Hiran Perera - CEO & Co-Founder
Hiran
has a track record of being involved in start-ups that have then become industry
success stories. He's got the passion to develop another success story with
the support of the WalkingSpree team. Hiran joined Rogers Wireless, Canada's
largest mobile telephone operator, in its first year of operation and left when
its annual revenues exceeded over billion dollars. His last role at Rogers was
General Manager of Resale. Prior to that Hiran held management positions in
business development, marketing and finance.
Hiran then joined Shift Networks Inc, a VOIP telecom provider, as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and a Director. He successfully took the company onto Canada's junior stock exchange in its second year of operation.
Immediately prior to WalkingSpree, Hiran joined Resverlogix Corp. as the Chief Financial Officer. At that time, Resverlogix Corp. was a four-person private biotechnology firm. Amongst other responsibilities, Hiran was involved in raising financing and managing the public reporting for getting listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's major stock exchange. Hiran resigned from Resverlogix in February 2006 (when the valuation of the firm was $200 million) to lead the development of WalkingSpree.
Hiran Perera has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He's also qualified as a Certified Management Accountant. Hiran has averaged 10,000 steps a day since WalkingSpree's inception and is an avid jogger. Recently, Hiran trained and completed the Big Sur Marathon in California.
Lisa Rousseau - VP & Co-Founder
Lisa
has worked in online business and print and web publishing for the past 12 years,
both with her own company and with Goose Lane Editions, an award-winning publishing
company. She was the publishing editor for two Canadian Veterinary Health Science
publications for four years. Since then, Lisa's trained in online marketing
and is now a strong force in new developments among social media and web based
companies in Atlantic Canada. She's also involved with community-oriented organizations
that promote family health and wellness. Lisa attended the
University of Guelph in Ontario.
Angela Perera - VP & Co-Founder
Angela
was also instrumental in the development of the WalkingSpree vision. Angela
has a background in human resources training, retail sales and promotions: she
was responsible for training development of all staff at Famous Payers, then
Canada's largest movie chain. She also played an active role in strategic planning,
theatre design, and event marketing, including new theatre grand openings and
movie launches. In addition, Angela has intensive training knowledge of Disney
training programs and has rolled out similar programs to thousands of employees.
Angela was also responsible for training at Staples/Business Depot, a national
chain of retail box stores specializing in technology, office supplies, and
office furniture. In these roles Angela developed a strong determination to
bring the highest of quality to whatever work she was doing. She brings this
now to WalkingSpree. Angela holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University
of Toronto.
Brian Moore - Director of Business Development
Brian
brings over 15 years of business development experience and has successfully
developed numerous new territories in the training, technology and education
industries. Brian's last position before joining WalkingSpree was in the Software
as a Service industry as a regional sales manager for The Savo Group where
he successfully opened a new east coast territory while managing a sales team
out of Chicago. Brian’s expertise in marketing an online software service
to mid-size and large corporate clients will benefit WalkingSpree and his corporate
clients. Brian's business development success stems from a consultative approach
and experience within complex selling environments. Along with his business
development acumen, Brian has managed large complex accounts including Morgan
Stanley, Northern Trust and Disney. For the last seven years, Brian has been
a volunteer youth baseball coach in the greater Chicago community.