company management team

John Sicard
executive vice president, development and service operations

"The one thing we can all count on in business is that change happens, and I believe the volume and velocity of change is on the rise. Customers are typically less patient and less loyal, product life-cycles are diminishing at a dramatic pace, and global outsourcing has become pervasive. Because change happens, organizations must establish a company-wide core competency in Response Management in order to maintain their competitive edge. RapidResponse is the breakthrough solution required to support this goal."

John Sicard has spent over 14 years helping build a number of key functional areas at Kinaxis™. Having started as a key contributor to the architecture and development of Kinaxis Response Management solutions in early 1994, he soon went on to hold senior management roles in development, professional services, business consulting, and customer support. His deep exposure to software technology coupled with his hands on application of it with large manufacturers, such as Honeywell, Jabil Circuit, Raytheon, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Research in Motion (RIM), Teradyne, and many others, has resulted in a unique practitioners perspective on how manufacturers have regained control over an increasing volatile supply chain.

As executive vice president, development and service operations, John oversees the design and development of all Kinaxis software as well as those teams responsible for its implementation and support. Through a strong team of industry experienced consultants, integrators, educators, and a first rate deployment methodology, John's team is able to implement RapidResponse™ in a matter of weeks.

Before Kinaxis, John held senior software architect positions in research and development at Enterprise Planning Systems, FastMAN Software Systems, Inc (also known as Promira before being purchased by Manuguistics), and Monenco Agra.

John earned a Bachelor of Computer Science, from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, with a strong focus on software architecture and UI Design.

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