David Ciccarelli
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
David Ciccarelli is the CEO and founder of Lake. As Chief Executive Officer and Founder, David is responsible for setting the vision, executing the growth strategy, and managing the company on a day-to-day basis. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and has been published in outlets such as The Globe & Mail, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and The Wall Street Journal.
Speaking engagements
David, as a Public Speaker
David has spoken at dozens of events in the tech world and appeared as a guest on national television, radio, webinar, and podcast programs, including:
- Tech Secrets Virtual Summit – January 14, 2022
- The David Meltzer Show – Office Hours – January 12, 2022
- Work From Your Happy Place Podcast – January 11, 2022
- You Booked It! Podcast – December 28, 2021
- Code Story Podcast – November 10, 2021
- The Daily Grind Podcast – November 2, 2021
- Not Another Marketing Podcast – October 25, 2021
- Leaders of B2B Podcast – October 18, 2021
- The Sharkpreneur Podcast – March 16, 2021
- Speaker for ISED Business Executives at the Ivey Business School – December 2, 2020
- Speaker at the Lazaridis ScaleUp All-Cohort Weekend on the Founder’s Funding Panel – October 4, 2019
- Speaking at Disruptive Innovation Ivey, London – September 12, 2019
- Monday Morning Radio Show – July 14, 2019
- Alexa in Canada with Terri Fisher – July 2, 2019
- The Douglas Coleman Radio Show – July 2, 2019
- The Entrepreneurial You with Heneka Watkis-Porter – June 13, 2019
- Work, Fit, Passion Podcast with John Francis – May 21, 2019
- My Future Business Podcast with Rick Nuske – May 11, 2019
- Your First 1000 Clients with Mitch Russo – May 3, 2019
- Scaling Startups – Canadian Technology Accelerator, New York City – June 5, 2018
- QuantumShift Alumni Panel – KPMG Enterprise – May 10, 2018
- Ivey Entrepreneurship Panel – Ivey Business School – January 19, 2018
- SMB Customer Fanatics Panel: How 3 Growth Companies are Putting Customers First – Dreamforce – November 8, 2017
- How One Canadian Small Business Raised $18M From Morgan Stanley Using Salesforce – Salesforce Live – November 8, 2017
- The Age of the Customer: Growing your Small & Med Business, Panelist – Salesforce Executive Event – June 13, 2017
- Creating Culture, Keynote – Western U Propel Startup Summit – March 26, 2017
- London Left Behind, Interviewee – TVO: The Agenda with Steve Paikin – February 27, 2017
- Creating a High-Performance Culture, Keynote – Engage Conference – February 23, 2016
- Predictable Revenue, Keynote – Explode Conference – May 5, 2016
- Building a Company That’s Set Up to Scale – Rocketship.fm – July 2, 2015
- Doing Business Development in New York City – NYC – April 13, 2015
- TechAlliance Munchies with Mentors – February 5, 2015
- Mixergy Podcast – December 1, 2014
- CBC Radio Ontario Morning – November 28, 2014
- Web Optimization Summit – NYC – April 21, 2014
- Libro Small Business Seminar – April 9, 2014
- Venture Out NYC
- Ivey panel on technology innovation – March 26, 2014
- Emerging Leaders London – March 26, 2014
- Entrepreneur Mentor for Mentorship for Emerging Leaders Starting Grounds – March 18, 2014
- Niagara Falls Small Business Enterprise Centre, “Bridges to Better Business” keynote – November 14, 2013
- Northwest Innovation Centre, “Growing Your Business Conference” keynote – October 24, 2013
- Ivey Entrepreneurship Club panelist, “IEC Launch” – September 25, 2013
- Hartford Online Radio Network – January 26, 2012