Founder
Nearly 17 years in technology journalism, now building TryCanadian
Tomas Svec combines journalism, communications and IT experience, and now applies it to TryCanadian and AI automation.
VancouverTomas spent nearly 17 years as a freelance technology journalist for Pravda, the largest daily newspaper in Slovakia. Alongside writing he worked in PR and marketing, business analysis, and DevOps and deployment.
In August 2026 he founded TryCanadian.ca, an independent database that helps people find Canadian alternatives to US companies and products. He is also building an AI automation practice for businesses.
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The project
TryCanadian.ca
A searchable database of Canadian companies and the Canadian alternatives to the US brands people already use. Tomas researches, verifies and publishes every entry himself, and the site has no affiliation with any brand.
Ownership Watch tracks and publishes verified changes in company ownership.
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Biography
Three skills, one way of working
Journalism taught him to find the point of a story. IT taught him how things get specified, built and shipped. Together they make AI automation practical for the businesses that need it.
Journalism
Explaining complex technology to a general audience, on deadline, for a national daily.
Communications
PR and marketing experience, with a journalist's eye for what a story needs.
IT and automation
Business analysis and DevOps work, now applied to AI automation for business.