Who We Are

Kanchan is the General Manager of Charter Software Solutioncs Inc., a leading provider of business system software to agricultural, outdoor power, construction, industrial, and golf cart dealers and distributor.

Kanchan has been with Perseus since 2017 and was an M&A Director. Prior to that, Kanchan spent seven years of her career at a global trade company where she focused on strategy development, acquiring small-to-mid-market businesses and forming strategic alliances.

Chris is responsible for the Homebuilder group within Constellation, having joined the operating group in 2005. He started his professional career as a Program Manager at Microsoft, working in the Office group on the Microsoft Outlook product. A firm believer that good things come from just getting started, Chris and his teams are constantly looking for new opportunities to deliver value to customers through better use of technology.

Cha is the Vice President of the Finance Group and Portfolio Manager responsible for five Perseus business units. He joined Constellation when his company was acquired by Perseus in 2008. He started his career in business development and M&A with a UK engineering company and has managed businesses in manufacturing, services and software industries in North America, Europe and Australasia.

Sean is the General Manager of five businesses within the North American Dealer Group of Constellation Software. Prior to his current role, Sean has held an executive sales position with Oracle, selling application software and database technologies. He also had a sales role at Network Associates where he specialized in firewall and encryption software for financial institutions.

Scott is the General Manager of Market Leader, responsible for seven Perseus Group business units in the Real Estate software space. He has been with the company since 2015, when Perseus acquired Market Leader from the Zillow Group.

Prior to this, Scott has held executive roles in Strategy, Sales, Service, Marketing, Operations and Product Development at Market Leader. He has also worked at Microsoft and served on the Board of Directors for the Warren Miller Freedom Foundation.

Paul is the General Manager of Quantitative Medical Systems, the industry-leading supplier of dialysis-specific clinical and billing software. Prior to this, he was the National Director of Sales at the company, having joined it in 2013. His previous experience includes holding executive roles at a variety of healthcare companies, including Affymax, Dialysis Corporation of America and Baxter International.

Adam is a software executive with 15 years experience, who founded a startup in 1999, which was purchased in 2012. After the takeover, he became the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the newly combined entity, including R&D teams in Markham, Kitchener and Vancouver.

Currently, Adam is managing Campana Systems, Inc. – an international leader in information solutions for the auto club industry.

Paula is the President of GoldCare, a leading healthcare technology software provider for Home, Community Children’s Services and Residential/Long Term Care sectors. She accepted the role in 2014, after Perseus’ acquisition of Campana.

She has previously held executive positions at companies such as HSA Global, Triple G, and Dun and Bradstreet.

Steven is the President of Magstar, ERP software provider for mid-size retailers. He’s been involved with Magstar since its inception in 1986, as one of the original founders, holding the position of the CFO and COO.

Prior to joining Magstar, Steven held positions at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Dylex, and had his own chain of retail stores.

Steve has served as the President of MAJIQ, a software provider for the pulp, paper and nonwovens industry, since 2007. He has over 25 years with the company, where he has held a variety of positions from COO to software development.

Steve is currently on the board of the University of Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation. He has also served on the IT Committee for PIMA, the Washington Council of TechAmerica (formerly AeA), and on the boards of Tieto’s companies in the USA, Canada and Indonesia.

Collette is the Managing Director of Ibcos, a business management software provider for machinery dealers in the UK, having worked for IT software and service companies for the last 30 years.

Prior to that, Collette occupied management and directorship positions in the FMCG food, fresh produce and fashion industries. In the early part of her career, she worked as a consultant implementing systems in retail, wholesale and grower businesses.

Mitchell is the Vice President of Operations for Constellation Financial Software. Prior to joing Perseus in 2018, Mitchell ran a successful franchise with Student Works Painting, as well as worked in a sales role at a SaaS startup in Waterloo, Ontario.

Randy is the General Manager of DIS, a leading dealership management software for agriculture, construction, lift truck and truck refrigeration dealers. He’s been with the company since 1984, starting as a Sales Representative and serving in many different roles over the course of 14 years, and becoming its President in 2008.

As General Manager, Ajay Thakur is responsible for ensuring that Ideal Computer Systems continues to meet the needs of the dealer software market by overseeing all customer service, consulting services, sales, marketing and product development teams. Ajay has worked for Constellation Dealership Software and Ideal’s sister company, Integrated Dealer Systems, since 2010.  His tenure has provided him with extensive experience in technology consulting for various industries.

Aaron is the President of R.O. Writer, a leading provider of shop management software. Aaron has been at Perseus since 2016 and previously managed another business in the Perseus portfolio.

Prior to joining Perseus, Aaron worked in the Leveraged Finance group at CIBC and as a lawyer at McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

As Director, M&A, Andrew executes transactions.  He also acts as a consultant to portfolio companies to help them improve their operating results.

Prior to joining Perseus, Andrew was the CEO of Opalux Inc., where he led the launch of their first product, and a patent lawyer at Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston.

Santi is the General Manager of the Digital Marketing group, responsible for two Perseus Group business units, CAKE & TUNE, in the performance marketing software space. He has been with the company since 2019, when Perseus acquired CAKE.

Prior to this, Santi has held executive roles in Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Product Development. He has worked at Day Software (acquired by Adobe), Vignette (acquired by OpenText), InQuira (acquired by Oracle), Accenture, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Newton is the President of Horizon Retail Solutions, an ERP software provider for farm, ranch and home specialty retailers.

Prior to joining Perseus in 2020, Newton spent 11 years at Avanade, a global technology services firm, where he led technology implementations for Fortune 500 enterprises and public sector agencies.

As the General Manager, Frank Tamburrini oversees every aspect of IDS — from customer service to product development — while utilizing a strategic, data-driven approach to meet customers’ evolving needs.

Previously, Frank was the Director of Customer Service at IDS and has introduced several impactful initiatives in just a few years.

Before joining IDS, Frank spent 12 years leading service and support organizations that serviced small and large companies across North America and overseas.