Rick Watkin

Rick has been President and CEO of KUBRA since 1999. He has successfully led the company through remarkable organic growth, a management buyout with private equity, and a number of acquisitions which led to a private sale of 80% of the company’s shares to the Hearst Corporation. Rick sets our long-term vision, fosters tenacity within an engaged, client-centric culture, and heads up our day-to-day operations. He also develops strategies focused on profitable growth, expansion into new markets, and the use of transformative technologies. Rick has participated as a judge for Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, sits on various advisory boards including the board of Kids’ Health Links Foundation, and is a member of NACHA, Vistage, the Young Presidents’ Organization, and the MacKay CEO Forums.