Symend is a leading SaaS company that turns difficult conversations and everyday moments into positive experiences across the entire customer journey. Symend’s Behavioral Engagement Platform delivers digital experiences that are hyper-personalized based on the science behind consumer behavior. Our solution achieves better results and builds stronger relationships with nearly half the outreaches. By adapting as customers change, Symend helps top enterprises create and keep customers for life.

Founded in 2016, Symend is headquartered in Calgary and privately held, with global operations across Canada, the United States and Latin America. For more information, please visit https://symend.com/. 

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John Connors is a board member at [Symend](/org/symend). John has also been a board member at [Tractable](/org/tractable), [Carbon Robotics](/org/carbon-robotics), [Icertis](/org/icertis), and [Splunk](/org/splunk). From July 2007 to May 2021, they were a board member at [Splunk](/org/splunk). From April 2005 to December 2021, they were a board member at Nike. From January 1993 to December 2005, they were the SVP of Finance & Administration & CFO at Microsoft. From January 1989 to December 1992, they were the Director of Business Operations - European HQ at Microsoft. From January 1988 to January 1989, they were the Corporate Controller at PIP Printing.

John Connors has a bachelor's degree in accounting from the [University of Montana](/org/university-of-montana).

John Connors

Maor Amar is a board member at [Symend](/org/symend), a previous company of his. Maor has also worked with Afficiency Inc, [FlexPay](/org/flexpay), [owl.co](/org/owl-co), Goose Insurance, and [Impression Ventures](/org/impression-ventures). From March 2009 to March 2016, they were a managing director at [BMO Financial Group](/org/bmo-financial-group). There, they were in charge of European Institutions. Before that, they worked at UBS Investment Bank from March 1996 to April 2009 as a managing director of Equity Products where they were responsible for the distribution of Canadian/US equities to Montreal and European based Institutions.

Maor Amar has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from SKEMA Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering - BE from [McGill University](/org/mcgill-university).

Maor Amar

Tiffany is a data-driven consumer engagement expert with 10+ years in marketing and strategy.

Tiffany Kaminsky

Kassidy Gerhardi

Jonathan is a seasoned B2B technology executive with 20+ years experience in customer interaction executing global go-to-market strategies in high growth sectors.

Jonathan Morgan

Scott is a security expert with 25+ years of experience building global networks, data centers, and operations centers. He has worked in payment technology at VISA, as well as technology operations with the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. His specialties include vulnerability management, application security, and governance, risk and compliance (GRC). 

Scott Brammer

Aly is a finance and accounting executive with 20+ years of international operational and leadership experience.

Aly Khan Musani

Corey is a software expert with 25+ years of global experience with top enterprise technologies and Fortune 500 companies.

Corey Scobie

Matthew J. Schiltz is currently a board member at [Symend](/org/symend), but they have held many other high-level positions in their career. Matthew was previously the president and CEO of Tier 3, a CenturyLink Company, and before that, they were on the DocuSign Advisory Board. Prior to that, they worked at [Conga](/org/conga) and [Showpad](/org/showpad).

Matthew J. Schiltz has a M.B.A from [Seattle University](/org/seattle-university) and a B.S in Engineering from the [University of Washington](/org/university-of-washington).

Matthew J. Schiltz

Johnny is a delivery implementations specialist with 10+ years of experience in credit originations and collections software.

Johnny Park

Hanif is a serial entrepreneur who has raised $150M USD across the 4 companies he has founded and invested in over a dozen startups.

Hanif Joshaghani

Dennis Kavelman is currently a board member at [Symend](/org/symend). Dennis has previously held the position of Co-Chief Operating Officer/Special Advisor at Research In Motion from January 2007 to December 2010 and Chief Financial Officer from January 1995 to December 2007. Prior to that, they were a Senior Accountant in Audit and Corporate Finance at [KPMG](/org/kpmg) from January 1991 to December 1995.

Dennis Kavelman attended the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management for their BBA Co-op. Dennis then went on to [Wilfrid Laurier University](/org/wilfrid-laurier-university) to get their certification from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in Chartered Accountant.

Dennis Kavelman

Eric Updyke

PehKeong is a product leader with 15+ years of global experience building large scale enterprise cloud platforms and services at Salesforce, Oracle and Microsoft.

PehKeong Teh

Vivian is a people and culture expert with 20+ years of experience building high growth teams with offices dispersed across Canada, the US and Europe.

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Corey Scobie

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Hanif Joshaghani

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Tobias Mård

Nathan Liu

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