About
Hi, I'm Evan.
I'm a builder, event creator, and emcee based in Vancouver. I'm drawn to things that bring people together — and I tend to just start doing them before I fully figure out how.
My story
I grew up with a lot of energy and not quite enough places to put it. Sports helped. So did getting in front of people — school presentations, improv, whatever got me talking. Turns out I liked both the physical challenge and the social game.
At UBC I started organizing events almost by accident. A manhunt game I threw together with some friends turned into something way bigger. Now Hodson Hunt pulls hundreds of people across city blocks — custom rules, live-action chaos, real memories.
Around the same time I started teaching myself to code. Not out of passion for syntax, but because I kept hitting problems I wanted to solve and didn't want to wait for someone else to solve them. Chrome extensions, web apps, startup ideas that might go somewhere — it's all in progress.
I got asked to emcee TEDxUBC and it clicked: I genuinely love hosting rooms. Keeping energy up, reading an audience, making transitions feel effortless — it's its own craft.
Right now I'm finishing my degree, building things in public, training for a triathlon, and trying to meet as many interesting people as possible.
“I tend to just start doing things before I fully figure out how.”
— Evan, probably
Interests
What I'm into
Running
5am runs before the city wakes up.
Biking
Long rides, bad playlists.
Swimming
Lap pool therapy.
Hosting
Rooms, stages, moments.
Building
Code as a creative medium.
Storytelling
Vlogs, reels, raw footage.
Psychology
Why people do what they do.
Adventure
Mountains are underrated.
Right now
What I'm working on
Hodson Hunt
Running the next large-scale manhunt event. Better systems, bigger maps, more chaos.
Shift → Calendar
Chrome extension for shift workers. Building in public, shipping fast.
Sales & persuasion
Reading, experimenting, applying. The overlap between sales and psychology is wild.