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 Network 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.

Nicolas Lee
President & CEO of Woozworld
Part Woozworld’s founding team, Nicolas is a Rich Internet Applications technology expert. He has multiple years experience planning , building architecture and leading the development of technological solutions to deliver the highest quality media software products available on the market for companies such as Ubisoft , Disney, Cookie Jar, Nelvana and PBS. Nicolas’ deep and broad experience both as a manager and a technology guru is a key part of Woozworld’s success. He has built and led the company’s development team which developed its complex code and technologies into a highly efficient and scalable product allowing Woozworld to keep up its unrelenting accelerated growth.
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About Woozworld, Woozworld: Woozworld develops and operates gaming websites for kids and teenagers.
Adrian Montgomery
Chief Executive Officer of Enthusiast Gaming
Adrian Montgomery is the Chief Executive Officer at Enthusiast Gaming. He attended
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About Enthusiast Gaming: Enthusiast Gaming is a platform that reaches three hundred million video gamers monthly through its portfolio of communities.

Bernadette Butler
CEO & Founder of Storytap
CEO and chief storyteller, Bernadette is a 20 year veteran in marketing and advertising, and one of the creators of StoryTap.
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About Storytap: StoryTap is humanizing the online shopping experience with customer video reviews.
Arth Tyagi
CEO of ConnectDome
Arth Tyagi is the Co-Founder and CEO of ConnectDome, a startup that solves networking for developers. He is also the Founder of an open-source and free coding platform called DomeCode.
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About ConnectDome: Network, build, and ship.

Steve Skiba
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of AnyQuip
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About AnyQuip, North Star Contracting Inc.: Anyquip is Canada’s peer-to-peer heavy equipment rental network where members get underutilized heavy equipment to work in every industry.
Akilan Theva
Founder & CEO of BisRing
Akilan has over twenty years of technology industry experience working in Ottawa, Canada from start-ups to billion-dollar multinational corporations. His design projects started from just ideas and have grown into hundred-million-dollar revenue makers. He is also a successful real estate investor with investments in multiple cities. Finding reputable service providers and businesses, to manage and maintain the properties cost-effectively, was clearly a challenge in the real estate industry. The desire to provide a solution for this obstacle lead him to quit his six-figure high paying engineering job and found BisRing.
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About BisRing: BisRing connects home owners & real estate investors with reputable service provides and businesses to manage & maintain the properties.
Joseph Nakhla
Founder & CEO of bazinga! Technologies
Joseph is the Founder and CEO of Gateway Property Management.
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About bazinga! Technologies, Gateway Property Management: Bazinga offers a range of software and services that focus on community management and communications.

Al Steele
CEO & Chairman (Founder) of VIKTRE
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About VIKTRE: VIKTRE (“vik’tr’ee”) is a content publishing platform and private network for pro, Olympic and National Team Athletes.
Amir Alikhanzadeh
Co Founder and CEO of Madlipz
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About Madlipz: MadLipz lets users make instant voiceover and subtitle parodies to share with other people.

Joel Auge
CEO & Founder of Fan.si
In the midst of major flux in the music industry, I’ve decided to commit my efforts to something I’m deeply passionate about, music. I see an amazing opportunity to have new technologies mix to help artists sustain themselves for the long-run through the committed support of fans. This should be an amazing ride. I’m glad to be starting Reflectico Inc. to help solve some growing (and now massive) problems in this space. Stay tuned.
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About Fan.si: Fan.si is a platform allowing fans to support artists and artists to deeply engage with fans.

Fabien Lafontaine
CEO of Yelosquare
Founder of Picmile.
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About Yelosquare: The yellow sticker to chat with the owner of any object, car, house

Doug MacKay
Founder / CEO of Sidekick.co
Doug MacKay has created Sidekick.co which is poised to change the way people find cloud solutions, engage with relevant service providers and – ultimately – make purchasing decisions. With a history of innovating across entertainment and marketing industries, Doug is considered a strategic thinker with depth in both creative and technology. Doug’s history includes award winning computer animation, world class digital marketing as well as local innovation consulting, which all led to the next phase of his life: Sidekick. Doug is a strategic thinker and creative technologist who understands the challenges businesses face. Doug is also active in his community having coached children’s soccer and supports various local organizations.
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About Sidekick.co: Sidekick.co is the best way to discover, research and source software solutions and services around the world.

Daniel Ling
Founder/CEO of antsquare
Founder, CEO of antsquare.
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About antsquare: Antsquare builds the next generation of online retail marketplace, anywhere and everywhere with mobile
Ismail Benmbarek
CEO & Co-Founder of Wandure Inc.
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About Wandure Inc.: The only dating app that plans a first date for every match. For exhausted swipers. Now in Montreal and Ottawa, Canada
Matrix Thompson
CEO, Co-Founder of Pamper Me Network
Matrix Thompson is the founder at Pamper Me Network.
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About Pamper Me Network: The Pamper Me Network develops Social Rewards technology for individuals and businesses.
Brad Gaulin
President & CEO of GOmentr Inc.
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About GOmentr Inc.: GOmentr builds a foundation for sustainable success for organizations by enabling people to capture & share their “know-how”.

Susan Joynt
Founder and CEO of RuListing Inc.
Susan_Joynt is a Founder and CEO of RuListing.com.
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About RuListing Inc.: A real estate networking platform to message and qualify buyers and renters online before showings.

Victor Cheke
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PalsUniverse.com
Mr.Victor Cheke of Saskatchewan Canada is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PalsUniverse.com. Victor Cheke is a Chemical Engineer (B.Sc.Honours, Diploma) and a self taught software developer, website developer and computer programmer. Furthermore, Victor Cheke is an Entrepreneur and a self taught Economist.
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About PalsUniverse.com: A Social Networking Website that seeks to connect everyone globally and helps avoid monopoly in the market space giving consumers choices.
Afshin Mousavian
CEO & Co-Founder of Daily Challenge
Since 2002, Afshin has been tethered to Social Media and its development, seeking new ways of implementing Web 2.0 for innovative marketing strategies. His creativity, along with his sociable personality, makes him the ideal Social Media Marketing (SMM) evangelist. Currently acting as the CEO at Daily Challenge Afshin is focusing on utilizing the enormous power of Social Media to create products and strategies for sustainable social responsibility initiatives. With an extensive background in web marketing, product development, and management, Afshin has both the vision and the practical experience to lead a startup to its success.
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About Daily Challenge, Demac Media: Daily Challenge is a social networking site focused on mobilizing “Do Gooders” around the planet with challenges.

Kenny Lemieux
CEO & Co-founder of Cueskew Epic Sharing
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About Cueskew Epic Sharing, moblivu: Cueskew is a social networking site that combines e-commerce with a future-forward system that rewards its users

Urs Camenisch
Founder / CEO of 5F – Find Fit Friends. For Free.
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About 5F – Find Fit Friends. For Free.: 5F is a free iOS app to find Sport Buddies nearby. There are over 100 different activities to choose from and 4 different skill levels.
Ran Du
CEO of DuNu
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About DuNu: Do new things and meet new people