Gary Saarenvirta

Sobeys, Inc. retails food and grocery items. It offers bakery, meat, seafood, cheese and deli, kitchen, grocery, and pharmacy products. The company was founded by John William Sobey in 1907 and is headquartered in Stellarton, Canada.

Geostar Corp. engages in oil and gas exploration. The company was founded on April 01, 1999 and is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, MI.

The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte & Touche, Inc. provides accounting services. The company is based in Calgary, Canada.

Fundamental Advisors LP (Fundamental Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Laurence L. Gottlieb and Dana S. Fusaris. The firm is headquartered in New York.

FlipGive, Inc. provides technology for fundraising and social responsibility programs. The firm enables its community groups, such as sports teams, schools, churches, athletes, and community organizations to create fundraising page, shop and earn cash back, invite teams, share brands with friends and family and withdraw funds. The company was founded by Lee J. W. Nicholas, Elissa Beckett, Steve Croth and Mark Bachman in 2008 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Sonaecom SGPS SA, Praesidium Services Ltd. is a British company that provides risk management consulting services. The company is based in Reading, UK.

East Coast Fund Management, Inc. (East Coast) is an independent, Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Michael “Mike” MacBain in 2009. East Coast provides investment management services to institutional, high net worth and retail investors.

Part of Sonae SGPS SA, Sonae MC - Serviços Partilhados SA is a company based in Maia, Portugal. Founded in 2012, the Portuguese company provides administrative services.

ViSenze Pte Ltd. provides image recognition solutions. Its products include ViSearch for intelligent visual search, ViContext for contextual analysis and recommendation, ViMobile for mobile search and recognition, and ViSight for visual driven business analytics. The company was founded by Roger Yuen, Oliver Tan, Li Guangda, and Tat Seng Chua in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Ometria Ltd. operates customer insight and marketing platform. It platform allows retailers to make data-driven decisions about customer segmentation, product merchandising, marketing, and on-site customer experience. The company was founded by Ivan Ivanovovich Mazour, Djalal Lougouev, Alastair James and James Dunford-Wood and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

ciValue Systems Ltd. develops a customer analytics and personalization platform. It serves the food, drugstore and convenience retail, and softline and hardline retail industries. The company was founded by Beni Basel, Tzachi Rosen and Gilad Cohen and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

Context-Based 4 Casting Ltd. provides predictive analytics solutions. Its solutions are based on patented data-compression and machine-learning algorithms that enable an automatic generation of prediction models at a granular level. The company was founded by Irad Ben-Gal and Gonen Singer and is headquartered in Herzlyia, Israel.

Paper Education Co., Inc. provides unlimited online tutoring for all academic subjects. It offers tutoring through instant messaging and file sharing. The company was founded by Roberto Cipriani and Philip Cutler in 2014 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

StyleSage, Inc. operates a predictive analytics and real-time sales optimization platform that enables brands to price, design and buy new products. It analyzes billions of pricing and social signals to answer: what designs are popular, how to price, how much to produce, and where to allocate inventory. The company was founded by Robert Figiel and Jade Huang in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

InovRetail Lda. develops advanced analytics tools. It offers SEEPLUS, an advanced customer retail experience management platform that helps retailers to design and manage optimized atmospherics strategies for their retail stores. The company was founded by Sousa Leao and Marco Soares on Septomber 22, 2010 and is headquartered in Porto, Portugal.

Hubdoc, Inc. develops and operates a document collection and management software which consolidates bills, statements, and other important documents online. The firm offers snap and send paperwork, auto-pilot for bills and statements, export documents, audit-proof, and bank level security. The company was founded by Jamie Shulman and Jamie McDonald in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Sales Layer Tech SL offers cloud based solutions. It centrally syncs products on multiple sales channels. The company was founded by Alvaro Verdoy and Iban Borras Serret in 2013 and is headquartered in Castellón, Spain.

Exempt Me Now, Inc. automated online compliance software solutions. It offers incorporation filling, tax-exempt reinstatement, nonprofit compliance maintenance, and registered agent services. The company was founded by Sevetri Wilson in 2015 and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

Counting Ltd. provides accounting and banking services through online. Its software helps businesses to open a current account, obtain business card, as well as generates automated accounting receipts, invoices, profit and loss report, and submits tax computations and returns. The firm caters to startups and sole traders. The company was founded by Tim James Walter Fouracre and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Excellium Services SA engages in the provision of cyber-security consulting and technology integration services. It offers EyeGuard – SOC, information security governance, intrusion tests, network and security infrastructure, CERT–XLM, EyeTools, GDPR, and training services. The company was founded by Xavier Vincens and Christophe Bianco on November 28, 2012 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Framework Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Peter Misek and Andrew Lugsdin. The firm is headquartered in Canada.

Maxsold Ltd. offers downsizing and estate sale services through an online auction platform. It serves clients in the United States, across Ontario and Vancouver metro in British Columbia. The company was founded by Barry Gordon in 1956 and is headquartered in Kingston, Canada.

S21 Sec Information Security Labs SL provides cyber security services. The company is based in Madrid, Spain.

Part of Sonae SGPS SA, Sonae Food4Future SA provides business and management consulting services. The company is based in Maia, Portugal.

CarDoor, Inc. is a technology company based in Canada that is revolutionizing the car buying and selling process. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company offers certified vehicles at competitive prices through a fully online customer experience. Customers can browse inventory, buy a car, trade-in or sell their current vehicle, and enjoy at-home delivery. CarDoor is dedicated to making car shopping easy for all Canadians. The company also provides a digital solution for dealers to move more units and receive exclusive supply and service referrals.

Kruger Products, Inc. is a leading Canadian manufacturer of tissue products for household, industrial, and commercial use. The private company is based in Mississauga, Canada. The Canadian company offers well-known brands such as Cashmere, Purex, SpongeTowels, Scotties, White Swan, and Bonterra. The company also manufactures private label products and the White Cloud brand. The company's away-from-home division provides cost-effective product solutions to commercial and public entities. Kruger Products has approximately 2,800 employees and operates nine FSC COC-certified production facilities. The company was founded in 1904 by Joseph Kruger, and Joseph Kruger has been the CEO since 1904.

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA) is a national accounting organization representing over 220,000 CPAs at national and international levels. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada. CPA Canada collaborates with provincial and territorial regulatory bodies to support the profession and promote transparency in financial markets. The organization contributes to standard setting and public policy and works with international bodies to build a stronger accounting profession worldwide. CPA Canada provides extensive resources covering sustainability, corporate reporting, standards, and audit issues. The organization champions best practices that benefit business and society and prepares its members for an ever-evolving operating environment featuring unprecedented change. Pamela Steer has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2022.