VIKTRE

Helping professional and Olympic athletes monetize & leverage their social media influence by bringing their authentic voice & compelling content to their fans

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Currency USD
  • Founded September 2012
  • Employees 13
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website viktre.com

Company Summary

VIKTRE celebrates the life of the athlete.

Athletes are among the most influential people on social media and our CONTENT PUBLISHING PLATFORM lets the athlete own their brand, develop and share original content, and generate revenue.

Our PRIVATE ATHLETE PLATFORM brings together the more than 3 million current and former athletes allowing them to optimize business and social networking in a way that captures long term value for each them.

Team

  • CEO & Founder

    Al is an experienced sport and financial services leader with more than 20 years as an entrepreneur, executive and board member.  As the founder & CEO, Al is responsible for the strategy, oversight and capital raising of the company.  Previously, Al was President of Pavilion Asset Management (Canada), the founder and CEO of Bellatore Financial (USA), the President of Loring Ward (USA), and Vice President & Managing Director of Assante Asset Mgmt.

  • John Kawaja
    President

    John is a strategic global business executive with an accomplished & consistent record of delivering profitable growth.  As President of VIKTRE, responsible for sales & business development, he brings outstanding skills as a relationship builder, brand builder and operator. Prior to VIKTRE, John spent 27 years with the adidas Group as the President of Taylor Made, President of adidas Golf,  Head of Marketing - North America for the adidas group.

  • Chief Content Officer

    As CCO of VIKTRE, he is responsible for the brand, marketing, and content of the company.  He has over 18 years experience developing marketing strategies & technology solutions within Games, Music, Education, Enterprise, Logistics & Travel industries.  Some of his accomplishments are launching global mobile services and technology solutions with Nokia, Orange, AT&T, Universal, Sony, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, US Education Dept. and the UK Government.

  • EVP, Co-founder

    Rohit is responsible for overseeing corporate development, VIKTRE’s capital raising process, and finance. During his career, he has advised many clients on investment structure & partnership. He acted as the Policy Advisor for Economic Affairs in the Office of Prime Minister of Canada. He also worked for Scotia Capital as Associate Director in their M&A Group. Rohit holds a MBA from the Wharton School.

  • Chief Technology Officer

    As the CTO for VIKTRE, David is responsible for the technology strategies that interface within the product, marketing, content, and community of VIKTRE. Over the past 15 years, he has designed and implemented Microsoft-based (.NET) web technologies and developed custom solutions for a wide variety of organizations including Starters Group, Tracky, Wichita Public Schools, and Active Matrix Solutions.  David hold a BS in Management and a MBA.

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