Laurie Schultz is responsible for leading the transformation of ACL’s global business by mobilizing talent toward category disruption and double digit growth.
With over 25 years of experience in software and technology sectors, Laurie has led 12 multi-million dollar software P&Ls spanning the personal finance, small business accounting, SaaS, ERP, Business Intelligence and GRC categories. Holding prior leadership positions with Sage, Intuit, KPMG and Telus, Laurie has both DOUBLED revenues and DOUBLED profits by empowering change and relentlessly focusing on the “right critical few.”
Since being appointed CEO of ACL in 2011, Laurie has successfully pivoted the company from hard sales of software to a software-as-a-service model with over 250 employees and to accolades as one of Canada’s Top Employers.
Laurie is a strong advocate for technology and serves on the Board of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) where she chairs the BCTIA Software C-Council—a CEO group committed to growing the footprint of software in British Columbia. Her voice is an important contributor to the Canadian technology landscape and she is a preeminent thought leader published in media outlets such as the Huffington Post and the Globe and Mail.
She has received multiple leadership awards, including being named to the Women’s Executive Network’s (WXN) 2016 Canada’s Most Powerful Women list, the 2015 Gold Stevie® Award for Female Executive of the Year, the YWCA’s 2015 “Women of Distinction” award, Business in Vancouver’s 2014 “Women of Influence” award, and the Minerva Foundation’s 2013 “Excellence in Leadership” award. Laurie has also been featured as one of Canada’s Top 20 Women in the IT Channel (2011) and in the Top 100 Women in the North American Channel (2012).
Laurie holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Commerce degree, both from the University of Alberta. She serves as Director at Large for Dress For Success Vancouver, a not-for-profit organization that helps 2,000 people/year with low or no income to get a job.
Laurie proudly makes her home in Vancouver with her husband, two children and their dog, Stripe.
Laurie has been featured in: The Globe and Mail | The Huffington Post Canada | Business in Vancouver – Economy | The New York Times | Techvibes | Business in Vancouver – Technology
Meet our leadership team.
Sean has over 15 years experience as a sales professional, including leadership roles in the software industry. In his previous roles at ACL, Sean led successful Sales teams focused on North American large commercial accounts as well as midmarket clients; and most recently established a top-tier sales team focused on strategic enterprise customers. Prior to joining ACL, Sean was a District Sales Manager at SAP Business Objects where he successfully led his team in generating double-digit revenue growth. Prior to his time with SAP Business Objects, Sean was the founder and owner of a company providing employee productivity and retention services to hi-tech companies.
Sean holds a degree in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.
In his time at ACL, the product development team has won multiple innovation awards and was selected as the 2015 BCTIA Team of the Year for technology impact. He is highly experienced with Agile development practices and has been recognized by his peers as a top people leader.
Keith has served on the Advisory Board of Vancouver Community College’s technology curriculum and as Vice President of Vancouver Technology User Group. He holds various technology certifications, including Agile Management and Certified Product Owner, and attended the College of the Rockies.
Dan is dedicated to the advancement of cloud and “big data” technologies for helping corporations and governments perform better while operating with integrity, having been quoted and covered in publications including the Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Street and CNBC. Dan has been recognized by multiple CPA Practice Advisor Magazine’s 40 under 40, IIA Emerging Leaders, BCTIA Team of the Year and GRC 20/20 Technology Innovation awards.
Prior to ACL Dan spent 10 years in professional services with the IT Risk Advisory Services practice at Ernst & Young and as a Partner and co-founder at Linford & Company LLP, a provider of GRC consulting services to clients across North America, Europe, and Asia.
While building his firm, Dan developed a software platform for use by clients, which ultimately led to founding Workpapers.com, the first truly cloud-based audit and compliance management system in the market. Under Dan’s leadership, Workpapers.com was acquired by ACL in late 2011, combining the power of cloud collaboration and “big data” analytics under one market leading brand.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Science from Colorado State University and a Master of Science from the University of Notre Dame.
Dan has been featured in: The Wall Street Journal | Bloomberg Briefs | The Street | PYMNTS.com | CBC | The Vancouver Sun | BCBusiness magazine
Kathy Enros, Vice President, Talent, brings more than 20 years of human resources experience in the software, consulting, alcohol beverage, and retail industries.
Most recently, Kathy was the senior vice president at Vision Critical for more than eight years. In this role, she was a key leader in building Vision Critical from 60 to 700 employees across the globe, established all employee programs, and was key in creating the VC culture and making it a top employer in BC. Her other human resources experience includes performing as the director of HR for the Mark Anthony Group, the director of HR for Ipsos, and HR manager for Costco Canada.
Kathy holds an Honors Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and is an avid marathon runner.
For more than 15 years, John Lauinger has overseen ACL’s legal affairs, the last four years as a core member of ACL’s senior leadership team. John is responsible for all legal affairs relating to ACL’s business, including legal GRC, managing ACL’s intellectual property, and overseeing ACL’s M&A transactions, global corporate structure and related compliance.
Before he joined ACL, John was a lawyer in Fasken Martineau DuMoulin’s Corporate Finance and Securities group and a Policy Advisor with the British Columbia Securities Commission.
John holds an LLB from UBC and is called to the Bar of British Columbia.
José is expert in bridging the gap between business requirements and technical solutions to drive business transformation projects. He has extensive experience in business process reengineering, the development of new business models, major CRM and ERP deployments, and business process and system integrations following acquisitions. Employing an analytic-driven approach, José is able to solve diverse challenges such as stock option valuation, help desk scheduling, complex pricing and configuration, forecasting and cross-platform reporting. He has more than 10 years of experience leading global operations teams (CRM, BI, Sales Ops, IT) in the high-tech industry, most recently at QuickMobile and Sophos.
José holds a Bachelor Degree in System Engineering from ITESM in Mexico City and an MBA from the University of Victoria, and is a distance runner, avid sci-fi reader, and the father of two children and one yellow Labrador.