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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 British Columbia based CEO’ operating in the Fitness 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.
Landon Hamilton
Co-Founder/CEO of Fitplan
CEO of Fitplan
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About Fitplan, Total Fitness and Nutrition: A mobile fitness app with interactive training programs world’s best personal trainers at your fingertips – anytime, anywhere.
Mohammed Alshaikh
CEO of REVYVA
prior to co-founding REVYVA, Moe was a Key Account Manager at CommScope Inc. He held various executive positions in Saudi Arabia within Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Saudi Bell. His passion for entrepreneurial projects landed him to broker the largest Internet Protocols sold in 2014 where he made north of a million dollars in commissions alone. Moe’s education includes a Bachelor of Telecommunication Engineering from QUT in Australia, and he is currently perusing an MBA from the University of Canada West in Vancouver.
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About REVYVA: REVYVA connects fitness trainers and trainees worldwide to facilitate affordable, virtual training sessions and classes.
Anton Solonnikov
Founder and CEO of VitaminLab
Anton Solonnikov is the Founder and CEO at VitaminLab.
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About VitaminLab: VitaminLab creates an all-in one personalized supplement from your health data: health history, blood testing or health apps.
Cindy Gu
Chief Executive Officer of VITALI Wear
Cindy received her formal education in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and has been fortunate enough to have studied Yoga and trained with the best. Her unconventional background combining the external creativity of engineering and the internal search of yoga and meditation led her to become an entrepreneur who defines her own path. As an engineer, yoga instructor and entrepreneur, the biggest problem she’s inspired to solve is the pandemic technology-drunkenness in modern lifestyle. She’s passionate about bridging technology and wellness together. Currently, she’s leading her start-up Vitali Wear to create next-generation of smart clothing for everyday wellbeing. Starting with breathing better, having better posture and becoming more mindful.
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About VITALI Wear: VITALI Wear provides smart Apparels, bridging innovation and wellness through haptic wearable technology.
William Masih
CEO/Founder of Wellin5
William is the Founder and CEO of Wellin5, an innovative, confidential platform, which connects users with counsellors for secure audio-video online counselling. He is a visionary leader and tenacious advocate of living out health & wellness and building effective relationships.
His 15 years of experience managing large teams and his personal connection with counselling have inspired his journey in the mental health tech arena. William has been invited as a presenter and panellist to various tech health events across Canada and the U.S. representing Wellin5 as a technological solution for improving mental health. Presently he is focused on building Wellin5 to be one of the most technologically advanced solutions for online counselling through machine learning and AI.
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About Wellin5: Wellin5 is a one-stop solution to access online counseling & post-therapy support.
Sami Asikainen
CEO and Co-founder of Carbon Trainer
Sami Asikainen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Carbon Trainer.
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About Carbon Trainer: fitness, hardware, consumer, saas, ai
Allan Seckel
CEO of Doctors of BC
Allan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Doctors of BC in October 2011. He began his career as a lawyer at Russell & DuMoulin, and was a partner of the merged firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin. In 2003, he started working for the provincial government as Deputy Attorney General, and later became the Deputy Minister to Premier Gordon Campbell and Head of the BC Public Service. In addition to a commerce and economics degree from SFU, Allan holds a Bachelor of Law from UVIC and a Master of Laws from Cambridge University. Allan serves on a number of boards, including Covenant House Vancouver and the TELUS Vancouver Community Board.
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About Doctors of BC: Toolkit supports recruitment and retention efforts.
Urs Camenisch
Founder / CEO of 5F – Find Fit Friends. For Free.
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About 5F – Find Fit Friends. For Free.: 5F is a free iOS app to find Sport Buddies nearby. There are over 100 different activities to choose from and 4 different skill levels.
Behzad Behroozan
Founder and CEO of Agartee Technology Inc.
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About Agartee Technology Inc.: Agartee Vibe System is designed to track and monitor sleep and daily activities to ensure the user is maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
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