At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 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 Alberta based CEO’ operating in the Agriculture space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
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.
Dhruv Sood
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Fresh Prep Foods
Dhruv Sood is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Fresh Prep.
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About Fresh Prep Foods: Fresh Prep Foods is a weeknight dinner solution providing meal kit delivery service for busy people.
Charles Magro
President & CEO of Agrium
Chuck was named President & Chief Executive Officer in January 2014. Since joining Agrium in 2009, Chuck has played a key leadership role in driving the Company’s operational excellence, focused growth and communication with its key stakeholders. During his time with Agrium, he has served as Agrium’s Chief Operating Officer and was accountable for two Strategic Business Units (Wholesale and Retail) and Human Resources. Chuck has also held the roles of Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Chief Risk Officer and was responsible for a number of core areas, including Corporate Development and Strategy, EHS&S, Sustainability & Stakeholder Relations, Internal Audit, and Risk Management. Before that, Chuck was Vice President, Manufacturing responsible for Agrium’s Wholesale manufacturing facilities. Chuck joined Agrium following a productive career with NOVA Chemicals. He started his career as a process engineer and progressed quickly to leadership roles in plant and operations management and product line management, leading a major strategic growth project and heading global investor relations. Chuck plays an active role on the Boards of the International Fertilizer Association, the Fertilizer Institute and CANPOTEX. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemical Engineering) from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Windsor.
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About Agrium: Agrium is a retail supplier of agricultural products, nutrients, and services.
John Schmeiser
CEO of Western Equipment Dealers Association
John Schmeiser serves as a CEO at Western Equipment Dealers Association.
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About Western Equipment Dealers Association: WEDA, an International trade association that represents agricultural, industrial & outdoor power equipment dealers.
Glen Metzler
CEO & Founder of API Labs
Chief Executive Officer, director, founder and key developer of the vision for API Labs. As a career, Mr. Metzler has been involved in research and market development across numerous industries in Canada and internationally: including over 20 years of experience developing and launching new products.
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About API Labs: API Labs is a company looking to create a vertically integrated poppy industry .
Remi Schmaltz
CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Decisive Farming
Remi Schmaltz is the CEO, president, and co-founder of Decisive Farming. He previously served as an advisory board member at Rocky Mountain Ventures. Prior to that, Remi served as a manager of corporate development at DynAgra Corp.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Decisive Farming: Decisive Farming provides information technology solutions for farming industry in Western Canada.
David Lloyd
CEO and Co-Founder of FREDsense
My passion is for learning, engineering, biology, and most importantly people. My technical background is in Biochemistry with a focus in Cancer Biology, and an in-formal training (>5 years) in Synthetic Biology working and managing projects as diverse as DNA assembly, bio-fuels, environmental remediation, and biosensors for toxins. I work within the innovation and education space whether it be developing science and entrepreneurial resources, DIY hacker spaces for biology, or commercializing products through startups.
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About FREDsense: FREDsense is changing the way we think about water monitoring – bringing it out of the lab and into the hands of those who need it.
Tanner Stewart
Director & CEO of Nutraponics Canada
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About Nutraponics Canada: NutraPonics is a privately held agriculture technology company based in Alberta.
Robert Saik
CEO of AGvisorPRO
Robert Saik is Chief Executive Officer of AGvisorPRO and Saik Management Group Inc. Former Chief Executive Officer of DOT Farm Solutions Inc.
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About AGvisorPRO: Mobile Platform, 2-sided marketplace, SaaS
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