| Peter J. Schwartz is President of Laurence Capital Corporation (LCC), a Waterloo-based merchant bank. LCC manages three investment funds, Laurence Capital Fund I, Laurence Capital Fund II and Laurence Capital Fund III and provides capital and stewardship to Canadian growth companies. LCC and the Laurence group of companies, which includes Laurence Financial Services Corp., a niche lender to Canadian entrepreneurs headquartered in Richmond Hill Ontario and Laurence Development LP, a diversified real estate development company.
Peter is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Descartes Systems Group Inc. (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX: DSG) a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company founded in 1981. Descartes is developing the world’s largest multimodal electronic logistics messaging network, called the Global Logistics Network or GLN. Descartes’ on-demand GLN processes more than a million messages every day for companies with transport operations. Mr. Schwartz joined Descartes in 1990 and has held positions of increasing responsibility culminating in his appointment as a member of the Board of Directors and CEO in 1995 and Chairman of the Board in 1997. During Peter’s tenure revenues grew from $1 million to over $80 million dollars.
Mr. Schwartz holds an HBA from the University of Western Ontario. He currently sits on the advisory board for J.L. Albright Venture Partners Inc. and Tech Capital Partners. Peter is the Chairman of Demeure Operating Company Ltd., Chairman of Brick Brewing Co. Ltd. (TSX:BRB), Chairman of WCP Holdings Inc. (Williams Fresh Café) and Chairman of Art Barn Media Inc. He is director of XMG Studio Inc., I Love Rewards Inc., ParkVu Inc., the Stratford Chef School, Onco Screen Inc., Glassbox TV, and Aware Corporation Ltd. Mr. Schwartz has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization since 1996, and was chosen as one of The Financial Post's Top 40 under 40 in 1998.
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