# Steve Daly

> Steve Daly is chief Executive Officer. Instructure Canvas on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-11-03

Chief Executive Officer.

Steve Daly is chief executive of Instructure, the Salt Lake City company behind Canvas, listed first on its leadership page. The company was founded in 2008, launched Canvas in 2011 and was acquired by KKR and Dragoneer in November 2024.

## What Steve builds

- [Instructure Canvas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canvas-lms.md), graded C, 59.5/100, in Learning, tutoring & assessment. Canvas is Instructure's learning management system for schools and universities. Its REST and GraphQL APIs read and change courses, assignments, quizzes, submissions and grades on an institution's Canvas domain, with OAuth2 developer keys its administrators issue and scope. Chief Executive Officer, researched 2026-11-03.

## Works with

- [Shiren Vijiasingam](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shiren-vijiasingam/), Chief Product Officer

## Questions

### Who is Steve Daly?

Steve Daly is chief executive of Instructure, the Salt Lake City company behind Canvas, listed first on its leadership page. The company was founded in 2008, launched Canvas in 2011 and was acquired by KKR and Dragoneer in November 2024.

### What does Instructure make?

Anchor Terminal lists Instructure Canvas from Instructure. Canvas is Instructure's learning management system for schools and universities. Its REST and GraphQL APIs read and change courses, assignments, quizzes, submissions and grades on an institution's Canvas domain, with OAuth2 developer keys its administrators issue and scope.

### How are Steve's tools graded?

Instructure Canvas is graded C, 59.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.instructure.com/about
- https://www.instructure.com/.well-known/security.txt
- https://www.instructure.com/policies/privacy
- https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841804/000119312524257230/d878225dex991.htm

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