Leerom Segal

Leerom Segal (born April 19, 1979 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is a Canadian entrepreneur, humanitarian, and philanthropist. He is the CEO And Co-Founder of Klick Health.

Biography

Segal immigrated to Canada at age 8 and launched his first company, The ByteDoctors, at age 12. He went on to become the CTO of publicly traded Motion Works Group at 16 and then to co-found Klick Health in 1997, at age 17, with partners Aaron Goldstein and Peter Cordy.

Segal contributed a chapter on Managing Expectations and Performance in an Organization to the Managing the Executive Team: Top CEOs on Working with Board Members, Leading Team Meetings, and Implementing a Companywide Vision (Inside the Minds) book and is a licensed Buzan Mind Mapping/Speed Reading Instructor.

Klick Health

Klick Health specializes in digital marketing for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and insurer markets across North America. Under Segal's leadership, the company has achieved a 30% year-over-year growth, grown to over 200 employees with an attrition rate of less than 3%, and regularly appeared on the lists of Canada's Best 50 Managed Companies, Canada's Best Small and Medium Employers, and the Deloitte Fast Technology 500.

Segal focuses heavily on company culture, through mechanisms like Peer Recognition Awards, the Klick-It-Forward donation program, and annual viral holiday videos. Segal and Goldstein have spent much of Klick's history developing and refining Genome, an internal system that has replaced email and drives communication, collaboration, and culture.

Honors, Awards, and Affiliations

• 2005 Business Development Bank of Canada's (BDC) 2005 Young Entrepreneur Award for Ontario.
• 2006 Ernst and Young Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
• 2008 Bold 5 Under 35
• 2009 - 2011 TED
• 2011 Globe and Mail Top 40 Under 40
• 2011 Advisory Board Member, Digital Health Coalition.
• 2011 Annual Meeting of the New Champions at the World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum Global Growth Company)
• 2012 TEDGLOBAL

Philanthropy and Humanitarianism

• As part of Segal's philanthropic efforts, Klick has donated more than $1.3 million of in-kind work to charities and non-profits
• ArtBound Ambassador and Member of ArtBound Me to We team, Building Sustainability expedition to Kenya 2011.
• Brazilian Carnival Ball, Digital Marketing Chair
• White Knight Advisory Board