About Northern Village
A personalized, collaborative, "village" approach
Northern Village is based on Guelph, Ontario. We were established in 2002, and are a certified B Corporation, a designation that verifies the company meets high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
We make sure we do things right, and take pride in providing personalized customer service through a collaborative approach. Our "village" of carefully vetted creative and technical experts provides a wide range of complementary services, including content development, SEO optimization and social media management.
We’ll deliver a complete project from start to finish, or integrate with your existing team for specialized support, according to your needs. Either way, your end result will be an engaging website and efficient software solutions at an affordable cost.
Northern Village Team
Arni Mikelsons has been building software and websites since the beginning of the Internet. He founded Northern Village to help small businesses, organizations and charities have accessible technology. He combines his software experience at Open Text and Burntsand with his care for the community to deliver purpose-driven solutions. Arni brings extensive board governance and volunteer leadership experience to empower innovation and creativity in the Northern Village team. Arni is the former Chair of B Local Ontario and the first Chair of the Toronto Environmental Alliance.
Favourite Outdoor Activities: Hockey, hiking, rock collecting, cycling.
Paul Cassel employs the power of markets through Up Marketing to drive social and environmental awareness at personal, corporate and institutional levels to support the design, development and promotion of intelligent, transparent, democratic and sustainable practices. Up Marketing is a Certified Google Partner.
Favourite Outdoor Activities: Canoeing, x-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, observing nature and its Inhabitants
Chinthan is a software developer with strong skills in cloud architecture, artificial intelligence, and backend systems. He approaches problem-solving with a balance of technical depth and clear communication, valuing collaboration and shared ownership within teams. At Northern Village, Chinthan contributes to building scalable, secure, and reliable software solutions while working closely with others to support mission-driven initiatives.
Favourite Outdoor Activities: Playing cricket, skating, and trekking.
Dr. Mark Goldberg is a serial entrepreneur who has started 4 companies and an NGO. He has over 25 years’ experience in business in several capacities, including director of research, CEO and board chair. He currently works part time as a Mentor at Innovation Guelph where he helps entrepreneurs start and scale up technology companies.
Favourite Outdoor Activities: Favourite sport is hockey but also skiing, canoeing, fishing and hiking.
By placing intelligence at the edges, rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation.
Vinton Cerf
Internet pioneer