About Us

About Us

Syed Hasan – Chief Executive Officer

As the President & CEO of ResponseTek, Syed is a proven leader with a wealth of experience in managing success. Prior to founding ResponseTek, Syed spent over 7 years as an international corporate strategy and e-commerce consultant. Syed was head of the e-commerce strategy group for Cambridge Technology Partners in San Francisco, developing new business opportunities and has a proven track record of defining and implementing corporate strategy solutions for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to Cambridge, Syed established and led the development of the consulting arm of Reid Crowther, a large engineering company. Syed is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering and International Business.

Silicon Valley North Magazine selected Syed as the "Next CEO" in its March 2002 issue. In addition, Syed received recognition by Business in Vancouver as a "Forty under 40" winner in 2002 – an honour for a new generation of outstanding men and women who are making headlines in their fields and their communities.


Norman S. Wong – Chief Financial Officer

Norman's key responsibilities include managing the overall financial systems and internal controls of the company. As a Chartered Accountant, Norman has more than 15 years of finance and financial planning experience. Prior to joining ResponseTek, he held key financial responsibilities as Director of Business Planning for Vancouver-based Mobile Data Solutions Inc. (MDSI). Norman has also served as CFO for several public and private companies and held various accounting, finance and operations roles with Xilix Technology Corp. and InflaZyme Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Norman holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary.


Richard Elliott – Vice President, Sales and Business Development

Richard is responsible for leading the ResponseTek Global Sales and Professional Services teams. With over 20 years of high technology experience, Richard was most recently Global Vice President with Clarify CRM, a division of Amdocs. There, he rebuilt and re-focused the enterprise sales and consulting practices over three years. Previously, he held senior sales management roles with SAP where he led teams in both North America and in Asia Pacific, starting up the SAP New Zealand subsidiary. Richard holds an Honors Bachelor of Commerce from Laurentian University and a Chartered Accountant designation earned at Ernst & Young in Toronto.


Chris Randall – Vice President, Client Services

Chris Randall is responsible for managing ResponseTek's global customer base as well as the team of senior consultants and project managers who service these customers and design their CEM programs. Chris has been with ResponseTek since 2001 when ResponseTek:CEM was brought to market. He played a pivotal role in early stage business planning, marketing and sales, as well as in constructing the service model that has seen ResponseTek maintain consistently high customer retention rates. Prior to joining ResponseTek, Chris spent several years as a marketing and management consultant, working with both private and public sector advising on all aspects of their marketing programs, including corporate branding and positioning, advertising, promotions and market research. Chris holds and Bachelor of Arts in Business and Political Science as well as a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).


Gord Elder – Vice President, Products

Gord, a co-founder of ResponseTek, is responsible for defining and managing ResponseTek’s strategic product roadmap, product marketing and pricing, and managing all aspects of product delivery and the product lifecycle. Gord was previously Director of Operations at ResponseTek, which included responsibility for client solution implementations and general management of software development projects. Previous to ResponseTek, Gord was a project and client manager for the industrial design group at Earth Tech (formerly Reid Crowther & Partners), one of North America’s largest engineering services firms. Gord has a Bachelor of Science in Biosystems Engineering from the University of Manitoba and an MBA specializing in Management of Technology from Simon Fraser University.


Rizwan Somji – Vice President, Engineering

Rizwan, a co-founder of ResponseTek, has over 14 years of experience in the technology industry. As the Vice President of Engineering, Rizwan is responsible for the development of ResponseTek’s technology vision and strategy for ResponseTek:CEM enterprise product including the management and implementation processes to support its operation. Rizwan’s responsibilities also include strategic and operational leadership for the development, client implementations and integrations, IT/systems management, customer support and quality assurance teams. Rizwan holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia.


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