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Josh Garellek, founder and CEO, Arctic Leaf

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2019 Forty Under 40 recipient

Amy Friesen, founder and CEO, Tea & Toas

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2019 Forty Under 40 recipient

Erin Fenn, chief operating officer, 1VALET

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2019 Forty Under 40 recipient

Mostafa Farrokhabadi, director of grid analytics and technology, BluWave-ai

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2019 Forty Under 40 recipient

Kelly Elliott, partner, Canada director – practice support and optimization, Dentons Canada LLP

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2019 Forty Under 40 recipient

Jana Dybinski 36, vice-president, marketing and culture, Rebel.com

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Education: Bachelor of journalism, Carleton University (2006) Biggest business achievement: Helping to create an amazing work culture built on bravery and contribution, and leveraging that

Alex Dorward, chief operating officer, Simple Story; co-CEO and co-founder, AdmissionsConsulting.ca

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Education: Bachelor of information systems, St. Francis Xavier University (2011) Biggest business achievement: In 2011, I created a startup with a partner and ultimately sold

Heather Desjardins, founder and owner, the Open Door Educational Services

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Education: Bachelor of education, University of Ottawa (2008); bachelor of arts in English and visual arts, University of Ottawa (2007) Biggest obstacle overcome: Bootstrapping my

Francois de Bellefeuille, general manager, Spiria Digital

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Business: We produce custom software. Education: Bachelor of science in software engineering, University of Ottawa (2009) Biggest business achievement: Since I became general manager in

James Ciesielski, chief technical officer and co-founder, Rewind

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Business: Rewind is a data-recovery solution for business cloud services. Education: Bachelor of mathematics in computer science and software engineering, University of Waterloo (2003) Biggest