{"id":13780,"date":"2026-03-17T20:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:05:33","slug":"jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lussier has been appointed as the CEO of Platform Calgary after serving in the interim role since October 2025. Previously, she was the organization&#8217;s VP of growth and COO. Platform Calgary serves as a hub for Calgary\u2019s innovation sector, assisting tech companies in starting, scaling, and commercializing their ventures. Lussier&#8217;s extensive experience in the Calgary business community and her previous roles at Platform Calgary contributed to the decision to appoint her permanently. Under her leadership, Platform Calgary aims to continue shaping the exponential growth of Calgary\u2019s tech community by leveraging its thriving hub and delivering high-velocity programs to support entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lussier has been appointed as the CEO of Platform Calgary after serving in the interim role since October 2025. Previously, she was the organization&#8217;s VP of growth and COO&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1434],"tags":[1195,413,9687,658,14027],"class_list":["post-13780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-global","tag-calgary","tag-global-startup-news","tag-innovation-sector","tag-leadership-transition","tag-platform-calgary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary - Startup Ecosystem Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary - Startup Ecosystem Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jennifer Lussier has been appointed as the CEO of Platform Calgary after serving in the interim role since October 2025. Previously, she was the organization&#8217;s VP of growth and COO....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Startup Ecosystem Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T00:05:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Startup Eco System\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Startup Eco System\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Startup Eco System\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28\"},\"headline\":\"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-18T00:05:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":109,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/default-pic_big.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Calgary\",\"Global startup news\",\"Innovation sector\",\"leadership transition\",\"Platform Calgary\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Global\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary - Startup Ecosystem Canada\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/default-pic_big.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-18T00:05:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/default-pic_big.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/default-pic_big.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Startup Ecosystem Canada\",\"description\":\"Largest Startup Community in Canada\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28\",\"name\":\"Startup Eco System\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Startup Eco System\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.startupecosystem.ca\\\/news\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary - Startup Ecosystem Canada","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary - Startup Ecosystem Canada","og_description":"Jennifer Lussier has been appointed as the CEO of Platform Calgary after serving in the interim role since October 2025. Previously, she was the organization&#8217;s VP of growth and COO....","og_url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/","og_site_name":"Startup Ecosystem Canada","article_published_time":"2026-03-18T00:05:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Startup Eco System","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Startup Eco System","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/"},"author":{"name":"Startup Eco System","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28"},"headline":"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary","datePublished":"2026-03-18T00:05:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/"},"wordCount":109,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","keywords":["Calgary","Global startup news","Innovation sector","leadership transition","Platform Calgary"],"articleSection":["Global"],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/","url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/","name":"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary - Startup Ecosystem Canada","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-18T00:05:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/default-pic_big.jpg","width":1000,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/jennifer-lussier-appointed-ceo-of-platform-calgary\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jennifer Lussier Appointed CEO of Platform Calgary"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/","name":"Startup Ecosystem Canada","description":"Largest Startup Community in Canada","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf38463111787b50c88f6fcd33f9c28","name":"Startup Eco System","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0296599ae4d98b5f644a6ebd0f36ee52f2642dac74ac9fee14854ec4a47d61d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Startup Eco System"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupecosystem.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}