The members of CourtCanada's senior management team and Board of Directors bring a wealth of business, legal process, and information technology expertise and experience to the company.
Executives
CourtCanada's senior management team includes:
Board of Directors
CourtCanada's Board of Directors includes:
Advisory Board
CourtCanada is in the process of assembling an Advisory Board comprised of leading legal, business and information technology experts to provide ongoing long-term strategic advice, including with respect to the advancement of access to justice.
Gregory Azeff
Gregory Azeff is a co-founder, President and Chairman of the Board
of Directors of CourtCanada Ltd. Gregory practiced insolvency law and
commercial litigation for approximately 5 years at Thornton Grout
Finnigan LLP in Toronto, after articling at Aird & Berlis. Over the
course of his legal practice Gregory was centrally involved in a number
of high profile national and international liquidation and
restructuring cases including the Air Canada restructuring and the
Portus hedge fund receivership case. Gregory was recognized in the
Insolvency and Restructuring section of the 2006 edition of Chambers
and Partners: World's Leading Lawyers for Business.
Prior to obtaining a law degree in 2000 from Osgoode Hall Law
School, Gregory studied Management at McGill University in Montreal,
his hometown.
As a lawyer, Gregory wrote and spoke regularly on topics related to
bankruptcy and insolvency law. Since leaving private practice to found
CourtCanada, Gregory has been invited to participate as a speaker or
panelist at a number of professional seminars and industry conferences
on topics which include the role of technology in litigation.
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Guy Morazain
Guy Morazain is a
co-founder, Executive Vice President (R&D) and a Director of
CourtCanada Ltd. Guy has more than 25 years of experience and success
in the fields of computing and education, and is an internationally
recognized expert in JAVA development. Guy was most recently the
Manager of Professional Services for ATG (Art Technology Group) Canada,
a pioneer in the e-commerce marketplace.
Prior to joining ATG, Guy held a number of senior management and
information technology positions such as Executive Director of the
Ontario College Application Service, where he was responsible for,
among other things, digitalizing the college application process. Guy
also served as Chief Information Officer for the Royal Ottawa Health
Care Group and Director of Information Services for La Cité Collégiale
in Ottawa. He is a founding director and past chair of the Ottawa
Carleton Heath Information Network.
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Michelle Chagpar
Michelle Chagpar is a co-founder and Vice President (Application
Development) of CourtCanada Ltd. Michelle has almost a decade of
previous experience and success in the electronic commerce and
financial sectors, and has led development of a number of mission
critical web-based applications.
Prior to assuming management of CourtCanada's application
development program, Michelle spent several years as a Senior
Consulting Engineer with ATG (Art Technology Group) Canada, a pioneer
in the e-commerce marketplace. Michelle subsequently joined Business
Propulsion Systems Inc., developing compliance products for Tier One
financial institutions in Canada and the United States, and acted as
Senior Program Manager before being appointed Director (Research &
Development).
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Luc Landry
Luc Landry is a co-founder and Vice President (Infrastructure &
Operations) of CourtCanada Ltd. Luc has more than 20 years of
experience and success in the information technology field, including a
number of years as a Senior Consultant with ATG (Art Technology Group)
Canada, a pioneer in the e-commerce marketplace.
Luc has provided consulting services on major information technology
projects for financial institutions and capital markets across North
America and Europe, and has considerable experience and expertise in a
number of related areas including database engineering and
administration, security, and system disaster recovery.
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David Sharpless
David Sharpless is a Director of CourtCanada Ltd., and brings more
than 30 years of excellence as business lawyer and as a senior leader
in international finance. After obtaining a law degree from Osgoode
Hall Law School, David spent almost 20 years at the law firm of Blake,
Cassels & Graydon, where he was regarded as one of Canada's leading
asset finance and securitization lawyers with extensive experience in
international financial services, corporate governance, structured
finance and mergers and acquisitions. At various times he was a member
of the firm's Executive Committee and Partnership Committee. During his
legal career David wrote and lectured on a wide range of business law
topics.
David left private practice in 1997 to become Chairman of Newcourt
Credit Group Inc. (subsequently, CIT Group Inc.), overseeing Newcourt's
growth from a small private company to the world's second largest
public commercial finance company with operations in more than 25
countries and more than 5000 employees. Following the sale of Newcourt
to CIT Group Inc., David assumed the role of President of CIT's
International Operations. David also served as Chairman of several
related companies including Dell Financial Services, Inc., Yamaha
Canada Finance Limited and Image Financial Inc., as well as a director
of a number of manufacturing companies. David left CIT in 2001 after
its acquisition by Tyco.
In 2003 David assumed the position of Chairman of HKMB Capital
Solutions, and in 2004 was appointed Executive Chairman of the parent
corporation, Hunter Keilty Muntz & Beatty Limited, Canada's largest
privately owned property and casualty insurance broker. In January
2008, HKMB was acquired by HUB International, to form HKMB HUB
International Limited, for which David currently serves as Chairman.
David sits on the Board of Directors and/or Advisory Board of a
number of private and public corporations including Micromem
Technologies Inc. (a U.S. listed company) and TrustMark Auto Group
Inc., (a Canadian listed company). He is also active in several
Canadian charities and sits on the Board of the Canadian Lease and
Finance Association.
David has completed the Chartered Directors
Program offered by The Directors College founded by DeGroote School of
Business at McMaster University and now holds the designation of
Chartered Director.
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