien and Harper. Cybele was a member of the Small Business Task Force
Joined the Small Business Roundtable: October, 2009