Seema is a tech startup entrepreneur / executive, and most recently served as Chief Product Officer at Wattpad, growing the Canadian internet storytelling company for 10 years, from early stage startup to acquisition, reaching over 90 million people around the world. She also served as General Manager for Wattpad Labs and Chair of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. She is a champion of building products and companies that make the world better, especially for marginalized communities. Seema was awarded Canada’s 50 Best Executives in 2020 by The Globe & Mail and Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2021.

She is also a founding board member of the non-profit APM Canada, on a mission to improve the diversity of the tech industry, by providing entry level access and learning for underrepresented people in product management. Seema holds an HBA from the Ivey Business School, Western University.

Outside of technology, Seema runs a small independent theatre company, Radioactive Ladybird Productions, and produces, creates and performs when she can.