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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 Security 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.
Jeff Shiner
CEO of 1Password
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About 1Password: 1Password is a secure and convenient password manager for documents, credit card information, and addresses.
Michael Harris
CEO of BlueCat
Michael has 20 years of senior executive operating experience in the software industry. He has proven hands on experience operating within growth and turn-around situations. He is currently the CEO of BlueCat Networks, the global leader in IP address management software solutions, which enable organizations to securely manage and automate the connection of devices, virtual and cloud environments and applications to the network, anywhere, in real-time. His most recent position prior to BlueCat was of CEO at MKS, where he drove not only the rapid growth of the company, but also led the sale of the company to Parametric Technology Corporation. Beginning his tenure at MKS as COO, he was instrumental in not only turning around the company from operating losses in 2002, but in also redefining the market for engineering change management for companies building software intensive systems. Prior to MKS, Michael was the President of the Industry Specific Applications group of divisions of Geac. In his role there, he helped drive not only the growth in profits of his group, but also developed the leading Real Estate Management system MLXchange as part of Interealty division. Before joining Geac, Michael moved quickly through the management ranks at SunGard, beginning in 1993 as the Manager of Technical Support, and culminating as the Managing Director of Global Services in 1999. Michael has an MBA from York University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia.
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About BlueCat, BlueCat: BlueCat builds next-generation IPAM, DNS, and DHCP solutions that connect mobile devices, applications, and the cloud.
Robert Herjavec
Founder, CEO of The Herjavec Group
Robert Herjavec is one of North America’s most recognizable business leaders. A first generation immigrant, Robert, age 8, arrived in Halifax, Canada on a boat with his parents after escaping Communism in the former Yugoslavia. From delivering newspapers and waiting on tables, to launching a computer company from his basement, his unlimited dreams led him to experience the classic “rags to riches” immigrant story. A dynamic entrepreneur, Robert has built and sold several IT companies to major players including AT&T and Nokia, on his way to amassing a personal fortune. Following a short retirement, Robert recently launched, The Herjavec Group (THG), a $125 million managed security company that is recognized by Profit 100 as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. In 2013, Robert won the prestigious Canadian “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” for Technology and was presented with the Queen’s Jubilee Award for outstanding service. Robert demonstrates his entrepreneurial expertise through his leading role on the Emmy nominated, hit American TV show, Shark Tank, now in its 5th season on ABC (produced by Mark Burnett Productions). His inspiring books, “Driven” and “The Will to Win”, were simultaneously Top 10 Bestsellers that earned him the title of “Best Selling Author”. Robert’s motivational business advice has received millions of impressions through TV, print, radio and digital media. To Robert, running a business is a lot like one of his greatest passions, racing cars. He believes, “You have to stay LASER-FOCUSED when driving a car over 200 miles an hour, similar to growing a business in today’s world of rapidly changing technology.” For the past three years, Robert has competed as Ferrari #007 for The Herjavec Group Racing in the North American Ferrari Challenge Series including winning, “Rookie of the Year 2011.”
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About The Herjavec Group: The Herjavec Group (THG) is one of Canada’s fastest-growing technology companies and the country’s largest IT security provider.
Daniel Assouline
CEO of Adaware
Daniel Assouline held the position as CEO of Adaware (formerly Lavasoft), a Canadian company that specializes in anti-malware products and that has become a world-renown security software provider, until recently when he became the CEO of Avanquest Canada. In March 2018, Adaware and its group of companies proudly announced a merger with the French company Avanquest and a subsidiary of Claranova to form a strategic partnership and create a new global Internet player. A web entrepreneur at heart, Daniel has co-founded several high-tech ventures since 2001, including: Lulu Software, which offers PDF solutions with SodaPDF software, and UpClick, an ecommerce platform for software vendors, both which are now operating under the Avanquest umbrella. Prior to launching his own businesses, Daniel spent seven years at Dell where he held various positions in sales, marketing and technology during his tenure. For the past ten years, Daniel has acquired and invested in many real-estate ventures, including residential properties and commercial developments in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Daniel holds an MBA from Queen’s University in Canada. As a well-respected Philanthropist, Daniel gives generously to many charitable organizations with his time and support through his ongoing dedication and involvement in the community. He actively volunteers and participates in fund-raising year round for many diverse and worthy causes.
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About Adaware: Adaware is an award-winning security and privacy software provider, empowering users to connect with confidence.
Jamie King
Co-Founder, President and CEO of Verafin
Jamie King’s background in robotics and artificial intelligence is what eventually led him to start Verafin back in 2003 along with two other post-grad electrical engineering students, Brendan Brothers and Raymond Pretty. Being an industry expert, technology innovator, and lifelong learner, Jamie has created a place for Verafin’s fraud detection and anti-money laundering software in the world of financial crime, and he consistently works to help financial institutions protect their customers from fraudulent behavior in new and creative ways.
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About Verafin: Verafin offers a fraud and AML detection platform that helps detect, investigate, and report money laundering and financial fraud.
Claudiu Popa
CEO of Informatica
Claudiu Popa is the CEO at Managed Privacy Canada (MPC).
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About Datarisk Canada, Informatica, KnowledgeFlow, Managed Privacy Canada (MPC), University of Toronto: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
Balaji Gopalan
Co-Founder and CEO of MedStack
Balaji leads business development, strategy and marketing at MedStack and is an expert in product management and building software platform ecosystem businesses across a wide range of industries. He is also a well-respected startup educator, advisor and mentor. His proudest achievement comes as the lead Product Manager in the original skunkworks team that built and launched BBM at BlackBerry, now relied upon by millions worldwide.
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About Biomedical Zone, DMZ, Founder Institute, MedStack, Techstars, University of San Francisco: Built-in, guaranteed, provable data privacy and security compliance for digital health companies
Loren Goldig
President & CEO of SecureOps
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About SecureOps: SecureOps is an information security company servicing Fortune 500 companies globally.
Geoffrey Bourgeois
Co-founder and CEO of HubStor
Co-founder and CEO at HubStor, husband, dad, entrepreneur. Interested in startups, storage technologies, B2B, SaaS, economics, fitness, future.
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About HubStor: HubStor is a SaaS cloud data platform that unifies backup and archive as a service for enterprises.
Mayukh Gon
Founder & CEO of PerfectCloud.io
Passionate and Driven. Serial entrepreneur. Subject Matter expert in technology infrastructure, including Identity and Access for banks, Insurance companies and Telcos. 7 years of rich startup experience at Vocollect, SmartOps, Paysys, Surepay – all acquired.
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About PerfectCloud.io: PerfectCloud offers cloud-based unified security and privacy solutions for enterprises.
Khaled Mansour
CEO of IntelliGO Networks
Senior executive, innovator and a serial entrepreneur. Khaled has over 27 years’ of broad, in-depth experience with technical and managerial experience in networks, operations, cybersecurity and outsourcing.
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About IntelliGO Networks: IntelliGO Networks: an AI-cybersecurity company focused on Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Incident Response & Virtual CISO services.
Jean Le Bouthillier
CEO of Qohash
Jean Le Bouthillier is the CEO at Qohash.
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About Qohash: Qohash provides modern data solutions with a focus on data discovery, classification and integrity assurance.
Laurence Cooke
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of nanopay
Laurence is founder and CEO of nanoPay Corporation, a SaaS business that provides loyalty and payments in a single use token to retailers and online merchants. nanoPay recently purchased MintChip™ from the Royal Canadian Mint, the first regulator friendly digital cash platform offering frictionless™ payments. Prior to starting nanoPay, Laurence was an independent management consultant with a focus on high tech and telecommunications. Most of his work is with private equity, equity analysts and wireless new entrants. Previously, Laurence worked with WIND Canada and was Vice President of Wireless at Shaw Communications Inc. He was also Chief Operating Officer of Bell Mobility and Bell Distribution Inc., a Bell Canada Officer and Director of Bell Mobility, Bell Distribution Inc., and DownEast. As COO, Laurence was responsible for a P&L approaching $5bn in revenue and $2bn in EBITDA, nearly 9,000 employees and serving over 6 million wireless customers throughout Canada.
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About Accenture, nanopay: nanopay empowers businesses and banks to scale with innovative payment and liquidity management products.
Jake King
Co-founder &CEO of Cmd
Securing Linux things in the cloud. Co-founder & CEO Cmd. Advisor to Eco. Bug bounty aficionado. SecOps Hootsuite in a previous life.
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About Cmd: Cmd allows organizations to intuitively monitor and control user interaction within their Linux environment.
DAVID SHIPLEY
CEO & Co-Founder of Beauceron Security
David is a recognized Canadian leader in cybersecurity, frequently appearing in local, regional and national media and speaking at public and private events across North America. David is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Information and Communications Studies as well as a Master of Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick. Between July 2012 and May 2017 David helped lead the multi-year effort to transform UNB’s approach to cybersecurity. David led UNB’s threat intelligence, cybersecurity awareness and incident response practices before founding Beauceron Security. His experience in managing awareness programs, risk management and incident response helped shape the vision for the Beauceron platform.
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About Beauceron Security: Cybersecurity start-up with a platform for measuring, managing and monitoring holistic cyber risk.
Doug Blakeway
Ex CEO and Chairman of Nanotech Security
Mr. Blakeway is the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He has over 40 years of experience in executive management in technology business development. He founded Nanotech Security Corp., a publicly traded international wireless RFID enterprise, in 1985. He is also a director of IDME Technologies Corp. and IDIT Technologies Corp., which licensed the nano-technology developed at Simon Fraser University to the Company. From September 2006 until June 2012 he was a consultant providing product manufacturing management services to G4S Justice Services (Canada) Inc. as the Managing Director. He is a member of Simon Fraser University Surrey – Business Advisory Council and Entrepreneur in Residence SFU Venture Connection, Canadian Listed Company Association, Wireless Industry Partnership Connector Inc., TEC (The Executive Committee), an international organization for CEOs and CMC Microsystems Inc. Since 1982, he has been a director of a number of public companies on the TSXV. Mr. Blakeway serves on the audit and corporate governance committees of several companies, and with his knowledge of the policies and procedures for listing capital pool companies (“CPCs”) on the TSXV, has facilitated the successful qualification of several CPCs as Tier 1 or Tier 2 Issuers
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About Nanotech Security: Nanotech Security is a public company that designs and commercializes advanced security products and devices.
Peter LaMantia
CEO of Authentic Web
Peter founded Authentic Web with a vision to meet the new technology needs of enterprises seeking to innovate on Brand Top Level Domain spaces and new technology designed to help teams improve the performance of and reduce the total cost of ownership over corporate domain portfolios. Peter’s experience in the domain space dates back to the 1990s including time as President of Aplus.net, a $20 million web services, domain name registrar and Fortune 1000 operating entity. He has held various executive roles in the web services space in operations, product, marketing and financing. Peter operated a management-consulting firm for 10 years, working with management teams to bring new web services to new markets. A was a mentor with the Next 36 entrepreneurial program, Peter enjoys game changing product innovation initiatives working with technology and business teams. Authentic Web represents the culmination of experience and passionate pursuits.
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About Authentic Web: Authentic Web provides SaaS technology to help enterprises control and drive brand domain identity performance improvements and innovation.
Karl Holmqvist
Chief Executive Officer of Lastwall Networks, Inc.
Karl is a serial entrepreneur with a keen interest in telco infrastructure and internet security systems. Prior to founding Lastwall, Karl built a telecommunications carrier up in Canada and worked in Dubai as an investor with AGT. Karl also enjoys surfing.
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About Lastwall Networks, Inc.: Lastwall is building new internet security systems, broadly based on new ways of authenticating users and strongly enforcing identity.
Richard Carleton
CEO of The Canadian Securities Exchange
Richard Carleton is the CEO of CNSX Markets Inc. In this role he is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the Canadian Securities Exchange. Prior to joining the exchange, Richard worked as a business development consultant, after spending twelve years with the Toronto Stock Exchange, serving most recently as a member of the exchange’s senior management team. A member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1987, Richard is a graduate of the University of Ottawa (B.A. ’81) and the University of Toronto (LL.B. ’85). He has also completed the executive development programme at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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About The Canadian Securities Exchange, The Canadian Securities Exchange: CSE is the only exchange in Canada providing trading and market information services for all domestically listed instruments.
Nandini Jolly
Founder, President, and CEO of CryptoMill Technologies
Nandini Jolly is the founder, president, and CEO at CryptoMill Cybersecurity Solutions.
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About CryptoMill Technologies: CryptoMill Technologies provides data security solutions for enterprises.
Scott Totzke
CEO & Co-Founder of ISARA Corporation
ISARA Corporation’s CEO, Scott Totzke, is responsible for building the organization that is developing and implementing quantum-resistant products. Prior to co-founding ISARA, Scott was Senior VP of Enterprise and Security at Huawei where he was responsible for launching Huawei’s R&D office in Waterloo. He drove their global strategy for delivering industry leading mobility solutions designed to meet the most stringent security requirements demanded by enterprise and government customers. Scott was also a Senior Vice President at BlackBerry, where his organization was responsible for the security of BlackBerry products and services. Scott helped shape BlackBerry’s security, regulatory compliance, lawful access and privacy strategies on a global scale. His organization included accountability for full security lifecycle management ranging from design and implementation to in-life response to customer issues and concerns. Under Scott’s leadership, security became BlackBerry’s single biggest differentiator in government, enterprise and consumer markets. Prior to joining BlackBerry in 2001, Scott was senior consultant with EDS, and built technical expertise and leadership experience in network security, architecture and database design roles. He also spent more than a decade as a system developer and network architect.
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About ISARA Corporation: ISARA is a security solutions company that offers quantum-safe solutions to protect vulnerable systems against quantum-enabled attacks.
John van Pol
Founder & CEO of INGU
Founder & CEO at INGU
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About INGU: INGU offers an operating system for pipeline integrity and performance.
Mark Teolis
CEO of DOSarrest
Prior to founding DOSarrest in October 2007, Mark was a co-founder of Peer1 Hosting and held a number of positions within Peer1until late 2007 including CTO and VP of co-location and network. While at Peer1 Mark created and lead the company’s strategic technical plan that made it the 4th fastest growing public company in Canada in 2005. Peer1 was later sold to Cogeco Cable in 2012 for 525 million USD. Prior to Peer1 Mark was an Internet specialist with AT&T Canada. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia University in Montreal.
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About DOSarrest: DOSarrest specializes in stopping DoS and DDoS attacks of all varieties.
Anthony DeCristofaro
CEO of Qnext Corp
Mr. DeCristofaro is currently CEO of Qnext Corp. and brings thirty years of computer industry experience and three M&A transactions valued at more than CDN $600 Million. Previously he was president and CEO of iseemedia Inc. which merged with Synchronica in 2010, he was president and CEO of MGI Software Corp., which he co-founded in 1996 as was sold to Roxio in 2002. Prior to MGI, Mr. DeCristofaro was a founding board member of Delrina and VP/GM of AST Canada.
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About Qnext Corp, Qnext Corp: Red Herring Top 100 global winner for zero trust remote data access/sharing of hybrid-IT on-premises, SharePoint and cloud-hosted storage
Andrew Yang
Co-founder and CEO of Authenticiti
Andrew Yang is the Co-founder and CEO of Authenticit
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About Authenticiti: Authenticiti Platform is a service layer built on blockchain technology to enable the secure hand-off of physical & digital assets.
Feroz Hyder
CEO of Ferro Technics
Feroz Hyder is the chief executive officer at Ferro Technics.
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About Ferro Technics: Ferro Technics specializes in providing training for IT security, network, and infrastructure certifications.
Debra Ross-Chmelyk
President and CEO of Oro Services
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About Oro Services: Oro Services improves the way people use remittance to support families while working abroad.
Elliott Verreault
CEO of AKTEK
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About AKTEK: SaaS no-code enterprise data management solution provider
Scott Rankine
Co-Founder and CEO, Director of NXM LABS INC.
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About NXM LABS INC.: NXM Labs is an autonomous security and data integrity software developer.
Mike Potter
Co-Founder, CEO of Rewind
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About Rewind: Rewind protects businesses by backing up their SaaS data.
Ann Cavoukian
Founder & CEO of GPS by Design
Ann Cavoukian is recognized as one of the world’s leading privacy experts. She is presently the Distinguished Expert-in-Residence, leading the Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence at Ryerson University. Dr. Cavoukian served an unprecedented three terms as the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada. There she created Privacy by Design, a framework that seeks to proactively embed privacy into the design specifications of information technologies, networked infrastructure and business practices, thereby achieving the strongest protection possible. In 2010, International Privacy Regulators unanimously passed a Resolution recognizing Privacy by Design as an international standard. Since then, PbD has been translated into 40 languages. Dr. Cavoukian has received numerous awards recognizing her leadership in privacy, including being named as one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada, named among the Top 10 Women in Data Security and Privacy, named as one of the ‘Power 50’ by Canadian Business, named as one of the Top 100 Leaders in Identity, and most recently, Dr. Cavoukian was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for her outstanding work on creating Privacy by Design and taking it global (May, 2017).
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About GPS by Design, Ryerson University: GPS by Design develops research-based tools to ensure privacy on using technology.
Peter Strom
President & CEO of March Networks
Peter Strom is President and CEO of March Networks. He joined the company in 2003. Under Peter’s guidance, March Networks has grown from a start-up to a leading provider of IP video solutions with over $100 million (U.S.) in annual revenue. In 2005, the company completed a successful IPO, and in 2012, was acquired by the Infinova Corporation. Prior to joining March Networks, Peter served as President and CEO of Gyyr, Inc. (1999-2002), a California-based video storage manufacturer. There, he led the company’s digital transformation, returning it to profitability. Before Gyyr, Peter was VP of International Operations (1997-1999) with Ohio-based Mosler Corporation, where he expanded its global reseller network into 40 countries and helped establish a Beijing-based joint venture banking security company. Prior to Mosler, Peter held positions with Sensormatic Corporation and Honeywell International. A native of Sweden, Peter speaks Swedish, English and French, and holds a B.A. from McGill University and an M.B.A. in International Business from Concordia University.
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About March Networks: March Networks is a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions
Theo Heineman
President, CEO, and Founder of 1 Life Workplace Security
Theo Heineman has over 20 years of experience as a business owner and entrepreneur. She has more than 15 years’ experience working as a safety professional providing consulting and training in Canada, the U.S, and the U.K. She is the Founder, President, and CEO of 1Life Workplace Safety Solutions Ltd., and since starting her company in 2009, she has experienced significant growth and established a recognized brand.
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About 1 Life Workplace Security: 1 Life Workplace Security supports businesses in creating safer work environments thereby reducing their total cost of risk.
Marc Holtenhoff
CEO of Aimetis
Marc Holtenhoff has close to 20 years of leadership experience at successful, growth oriented technology companies. At Aimetis, Marc is responsible for the organization’s corporate strategy, financial performance and overall growth. Prior to Aimetis, Marc was the CEO of California based 1GlobalPlace, Inc., an IT security company funded by Reuters €450 Venture Capital Fund. Marc led the company from inception to its successful acquisition by VeriSign, a $5 billion technology security and communications company. Previously, Marc held a variety of enterprise sales and marketing management positions at the Xerox Corporation. Marc holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Economics from the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark and a Bachelor’s degree from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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About Aimetis: Aimetis, a Senstar company, is a software company offering integrated intelligent video management solutions for security surveillance.
Andrew Boorn
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Tornado Spectral Systems
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About Tornado Spectral Systems: Tornado Spectral Systems designs, manufactures, and sells dispersive optical spectrometers primarily for Raman spectroscopy.
Gary Agnew
CEO and Cofounder of Ideon Technologies
Gary Agnew is CEO and Co-founder of Vancouver, BC-based cosmic-ray muon tomography pioneer Ideon Technologies. Since joining Ideon in March 2020, he has positioned the company on a growth trajectory and secured $1.3M in seed funding. Gary is a global executive, with 25+ years in industrial B2B markets, developing and commercializing innovative new products and solutions while building teams that deliver extraordinary results. Prior to joining Ideon, Gary founded the strategy and global digital division at Finning International Inc., scaling revenue to $500M in 3 years, delivering profitability in less than 24 months.
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About Ideon Technologies: Ideon Technologies is a world pioneer in the application of cosmic-ray muon tomography.
Maykel Rodriguez
CEO of Speedyrails
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About Speedyrails: AWS Advanced Consulting Partner leveraging extensive AWS knowledge to provide unrivaled managed services.
Nagula Sangary
CEO of BitCircle Inc.
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About BitCircle Inc.: BitCircle Inc. is a software, hardware company providing products in the wireless communication and healthcare sectors.
Ed Leavens
CEO of Datex | DataStealth
Ed is a motivational leader that initiates and executes new and advanced technologies, with proven success in complex environments.
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About Datex | DataStealth: DataStealth: A Patented New Breakthrough in Cybersecurity Software
Joel Lessem
CEOand Co-Founder of Firmex
Joel Lessem is the chief executive officer at Firmex.
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About Firmex: Firmex is a global provider of virtual data rooms where more deals, diligence, and compliance gets done.
Hongwen Zhang
Co-Founder, CEO & CTO of Wedge Networks Inc.
Zhang is a co-founder of Wedge Networks. As Chief Technical Officer, he is instrumental in developing Wedge’s high performance security platform. Zhang holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Calgary; an M.Sc in Computer Engineering from the Institute of Computer Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Fudan University. With more than two decades of high-tech leadership experience, Zhang is a co-inventor and holder of several patents in the area of computing and networking. Prior to establishing Wedge Networks, he was a co-founder of the 24C Group Inc., which pioneered the first digital receipts infrastructure for secure electronic commerce. Zhang was previously principal of Servidium Inc., now ThoughtWorks Canada Inc., a global leader in agile development methodology. A speaker and writer on subjects of cloud, networking, and IT security issues and trends, Zhang chairs the Security Working Group and is a member of the board of directors of Open Cloud Connect, a global cloud computing consortium of leading network service providers and technology vendors.
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About Wedge Networks Inc., Wedge Networks Inc.: Wedge Networks is a cyber security software vendor specializing in Real-time Threat Prevention.
Andy Ibbetson
CEO of Agility Technologies Corporation
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About Agility Technologies Corporation: A Communication Technologies Company
Andy Ibbetson
CEO of Agility Technologies Corporation
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About Agility Technologies Corporation: A Communication Technologies Company
Jonathan Gagne
Founder and CEO of F8th
Founder, director and CEO, Jonathan Gagne is an entrepreneur and a developer with over 20 years of experience who devotes all of his efforts in creating cybersecurity solutions using artificial intelligence technologies. Since he graduated at SAIT Polytechnic in 2016 as an Object Oriented Software Developer, Jonathan Gagne has played multiple managerial roles. From Chief Information Officer (CIO) at PC Game Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, to Senior Development Manager at Chisel.AI in Toronto, Ontario, he successfully empowers development teams with his expertise. With numerous specializations and certifications in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and microservices, Jonathan Gagne brings a strong IT oriented culture to the company.
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About F8th: F8th uses machine learning that can identify users and fraudsters in real-time via 100s of patterns such as mouse, keyboard and other inputs
Ian Paterson
CEO of Plurilock
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About Plurilock: Plurilock provides invisible MFA & continuous authentication using state-of-the-art behavioral-biometric & machine learning technology.
Arsalan Saleem
Co-Founder and CEO of IT Solution24x7
Arsalan Saleem is serial entrepreneur and skilled techy who has become a growth catalyst for disrupting enterprises for the past few years. He stays busy with his team hustling and developing award-winning apps and grows them by streamlining their sales funnel which has generated 67% ROI with 34% cost mostly leveraging AWS, Nix, and Microsoft technologies. Like every successful entrepreneur, he also has a vision, named “Masology” which is bolting towards denting financial, automotive, agriculture, and tech industries. At age 25, he has already orchestrated top-rated agency, ITSolution24x7, which provide cutting-edge IT solutions to North America, Middle East, & Asia. Along with that, he has also kickstarted Timelogger.io and Smartlybiz.com which is serving thousands of companies and SMEs in providing breakthrough values to their customers. Arsalan is in love with fin-tech! He is looking for VCs to support him to deploy block-chain solutions which will provide seamless money transfer globally, he believes that blockchain is indeed web 3.0. He always says: “You can only quit, when you die!!” His Few Achievements: # ITSolution24x7.com: A fast-growing company developing software solutions and mobile apps # Timelogger.io: Time tracking software for companies and enterprises # Smartlybiz.com: A hybrid app where vendors can share discounted deals # Vacabound.com: One-stop-shop for frequent travelers to book cheap airline tickets
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About IT Solution24x7: ITSolution24x7 helps clients build powerful mobile apps and software solutions for their unique business needs.
Kathryn Fraser
CEO of Great Big Solutions
Kathryn works on the sales, marketing, product development, and customer service of all products and services offered by Great Big Solutions. She is dedicated to ensuring the employees and clients of our company have the best experience and service possible.
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About Great Big Solutions: Great Big Solutions offers a Comptracker, which keeps track of students on Co-ops and practicums securely and digitally.
Michael Argast
Co-Founder and CEO of Kobalt
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About Kobalt: Kobalt provides cyber security programs-as-a-service to small and mid sized technology companies.
Jonathan Spinks
CEO of Sourced Group
Jonathan Spinks is the CEO at Sourced Group.
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About Sourced Group: Sourced is an IT organisation providing consultancy, resourcing, and solutions focused on enterprise cloud enablement.
Matias Katz
CEO of Byos
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About Byos: Byos delivers an edge microsegmentation solution for better protecting and managing remote endpoints on untrusted networks.
Dave Millier
CEO of Uzado
Dave Millier is a serial entrepreneur, off-road motorcycle rider and food lover. Dave has been involved in cybersecurity for almost 20 years. He founded the InfoSec company Sentry Metrics, one of Canada’s most successful MSSPs. After the sale of Sentry Metrics, Dave’s lifelong passion for reading led him to finally sit down and write his first book, Breached! In late 2014, Dave launched Uzado (http://www.uzado.com), a cloud-based InfoSec company focused on helping companies simplify cybersecurity by answering the questions “what now?” or “what next?” Dave is also the CSO of Quick Intelligence (https://www.quickintel.com), a boutique VAR and cybersecurity consulting company, and is the CEO of MIDAC Solutions (https://www.midac.ca), a Managed IT services provider focused on small to mid-size clients.
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About Uzado: Uzado an industry-leading SAAS provider with a strong focus on information security management.
Sebastien Pare
President & Chief Executive Officer of VIQ Solutions
Sebastien Pare’ is the President and CEO at VIQ Solutions.
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About VIQ Solutions: VIQ Solutions combines artificial intelligence (AI)-driven voice and video capture technology and services.
Tom Hummel
CEO & Co-Founder of Redtree Robotics
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About Redtree Robotics: Redtree Robotics offers chipsets that enables users to connect sensors, actuators, components, and others parts to robots.
Jim DeLeskie
Founder / CEO of Mimir Networks
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About Mimir Networks: Mimir Networks provides single click straight,-forward network security and visibility.
Mirek Pijanowski
Co-founder and CEO of StandardFusion
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About StandardFusion: A cloud-based GRC SaaS platform for information security teams at small, medium, or enterprise organizations.
Yevgeniy Kulakov
Co-Founder, CEO of vEyE Security
Yevgeny Kulakov is the Co-Founder at vEyE Security.
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About vEyE Security: vEyE provides secure and isolated container execution.
Dominique Jodoin
President & CEO of Noviflow
Dominique has more than 25 years of experience in the high tech industry, with over 10 years in successful venture-backed companies. Previous positions include: President & CEO of Bluestreak, a provider of embedded video software to the wireless and cable industries; EVP Business Development and President Americas at Red Bend Software, a venture-backed provider of Mobile Software Management solutions (acquired by Harman International Industries); and EVP Sales at WaterCove Networks, a venture-backed company provider of GGSNs (acquired by Alcatel-Lucent). He also has worked for 17 years within the Ericsson Group, in a variety of executive positions with global sales and marketing responsibilities in the US, Sweden and around the world.
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About Noviflow: NoviFlow develops software and systems for high-performance, programmable SDN network switches.
Sylvain Boyer
Co-CEO and CTO of Nuvollo
Sylvain Boyer is a Co-CEO and CTO at Nuvollo.
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About Nuvollo: Nuvollo is an IT company providing secure cloud offering of Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
Jean-François Plante
Founder & CEO of Cobalt Intelligence
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About Cobalt Intelligence: Collaborative App That Keep Businesses and Communities Safe
Pascal Germain
CEO of Skeye Aviation Systems
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About Skeye Aviation Systems: Skeye Aviation Systems is a leading innovator in the airline software solutions and information technology.
Wael Aggan
CEO of CloudMask
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About CloudMask: With CloudMask, infrastructure breaches no longer mean data breaches. An insider possessing system access, no longer means seeing the data
Brian Shepard
Founder & CEO of Tenzing
Brian Shepard is a Founder at Tenzing Managed IT Services.
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About Tenzing: Managed Infrastructure, Performance & Security Services. Designed for ecommerce.
Colin Knox
CEO of Passportal
Colin founded an MSP, and built it from 1 person to 22 employees over the course of 5 years. He successfully exited and sold the business after adding nearly a million dollars in annual revenue each year for 4 consecutive years. Colin is a respected member of the global MSP industry, having XCEL listed in the top 500 firms globally for 3 years, as well as being personally listed twice as one of the 250 most influential and successful MSP executives. Founding Passportal in 2011, Colin turned his full focus to the business in 2014. Since then he has driven triple-digit year over year growth in the business each year and led expansion of the award-winning product suite with use in 32 countries
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About Passportal: Passportal provides simple yet secure password and documentation management tailored for the operations of an MSP.
Mike Sekerka
Chief Executive Officer of Neptec Technologies
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About Neptec Technologies: Leading supplier of long-range 3D laser scanner systems for autonomous operation and precision navigation in harsh environments
Jacob Godin
Founder & CEO of Cloud A
Founder & CEO of Cloud A.
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About Cloud A, Cloud Brewery: Launching Canada’s first Public Cloud in 2012 has been a lot fun so far.
Sam Webster
President & CEO of Portfolio Aid Inc.
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About Portfolio Aid Inc.: Provides suitability and other compliance surveillance solutions for retail brokerages.
Pavel Shukhman
Co-Founder & CEO of Reliza
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About Reliza: DevOps Consulting Services and Tools
Ian Evans
President & CEO of E-Tech Computing
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About E-Tech Computing: Specializing in IT solutions for the Not-For-Profit, Regulatory Body and Small Business Markets.
