Wealth of Knowledge & Experience
Peter Jackson
Director
Peter is a senior executive with extensive experience developing and operating multi-faceted businesses in Canada and Europe. As Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Ticketmaster in Canada and the UK, he has been instrumental in the growth and success of the world’s leading live entertainment ticket agency which sells more than 100M tickets annually for clients and processes more than $5 billion dollars annually in ticket transactions.
David Towert
Director
David is the founder of Meridian Software, which is the leading provider of project management software to the construction industry. He has extensive experience in software development and sales and marketing as well as a rich contact base. He has advised Bean on its technology development and application to potential customers, specifically in the construction business.
Bruce Johnson
Advisor
After founding Wintax in 1992 a year later Bruce sold it to Intuit where he stayed on to grow the original two man team into an organization with of over $115M in revenues. In 2004, he retired from his position as President & CEO of Intuit Canada and UK to add his experience and investment into growth based technology companies. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Semanti Corp., on the Board of Directors of HeadCount Corporation and a Director of TEC Edmonton.
Rich Simons
Advisor
Rich Simons has over 35 years of proven success and experience as a top-level business executive and entrepreneur. His background includes advertising, manufacturing and the high tech industry. He started his career in 1968 when he founded what is today DDB Advertising Canada. Rich spent 10 years in the U.S. as a business builder and moved back to Vancouver in 2001 where he became President and CEO of Reward Stream Inc., a leading ASP for customer loyalty and reward programs. Currently Rich is actively involved with early stage high tech companies in the Vancouver market including his position as Board Chairman of elastic path software and Director of Science World, British Columbia.
Wayne Zielke
Advisor
Wayne is the founder and CEO of LedgersOnline, a leading online bookkeeping services company. He established and ran one of the largest CA firms in North Vancouver (Zielke Gray, Chartered Accountants) and has played an instrumental role in the creation of publicly listed high-tech firms. Wayne brings insight and experience into all aspects of growing a business, as well as the application of Bean’s software in the day-to-day accounting function.