Management

From day one, Provance has attracted outstanding individuals who share a vision for the future of IT services and asset management. They include our management team, Board of Directors, investors, and above all, our employees.

Meet the Provance Management Team:

• Gilles Lalonde
  President and Chief Executive Officer
• Kelly Moodie
  Vice President, Sales and Client Delivery
• Gord Watts
  Vice President, Marketing

Gilles Lalonde - President and Chief Executive Officer
A 20-year veteran in the high-tech and aerospace industries, Gilles Lalonde co-founded Provance Technologies Inc. in 1997. In addition to leading the executive team in strategic planning, Mr. Lalonde manages the company's corporate investor relations and all legal, financial and governmental affairs. Mr. Lalonde's experience has contributed to the development of Provance as an emerging leader in IT service management software. From 1990 to 1996, as principle partner of M.G. Lalonde and Associates Inc., he provided a variety of consulting services that included asset management software implementation, support, training, and courseware development. Previously, he held a number of senior management and operations positions in the aerospace industry. Mr. Lalonde serves on the Boards of a number of private companies as well as several non-profit organizations. Mr. Lalonde has been involved with the Outaouais United Way fund raising campaign since 2000 and was named 2004 Campaign President. He was also named Business Leader of the Year in 2003 by the "Regroupement des gens d'affaire (RGA)" for the National Capital Area, CBC/Le Droit Business Personality of the Year in 2004, and Personality of the Month in September 2004 by the Quebec Information Technology Federation. Mr. Lalonde studied business administration at the University of Ottawa, and participates in the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School. Mr. Lalonde has had his commercial pilot's license for over 30 years and is a member of the Canadian Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the Canadian Airborne Search and Rescue Association.

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Kelly Moodie - Vice President, Sales and Client Delivery
Kelly Moodie brings some 20 years experience in building and implementing Canadian and Global Go-to-Market strategies to Provance. She has proven leadership and achievement in sales, marketing and business planning and has a solid record of driving breakthrough revenue results. In her role as Vice President, Alliances, Ms. Moodie is responsible for developing a worldwide network of sales and support alliances under the Provance Partner Program. Prior to joining Provance, Ms. Moodie held senior marketing roles at Adobe Systems Inc. and Accelio Corporation. In these roles she was responsible for the global government strategy, which included government solutions, sales and partner development. During her seventeen-year tenure at Xerox Corporation, Ms. Moodie held progressively senior sales management positions ranging from Director, Canadian Public Sector Operations, to Business Development Manager for the Federal Government. Ms. Moodie has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Queen's University and has completed many professional development courses in the areas of leadership, sales, finance and process management. She is also active in several community and business organizations.

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Gord Watts - Vice President, Marketing
Gord Watts brings a unique blend of creativity, business acumen and technical understanding to the position of Vice President, Marketing at Provance. His role is to distill a keen understanding of market opportunities and customer needs into a highly effective corporate marketing strategy, and to drive the company’s success with succinct and compelling outbound articulation of the Provance story. Gord has over 20 years of diverse professional experience, including executive and senior level management positions at industry-leading consumer and enterprise software companies, entrepreneurial start-up experience, and a rich background in traditional marketing and media. Previously, Gord was Marketing Vice President with GridIron Software where he was the first executive hire of a highly entrepreneurial startup focused on developing and successfully bringing an emerging new software technology to market. In this capacity, Gord was responsible for developing and executing an effective marketing strategy, including product marketing, product management, corporate communications, business development and public relations, as well as developing and implementing the corporate business plan as a member of the core executive team. Gord has held the positions of Marketing Vice President with graphics software company Hemera Technologies, and Director of Product Marketing with enterprise business performance managment software vendor Cognos. He was founder and President of Braylan New Media, and co-founder and Vice President of 3WB.com. Gord has also held positions at several of Canada’s leading radio broadcasting companies as a Program Director and on-air personality. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Economics) from Queen's University and a diploma in Radio Broadcasting from Loyalist College.