Meet Our Leaders

Carolyn Wormser

Chief Innovation Officer

Carolyn brings more than 30 years of local government experience managing the Special Events & Filming Department for the City of San Diego. Whether it’s identifying resources needed for a city’s special events management team, determining roles and responsibilities or mapping out workflows, Carolyn helps Eproval clients achieve their vision.

Carolyn holds a BA in Political Science from Occidental College and an MA in Management from the University of Redlands School of Business.

Jonathan Thompson

Managing Director

Jonathan is a founder of Eproval who leads all corporate and business development activities. He is responsible for the overall revenue growth and go to market strategy of the company.

As a professional services and sales leader in enterprise software companies like Cognos, IBM, HP Software and Gartner, he has supported State and Local government customers for the past two decades.

A national cycling champion, he realized early in life what it takes to reach the highest level in sport both from an individual and team building perspective.

He continues this journey in building a world class team at Eproval with a goal of empowering clients to innovate and modernize processes and customer experiences.

Jonathan holds a bachelor of business administration from the University of New Brunswick.

Rene Michaely

Director of Technology

Rene is the original founder of Eproval and is responsible for product development and management.

He is also the chief product strategist of Eproval, leaning on his experience in a variety of roles over the past 20 years in the web development industry. This broad experience enables Rene to have a deep understanding of all aspects of web-based development and how they relate to the company vision and goals.

Rene is an avid outdoor enthusiast with a degree in Engineering from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

Karen Ng

Director of Customer Success

Karen is one of our founders and responsible for the implementation of Eproval for our clients.

Karen is also our user interface designer and is responsible for the Eproval visual interface. She has more than 17 years of experience working collaboratively with clients on the design and implementation of their ideas and strategies.

Karen has a double major in Economics and Accounting and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Western Australia. She worked in Investor Relations in the mining industry for four years before going back to School to study Digital Design and Interactive Media.

Les Jickling

Chief Marketing Officer

Les Jickling serves as Eproval’s Chief Marketing Officer. In this role he is responsible for developing and executing on Eproval’s marketing and communications strategy. With an impressive track record of results, he draws on more than 25 years of leadership experience working for companies of all sizes, from start-up to multinational, in the technology, biotechnology and healthcare sectors.

Les holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, a Master’s degree in Business Administration and in his spare time remains active in the community with various athletic pursuits and service organizations.

Robert Orr

Advisor

Robert Orr is a seasoned corporate development strategist with 20+ years of public practice and executive experience. Robert has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Victoria and is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator. Currently, he is the President and CEO of Life360 Innovations, Inc. Prior to his current role, he was CFO and VP business development of a TSX listed mining company.

Before his executive roles in the industry, Robert was a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), providing complex financial advisory services that included fairness opinions, valuations, due diligence and buy/sell side advice to private/public companies and the public sector. Robert was also the HR partner for PwC’s Advisory practice in BC and worked as a tax advisor with Deloitte for the first half of his professional career.

Roger Kuypers

Advisor

Roger Kuypers is a partner in the Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group of the international law firm Fasken Martineau LLP (Faskens). He works primarily with businesses and institutions focused on the development, acquisition and commercialization of intellectual property, including life sciences technologies, information technologies and trade-marks.

Roger is the regional Chair of Fasken’s Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice group. His clients include biotechnology, medical device and pharmaceutical companies and health authorities. As well, Roger leads the Trade-marks Prosecution Group in the Vancouver office and assists clients with copyright and patent assignments.