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David Ciccarelli

Chief Executive Officer, Founder

David Ciccarelli is the CEO and founder of Voices. Scaling up from a small home studio, Voices now operates in over 160 countries and in 100+ languages and dialects. As Chief Executive Officer and Founder, David is responsible for setting the vision, executing the growth strategy, and managing the company on a day-to-day basis. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School, and has been published in outlets such as The Globe & Mail, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and The Wall Street Journal.

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About David

David’s entrepreneurship journey started with the opening of his own recording studio in the city of London, Ontario. In the early days of his career, David worked with his now-wife, Stephanie, providing local businesses with audio recording and voice over services. Stephanie, a trained singer, was the voice talent, and David was the audio engineer.

After seeing success with the local business community, David soon realized that the voice over industry was one that had yet to be digitized, and the concept of Voices was born. He moved away from doing studio work to creating a voice over marketplace with the purpose of positively impacting the world through the human voice. Now, more than 15 years later, Voices is the leading voice over marketplace in the world, with over 4 million registered users..

Under David’s leadership, Voices raised $2M in funding from the Business Development Bank of Canada, followed by a USD $18M Series A funding from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital located in San Francisco.

In 2022, David graduated from Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management program. David has been featured in prominent media publications including The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Globe and Mail, and more.

David has been happily married to his wife, Stephanie, for more than 10 years. They have a son and three daughters and live in London, Ontario, Canada. In his free time, he enjoys listening to audiobooks, running, and biking.

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Speaking Engagements

David has spoken at dozens of events in the tech world and appeared as a guest on national television, radio, webinar and podcast programs, including:

  • Voices Local Talent Event, Los Angeles - February 27, 2023
  • Voices Local Talent Event, New York - January 25, 2023
  • Tech Secrets Virtual Summit - January 14, 2022
  • The David Meltzer Show - Office Hours - January 12, 2022
  • Work From Your Happy Place Podcast - January 11, 2022
  • You Booked It! Podcast - December 28, 2021
  • Code Story Podcast - November 10, 2021
  • The Daily Grind Podcast - November 2, 2021
  • Not Another Marketing Podcast - October 25, 2021
  • Leaders of B2B Podcast - October 18, 2021
  • The Sharkpreneur Podcast - March 16, 2021
  • Speaker for ISED Business Executives at the Ivey Business School - December 2, 2020
  • Speaker at the Lazaridis ScaleUp All-Cohort Weekend on the Founder’s Funding Panel - October 4, 2019
  • Speaking at Disruptive Innovation Ivey, London - September 12, 2019
  • The Human Voice in the Voice First Era – VOICE Summit New Jersey - July 24, 2019
  • Monday Morning Radio Show - July 14, 2019
  • Alexa in Canada with Terri Fisher - July 2, 2019
  • The Douglas Coleman Radio Show - July 2, 2019
  • The Entrepreneurial You with Heneka Watkis-Porter - June 13, 2019
  • Work, Fit, Passion Podcast with John Francis - May 21, 2019
  • Work, Fit, Passion Podcast with John Francis - May 21, 2019
  • My Future Business Podcast with Rick Nuske - May 11, 2019
  • Your First 1000 Clients with Mitch Russo - May 3, 2019
  • Pennelist at Voice of the Car Summit, San Francisco - April 9, 2019
  • Voice Tech Podcast with Carl Robinson - March 27, 2019
  • Era of the Voice – Converge 2019, Atlanta - February 20, 2019
  • Scaling Startups – Canadian Technology Accelerator, New York City - June 5, 2018
  • QuantumShift Alumni Panel – KPMG Enterprise - May 10, 2018
  • Ivey Entrepreneurship Panel – Ivey Business School - January 19, 2018
  • SMB Customer Fanatics Panel: How 3 Growth Companies are Putting Customers First – Dreamforce - November 8, 2017
  • How One Canadian Small Business Raised $18M From Morgan Stanley Using Salesforce – Salesforce Live - November 8, 2017
  • The Age of the Customer: Growing your Small & Med Business, Panelist – Salesforce Executive Event - June 13, 2017
  • Creating Culture, Keynote – Western U Propel Startup Summit - March 26, 2017
  • London Left Behind, Interviewee – TVO: The Agenda with Steve Paikin - February 27, 2017
  • The Largest Voiceover Marketplace in The World Co-Founder and CEO Chats With Positive Phil, Podcast Guest – Positive Phil Podcast - December 7, 2016
  • Creating a High-Performance Culture, Keynote – Engage Conference - February 23, 2016
  • Predictable Revenue, Keynote – Explode Conference - May 5, 2016
  • Building a Company That’s Set Up to Scale – Rocketship.fm - July 2, 2015
  • Doing Business Development in New York City – NYC - April 13, 2015
  • TechAlliance Munchies with Mentors - February 5, 2015
  • Mixergy Podcast - December 1, 2014
  • CBC Radio Ontario Morning - November 28, 2014
  • Web Optimization Summit – NYC - April 21, 2014
  • Success Harbor, How To Make More Than $10 Million With Voices - April 17, 2014
  • Libro Small Business Seminar - April 9, 2014
  • Venture Out NYC
  • Ivey panel on technology innovation - March 26, 2014
  • Emerging Leaders London - March 26, 2014
  • Entrepreneur Mentor for Mentorship for Emerging Leaders Starting Grounds - March 18, 2014
  • Entrepreneur Mentor for the Canadian Youth Business Foundation’s "Win a Date With…" program - November 26, 2013
  • Niagara Falls Small Business Enterprise Centre, "Bridges to Better Business" keynote - November 14, 2013
  • Northwest Innovation Centre, "Growing Your Business Conference" keynote - October 24, 2013
  • Ivey Entrepreneurship Club panelist, "IEC Launch" - September 25, 2013
  • Hartford Online Radio Network - January 26, 2012
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Writing and Media Contributions

David has been featured in and contributed to major media outlets as the Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., and more, covering the topics of business, entrepreneurship, and technology:

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