Mike Gardner is President and CEO of Recombo Inc. He joined the company in February of 2005 with a vision to create a transformational platform that dramatically improves the way business handles and manages agreements. Mike is widely recognized as an innovative leader of change, known for bringing practical technology solutions to challenging but common business problems.
Under Mike’s leadership, Recombo has grown from a systems integration organization to an on-demand information management service that continues to transform cloud computing. In 2007 Canadian Business called Recombo’s Agreement Express platform one of “12 business innovations that will change your world."
Prior to joining Recombo, Mike, a 20 year veteran of the software industry, spent 6 years at Cayenta, an international ERP software vendor for the utility and public sector markets. Between 1998 and 2004 Mike led Cayenta to profitable 46% compound annual growth despite challenging economic conditions that existed during that period. His past experience has taken him through several firms including Canadian Pacific (Interlink), Cryptologic and PWC. In addition he has driven several entrepreneurial opportunities, assuming leadership of a family founded alternative energy company at age 18, and founding his own EDP auditing firm at age 23. Mike personally installed more than 1000 solar and alternative energy heating systems beginning in the pioneering days of energy conservation circa 1984.
Throughout his career Mike has been committed to actively bringing positive change to our society. For nearly a decade he has been actively involved with the ALS Society of British Columbia (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and the ALS Society of Canada. Over his tenure Mike has chaired several committees including National Advocacy, Partner Advisory, and Chairman of both organizations. He has been the recipient of the William Fraser Leadership Award, and continues to volunteer his time for this cause.
In addition to his charitable Board experience, Mike is on the Board of Directors with several technology start-ups. Mike earned his MBA from Queen's University. His undergraduate work was in Economics and Statistics at Ryerson University in Toronto and in International Business at Hanzehogeschool in the Netherlands.
A recognized expert and thought leader in contract management software and paperless business, Mike maintains the popular www.thinkbetterworld.org blog and is a frequent guest author in several leading publications.
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