Noah McDonough
Founder and CEO @Candidly Ai
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WORK HISTORY
Founder and CEO @Candidly Ai
Calgary, AB, CA
Founder of Candidly AI, a conversational intelligence platform that uses autonomous AI voice agents to conduct stakeholder interviews at scale. Candidly enables organizations to gather candid feedback faster, at lower cost, and with higher signal than traditional surveys or interviews.I lead product vision, architecture, and go-to-market, with a focus on building practical, secure AI systems that deliver real-world outcomes. Candidly’s voice agents engage stakeholders in natural conversation, ask adaptive follow-up questions, and automatically transform conversations into structured insights.All data is processed using self-hosted AI models and stored exclusively in Canadian data centers, ensuring full data residency and compliance for public sector and enterprise use cases.Core focus areas include conversational AI, voice systems, multi-agent orchestration, and insight generation for customer research, employee engagement, and community consultation.
EDUCATION
Smith School of Business at Queen's University
Master's degree
Haskayne School of Business
Bachelor's degree
ABOUT NOAH MCDONOUGH
I am the founder and CEO of Candidly AI, a conversational intelligence platform that uses autonomous AI voice agents to conduct stakeholder interviews at scale. Candidly AI helps organizations capture candid feedback faster, reduce research costs, and convert conversations into structured, actionable insight.Candidly AI is built as a SaaS platform. Through consulting engagements, I help leadership teams adopt AI responsibly, solve operational challenges, and deploy Candidly AI for high-impact outcomes. This hands-on experience continually informs the product roadmap and ensures our technology remains practical, secure, and aligned with how organizations actually operate.My expertise spans artificial intelligence, strategy, stakeholder engagement, and product leadership. I focus on applying real technology to solve real problems rather than experimentation for its own sake. I build systems that are understandable, trustworthy, and outcome driven with an emphasis on privacy, governance, and enterprise readiness.I am passionate about conversational AI, voice systems, multi-agent architectures, and insight generation for customer research, employee engagement, and public sector consultation. All Candidly AI implementations prioritize secure architecture and Canadian data residency.I enjoy working with teams that value clarity, accountability, and long-term impact. If you are exploring how AI can be applied thoughtfully and effectively within your organization, I am always open to a conversation.
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