Management Team

Stephane brings over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience, leadership capabilities, technical innovation, and a track record of success to his role as President and CEO of XPI. He founded the company in 2002 to meet the market demand for a comprehensive and reliable disclosure solution. Under Stephane’s leadership, the company has grown to fill this market void, and now provides disclosure solutions to over 400 clients serving more than 15,000 professional users. Stephane is well known and respected among his peers for bringing energy and passion to his professional endeavours.

Prior to founding XPI, Stephane served as President and CEO of IR Gateway, a provider of online, investor communication solutions, where he was responsible for the operations and strategy of the company. Stephane drove IR Gateways’s strategy and vision forward resulting in the company’s listing on the TSX Venture Exchange. Prior to launching IR Gateway, Stephane was President and CEO of Marketline Communications.

Stephane earned an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

Peter has over 20 years of experience in senior financial roles in both private and public-company settings, overseeing all aspects of finance and other corporate functions. Throughout his career, Peter has actively guided companies to reach their fullest potential in the marketplace, while increasing shareholder value.

Prior to joining XPI, Peter was the CFO of Embanet, a leading eLearning company, where he was responsible for setting up the financial infrastructure required to support the rapidly growing company. Peter played a pivotal role in the sale of the company in June 2007 to two Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Peter has also held a number of senior financial roles with companies such as Warner Lambert Pfizer, Roche, Bell Information Systems, C5 Group Inc., Webcom and KPMG. From 1999 to 2002, Peter served as CFO for IR Gateway Corporation, where he played an instrumental role in the company’s listing on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. He is also a Certified General Accountant (CGA), and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

Farhad has many years of experience designing, managing, and delivering successful software projects. As Director of Software Development, Farhad oversees XPI’s team of software engineers, providing guidance, expertise, and inventive approaches to product development to ensure clients benefit from an enriched user experience.

Prior to his role as Director, Farhad led the development team for several years, working in a variety of roles from senior developer to system architect on a number of projects with many organizations including KPMG, Allstate Insurance and Indelient Inc. These projects frequently involved providing custom enterprise solutions on Microsoft platforms and tools.

Farhad holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.

Charles brings over 17 years of sales and law firm technology expertise to XPI. Charles has spent the last several years at LexisNexis in the roles of International Business Development Martindale-Hubbell and Sales Manager. Previous to Lexis Nexis, Charles was with the Thomson Corporation where he held various positions including Senior Executive Training & Facilitation and Senior Executive Solutions Consultant.

Charles has previously worked and consulted with many of the largest Fortune 1000 Corporations, law firms and associations across Canada and internationally. Charles has been a guest-speaker and presenter to various international associations, executive groups and Canadian Bar Association chapters on several topics related to law firm technology, business development and related subjects.

Charles holds a HESci degree from Open University of Milton Keynes, UK.