Directors & Officers
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Frank BarrFCA, Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Audit Committee, Chair of the Governance CommitteeFrank Barr is an independent chartered accountant and business consultant with extensive experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors. He is the chair of the Risk Management and Governance Board of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and served as the Assistant Auditor General of British Columbia for twenty years. Frank lives in Victoria, B.C. |
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Takashi YuriDirector since 2000, Chair of the Compensation CommitteeTakashi Yuri has served with TechMatrix Corporation, a Japanese systems development and integration firm, since 1987 and as its President since April 2000. Yuri received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Waseda University in Japan in 1983. He resides in Tokyo, Japan. |
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Steve KornDirector since 2001, Chair of the Standing Committee on Shareholder Value, member of the Compensation Committee, and acting member of the Audit Committee.Steve Korn is a Vice President at Patni Computer Systems, based in New Jersey, responsible for major insurance clients. Previously, Steve was a Client Delivery Executive with EDS responsible for EDS' outsourcing relationship with General Motors Asset Management & Treasurers Office NYC. He has held a variety of account management, delivery and consulting leadership roles at EDS mainly in capital markets and banking. Earlier, Steve held various product manager positions at Citibank and General Electric, and was a management consultant with Booz-Allen and Hamilton. He received his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, an MSEE from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a BSEE from Newark College of Engineering. |
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Robert ParkPresident, CEO & DirectorBob co-founded FINCAD in 1990 and is responsible for the overall management of the company. Prior to co-founding FINCAD he worked in the Canadian investment industry in the private client areas of two national firms, Richardson Greenshields and CIBC Wood Gundy, latterly as vice president and branch manager. Bob is a member of the governing council of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance, Canada's leading hi-tech industry alliance, and on the board of directors of AceTech British Columbia, a unique nonprofit organization that provides continuing education for chief executive officers of technology companies. |
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Nancy PetersenCFO & Corporate SecretaryNancy joined the company in March 1996 and is responsible for administrative, human resources, accounting, banking and legal programs for the company. Nancy has over 25 years experience of increasing responsibility in accounting and financial management for various industries including engineering, importing and commercial agriculture. Prior to joining FINCAD, Nancy had 10 years experience as a corporate controller. She received her C.G.A. designation in 1992. |
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Mark ChesserChief Operating OfficerMark joined the company in 2004 to oversee the company's R&D program. A graduate from Abertay University in Scotland, he has 20 years of experience in the software industry. Before joining FINCAD, Mark managed the Development, QA and Customer Support operations of several Vancouver-based firms, developing award winning software products for companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Compaq and Palm. In addition to product development, Mark has also managed development activities on large, complex systems for the International Space Station and the Oceanic Air Traffic Control System. |
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Bill StewartVice President, SalesBill joined FINCAD in 2000. He initially worked directly in FINCAD sales and later provided inaugural leadership for the FINCAD Alliance Program which has grown to a global network of 70+ vendors that leverage FINCAD's industry standard analytics within their own solutions. In 2007 he was named Vice President, Sales with responsibility for all of FINCAD global sales activities. Bill's prior experience includes engineering design, finance and M&A roles. Before joining FINCAD he worked with The Jim Pattison Group and The Loewen Group. He holds a B.Sc. in Applied Science from Queen's University and two Masters' degrees including an MBA. |








