Omar Sahyoun, CEO

Serial entrepreneur, notably co-founder of Canada’s first and largest independent daily deal sites TeamBuy & Dealfind, with over 4M members (today Emerge Commerce, tsxv: ECom). Incubator & CBO of recently exited Ario Platform, a digital banking platform for SMB / Retailer financing and backed by Omers. Previously, Executive Advisor at Purpose Financial, next gen asset/wealth management and banking platform with $8B+ in AUM. Co-founding partner at Tidal Impact, a digitally driven investment holding group focusing on Impact / Purpose driven small business.

Gary Kalk, Director

Chairman of the Board at Dealer-FX and Unoapp and with 30+ years of experience accelerating and scaling SaaS businesses, having exited Dealer-FX to global private equity player HGGC in 2015. He is an operator at heart and held senior roles in automotive retail marketing and operations, giving him an awareness of all aspects of a business. Gary has developed customer experience and retention programs for leading OEMs General Motors, Ford, FCA, Lexus, Toyota, Audi, VW, Nissan, Infiniti, Honda, Acura, KIA, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi & Subaru.

Michael Li, CPO

Mike is a seasoned product leader with extensive experience building, scaling, and transforming platforms in fintech, adtech, and telecom. He played a key role in driving a fintech company through rapid growth and a successful exit, and pioneered a Lending-as-a-Service platform in partnership with one of Canada’s leading banks. At Shopley, Mike leads product strategy and innovation, shaping the future of AI-powered, relationship-driven commerce. His focus is on empowering business owners and their teams to achieve more with less effort, while delivering personalized, seamless experiences that delight consumers.

Ramesh Saud, CTO

Technology leader with a proven track record in architecting scalable systems (Freshii, Pita Pit) across SaaS, commerce, and enterprise applications. As CTO at Shopley, Ramesh leads the development of our modular, AI-powered platform, ensuring every layer of the stack supports speed, flexibility, and long-term growth. With deep expertise in full-stack engineering and DevOps, he brings a hands-on approach to systems design, team leadership, and technical delivery. Ramesh is known for building high-performing teams, translating business goals into robust technical roadmaps, and driving innovation while maintaining engineering excellence.

Eric Bucci, COO

Operations leader with deep experience scaling SaaS and commerce platforms across retail and hospitality. As a founding team member at Shopley, Eric has led cross-functional teams across customer success, implementation, and support, managing over 200 accounts and driving improvements in onboarding speed, customer retention, and recurring revenue. He helped reduce POS onboarding time from 3 weeks to 3 days, secured major enterprise deals including Canada's largest restaurant group, and launched new revenue streams through value-added services.

Jake Cunningham, Product Manager

As Product Manager at Shopley, Jake blends product design, and technical insight to craft tools that empower small businesses and their customers. Drawing on his background in customer support and system/game programming, he champions customer-led innovation that drives loyalty and growth.