Boardroom Media (CFO News)
At CFO (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 CFO’ operating in the Internet space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
Kenneth MacAskill
CFO of Snyk
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About Snyk: Snyk is a cloud native application security provider that enables millions of developers to build software securely.
Doug French
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of TELUS
Doug has 30 years of financial management experience and is a highly skilled and trusted advisor to the TELUS leadership team. With 20 years in the industry, he has the most national carrier experience of all Canadian telecommunications CFOs. Since joining TELUS in 1996, Doug has held progressively senior roles, including Controller for our largest business divisions, Consumer Solutions, Business Solutions and Technology Strategy, as well as leading Corporate Accounting, Financial Reporting and Bid Governance. He served most recently as TELUS’ Senior Vice-president and Corporate Controller. Doug has held numerous key financial management and governance roles associated with the transformational events that have shaped TELUS. These include the company’s expansion from a regional to a national telecommunications carrier; capital market activities, including the issuance of billions of dollars in debt and equity; spectrum purchases; merger and acquisition activities; successful cost-efficiency initiatives; deployment of the company’s advanced wireless networks, including 4G LTE and HSPA, and the company’s ongoing generational investments in fibre.
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About TELUS: Second largest Canadian telecommunications company. Provides wireless phone service, high speed Internet, IPTV, home phone, long distance,
Fraser Carey
CFO of Wing Tel, Inc.
Fraser Carey is the chief financial officer of Wing Tel.
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About Wing Tel, Inc.: Wing is a digital-first phone carrier offering an affordable wireless alternative to the major phone carriers like Verizon and AT&T.
Angelo Loberto
CFO/COO of Magnet Forensics
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About Magnet Forensics: Magnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of software solutions for digital forensic professionals.
Curtis Sikorsky
Chief Financial Officer of NuData Security a Mastercard company
Curtis is the Chief Financial Officer at NuData Security, responsible for overseeing the financial strategy and operations of the company. Curtis is a senior finance executive with over 20 years experience, most recently in the role of CFO for Cardiome Pharma Corp, the publicly traded life sciences company. Prior to this, Curtis has held significant posts at a number of high profile organizations, notably as VP Finance at NxtPhase T&D Corporation and 360networks.
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About NuData Security a Mastercard company: NuData Security positively verifies users online through real-time passive biometrics and behavioral analytics.
Kio Murota
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer of Kobo
Kio is the Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer at Kobo, and oversees both the finance team as well as the operational end of the business as it applies to the human resources department and the facilities function for Kobo HQ and its other holdings. His mandate is to assist teams across the organization to think through both the financial implications and operational aspects of any given initiative and their impact on the customer experience.
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About Kobo: Kobo offers an open platform for e-reading.
Tom Lieu
Chief Financial Officer of CrowdSpark
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About CrowdSpark: CrowdSpark is an all-in-one solution for brands and media companies to gather, curate, publish and analyze user-generated content.
Mark Murray
vCFO of Pagecloud
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About Cheetah Networks, Larus Technologies, Mission Control Space Services Inc., Motion Intelligence, Pagecloud: Pagecloud makes it easy for creators and businesses to build beautiful, high-performing websites.
Domenic Durante
CFO & Investor of Algolux
Domenic has over 25 years of experience as a successful executive, operator, and angel investor. He began his career as a Senior Consultant in information systems with Arthur Andersen. He then co-founded Momentum Business Systems, an IT software and services firm that experienced year-over-year growth over 7 years before it was acquired by OnX in 2000. Since then he has held senior management positions in both private and public companies, taking responsibility for sales, business development, finance and accounting, information systems, and operations. Domenic holds the designations of Chartered Professional Accountant (Chartered Accountant), and is an Adjunct Professor at McGill University.
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About Algolux: Algolux empowers vision systems with the most robust perception technology for all conditions.
Derek Schaaf
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance & Administration of Ackroo Canada
As Vice President of Finance & Administration, Derek is responsible for the financial integrity and accountability of the business as well as the management of human resources, contracts and compliance, and other administrative aspects of the business. With over 20+ years of finance experience, Derek has spent the last 12 years as CFO for various companies within the Real Estate Acquisition & Resort, Music & Entertainment, and Manufacturing industries. Derek also founded a technology company providing innovative online ticketing and event registrations solutions to labels, artists, and promoters in Canada and the US to better service the Music & Entertainment industry. Derek has been part of bringing significant growth to companies through strong financial management, innovative thinking, and progressive leadership.
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About Ackroo Canada: Ackroo’s loyalty programs are helping businesses everywhere boost sales and retain customers.
Murray Swales
CFO of PlaceSpeak
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About PlaceSpeak: Location-based smart city citizen engagement
France Brunelle
CFO, Co-Founder of SpaceiShare Inc
France brings over 25 years of diverse business experience. She began her career in market research then moved to Yellow Pages Group where she held various senior management positions. She later joined Casale Media (now Index Exchange), an ad network, in a business development role where she grew the business exponentially year over year. Most recently, France occupied a sales management role at Olive Media. During her career, France was appointed to the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) Board of Directors and to the VP Publisher role for the Quebec market. She was a volunteer for the Junior League of Toronto for many years and assisted the NABS organization with many events. France holds a B.A.A. from UQAM in Marketing and an MBA, Information Technology from HEC, Montreal. France is also known for her sweet side due to the extensive knowledge she has acquired from her family’s Maple Syrup operation in Eastern Quebec. France currently lives in Toronto and is married with two daughters and a dog.
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About SpaceiShare Inc: SpaceiShare is a marketplace for storage.
Kirsten Schwarz
CFO of Otono Networks
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About Otono Networks: Otono Networks provides cloud-based Platform .
Richard Hutchinson
CFO of Phoenix Interactive Design
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About Phoenix Interactive Design: Phoenix has pioneered many of the banking industry’s most dramatic innovations,
Richard Hutchinson
CFO of Phoenix Interactive Design
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About Phoenix Interactive Design: Phoenix has pioneered many of the banking industry’s most dramatic innovations,
Bobbi Holte
CFO of Dejero Labs
Bobbi is a senior financial leader with more than 25 years of experience in start-up and high growth scale-up companies—primarily in the high-tech sector. She brings deep expertise in leading the finance and risk management functions, capital raising for high growth technology organizations and mergers and acquisitions. Bobbi is responsible for guiding and managing all aspects of Dejero’s strategic financial direction. Bobbi received her chartered professional accountant (CPA, CA) designation while working with Ernst & Young. She is entrepreneurial by nature, both in profit and not-for-profit sectors.
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About Dejero Labs, LiveHive Systems: Dejero is a network aggregation technology developer that delivers reliable connectivity to broadcast and media organizations.
Robert Woodward
CFO of Wmode
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About Wmode: Wmode is a leading technology and service company in the rapidly growing connected device, (IoT) Internet of Things.
James Corless
CFO of Block 64 Corporation
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About Block 64 Corporation: Block 64 Corporation combines tools, people and process to help you gain a deep understanding of your organizations IT infrastructure.
Shenif Visram
CFO of Q1 2022 Founders not found.
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About Q1 2022 Founders not found.: Aptum is a hybrid multi-cloud managed service provider spanning North America, Latin America, Europe and the United Kingdom.
Marvin Waiand
Chief Financial Officer & Director of mcThings
Marvin has over 35 years of experience as a financial executive in the power and industrial sector in Canada and internationally including capital markets, accounting, financial reporting, valuations, corporate development, operations, project finance, taxation and risk management. Marvin is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta and Financial Executives International.
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About mcThings: mcThings is a measurement and control platform for the Internet of Things.
Frank Van Luttikhuizen
Chief Financial Officer of Packetworx
Frank van Luttikhuizen, C.A., holds a BSc from the University of Western Ontario and an HBCom from Windsor University. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Frank is a pragmatic, proactive, problem solver with proven business acumen. He has been a board member of public and private companies. He has over 30 years’ experience in finance and accounting, 15 of which were in the mergers and acquisition arena.
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About Packetworx: 8061360 CANADA INC. o/a PacketWorx® was founded in 2010.
