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 UX Design 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.

Aram Melkoumov
CEO & Co-Founder of Crowdlinker
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About Crowdlinker, InnovationTO, Livelii, Yumba: Crowdlinker is an end-to-end digital product studio based in Toronto with a relentless focus on our customers.

Matthew Milan
Founder & CEO of Normative
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About Normative: Normative is a software design firm.
Ricardo Alencastre
CEO of Share IT
I’ve been helping brands with their digital transformation and e-commerce strategy. Currently living between Canada and Portugal, I’ve been actively working within software, web, and mobile development, since 1999. With a solid background in digital strategy and marketing, I’m a regular speaker in technology and digital marketing events since 2009. With international experience, I’ve been developing business, managing teams, and projects in different countries across Europe and North America.
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About Alencastre.net, Brandability, Share IT: Where innovation, marketing, and technology come together.
Samarth Mod
CEO of FreshWorks Studio
Samarth is a resilient, passionate and “people-friendly” tech entrepreneur with expertise in designing and developing Mobile Application. He is the CEO & founder of FreshWorks Studio, a Victoria/Vancouver based mobile app development firm. FreshWorks is a brand under AirSenze Solutions Inc. It is incorporated and registered in Canada and pioneers in the development of iOS and Android apps. Samarth was working full time with India’s leading technology consultancy firm Tata Consultancy Services before coming to Canada to pursue his master’s education (MBA). Samarth is a passionate, result-focused, and enthusiastic entrepreneur with strong people skills and ability to perform under pressure. He is a seasoned mobile app developer, a consultant and manager with a rich & diverse experience of more than 6 years in deploying mobile applications in business settings. Samarth possesses the ability to succeed in time constrained and unfamiliar environments, He showed highly effective time and project management capabilities through successes in managing AirSenze’s overall operations simultaneous with a full-time load of MBA courses and case presentations. Samarth has obtained an extensive knowledge of process optimization, client communication, problem identification and producing creative action plans. Samarth is a holder of the MBA degree (Entrepreneurship) and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering in the domain of Information Technology and developed a strong base of Software Engineering.
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About AirSenze, FreshWorks Studio: Your Technology Partner – Custom Software Development, UX/UI, Mobile Apps, and Digital Product Strategy
Olena Tkhorovska
CEO & Co-founder of Pieoneers
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About Pieoneers: Award-winning web & mobile development company in Vancouver, BC that delivered 50+ web applications, iOS apps, Android apps with seamless UI
Niall Conway
CEO / Lead UX Consultant of GOCITY Mobile Inc.
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About GOCITY Mobile Inc.: GOCITY.io is a digital strategy agency specializing in customer centric product design.

Diana Lucaci
CEO & Co-Founder of True Impact
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About True Impact: True Impact offers trueSCAN, a content testing tool for brands and agencies.