At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Canada based CEO’ operating in the Social Media Management space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Thomas Rankin
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Dash Hudson
Thomas is the cofounder and CEO of Dash Hudson. The world’s most discerning brands and publishers use Dash Hudson to create and share photos and videos that people care about. Our visual intelligence platform provides a one-stop solution to predict performance, distribute, measure, and enhance engagement across all of your visual marketing channels.
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About Dash Hudson: Visual Marketing Software for the World’s Most Important Brands
Steve Desjarlais
CEO/ Co-founder of Heyday AI
Steve Desjarlais is the CEO and co-founder of Hey Day. He has 17 years of experience in software development and 9 years of management experience. Steve is a former product director at Ubisoft.
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About Heyday AI: Heyday is the leading Conversational AI platform for retailers.
Harsh Mehta
Founder & CEO of Synctag
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About Synctag: Synctag is a unique aggregator that brings your email, social, media, content networks and provides AI analytics for such networks
Tara Hunt
CEO, Founder of Truly Inc
Tara ‘missrogue’ Hunt is the CEO and founder of Truly Inc. Tara was one of the co-founders of the Coworking movement, co-founded Citizen Agency and Citizen Space, and launched Riya.com in 2006 (now like.com). She is the author of The Whuffie Factor (published in 8 languages) and has spoken at over 100 conferences worldwide. She lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is working on startup Buyosphere.com.
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About Lime Foundry, Travelzoo, Truly Inc: Digital Audience Market Research & Insights

Lucas Litwiniuk
Co-Founder & CEO of Kabuk
Co-Founder & CEO of Kabuk.
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About Kabuk, Kabuk Law: Kabuk connects patients with leading healthcare professionals, increasing accessibility to healthcare in Canada.
Charlie Fernandez
CEO – CMO – Cofounder of Studio Reverbere
I am : – Kind of an outgoing really friendly guy; – Co-founder of Studio Réverbère and Maple Inside; – Blogger, mentor, public speaker and, above all, great cook; – Helping amazing people to market brilliant ideas; – Born in France, raised in many cultures. I love : – Sharing my business knowledge and personal experiences; – Instagram stories way too much; – Amazingly simple ideas that solve my daily struggles; – Pretending to be networking; – Facebook lookalike audiences <3 I used to be : - Marketing and communications strategic advisor for digital agencies; - Chief Communications Officer of the most important french speaking digital venue in America; - Independent consultant in digital performance for regional SMEs; - Radio columnist for a local station with an incredible team!
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About Maple Inside, Studio Reverbere: We help you grow ($$) via Instagram
Michelle Mollineaux
Co-founder & CEO of KoolProjects Media Inc.
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About KoolProjects Media Inc.: Social enterprise platform to showcase and follow projects from start to finish
Michelle Mollineaux
Co-founder & CEO of KoolProjects Media Inc.
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About KoolProjects Media Inc.: Social enterprise platform to showcase and follow projects from start to finish
Linden Schwark
Founder and CEO of Vancouver SEO Agency
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About Vancouver SEO Agency: Vancouver SEO Agency is a results orientated company that uses ethical SEO services to dominate the competiton.
Linden Schwark
Founder and CEO of Vancouver SEO Agency
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About Vancouver SEO Agency: Vancouver SEO Agency is a results orientated company that uses ethical SEO services to dominate the competiton.