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John Sicard
chief operating officer
"The one thing we can all count on in business is that change happens. 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, manufacturers must build better plans and be in a position to respond to the unplanned in order to maintain their competitive edge. RapidResponse is the breakthrough cloud service required to support this goal."
As chief operating officer, John is responsible for five key functional areas including Marketing, Sales, Strategic Partners, Development, and Service Operations.
Having started as a key contributor to the architecture and development of Kinaxis supply chain management solutions in early 1994, he soon went on to hold senior management roles in development, professional services, business consulting, and customer support. In 2009, John's position was further expanded to include the company's corporate and product marketing functions and in February 2011, both sales and the strategic partners program were added to his role with his appointment to COO.
Before joining 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 Manugistics), 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.
