# Adrian Ebscins

> Adrian J. Ebscins is an Edmonton-based marketing executive whose route to Relay's chief marketing officer seat began in biochemistry labs and student science media. He founded and hosted Peer Review Radio, moved into bilingual digital communications at the University of Ottawa, then built B2B marketing programs across water technology, industrial 3D printing, education technology and financial technology. At Coursedog, he says the company grew from 50 to more than 300 customers while annual opportunity generation and pipeline quadrupled and the marketing team expanded from two people to seven.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Relay
- **Organizations:** Relay, Coursedog, Ready Education, AON3D, Saltworks Technologies, University of Ottawa, Peer Review Radio, CHUO 89.1 FM, McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal, Habitat for Humanity National Capital Region, iOrphan Canada
- **Education:** BSc, Biochemistry with a minor in Biotechnology, McGill University, MSc studies in Biochemistry; degree not completed, University of Ottawa
- **Known for:** Received a C$17,500 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship in 2010., Was named to McGill's Dean's Multidisciplinary Research List for undergraduate work across scientific disciplines., Founded Peer Review Radio and led a 32-episode season with more than a dozen volunteers.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Completed a BSc in Biochemistry with a Biotechnology minor at McGill University after laboratory research and co-leading the undergraduate science research journal.
- **2010** — Received a C$17,500 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship for biochemistry study at the University of Ottawa.
- **2010-2011** — Founded and ran Peer Review Radio on CHUO 89.1 FM, producing a 32-episode science program with more than a dozen volunteers.
- **2011** — Left master's study for a role as Online Community Specialist in the University of Ottawa Communications Directorate.
- **2012-2015** — Spoke on attention economics, analytics, digital communications and the future of higher education at conferences and classes in Canada, the United States and Europe.
- **2017-2018** — Joined Saltworks Technologies in marketing and later appeared publicly as its director of marketing, translating industrial water-treatment work for business audiences.
- **circa 2018-2019** — Served for about one year as Director of Marketing at industrial 3D-printing company AON3D.
- **2020-2021** — Served as Director of Marketing at Ready Education.
- **2021-2023** — Joined Coursedog as Director of Demand Generation.
- **2023-2026** — Advanced through Vice President of Demand Generation to senior marketing leadership at Coursedog.
- **2026** — Ended a four-and-a-half-year Coursedog tenure and joined Relay; public directories list him as Chief Marketing Officer.

## Achievements

- Received a C$17,500 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship in 2010.
- Was named to McGill's Dean's Multidisciplinary Research List for undergraduate work across scientific disciplines.
- Founded Peer Review Radio and led a 32-episode season with more than a dozen volunteers.
- Presented at more than 30 conferences and events by 2015 on subjects including online advertising, data science, multilingual e-government and futurism.
- At Ready Education, increased marketing-attributed pipeline value by 441% and average monthly lead generation by 24%, according to aggregated public profile data.
- At Coursedog, helped scale annual opportunity generation and pipeline fourfold while the marketing team grew from two to seven, according to his public farewell post.
- Helped Coursedog develop the academic-operations category across its platform, conference, community and magazine as the company grew from 50 to more than 300 customers.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Departed Coursedog after four and a half years, reporting growth from 50 to more than 300 customers and a fourfold increase in annual opportunity generation and pipeline during the period.
- **2026-08** — LinkedIn lists Relay as his current company, and a current employee directory lists him as Chief Marketing Officer in Edmonton.

## Links

- Website: https://relayfi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajebsary
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ajebsary
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AJEbsary

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Last updated: 2026-08-24