Management
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Jim Case, CEO Jim began his career in finance with Citibank. In 1984 he founded Benndorf Verster Leasing, a captive office equipment leasing company, and went on to found the Travelers Financial Group in 1986. Jim is responsible for all operational aspects of the Travelers companies, guiding strategic and tactical initiatives for the Travelers group of companies: Travelers Acceptance Corporation (Consumer Finance), Travelers Financial Corporation and Travelers Leasing Corporation. He also led the Corporate Finance group, providing structured finance expertise in the areas of project finance, senior term lending and ABL lines of credit. Mr. Case was CEO for Travelers Leasing Corporation (Automotive Finance), now Scotia Dealer Advantage, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bank of Nova Scotia. Mr. Case is former Board Member of the CFLA and is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Pacific award recipient. |
| Vladimir Kovacevic, Chief Technology Officer Vladimir (BS Computer Sc.) has over 10 years of experience in delivering enterprise IT solutions. Vladimir specializes in designing solutions that solve complex business process automation issues. These solutions help clients leverage customer and business data to improve operational performance. Vladimir is an expert systems architect and has a deep understanding of the complete system development life cycle, software development methodology and practices, business intelligence, and network design. |
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Don Thompson, Chief Business Development Officer Mr. Thompson (B.Comm. Management & Marketing) has thirty years of senior executive experience in the business application and systems sector. This includes roles in business ownership, directorships, strategic business development, marketing, sales and leadership team development, product/service development and advertising. His past senior positions include roles with IBM, JDA Software Group and Clinicare; and as a contract executive to six successful growth software companies. Don joined Inovatec in 2011 and is responsible for sales, marketing, product commercialization and the success of Inovatec's products. |
| Gary Thompson, Vice President Mr. Thompson (B.Comm., Finance) has over 30 years experience assessing credit and portfolio risk in a variety of finance industry sectors including equipment leasing, commercial lending, venture capital and project financing. His past senior positions include Director of the B.C. Export Investment Fund, Vice-President of AT&T Capital Canada Inc., and Vice-President of First City Equipment Finance Group. Gary became a partner in Travelers in 1997, and was responsible for bank lines, securitization facilities, Alliance programs, credit policy, and portfolio quality for each of the operating companies within the Travelers Group. |
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Danijela Kovacevic, Director of Operations Danijela (MBA in Finance and Business Intelligence, B.Sc. in Engineering) works closely with Inovatec’s clients to understand their business, provide solutions to business problems they are facing and identify new opportunities for growth. She is involved in project management, resource planning, scoping of solutions, GAP analysis, developing financial models, and managing clients’ expectations and commitments. Danijela's past experience at Fortune 500 companies like Eastman Kodak and Texas Instruments enables her to deliver best in class results to Inovatec's clients. Her unique perspective comes from working in an environment that was under strict quality and process requirements of the US FDA. She has successfully implemented lean manufacturing principles of Kaizen and agile development. She has been responsible for a number of successful large scale software implementations. |
