Ali Tajskandar

Ali Tajskandar is CEO and Founder of Wishpond. Over the past 20 years, Ali has had a distinguished career as a software engineer, entrepreneur, and technologist. In 2009, Ali founded Wishpond with the goal of simplifying marketing for business owners. Under Ali’s leadership, Wishpond has expanded its technology suite to include a lead generation platform, award winning email marketing platform, and an advanced marketing automation system. Ali has been instrumental in building out Wishpond’s sales teams responsible for the largest portion of Wishpond’s new monthly recurring revenue, and pioneering the shift towards managed solutions positioning Wishpond as a market leader and first in it’s category. Day-to-day, Ali is responsible for overall company direction, product development, and continuing to secure Wishpond’s place as a high growth company.

Prior to Wishpond, Ali worked as a software engineer in a number of high-tech startups including SoundLogic (acquired by Lucent), Seance Software, and Bitspan Network. He served on the advisory board of Modern Advisors, a financial technology company acquired by Guardian Capital. Ali holds a B.ASc. in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.