Executive Team

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Patrick Rooney

Patrick Rooney joined us at Navarik in the spring of 2006 as President and CEO, a position he formerly held at rail industry innovator Kelsan Technologies Corp., which he had led from an early stage through a five-year growth phase.  Previously, Patrick was Director of Supply and Distribution at Viridian Inc. (formerly Sherritt Inc., and now part of Agrium), a publicly traded fertilizer company where he managed supply and distribution activities and facilities globally.  In addition to his time with that major commodities firm, Patrick has extensive business and legal experience in joint ventures, technology transfers, and mergers and acquisitions, including several years with the law firm of McCarthy Tetreault in Toronto.  He is a former member of the Board of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association.  Patrick has a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in England.

William Cyr

William Cyr came to Navarik in the summer of 2006 after four years at Kelsan Technologies, where he was Vice-President Finance, CFO, and Vice-President Operations, working for Patrick Rooney.  Previously, William spent four years as Vice-President Finance of Xantrex Technology Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers of power conversion equipment, where he managed the financial affairs of the company, including raising equity capital, financial planning and reporting.  He also served as CFO of Knowledge Junction Systems Inc., a startup company developing guided selling software.  William has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and earned a Chartered Accountant designation, where he placed in the top 10% in Canada, during 12 years he spent as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Steve Ricketts

Steve joined Navarik in the fall of 2009.  He is responsible for sales and marketing and product management.  Previously, Steve was Vice President of Marketing at Akorri, a venture-backed startup software company specializing in virtualization and storage management.  Prior to Akorri, Steve was with IBM’s Software Group, where he was the Program Director for WebSphere Portal and Web Content Management.  Before joining IBM, Steve was the Vice President of Marketing at Bowstreet.  While at Bowstreet, Steve strengthened Bowstreet’s leadership position in Java tooling and led the company’s successful entry into portal-based solutions.  Bowstreet was acquired by IBM in December of 2005.  Prior to Bowstreet, Steve was Vice President of Marketing at Emptoris.  During his tenure with Emptoris, the company grew to become the leading provider of strategic sourcing solutions.  Prior to Emptoris, Steve co-founded ScanSoft (now Nuance Communications), a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers.  He was instrumental in taking the company public in March 1999.  Steve has also held sales and marketing leadership roles at Xerox and Nortel.  Steve has a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree in Marketing from Iowa State University.

Roy Heaton

Roy Heaton joined Navarik in early 2007 as VP Products to lead the engineering efforts on Navarik’s products.  Roy has extensive expertise in project management, team development, software development and system design.  Roy has worked in software environments that varied from safety critical software to PC software to web application software for such companies as: SXIP Networks, Corel, XCert, Alcatel and IBM.  He has proven abilities in the management of software and engineering projects across a wide range of industries.  Roy has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Warwick and earned a Masters of Science from Southampton University.

Anita Carew

Anita Carew joined Navarik in 2008 as VP of Professional Services and is responsible for Client Management, the implementation of Navarik's system for customers, the provision of ongoing support to users and the negotiation of service agreements.  Anita brings 20 years of experience in software product companies in professional services, management, consulting, training and support.  Anita has extensive experience in project management, with a focus on large implementations and account management.  Anita most recently comes from CA Canada Inc and previously worked for International Decision Systems as the Manager of Professional Services, overseeing all consulting and implementation projects and staff in the central and southeast United States.  Anita is PMP certified, a Six Sigma green belt and graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, in Financial Management Technology.