Carlo is currently the CEO and President of Intellitix - an Event Intelligence Platform. Weathering the devastating Covid-19 hit on the event industry, they are in the process of launching the newest mobile focused platform into the North American and EU markets.
In his previous position, as Chief Executive Office of the Lazaridis Institute, Chiarello successfully launched the inaugural cohort in the first National Scale Up Program in 2016, created and commenced execution of the institute roadmap and was the visionary behind several partnerships in the first year. Some of the companies chosen in the first cohort, such as DOZR and StackAdapt are great examples of companies now at the next level from Canada.
Prior to the Lazaridis Institute, he was the Chief Product Officer/COO at Powermat Technologies Ltd (Israel/New York), where he helped introduce a cloud based Mobile Engagement IOT platform able to monetize via advertising, couponing and pay to charge strategies (wireless charging your mobile phone in public areas). In less than 12 months recorded over 150M charging minutes on an estimated user base of over 1 million users in the USA.
Mr. Chiarello worked for over a decade in several executive roles (Product Management and Business) scaling BlackBerry as a global smartphone pioneer – most recently as the Executive Vice President of the BlackBerry Handset Division. During his time with the company, he launched over 50 smartphones globally, while helping to scale the company into a multi-billion dollar business for Canada.
His first Product Management roles were with Nortel and Innovance in Ottawa, bringing some of the first highly integrated Network Management systems for high capacity fiber optics to the market.
Carlo Chiarello's career journey underscores his adaptability and his ability to drive innovation in diverse sectors.


