About Us

Together, we now provide our customers with a connected view of your organization through modern governance technology that sparks the insights you need to lead with purpose.

Just a few things we’ve helped our customers do

We make it easy for our customers to make a direct impact on the world every day, and that’s what motivates us to do what we do.

Spot financial transactions that were intended to fund drug cartels, terrorism, and organized crime.

Clean supply chains to eliminate the risk of illicit activities like child labor.

Expose health care providers trying to defraud taxpayers with unnecessary procedures and prescriptions.

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Our values strengthen us

Customer Intensity

We relentlessly pursue the evangelism of our customers, because we want them to be as excited about our vision for the future as we are. Everyone who touches Galvanize becomes a part of our community.

Embracing Ambiguity

We lead through ambiguity—embracing what we don’t know—because when we encounter the unexpected, we grow the most. We make promises we don’t know how to keep, and then do everything we can to live up to our word.

Authenticity

We share openly of ourselves, celebrate what matters, work through our frustrations, and geek out over our passions. We speak out, even when it’s easier to stay quiet (we call it “putting the moose on the table.”) Above all, we let ourselves shine, communicate from the heart, and listen.

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Meet our leadership team

Dan Zitting

Managing Director and CEO at Galvanize

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Keith Cerny

Chief People Officer

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Kumud Sharma

Vice President, Human Resources

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Payam Moghaddam

Vice President, R&D

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Shahed Khalili

Vice President, Product

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Sandra Lee

Vice President, Sales Operations and Recurring Revenues

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Ryan Hodsman

Senior Vice President, Sales, North America

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Keith Fenner

Managing Director, International

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Nadia Hafid

Vice President, Global Partners, LAC and EMEA

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Andrew Smith

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

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Christine McCallum

Vice President, Enablement

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Imad Jebara

Vice President, Customer Success

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Sergiu Cernautan

Vice President, Product Strategy

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Preetpal Bhamra

General Counsel

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Dan Zitting

Managing Director and CEO

Dan serves as the Managing Director and CEO at Galvanize. His role includes executive leadership of the company’s strategy, products, underlying technology, and customer service/success.

With more than 18 years in tech, Dan has a unique combination of experience in enterprise software, tech entrepreneurship/growth, and corporate risk management & compliance. His interest is in developing technology that helps companies and governments be better citizens to their employees, communities, suppliers, and the environment while improving return to shareholders.

His (personal) purpose is to “challenge the planet’s organizations to maximize ‘total stakeholder impact’ by operating with a conscience”. Dan is a regular contributor to the Forbes Tech Council, and he has shared his insights and experience in publications like The Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, Bloomberg Business, Reuters, The Street, and CNBC. He has also been recognized with “40 under 40" industry leader awards from Ernst & Young, CPA Practice Advisor Magazine, Business in Vancouver, ColoradoBiz Magazine, etc.

Prior to Galvanize, Dan spent most of 10 years in professional services before founding SaaS platform and New York City tech start-up Workpapers.com—the first enterprise “cloud” software for audit and compliance management. The company was later acquired by ACL (now Galvanize), combining the power of cloud collaboration and “big data” analytics into one industry-leading platform and brand.

Galvanize has since become the global leader for GRC software. The Company defined the idea and vision of “data-driven GRC” and is delivering its vision of becoming the operating system for conscious organizations.

Keith Cerny

Chief People Officer

Keith Cerny is responsible for human resources, information technology, training and enablement. As Galvanize's former chief technology officer, he has more than 20 years’ experience leading software engineering and IT teams at Vancouver-based technology companies, including Chancery, Pivotal, and Sage.

Keith has a passion for helping people and teams grow and, in his time as CTO, grew Galvanize’s R&D teams by over 10x their original size, while also building a culture of continuous delivery. The product development team won multiple innovation awards, was selected for a BC Tech Association Technology Impact Award, and recognized as a Silver Stevie® International Business Awards winner in the Team of the Year category.

As Galvanize continues to quickly grow, Keith is now focused as CPO on the people and systems needed to reach the next level of scalability and results across the organization, while strengthening culture and living Galvanize’s core values every day.

Kumud Sharma

Vice President, Human Resources

Kumud champions talent management as a strategic HR professional with a strong understanding of international business and the ability to help organizations strengthen and grow at a fast pace. She brings over 25 years of human resources experience to the company. Prior to Galvanize, she helped design and execute world-class HR initiatives to align with and support business objectives at companies in the life sciences, education technology, software, and business consulting industries. She leads the HR function at Galvanize and works with employees and leaders to achieve successful business outcomes. Kumud is an SHRM-Senior Certified Professional with a Masters degree in Human Resource Management.

Payam Moghaddam

Vice President, R&D

As the Vice President of R&D at Galvanize, Payam is responsible for both the architecture and engineering of product delivery. With 10+ years of experience building web applications, particularly on AWS with a high level of security and compliance need, Payam supports Galvanize's engineering teams to build HighBond in a modern fashion. He provides systems thinking to management and focuses on making sure teams are well trained and have efficient and lean processes to operate within. You can read Payam’s Medium posts for a greater insight into both his management and engineering approach.

Shahed Khalili

Vice President, Product

As Vice President of Product, Shahed is responsible for Galvanize’s products and solutions portfolio, platform innovation, and design. Shahed is a dot-com era veteran with over 20 years of SaaS products design and delivery in governance, risk, compliance, and banking industries. The product team at Galvanize owns the execution and delivery of our integrated GRC platform vision, which is powered by highly skilled, innovative, and empowered teams that are driven to create the operating system of conscious organizations.

Sandra Lee

Vice President, Sales Operations and Recurring Revenues

As the Vice President of Sales Operations and Recurring Revenues at Galvanize, Sandra is focused on identifying organizational risks and issues to develop risk management strategies and implement short- to long-term solutions. With 10 years of experience in various operations roles, Sandra is passionate about solving organizational problems to drive growth, both in revenues and company size, while maintaining SaaS best practices and technologies.

Ryan Hodsman

Senior Vice President, Sales, North America

As Senior Vice President of Sales, North America, Ryan is responsible for revenue and growth across Galvanize’s risk and compliance go-to-market teams for new business, expansion, state and local, and federal government. With over 20 years of experience, Ryan leads with a focus on business development, sales execution, data-driven sales management, and an unwavering commitment to customer success.

Keith Fenner

Managing Director, International

As Managing Director of Galvanize International, Keith is responsible for driving business growth through the execution of our go-to-market strategy across EMEA and APAC, working with our consulting teams, partners, marketing, customer success, and sales organizations. Keith has over 20 years of international leadership experience in managing sales, marketing, and operations and delivers consistent and profitable business growth, as well as new market development. Before joining Galvanize, Keith led Microsoft’s Business Applications portfolio across MEA, held Vice-President positions at Sage for Africa, Asia, ME, and Australia, and was Managing Director of Coats Digital—the digital transformation arm of Coats Group PLC.

Nadia Hafid

Vice President, Global Partners, LAC and EMEA

As the Vice President of Global Channel Partners, Nadia is responsible for leading the growth, development, and execution of the corporate Channel Partner strategy across LAC and EMEA. Nadia has 15 years of experience leading sales, partnership strategy, and business development in international markets and emerging geographies.

Andrew Smith

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

Andrew is responsible for establishing and growing relationships with strategic resellers, influencers, Systems Integrators, and technology partners. He led Galvanize’s enterprise sales team for six years, helping to establish some of the company’s most strategic customers. Andrew has worked in technology for over 20 years, including leadership roles at SAP Business Objects and EMC Corporation.

Christine McCallum

Vice President, Enablement

Christine has spent 20 years enabling the success of customers, employees, and partners in software companies of various sizes and industries. As the VP of Enablement, Christine is passionate about enabling business strategy through high-impact programs and assets. Enablement is powered by top-class program managers, technical writers, and instructional designers to deliver fast-start onboarding, just-in-time intelligence, and high performance in order to elevate the achievements of customers, partners, and employees.

Imad Jebara

Vice President, Customer Success

As the Vice President of Customer Success at Galvanize, Imad leads the Professional Services, Reporting, Customer Success, and Customer Success Operations teams. Since joining Galvanize in 2016, Imad has lead the transformation for the customer success and operational processes for professional services. With over 20 years of client-facing GRC experience, Imad is passionate about helping organizations achieve more with their GRC programs. Imad is a Fullbright Scholar, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) and Master’s degree in Information Systems (MMIS) from Auburn University.

Sergiu Cernautan

Vice President, Product Strategy

Sergiu is a designated Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with nearly 25 years of external audit, internal audit, and risk and regulatory compliance consulting experience with Deloitte, KPMG, Straight Talk Consulting, Ltd., and Galvanize. In his role as Vice President of Product Strategy at Galvanize, Sergiu has managed a number of responsibilities over the years, including shaping the product strategy, managing influencer and analyst relations, performing strategic, “proof of concept” projects on emerging product capabilities, overseeing the solution consulting function, and providing overall GRC domain support to the rest of the teams (e.g. product management, product design, professional services, marketing, and sales).

Preetpal Bhamra

General Counsel

As General Counsel, Preetpal is responsible for all legal matters relating to Galvanize’s global business and operations, including intellectual property, compliance, corporate governance and commercial matters. Prior to her role as General Counsel, Preetpal was corporate counsel at Galvanize for over 6 years. Preetpal also held the position of Corporate Counsel at MDA, an international space mission partner and a robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer. There, Preetpal was responsible for regulatory matters around Canadian and US export laws, anti-corruption programs, competition matters, lobbying regulations and industry-specific regulations. Prior to her inhouse roles, Preetpal worked at a national law firm in Financial Services.

Harald Will
Executive Chair, Board

Technology entrepreneur Harald Will started the commercial operations of what was then called ACL in 1987, growing it to be the leading audit analytic software company in the world. His vision and guidance set the company on a trajectory to becoming the leading provider of enterprise governance software powered by data automation.

From Galvanize’s first product offering for internal, external, and government audit markets to the full range of solutions available today serving governance, risk, and compliance professionals, Harald built the company and team with a focus on excellent customer service, integrity, trust, and respect. In 2012, Harald transitioned to Executive Chair of Galvanize's board to support the management team on strategy, passing the CEO reins to Laurie Schultz.

Harald was recognized as a Business in Vancouver “Forty under 40” award recipient and was named one of Treasury & Risk Management magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in Finance” in 2005 and again in 2009.

Eric Patel
Chair of Board

Eric has 30 years of business experience, having worked with companies ranging from Fortune 500 conglomerates to start-ups in the US, Europe, and Canada. Eric came to Vancouver from the San Francisco Bay Area as CFO, to help turn around the world’s leading business intelligence reporting software company, Crystal Decisions, now owned by SAP. His prior experience spans the retail, consumer products, food, and banking industries.

In addition to Galvanize, Eric serves on the Boards of Ritchie Bros Auctioneers (NYSE, TSX) and Daiya Foods. His outside passions include beekeeping and trying to launch a sustainable salmon aquaculture industry in BC.

Eric holds an MBA from Stanford University and BA from Brown University.

Carolyn Devine Saint
Chief Audit Executive, University of Virginia

Carolyn Devine Saint is the Chief Audit Executive of the University of Virginia. Appointed in April 2015, she is responsible for the leadership of the University Audit Department, an independent and objective assurance and consulting activity guided by a philosophy of adding value to improve the operations of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia Health System. Saint is a member of the President’s Executive Cabinet and serves as a key leader in enhancing and protecting organizational value by providing risk based and objective assurance, advice, and insight.

During her time at the University of Virginia, Saint has revitalized the University Audit Department, refocusing its efforts toward delivering valued insights on the risks that matter most. She serves as a mentor in the Center for Leadership Excellence’s Cornerstone Program and contributes to staff training and development through presentations at the Organizational Excellence Quality Core Network and other venues.

Saint previously served as vice president and chief audit executive for several multinational companies, including Sears Holdings, Lowe’s, and 7-Eleven. She began her career at Deloitte, serving clients in the manufacturing, healthcare, and not-for-profit sectors.

An active advocate for the internal auditing profession, Saint has chaired the Institute of Internal Auditors’ (IIA) North American Board of Directors, served as an IIA global board member, and was a member of the IIA Research Foundation Board of Trustees. She most recently served as IIA Global Advocacy chair, where she led the creation of the IIA’s global advocacy platform. She currently serves on the IIA”s Global Perspectives & Insights advisory council. She also serves on the volunteer boards of Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association and the American Red Cross Central & Shenandoah Virginia.

Shanti Atkins
Founder, NAVEX Global

Shanti is a seasoned entrepreneur and operator with more than 20 years of experience building innovative, fast-growth organizations.

She is the founder of NAVEX Global, the world’s largest ethics and compliance software and services company. Under Shanti’s leadership, NAVEX grew from less than $5 million in revenues to more than $200 million, becoming one of the most recognized brands in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and exceeding a billion dollar valuation.

Shanti actively serves on multiple company boards, primarily focused on software and tech-enabled services. She has deep experience working with both entrepreneurs and investors, with a focus on strategic planning, sales, and marketing, M&A strategy, product development, and thought leadership.

Shanti has unique expertise in building and investing in disruptive technologies that transform the way we think, communicate, and behave in the workplace. She has a passion for helping good companies become great, with an established track record of maximizing enterprise value and providing superior returns to investors.

Shanti’s experience in GRC lends additional value to her board work, given the increasing importance of ethics and risk management on business performance. She has advised some of the world’s leading brands on how to build exceptional cultures and was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics.

Shanti received her Masters of Law (LL.M.) from Harvard University, where she was a Viscount Bennett Fellow and served on the Harvard Negotiation Law Review. Shanti received her J.D. and her B.A. (Film) from Queen’s University (Canada) where she was a Queen’s National Scholar.

Shanti has been a featured expert for a wide range of media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and The Huffington Post.

Rob Arditi
Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Rob is a partner on Norwest Venture Partners’ growth equity team and joined Galvanize's board with the firm’s strategic minority investment in Galvanize. He focuses on growth equity and buyout investments in the technology-enabled services and consumer industries. Rob’s current investments include Galvanize, Avetta, Bailey 44, Cority, Kendra Scott Design, PCA Skin, and TurnItIn. Rob was previously involved with Norwest’s investments in 1010data (acquired by Advance) and The Retail Equation (acquired by Appriss).

Before joining Norwest, Rob was an associate at Lake Capital, where he focused on growth equity and buyout investments in the tech-enabled services industry. He previously worked as an analyst in the Consumer & Retail Group within the investment banking division at Goldman, Sachs & Co, focusing on mergers and acquisitions advisory assignments and principal investments.

Earlier, Rob was a Senior Equity Research Associate at Raymond James & Associates, where he co-launched the firm’s Homeland Security Technology practice.

Rob holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a major in management. He also has an MS degree in finance and a BS degree in finance, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Florida.

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