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 Software 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.
Aly Khan Musani
Chief Financial Officer of Symend
Aly is a finance and accounting executive with 20+ years of international operational and leadership experience.
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About Symend: Symend’s digital engagement platform uses behavioral science and data-driven insights to empower customers to resolve past due bills.
Elyse Colbert
Chief Financial Officer of MSP Corp
Elyse Colbert is the Chief Financial Officer at MSP Corp. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta.
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About MSP Corp: ACQUIRING AND EMPOWERING MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS
Darrell Cox
CFO of Vena Solutions
As Chief Financial Officer, Darrell designs the forward-looking business strategies and long-range financial plans that sustain Vena’s growth. With more than 15 years of senior leadership experience in finance and business development, Darrell is adept at assembling, directing and managing knowledgeable, dynamic Finance teams for such Fortune 500 companies as Virgin Mobile and Rogers Communication. As the former VP of Finance at FreshBooks, Darrell built a high performance Finance team and led the development of key business strategies, management KPIs and an entire system conversion. Darrell is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto, with a focus on Finance and Economics.
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About Vena Solutions: Vena connects people, existing systems, and data to power finance-led business planning and real-time reporting.
François Bourret
Chief Financial Officer of Atelka
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About Atelka: Atelka is a customer contact management provider.
Ralf Riekers
CFO of Top Hat
Ralf is a SaaS industry veteran who spent 13 years at Eloqua until its acquisition by Oracle for $950M, 6 months after its IPO on the NASDAQ. He graduated from engineering physics at Queens University and has a Master of Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia.
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About Top Hat: Top Hat’s interactive software helps college professors quickly activate classrooms by engaging students over their own devices.
Kevin O’Neil
President & CFO of 360insights
Prior to joining 360, Kevin was the COO/CFO of Scalar Decisions, a Toronto-based IT solutions business and #21 on Profit fast growing businesses, where he provided operational and financial leadership over a period of very rapid growth. He was formerly President and COO of dna13 Inc, an Ottawa-based Saas software company where he led the Company through a successful divestiture to CNW, Canada’s leading newswire business. Kevin is also a founding partner of Sapient Capital Partners, a financial advisory firm, involved with mergers and acquisitions activity and corporate finance, and serves clients in a variety of businesses. From 2000 to 2005, Kevin was President and Chief Executive Officer of World Vintners Inc., which grew to be the largest retailer of consumer made wine in the world and is also a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator.
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About 360insights, Sapient Capital Partners: 360insightsprovides a SaaS-based platform that enables manufacturers and distributors to manage their incentives programs.
Abdullah Saab
CFO and Co-Founder of Paystone
Abdullah Saab is the CFO and Co-Founder at Paystone
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About Paystone: Paystone is a provider of customer engagement services and electronic payment processing solutions for businesses of all sizes.
Owen Madrick
CFO & Co-Founder of Certn
Owen is a Chartered Accountant with a passion for technology start-ups and providing these companies with the necessary financial tools to grow and succeed. In addition to Canada Owen is also designated in the United States, as a Certified Public Accountant, and is devoted to helping companies prosper in a global marketplace. Owen is dedicated toward building products that are forever changing the global technology landscape. Owen has a wealth of experience providing strategic analysis to help companies locate and develop new revenue models and navigate towards growth and improved profitability. His previous experience in public practice accounting facilitates start-ups transitioning towards audited financial statements and raising capital through private equity channels. Owen also has many years of experience starting-up and working with charities in his community. He enjoys using the professional skill sets he has acquired through his previous schooling and work experience to give back to those in need.
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About Certn: Certn is a simple, comprehensive solution for applicant screening backed by great customer service.
michael casey
CFO of Swyzzle
Michael Casey has been a member of our Board since October 2007. He retired from Starbucks Corporation in October, 2007, where he had served as Senior Vice President and CFO from August 1995 to September 1997, Executive Vice President, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer from September 1997 to October 2007. Subsequent to retirement he served as a Senior Advisor to Starbucks Corporation from October 2007 to May 2008 and from November 2008 to present. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Casey was Executive Vice President and CFO for Family Restaurant, Inc. and President and CEO of EI Torito Restaurants,
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About Swyzzle: Swyzzle is a platform that delivers multimedia solutions for marketing, lead generation, and e-commerce.
Candice Li
Chief Financial Officer of Benevity
Candice Li is the Chief Financial Officer at Benevity.
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About Benevity: Benevity is a Calgary-based company that provides a community investment solution by offering donation and grant management platforms.
Rob Randall
Chief Financial Officer of eXeBlock Technology Corp.
Randall has served as a CFO for a number of TSXV-listed companies over the past five years and has extensive public company financial experience. Previously, he was the Corporate Controller for Etruscan Resources Inc. and a principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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About eXeBlock Technology Corp.: eXeBlock Technology Corp. is a developer, blockchain decentralized applications (DApps).
Angelo Bartolini
Chief Financial Officer of Altus Group
Angelo has over 25 years of experience as a finance and accounting professional. Angelo joined Altus Group in January 2008, assuming a senior leadership role in the Accounting department. He has been instrumental in building a highly competent team, and in improving the accounting and finance processes. Previously, he held senior finance and accounting roles at Canadian Tire and Home Depot Canada. Angelo is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Honours Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
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About Altus Group: Altus Group Limited is a leading provider of independent advisory services, software, and data solutions.
Dave Pooley
Chief Financial Officer of Axonify
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About Axonify: Axonify provides e-learning software, interval reinforcement solutions, and gamified learning.
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.
Bernard Beckett
CFO of Marport Deep Sea Technologies
Bernard Beckett has a distinguished career in senior finance, and extensive expertise in corporate transactions and financing that spans more than three decades. In 2012 Bernard began providing advisory services to Bluedrop and was the Chair of our Audit Committee. He transitioned into his current role of CFO in 2013. Well versed in our financial and public company reporting systems, his expert guidance will continue to support the growth of our company. Bernard has been a public accountant and Partner with KPMG and Ernst & Young, and has filled senior leadership roles with private and public companies. Prior to joining Bluedrop, he served as Corporate Treasurer and CFO of Fishery Products International (TSX FPL), and as CFO with Marport Deep Sea Technologies. A graduate of Ryerson University, Bernard is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in both Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador, and a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCPA, FCA). Bernard is an active Rotarian and avid traveller.
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About Bluedrop Performance Learning, Marport Deep Sea Technologies: Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc. engages in the design and development of software defined sonar technology and products for various
Bill Mantzoutsos
Chief Financial Officer & Director of JADE Healthcare Group Inc.
Co-Founder of JADE Healthcare Group.
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About JADE Healthcare Group Inc.: Intelligent Cloud Computed Health Monitoring
Samuel Cochrane
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Avigilon Corporation
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About Avigilon Corporation, Sierra Wireless: Avigilon Corporation is a motorola solutions company provides trusted security solutions to the global market.
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.
Cory Michalyshyn
CFO / COO of Solink
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About Solink: Solink is a provider of video security and business analytics solutions for restaurants, retailers, and financial organizations.
Richard Monkman
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Corporate Services of Kinaxis
With a broad technical and financial skill set, and rich experience in financing, business development, and corporate growth and restructuring, Richard and his team deliver value beyond the P&L line, by ensuring the finance agenda aligns, influences and delivers on Kinaxis’ overall corporate strategy. Also a significant priority for Richard and the executive group is ongoing financial accountability and general corporate governance. Prior to joining Kinaxis, Richard held chief financial officer and other senior finance positions with leading software, services and other public and private high tech companies – most notably, senior finance roles with Nokia, SHL Systemhouse and ISM Corp. In addition to his Chartered Accountant, CPA designation, Richard holds a Master of Applied Science degree and a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo.
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About Kinaxis: Kinaxis is a leading provider of cloud-based subscription software.
David Brebner
Co-Founder, CFO of Mobials
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About 519 Growth Fund, Cyber Legends, Mobials: Mobials is a customer service software company located in London.
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.
Simon Bodymore
Chief Financial Officer of Tasktop
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About Tasktop: Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software.
Peter Goulet
Chief Financial Officer of C2RO
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About C2RO: Privacy-aware video analytics using proprietary edge-cloud AI for Physical Retail, Mall, Smart City and Enterprise Market.
Pascal Tessier-Fleury
General Manager & CFO of PetalMD
Pascal Tessier-Fleury is a VP Finance at PetalMD.
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About PetalMD: PetalMD is a leader in the development of online management, communication and planning tools intended for physicians.
David Shore
Co-founder and CFO of CodeZero Technologies Inc.
tech focused corporate finance and M&A executive Co-founder and CFO for Traxitt; Co-founder and CFO and Corp Dev for Moj.io; Independent director for BC Advantage Funds
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About CodeZero Technologies Inc.: Developer Tools for Kubernetes
Diamondali Nasser
Partner, CFO of BNOTIONS
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About BNOTIONS: Mobile, Data, and Analytics Innovation Firm. They are the partner of choice for organizations with the desire to disrupt through innovation.
Sam Fisher
President & CFO of Hyper Hippo Games
Sam joined Hyper Hippo in September 2014. As president, Sam is affectionately known as the ‘Business Guy’ and day-to-day leader of the team. Sam loves the challenge of building a unique balance between 21st century business smarts and unfettered creative genius. Rarely can these two forces co-exist in an organization and Hyper Hippo is a rare example of the best of both worlds working together. Prior to joining the adventure at Hyper Hippo, Sam was heavily involved in software technology and real estate development. Having been a founder and C-suite executive in various successful companies over the past 20 years, Sam has a full-appreciation of the commitment required for high-performance teams to succeed in competitive marketplaces. Sam’s most recent position prior to Hyper Hippo saw him as the Executive-in-Residence at Accelerate Okanagan and Chief Financial Officer at Mill Creek Group of Companies. Sam completed his Master of Business Administration from Ivey Business School in 1993 and he still loves to learn every day.
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About Hyper Hippo Games: Hyper Hippo is a collection of passionate and creative people working to build fun digital games for everyon.
Nick Vaney
Executive Vice President and CFO of Empathica
Nick Vaney, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of corporate development, finance, customer service, human resources and operational improvements at Ethoca. Nick was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Empathica Inc., a SaaS-based software company focused on customer experience management for global corporate brands. He played a key role in the growth of Empathica, with the successful sale of the company and monetization for its shareholders in 2013. Nick’s prior experience includes the role of Vice President, Operations and Chief Strategy Officer, and the role of Chief Financial Officer, at Nightingale Informatix Corporation, a public SaaS-based software company in the electronic medical record (EMR) industry. Prior to that, Nick was at VRG Capital, the private equity division of The Vimy Ridge Group Ltd., where he was involved in the due diligence, investment and review of several private and public companies. In addition, Nick spent several years at Accenture Ltd., where he left as an executive within their Strategy and Business Architecture practice. Mr. Vaney holds MBA and HBA degrees for the Ivey School of Business, a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, and is a designated CPA, CMA.
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About Empathica, Ethoca: Empathica provides customer experience management programs for brands and agencies.
Terry Clarke
CFO of GeoDigital
Terry G. Clarke is the CFO at GeoDigital.
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About GeoDigital: GeoDigital provides mission critical, geospatial information management solutions for utilities and other distributed asset customers.
Shaye Wali
CFO of Vectio Technologies
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About Vectio Technologies: Simple software for running small trucking companies.
Christopher Adams
CFO of NamSys
Mr. Adams is an independent Chartered Accountant trained by KPMG. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto.
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About NamSys: NamSys delivers SaaS applications to make handling cash more efficient for banks, retailers and armored carriers
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.
Dave Conte
Chief Financial Officer of Symboticware
A growth expert specializing in technology companies. Twenty-five years of experience in managing risk, developing responsible growth and mentoring success. A passionate leader with a strong history of cultivating collaboration and leading high performance teams. As CFO of Camilion Solutions (sold to SAP AG) was recognized for taking Camilion from pre-revenue, through aggressive growth, and eventual strategic exit. Experience includes organizations such as Ernst & Young, the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son, Dell Computers, Camilion Solutions, and Mercatus Technologies.
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About Symboticware: Symboticware is an innovator and integrator of standardized information-based technology.
Murray Swales
CFO of PlaceSpeak
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About PlaceSpeak: Location-based smart city citizen engagement
Alex Falconer
Chief Financial Officer of TitanFile
Mr. Falconer has established and funded a number of businesses, including a number of companies in the internet and media industries. He has an in-depth knowledge and a proven record of accomplishments in structuring and securing capital for initial business funding through to the public company finance stage. He sits on a number of public company boards.
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About Award Pool, TitanFile: TitanFile develops a cloud based enterprise file sharing solution that enables professionals to exchange files.
Michael Johnson
Chief Financial Officer of Multiview Financial Software
Mr. Michael Johnson has been Chief Financial Officer at Multiview Corporation since November 16, 2015.
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About Multiview Financial Software: Multiview Financial Software has been providing powerful, easy-to-use, sophisticated financial applications for over two decades.
Steve Wilson
Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Information Technology
Steve is a senior executive with 20 years’ experience in public and private companies in the software and services industry. A results-oriented business leader with expertise in managing growth business, Steve has been involved in 25 M&A transactions and has raised approximately $1 billion in external funding. Steve is a strong leader and communicator with extensive knowledge of interacting with boards of directors in the investment community, as well as setting business strategy and aligning operations to successfully maximize shareholder value.
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About HomeStars Inc., Strategic Information Technology: SIT provides banking software for banks, credit unions, trust companies, loan companies, insurance companies, and more.
Gordon Heard
CFO of Aimetis
Gordon Heard, a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant, brings to Aimetis over 20 years of experience in financial leadership positions from a variety of technology and professional services companies. Most recently he was Principal Advisor at The Finance Group specialising in financial management and regulatory compliance services. Gordon also served as Chief Finance Officer for aviation software company Navtech and corporate controller for Descartes, a global leader in software solutions for logistics. Gordon also worked in a variety of finance and accounting roles at Amec, Wajax and KPMG.
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About Aimetis: Aimetis, a Senstar company, is a software company offering integrated intelligent video management solutions for security surveillance.
Jim McKillop
CFO of Leankor
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About Leankor: Leankor provides visual workflow and project management solutions built entirely on the Salesforce App Cloud.
Jim McKillop
CFO of Leankor
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About Leankor: Leankor provides visual workflow and project management solutions built entirely on the Salesforce App Cloud.
Blair Geddes
Chief Financial Officer of BTI Systems
Blair Geddes has over 25 years of experience guiding private and public companies through various phases of operations, strategic expansion and M&A. Prior to joining BTI Blair was CEO of Streamline Strategic Finance Inc., a corporate finance advisory firm. Blair also held the position of CFO at several technology companies, including Med-Eng Systems Inc. (sold for $650 million), ActivCard Corp. (NASDAQ), Ericsson’s IP Network Access Product Unit and Advanced Computer Communications (sold for $300 million). He also held several senior finance positions at Newbridge Networks. Blair is a CPA, CA and holds a Bachelor of Administration degree from Brock University in Ontario, Canada.
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About BTI Systems: BTI Systems is a software and networking company delivering solutions for service and content providers.
Donald Gibbons
Chief Financial Officer of FreeBalance
Donald is responsible for the administrative, financial, legal and risk management operations of FreeBalance.
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About FreeBalance: FreeBalance is the only public financial management solution built exclusively for government.
Ronnie Wahi
CFO of Econveyance
Ronnie joined econveyance in early 2014 bringing with him over 20 Years of experience in the software sector. His background in technology has varied from consulting to establishing businesses in the industry. He has a proven track record of success, realizing and delivering financial and management goals. Ronnie holds a BSc in computing science, and is also a Chartered Professional Accountant with significant management and operational expertise. He is responsible for development and execution of the company’s strategic financial plan for stable growth and efficient operations.
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About Econveyance: The largest and fastest growing network of conveyance professionals.
Ken MacAskill
CFO of Fusebill
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About Fusebill: Fusebill is a company that provides automated invoicing, billing and collections for subscription-based companies.
Ken MacAskill
CFO of Fusebill
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About Fusebill: Fusebill is a company that provides automated invoicing, billing and collections for subscription-based companies.
Craig McCannell
CFO of Yappn Canada
Craig McCannell is the Chief Financial Officer at KABN
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About Liquid Avatar Technologies, Yappn Canada: Yappn is a technological innovator in AI-powered neural machine translation systems.
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,
Randy McCoy
CFO of omNovos
Randy McCoy is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with over twenty years of experience in financial reporting and management for software, manufacturing, and professional services businesses. He has a unique blend of financial and communication expertise that has enabled him to balance human resources and business skills with financial acumen. Randy has successfully negotiated contracts with several Fortune 500 accounts spread across diverse industries. He has served as Finance Director at Kinaxis and as Senior Finance Manager at Autodesk, where he managed multimillion dollar deal negotiations with Fortune 500 companies, navigated complex US GAAP revenue recognition, and maintained intricate budgeting and forecasting models while guiding financial growth. Randy’s collaborative approach and communication capabilities have led to thriving, long-standing client and colleague relationships with mutually beneficial outcomes. By incorporating financial modeling in real time, he has helped accelerate corporate decision making and direction—he continually finds creative ways to address challenges and to make significant and meaningful impact on business outcomes. As a corporate finance professional in the technology sector, Randy has been privileged to deliver finance for IT presentations at industry events such as the CMG Performance and Capacity Conference, and the IBM Share Conference.
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About omNovos: omNovos is a consultancy firm that offers omni-channel customer engagement solutions.
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.
Derek Leson
Chief Financial Officer of YGen Development
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About YGen Development: YGen Development is a software development company that specializes in website, mobile app and desktop development.
Brad Carlyle
Chief Financial Officer of Agreement Express
Brad Carlyle is the Chief Financial Officer at Agreement Express,
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About Agreement Express: SaaS platform that automates the client onboarding process for financial services firms.
Michael Longinotti
Chief Financial Officer of Rx Networks
Mike is a CPA with 30 years experience in financing and operations in public and private companies. He was CFO of Silent Witness (TSX:SWE) just prior to the sale to Honeywell, and served on the board of Digital Payment Technologies (a private company that designs and manufactures electronic parking meters) for six years as the Chairman of its audit and compensation committees. Previously he worked in the resource industry and was treasurer and controller for Cominco (TSX:TEK), a $1.6B revenue mining company. Mike holds Bachelors of Science in Geology and Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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About Rx Networks: Rx Networks offers location-based assisted GPS technologies and services.
Abe Syne
Co-Founder and CFO of DogSync
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About DogSync: DogSync is a task management app built specifically for dog owners, aiming to help people communicate and delegate dog-care tasks swiftly.
Tom Geib
Chief Financial Officer of Worldplay Communications
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About Worldplay Communications: A Disruptive Online Video Platform & Software-as-a-Service Provider
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.
Melissa McElwee
CFO of International Barrier Technology
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About International Barrier Technology: ePrivateHire develops software solutions such as Tobias, web-based booking software for the private hire and taxi industry.
Laurence Sacks
CFO of OrderDynamics
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About OrderDynamics: Tecsys OrderDynamics is the leading distributed order management solution for mid-market retailers
Jeff Calvert
CFO of Offsetters
Jeff has over 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, business leadership and B2B sales & marketing, including over five years’ experience in international carbon markets and carbon project development. Before joining ERA as Chief Financial Officer in 2010, Jeff was Managing Director at Borealis Carbon Offsets, a firm he founded with a diverse group of companies in Northern British Columbia. While at Borealis, he led the first significant transactions of Canadian carbon offsets into the American voluntary market through a global partnership with EcoSecurities. Since joining ERA, Jeff led corporate finance and public company reporting functions, as well as acting as executive sponsor of the Offsetters and CCC acquisition. Jeff holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario as well as a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Royal Roads University and is a Professional Engineer licensed in Ontario. He is technically trained as a papermaker, initially managing clients in consumer goods, packaging and specialty paper manufacture. Jeff left papermaking for biotechnology, working for a leading Canadian cellulose ethanol firm in application technology and business development before an extended sabbatical on motorcycle through the Caribbean, South and Central America. He lives with his wife, two kids and a large yellow dog in North Vancouver.
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About Offsetters: As Canada’s leading provider of sustainability and carbon-management solutions, Offsetters helps organizations.
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.
Réal Alix
Chief Financial Officer of SoftTarget
Real Alix has over 25 years of experience in information technology . Prior to joining softTarget, he held several business development positions and worked as system developer for various consulting service firms and financial institutions.
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About SoftTarget: softTarget Inc. is a best-of-breed front-office solution supplier for the Wealth Management industry.
Robert (Bob) Allen
CFO of SmartFleet
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About SmartFleet: Mobile Fleet & Workforce Management
Barb Darlow
CFO of Mydoma Studio
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About Arnprior Regional Health, Mydoma Studio: Design business management software
Grace Krigstin
CFO of SqueezeCMM
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About SqueezeCMM: Enterprise content marketing analytics.
John Chase
VP of finance and CFO of Power Measurement
John has over 25 years of business and financial experience. He has worked for Amazon.com’s marketplace division, Exchange.com, an early competitor of eBay, and Rounder Records – the world’s largest independent record label. Massachusetts-based Exchange.com was an online marketplace that specialized in niche markets, such as rare books, and eventually purchased Bibliofind.com – one of AbeBooks’ early competitors. Amazon then acquired both Exchange.com and Bibilofind, and John relocated to Amazon’s Seattle headquarters in 1999. John initially served as chief financial executive for Amazon’s fledgling marketplace division before being appointed director of finance, planning and analysis. He also spent two years in AbeBooks’ hometown of Victoria, BC, (2003-2005) with Power Measurement – the energy management technology firm – as its chief financial officer.
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About Power Measurement: Power Measurement is a leading provider of enterprise energy management systems for energy suppliers and consumers worldwide.
Eric Welters
CFO of SoftSell.io
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About SoftSell.io: An all-in-one Digital Sales Room solution to collaborate with customers and offer a memorable virtual buying experience.
