ABOUT ME
Creative Technology Director, idea factory, tinkerer, cyclist, hiker, vegetarian living in the wilds of downtown Toronto
- Born in London, England and emigrated to Canada with my parents at the age of 10.
- Vegetarian since I was 20 (and no, I have never missed meat)
- Love human-powered outdoor sports
- Successful kidney transplant in 2005
- Had a paper route at 11
- Had a neighbourhood grass cutting business at 13
- Worked in a children's zoo at 15 feeding bears, beavers, lemurs, otters, pigs and squirrel monkies
- Have waited tables, landscaped and laboured on construction sites
- Spent the last 30+ years in the technology world. I started as a developer and have been a technical director since 2010.
- Roadtripped across Canada to both West and East coasts
- Spent time in Colombia, France, Greece, Mexico and Switzerland
- Love cooking and trying new foods. Indian is still one of my all-time favourites.
- Played the keyboardist for boy band "The Pragmatic Virgins" in 1992's Hurt Penguins
- And yes ladies, I am single
Troy Forster
Outdoor Sports and Achievements
- Rock climbing
- Ice climbing
- Cycling
- Mountain biking
- Cross-country skiing
- Snowshoeing
- Running
- Trail running
- Hiking
- Canoe/Kayaking
- Sailing
- Co-founder of The Screaming Carrots race team
- Competed in dozens of 24 hour mountain bike relay races, 100Km enduros as well as 8 hour, 12 hour and multi-day adventure races
- Created the exclusive SCAR (Screaming Carrots Adventure Race) series
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% of Bruce Trail Hiked
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Movies/TV Show Appearances
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Kidney Transplant
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Decades as a Tech Pro