Tom is a seasoned technology veteran, with over 35 years of experience in senior leadership roles and eight technology startups. Mr. Beckerman is currently focused on the strategic development of new high growth technology platforms and services for digital identity, payments and digital transformation.

Prior to founding Prodigy Ventures, Mr. Beckerman played instrumental roles in the development and success of seven other technology, marketing services, financial information and medical device companies. He has created unique technologies and worked with Fortune 1000 companies. Mr. Beckerman holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as well as a patent in secure communications technology. Tom is also an Ironman triathlete with a strong interest in health and fitness technologies.

Jeff Watts is a seasoned Canadian technology leader with a proven track record of success in scaling technology businesses. He brings to Prodigy over 25 years of global experience in direct sales, channels, marketing, and both business and corporate development. This spans large enterprises such as SAP, Xerox and 3Com, running business lines of $300M+, and startups such as Quack.com (acquired by AOL). Jeff’s ability to focus sales execution and to capitalize on market opportunities is well recognized. Having recently completed an assignment as Chief Revenue Officer for a global SAP partner, he brings a unique perspective and skill set to Prodigy. Jeff also serves on several boards in various capacities, including Valucap Investments Inc., where he is the CEO. In these capacities, he has contributed to several successful exits, most recently Locationary (acquired by Apple Corp., 2014) and Elliptic Technologies (acquired by Synopys Inc., 2015).

Andrew Hilton has provided CFO and corporate secretarial services for a number of public and private companies since 2005 including his role as Chief Financial Officer of Fountain Asset Corp. (TSXV: FA) from 2010 – 2012. Mr. Hilton is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds an Honours BA in Economics and Financial Management from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Natalie Mohammed is an experienced Human Resources leader with an impressive history of success in the information technology and services industry. Ms. Mohammed was recognized as one of the Top 25 Human Resources Professionals in Canada in 2017, and as a Rising Star by HRDC in 2018. She is one of the next generation of great leaders and innovators in Human Resources. Ms. Mohammed is a Certified Human Resources Professional and also holds an international Professional in Human Resources designation from the HR Certificate Institute.

George’s career has concentrated on enterprise process engineering and value realization through the transformation of people and process, enabled by technology solutions. Focused primarily on leading global financial services companies, George brings a unique global perspective on digital transformation to Prodigy Labs. A perspective acquired while leading large enterprise transformations in North, Central and South America. George is an expert at bridging the gap between business strategy and technology execution for both enterprise executives and technologists alike. George continues to foster his entrepreneurial spirit by maintaining board positions and advisory roles with innovative startups in the fields of fintech, logistics, visual search, blockchain and voice-first applications brining the best of leading-edge technologies and agile delivery practices back to Prodigy Labs’ Transformation Advisory and our clients.

Jamie Rodgers is Vice President and Head of Insurance at Prodigy Labs, based in Toronto. With more than 25 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industries, Jamie has worked for Life and P&C insurance carriers and with organizations such as Gartner, CGI, IBM, PwC and BearingPoint that deliver services and solutions to them. Prior to joining Prodigy Labs in 2019, Mr. Rodgers was the Chief Data Officer at Empire Life. Jamie holds a B.A. in Economics and a M.Sc. in Information Management.

Sanjiv Purba is an award-winning hands-on transformation leader with over 25 years of experience in professional services. Mr. Purba has built an exceptional reputation through leading the delivery of large complex business and digital transformations projects. A recognized expert in delivery and project rescue, he has authored over 18 books on industry topics. Working with the C-Suite, his efforts have resulted in numerous client successes being referenced as best practices by SAP, Salesforce, Workday, and Oracle.

Mario Perez has over 20 years of global experience selling, delivering and managing technology solutions to create exceptional client value. Mr. Perez has worked with PWC, Microsoft, Avanade/Accenture and has successfully built professional services practices from the ground up. Clients across a broad range of sectors including Financial Services, Energy, Human & Social Services, Health Care, Consumer Products and Technology have recognized bottom-line impact from his work with a wide variety of industry leading platforms including Cloud SaaS based offerings and ATM systems.