SHOPKEEP - Key Persons


Ana Wight - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer
Ana has over 15 years' experience across strategy and operations in the TMT sector across B2B and B2C, and in corporate, management consulting, and start-up environments. Bringing a blend of strategic and operational expertise, analytical thinking and rigour, and a strong bias for action and execution to the teams and organizations that she leads, she has a strong track record of creating high performing, highly engaged teams. Prior to her role as Chief Strategy Officer, Ana was GM of Retail, leading Lightspeed's Retail product and Go-to-Market strategy globally. Prior to that, she was CEO of Vend before it was acquired by Lightspeed in 2021. During her career, Ana has also held roles at McKinsey & Company (SVP), Microsoft, and Spark. She received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, graduating with honours, from the University of Auckland.

Asha Bakshani - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Asha Bakshani was promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer in April of 2022 reporting directly to the CEO, JP Chauvet. Previous to that she was Lightspeed's Executive VP of Finance.

Dale Murray

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Ms. Murray is a successful technology entrepreneur with extensive board experience in the UK, US and Australia. Ms. Murray is a non-executive director at Xero, a global cloud accounting company, the Cranemere Group, an investment company, LendInvest plc, a UK property finance company, Jupiter Fund Management plc, a UK asset manager, and Rated People, a UK marketplace for tradespeople. Ms. Murray started her career at PwC then Vodafone in New Zealand, followed by Pearson in the UK. Ms. Murray co-founded and led the software business Omega Logic, which launched electronic mobile phone top-ups in Britain alongside the mobile phone networks and other top-up solution providers. Additionally, Ms. Murray has served on the Business Taskforce for David Cameron, the former British Prime Minister, and was a non-executive director at the UK Government's Department for Business. Debretts named Ms. Murray one of the "500 most influential people in Britain" in 2015. Ms. Murray was honoured with a CBE in 2013 by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to business. Ms. Murray qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds an MBA from London Business School.

Daniel Micak - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Legal Officer
  • Head
Mr. Micak has served as the head of our legal function since September 2018 becoming our Chief Legal Officer in December 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Micak was VP, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at D2L Inc. from June 2017 to July 2018, and Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary with D2L Inc. from September 2011 to June 2017. Mr. Micak also previously worked in private practice as an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Micak holds a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in English Rhetoric and Professional Writing from the University of Waterloo.

Dax Dasilva

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Executive Management Team
  • Founder and Interim CEO
  • Founder, Interim CEO and Director
Dax Dasilva is the creative mind behind Lightspeed Commerce. Founded in 2005, Lightspeed is the unified POS and payments platform for ambitious entrepreneurs to accelerate growth, provide the best customer experience and become a go-to destination in their space. It powers the world's best businesses in over 100 countries globally. Dasilva was reappointed as CEO on February 15, 2024. Prior to that, he served as Executive Chair of Lightspeed's board of directors for two years, and previously led the company's operations as Chief Executive Officer since its founding in 2005. Lightspeed employs over 3,000 staff worldwide and powers hundreds of thousands of customer locations worldwide. During Dasilva's leadership as CEO, the company went public in March 2019 on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LSPD, becoming one of Canada's top 10 technology IPOs. In September 2020, the company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Lightspeed also undertook 9 acquisitions over the course of a four year period to consolidate the global market and launch two, best-in-class flagship products: Lightspeed Retail and Lightspeed Restaurant.

JD Saint-Martin - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Management Team
  • President
Mr. Saint-Martin joined Lightspeed in May 2019 through the acquisition of Chronogolf, a SaaS company he co-founded in 2013. In October 2019 he was promoted to Senior Director of Global Account Management and in July 2020 he became our Senior Vice President of Global Sales. In 2022, JD became President of Lightspeed.

John Shapiro

Job Titles:
  • Chief Product and Technology Officer
  • Chief Product & Technology Officer
John Shapiro is Lightspeed's Chief Product and Technology Officer. He is responsible for leading our global Product and Technology team and driving our product strategy to bring technology and insight to the innovators who are elevating their industries. In his previous role as SVP, Retail Technology, he worked to help integrate the Supplier Network into our core retail platform across POS, eCommerce, and B2B. Previously, John served as Head of Product and Design, Global Supplier & Merchandising at Wayfair where he was responsible for the global supplier product and design organizations, and was previously at Intuit where he was the Director of Product Management for QuickBooks, including serving as the GM for QuickBooks Payments. During his time at the company, he and his team drove QuickBooks worldwide subscribers from 400k to 2.4m paying SMBs. Prior to that, he held product roles at Adobe, where he helped transition the company's Creative Suite into a SaaS subscription model by launching Creative Cloud. John is passionate about empowering product teams to form deep customer insights and solve user problems in ways that propel business outcomes. He has a track record of creating high-functioning product organizations. John has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kady Srinivasan - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Marketing Officer
Kady Srinivasan is Lightspeed's Chief Marketing Officer and leads Lightspeed's overall marketing strategy aimed at building on the Company's market position to help drive strategic growth, innovation, and value for shareholders and customers worldwide. Srinivasan is a tenured executive with more than 15 years of experience leading, building, and scaling marketing efforts at retail, gaming, consumer products, and technology companies. Srinivasan joins Lightspeed from Klaviyo, a SaaS marketing automation technology provider, where she served as SVP, Global Head of Marketing. Previously, Srinivasan was the Chief Marketing Officer at Owlet Baby Care, leading the global marketing and sales efforts that built brand equity, expanded the TAM, created demand and raised awareness of the company as a leader in infant health technology. Before joining Owlet Baby Care, Kady was Dropbox's Global Head of Marketing and Integrated GTM, where she led marketing for SMBs and consumers, driving considerable growth within two customer segments. Kady was instrumental in launching the Dropbox Business product brand and played a key role in Dropbox's IPO journey. Srinivasan also served as Senior Director of Growth and Integrated Marketing for Electronic Arts' Mobile Division. She is currently a Venture Advisor at Relay Ventures and a mentor for Girls Who Code. Kady holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BE from RV College of Engineering.

Manon Brouillette

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hydro - Québec
Manon Brouillette serves as Chair of the board of directors of Hydro-Québec, the largest renewable energy company in Quebec. Prior to that, she spent two years with the US telecom leader Verizon, where she acted, among other positions, as Executive vice-president and CEO of the Consumer Group. From 2004 to 2019, she held various executive roles at Videotron and acted as President and CEO from 2013 to 2019. Under her leadership, the company became Canada's most rapidly expanding telecommunications provider. Manon Brouillette brings unparalleled corporate governance experience to her role. She has served on the boards of private and public international companies, including the National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA), France-based SFR, U.S.-based Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS), Sonder Holdings (SOND.NA) and Beauty For All Industries (BFAI). She provides strategic advice to international private equity and venture capital funds. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Université Laval and completed the Ivey Business School's Executive Program.

Nathalie Gaveau

Job Titles:
  • Investor
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Nathalie Gaveau is a serial tech entrepreneur, board member and investor. She started out in M&A at Lazard before co-founding PriceMinister, one of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in Europe, subsequently acquired by Rakuten for $250 million, followed by Shopcade, a data-driven social marketplace sold to Lagardère. Nathalie has extensive international experience, including 6 years in Asia Pacific. She sits on the boards of Coca-Cola EuroPacific Partners (NASDAQ: CCEP), Sonepar and PortAventura World, and is a Senior Advisor to BCG Technology group (BCG X).

Patrick Pichette - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • General Partner at Inovia Capital
Mr. Pichette is a General Partner at Inovia Capital, a Montreal based venture firm, which he joined in April 2018. Mr. Pichette previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Google Inc. from August 2008 until May 2015. Prior to joining Google, from January 2001 until July 2008, Mr. Pichette served as an executive officer of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., including, in his last position, as President, Operations for Bell Canada, and previously as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Vice President of Planning and Performance Management. Prior to joining Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., from 1996 to 2000, Mr. Pichette was a principal at McKinsey & Company. Prior to that, from 1994 to 1996, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Call-Net Enterprises Inc., a Canadian telecommunications company. Mr. Pichette was previously a member of the board of directors of Twitter, Inc. from December 2017 to October 2022. Mr. Pichette was also previously a director of Bombardier Inc. from October 2013 to November 2017 and of Amyris, Inc., a renewable products company, from March 2010 to May 2013. Mr. Pichette holds a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University, where he attended as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Université du Québec à Montréal.

Paul McFeeters

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. McFeeters retired from OpenText in September 2014 where he had served as the Chief Financial Officer since June 2006. Mr. McFeeters has more than thirty years of C-level business experience, including previous employment as Chief Financial Officer of Platform Computing Inc., a grid computing software vendor from 2003 to 2006, and of Kintana Inc., a privately-held IT governance software provider, from 2000 to 2003. Mr. McFeeters also held President and CEO positions at MD Private Trust from 1997 to 2000. Between 1981 and 1996 Mr. McFeeters worked at Municipal Financial Corporation and held various progressive positions there including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. McFeeters was a member of the board of directors of Constellation Software Inc., a diversified software company, from 2014 to 2022 and served on its audit committee. From 2015 to August 2019, Mr. McFeeters was a board advisor for Hootsuite, a social media management company. From 2007 to January 2016, Mr. McFeeters was a member of the board of Blueprint Software Systems Inc., an enterprise requirements software solutions provider. Mr. McFeeters holds a B.B.A (Honours) from Wilfrid Laurier University and an MBA from Schulich School of Business at York University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Rob Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Williams has over 25 years of leadership experience in eCommerce, retail and SaaS companies. In his near decade at Amazon (2006 to 2015), Mr. Williams held five senior leadership positions on both the Retail and Seller teams. In his last role, Mr. Williams led Amazon's Tier 1 Vendor team for Global Vendor Management. Prior to that, Mr. Williams led three business teams for Amazon's Seller Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) division: the Seller Reimbursement and Recovery/Liquidations team, the Contact Reduction team, and the Defect Reduction team. Previously, he led the FBA Product Development Roadmap team. Before that role, Mr. Williams led Product Management for Amazon's Competitive Strategy and Negotiations Team. Prior to Amazon, Mr. Williams was on the leadership team of Magnolia Hi-Fi when they were acquired by Best Buy. Mr. Williams was promoted to National Director at Best Buy, where he led Sales Development for the Magnolia Home Theater store within a store project. Mr. Williams was at Magnolia Hi-Fi and Best Buy from September 1994 to June 2006. Prior to that in 1994 he was a criminal prosecutor under the City of Seattle's Trial Advocacy Program. Mr. Williams holds his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington and his Juris Doctor, Law from the Willamette University College of Law. He is also a guest lecturer on International Business for the University of Washington School of Business Administration and a keynote speaker on how to build a company culture of Disruptive Innovation and consults worldwide on eCommerce, retail and technology. Mr. Williams has served as a member of the board of directors of Cymax Group since May 2021.

Shirvani Mudaly - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief People Officer
Shirvani Mudaly is Lightspeed's Chief People Officer, stepping into the role after being VP, People & Culture, APAC. With a significant background in change management, developing leadership capabilities and culture transformation, Shirvani's focus is on how Lightspeed attracts, engages and retains amazing people and fosters high-performing teams. Prior to her roles with Lightspeed, Shirvani was Chief People Officer at Vend and Yellow in New Zealand, and has 20 years' of HR experience in the tech, financial and media sectors. She gained a Bachelor of Education from the University of Auckland and a Diploma in Business Studies, Human Resources from Massey University.