Kurtis Funai is a 100-per-cent Ottawa success story, someone who grew up in Orleans, followed his passion for computers into studies at Algonquin College, and today is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Fullscript, one of the city’s fastest-growing technology companies.
For his accomplishments, Funai was recently named a recipient of Ottawa’s Forty Under 40 Award for 2021, the region’s most prestigious business award for people under 40. The award, which was also presented this year to fellow Algonquin alumni Nick McRae, President of Roxborough Bus Lines, and Christopher Redmond, Director, Distant Red Pictures, is a joint initiative of the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Board of Trade.
“I’m someone who loves technology and simply pursued that passion,” Funai says when asked about the secret to his success. “The majority of my career growth and my success has come from caring about people and what I do. That’s it. There’s no secret beyond putting forward that effort.”
