Executive Team
Christopher Krywulak
President and CEO
Christopher has been a leader in the wireless industry since 1990. As this industry grew, Christopher began to sense a need for retail management specific to cellular and wireless telecommunications. iQmetrix launched in 1999, and has since become the most comprehensive retail management system available for this industry.
Christopher's success has been rewarded by some of the most prestigious publications and organizations in North America, including Profit 100 and Ernst and Young. Listed below are some of the awards Christopher and his businesses have garnered:
- Profit 100 Innovation in Technology Award
- Jump.ca, one of Christopher's first companies, was listed on Profit 100's Fastest Growing Companies three years in a row
- Canadian Information Productivity Award (CIPA)
- Up and Coming top 25 IT companies in Canada (National Post)
- Business Development Bank Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalist 2001
Christopher is also very active in the Saskatchewan business community. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority, as well as the Business Advisory Council for Western Economic Diversification. He was also recently named to the Saskatchewan Minister's Advisory Council on Information Technology.
Christopher attributes many of his entrepreneurial skills to the tenets he learned in Taekwon-do, in which he competes internationally. In 2002 he earned a bronze medal at the World GTF Taekwon-do Championships. In 2004 he competed at the GTF World Championships in Russia, where as Captain of Team Canada he led the men's team to Canada's first gold medal in the Team Pattern Competition, beating Russia in the final.
Greg Krywulak
Senior Vice-President
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Together with Christopher Krywulak, Greg founded iQmetrix in 1999. They have worked to grow iQmetrix into the most comprehensive retail management system for the retail and telecom industries. As Senior Vice President of iQmetrix, Greg Krywulak is responsible for new business development - developing business verticals, sales leads and strategic business initiatives. Greg received his BFA from the University of Saskatchewan, where he graduated with Honors. |
David Barnard
Chief Operating Officer
David T. Barnard is the Chief Operating Officer of iQmetrix. He studied computer science at the University of Toronto (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.) before joining the faculty of Queen's University. During his time at Queen's he held a number of administrative roles and also studied theology at Regent College at the University of British Columbia (Dip.C.S.). He then moved to the University of Regina first as vice-president (administration) and then as president during a period of change and growth.
He is chair of the Provincial Court Commission and a member of the boards of the Bank of Canada, the Canada West Foundation and the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority. He has previously served as Chair of the Minister's Advisory Council on Information Technology and the Board of SaskPower, and as a member of several other community boards.
Scott McGillivray
Vice-President of Marketing and Sales
With 18 years experience in sales, marketing communications and demand generation, Scott McGillivray is the executive responsible for marketing and client services and support at iQmetrix. Before joining iQmetrix, Scott served as a lecturer at the University of Regina in the Faculty of Business Administration. During his time at the University of Regina, Scott published numerous research papers and spoke at conferences related to strategy and marketing. Prior to that, he worked at ISC as Assistant Vice-President of Marketing and Business Development where he was responsible for the marketing strategy of the company. He has also held various sales and marketing positions at Royal Bank of Canada, SaskTel, Pattison Group, and Westfair Foods.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Administration degree majoring in marketing and a Masters of Business Administration degree with a focus on strategy from the University of Regina. He is married with four children.
Kelly Kazakoff
Vice-President of Business Development
Kelly has been with iQmetrix since its inception in 1999. Having served as President and CEO of a successful wireless retail operation for 10 years, Kelly's extensive knowledge of the industry complements his role as Vice President of Business Development at iQmetrix. Partnership opportunities and business development programs serve as his main priority.
Kelly holds a degree in marketing from the University of Regina and brings years of marketing, sales and executive management experience to the iQmetrix team.
Rory Cain
Director of Development and Client Services
With a background in IT project management, Rory worked as a Senior IT Analyst in the public sector for twenty years prior to joining iQmetrix in April of 2005. While managing large infrastructure projects and directing a team of client support technicians at Saskatchewan Government Insurance, Rory started his own software development company, Rave Software, in 1998. Rave specialized in medical software development. Rave Software sold the rights to their clinic management software to iQmetrix in 2005 and Rory joined iQmetrix as part of the transaction.
Rory now manages the development team for iQmetrix, while also providing technology consulting to other groups within the company. He enjoys being involved in the strategic decision-making process and learning about new developments in technology.