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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 Sports 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.
John Levy
CEO of theScore
John is a media industry entrepreneur, growing his family’s small cable business into one of the 10 largest distributors in the country, before launching Sportscope in 1994, an alphanumeric TV channel delivering sports scores and stats 24/7.This evolved into theScore Television Network, a leader in authentic and interactive sports entertainment, providing sports news, highlights and live games. By 2012 theScore was available in more than 6.6 million homes across Canada and, in October that year, John and his team structured and executed the sale of Score Media’s television assets to Rogers Media and the spin-out of Score Media’s digital assets to Score Media’s shareholders into a new entity – theScore, Inc. This allowed John and his team to focus 100% on growing theScore’s hugely popular mobile platforms, including its flagship app ‘theScore,’ one of the most popular sports apps in North America.
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About theScore: TheScore creates mobile-first sports experiences through real-time news, scores, fantasy information, and alerts.
Jason Xu
Co-Founder & CEO of Battlefy
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About Battlefy: Battlefy is the simplest way to find and manage esports competitions.
Tom Douramakos
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder of Refcam
Experienced Executive, Entrepreneur and Investor | Founder of GuestLogix Inc. a TSX company, a provider of transaction-based ancillary retail solutions for the passenger travel industry, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair from 2002 to 2012.
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About Refcam: RefCam is specifically designed to be worn with or integrated into a sports helmet.
Ben Feferman
CEO of Amuka Esports
CEO of Amuka Esports – building local esports hubs across North America
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About Amuka Capital, Amuka Esports, LeverageIT: Amuka Esports creates localized esports hubs in cities across North America.
Austin Walper
CEO & Co-Founder of PLAYR.gg
Entrepreneur, CEO, Strategist, Content Creator
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About PLAYR.gg, The Human Startup: PLAYR.gg was a technology platform that enables enterprise brands to generate, segment, and activate first-party customer data.
Marcello Leone
CEO & President of RYU Apparel
Marcello Leone is highly regarded as a visionary in the fashion industry. Recognized as one of North America’s leading retailers operating one of the Canada’s largest and most successful independent specialty stores for over 16 years, Mr. Leone’s entrepreneurial achievements are a result of his strong leadership, strategic vision and ability to raise capital. In 2012 he founded Naturo Group Investments Inc., which owns Trace Blackwater, a rapidly growing private beverage company with distribution in over 2,000 locations. Mr. Leone has been an RYU investor since 2011.
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About BevCanna Enterprises, RYU Apparel: RYU Apparel specializes in developing men’s and women’s performance apparel for the athletic minded consumer.
Neil Lane
Co-Founder & CEO of Stathletes
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About Stathletes: Stathletes is a Canadian company.
Steven Salz
Co-Founder & CEO of Rivalry.com
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About PMML, Rivalry.com: Rivalry is a sports betting and sports media startup on the hunt to revolutionize an entire industry.
Vijai Karthigesu
Founder, CEO of Swarmio Media
Vijai is an innovator, entrepreneur and visionary IT executive who has been helping organizations to create unique and ahead-of-the-curve technologies and IT strategies to adapt, change and lead major market transitions, and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Vijai is the Founder of Nudpam Inc., and Co-Founder of Cloud Dynamics Inc. and SpectraVoice. Vijai also held senior technology leadership positions in multi- billion dollar Public and Private sector companies in Canada, including Bell/Shaw, Rogers and eHealth. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University. Vijai has also been a speaker at major technological events and has espoused the need for technology to be human focused in the emerging Internet of Things (IOT) era.
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About Swarmio Media: Ubique Networks is an innovative technology company delivering a network intelligence and optimization platform
Sebastian Koper
Co-Founder and CEO of Domio
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About Domio: Revolutionary audio for your sports helmet!
Frank Prempeh II
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lemeister
An astute polymath, principal business consultant, mathematician, artificial intelligence enthusiast, professional poker player, professional sports wager and serial entrepreneur. Frank’s passions are multifaceted and they range from the fields of oncological medicine, game theory, rhetoric, pedagogy, foreign language learning, algorithms, robotics, augmented intelligence, artificial intelligence, futurism, nanotechnology, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, hermeneutics, eschatology, history, social engineering, current affairs, geopolitics, business strategy, quantitative finance, investments, financial markets, business process outsourcing (BPO), offshoring, poker, startups and entrepreneurship through to the application of predictive analytic models for professional sports betting, scouting and tactical analyses. Frank currently manages and oversees several fully active businesses primarily focused within/intersecting the following market segments; Business Consulting & Advisory, Academic/Professional Editorial Services, E-Learning, Sports Betting, International Educational Consulting, High Frequency Trading, Big Data Analytics, Trading Automation, Internet of Things (IoT), Algorithms, Business Process Outsourcing, Sports Broadcasting Rights, Streaming, Personal/Home Security Solutions, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies. Frank is constantly looking to broaden my horizons and expand my niche and therefore envisage penetrating new markets and applying/deploying my skill sets and faculties likewise.
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About Corpshore Solutions, Lemeister, The Business Plan Guru: Sports Analytics, Algorithms, IoT Wearables & Broadcasting Rights
John Coombs
Co-founder & CEO of Rover
Co-Founder & CEO of Rover Labs.
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About Judo, Rover: Rover iBeacon platform helps retailers deliver a better customer experience by transforming their mobile apps.
Gary Boddington
Co-Founder & CEO of Sports Technology Group
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About Sports Technology Group: STG offers professional blockchain services and an athlete management application enabled by blockchain technology.
Anna Hu
Co-Founder & CEO of Brizi
Crowd-control camera experiences @Brizi | Forbes 30 UNDER 30 | sports-tech entrepreneur
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About Brizi: Brizi lets anyone tap into nearby cameras to capture group memories at iconic places.
Brandon Koffler
CEO & Founder of Fanxchange
Brandon Koffler is Founder and CEO at FanXchange.
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About Fanxchange: Fanxchange is a ticket marketplace focused on streamlining the way consumers access live events via a distributed commerce model
Irvi Mati
CEO of FITN Classes
Versatile tech enthusiast and angel investor,with a seasoned entrepreneurial mindset and field experience interested in leading innovation, providing strategic vision, driving revenue and acting as a thought leader and a subject matter expert by understanding the competitive landscape
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About FITN Classes: Book single classes, personal trainers, and sports events making use of existing spaces in gyms, condos, hotels and parks.
Joe Velacich
Co-Founder and CEO of WayPoint Golf
A serial entrepreneur, mentor and seasoned executive with strong business leadership experience. A proven track record of increasing shareholder value through the delivery of business plan goals, developing strategic relationships and building high performing teams, in both large enterprises and high growth startups. Do what I say, and say what I do.
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About WayPoint Golf: WayPoint is a is a web based, mobile friendly solution built to address the needs of the golf tournament industry.
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.
Harrison Brown
Co-Founder & CEO of HeadCheck Health
Harrison Brown is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at HeadCheck Health. He is the inventor, manager, and industry expert for the company. Harrison is a PhD candidate and Masters of Science graduate at UBC, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph, and has broad scientific research experience in sports-related concussion identification and management.
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About HeadCheck Health: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) concussion testing & compliance monitoring solution that works for any sports organization or clinic.
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.
Darcy E. Krogh
President & CEO of Global Daily Fantasy Sports
Darcy Krogh serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Global Daily Fantasy Sports.
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About Global Daily Fantasy Sports: GDFSI is a multi-tenanted gateway that allows operators to offer their customers a Daily Fantasy Sports product.
Kelly Brooks
CEO and Founder of Quarter4
A progressive technology leader. Kelly is the CEO and co-founder of Quarter4.io, a progressive sports betting and gaming technology that brings the future to us, today. Artificial intelligence and data automation drives this game-changer for the global sports gaming industry. Founded the the successful mobile development agency, SpeakFeel Corporation, in 2009, deploying over 500 custom cloud-based solutions for multiple industries. A strategic thinker that is continuously adapting to technology and envisioning where progressive tech can accelerate industries that are transforming. An expert in team growth and development, tech evolution, start-up scale, key partnership and investor relations as well as thought leadership. A mentor for women in STEM and an articulate speaker on topics such as Sports Data and Analytics, The New Bettor, Artificial Intelligence and Predictions, Data Automation, Entrepreneurship, Product Development, Pitching to Investors and Building Teams.
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About Quarter4: An AI company that generates over 2M sporting predictions daily. Key B2B customers are Media, Leagues, SportsBooks and Daily Fantasy
Jo-Anne Reynolds
CEO & Co-Founder of SpikeBee
CEO & Co-Founder at SpikeBee.
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About SpikeBee: Marketplace to Search & Book Camps, Classes & Activities.
Mubdu Alali
Co-founder and CEO of Bloxo
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About Bloxo: Bloxo creates an entire marketplace for organizers to host activities, we are currently mastering pickup sports!
Dustin Sproat
Co-founder & CEO of Shnarped
Founder at Shnarped
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About Asana, Shnarped: Shnarped builds sports media applications for athletes and fans to connect and create simple video highlights.
Jillian Evans
Founder & CEO of PETE
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About PETE: PETE is a second-screen experience for the burgeoning reality TV market: a fantasy platform, publisher and social community all in one.
Jeremy Koenig
Founder/CEO of Athletigen
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About Athletigen: Delivering world-class DNA analysis techology to optimize performance in elite athletes and develop precision products
Tristan Lehari
Founder & CEO of TritonWear
Founder & CEO of TritonWear
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About TritonWear: TritonWear redefines athlete limits with a wearable and app that actually guides consistently better training.
Martin Page
Co-founder & CEO of Yulplay
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About Metrio Software, Inc., Yulplay: Yulplay develops real-time mobile games for sports fans.
Martin Page
Co-founder & CEO of Yulplay
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About Metrio Software, Inc., Yulplay: Yulplay develops real-time mobile games for sports fans.
Tunch Akkaya
Co-Founder & CEO of GameStrat
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About GameStrat: GameStrat provides coaches with the ability to have instant replay during the game on the sidelines, bench or up in the press box.
Mike MacDonald
Co-Founder & CEO of MyStrengthBook
Mike has a long list of accomplishments as a powerlifter. Competing at an elite level for over 10 years, and earning several medals at the World Championships. Outside of powerlifting, Mike is a designated Chartered Accountant with many years of experience performing financial analysis for large public corporations. Mike now brings his expertise with data analysis to the realm of sport performance.
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About MyStrengthBook: MyStrengthBook is a platform for athletes & coaches to build workouts, plan training programs, & analyze training metrics.
Ali Ghafour
Founder & CEO of 20/20 Armor
Ali is a veteran of the digital media industry with over 14-years of experience designing, developing and scaling web applications in the financial services, private education and enterprise software industries.
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About 20/20 Armor: 20/20 Armor makes an electronic chestguard for martial arts that removes the guessing from scoring.
Ben Hwang
Co-Founder and CEO of Vamo Tech Inc.
Ben is a student entrepreneur in his final semester at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Vamo Tech Inc., a sports technology company that builds smart training aids for hockey players. At SFU Beedie’s 2016 Opportunity Fest, Vamo Tech won first place in the category of Most Technologically Innovative Opportunity, where Ben also won Mr. Opportunity as the most engaging male presenter. Recently, Ben competed in the final round of the Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition in Toronto and reached the final three in the Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO) Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) Regional Competition in Vancouver. He is currently completing his BBA, with concentrations in Management Information Systems and Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
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About Vamo Tech Inc.: Technology for specialized sports training
