Opterus' objective is to become a leading technology provider to the retail market in North America offering real value to our customers. Customer satisfaction and loyalty are a must. Opterus is run with integrity and a strong commitment to our purpose and to our customers. Our business philosophy includes creating a quality solution that has immediate value for our customers, and providing a working environment that encourages open communication, teamwork, and a sense of accountability as well as respect.

Janet Hawkins - Founder and President
Janet has more than 12 years of experience in the Retail market working for industry leaders such as NCR, Triversity and SAP. She has held a wide variety of positions with areas of responsibility including global strategic business partner relationships, third party technology partners, clients and resellers, business development, and project management. This has contributed to her strong relationship management, leadership and team building skills.

Rick Peters - Founder and Chief Product Officer
Rick has 14 years of experience designing, delivering and supporting retail applications to several high and mid tier retailers around the world. Most recently at SAP, Rick held Product Management responsibility for the SAP next generation Java POS solution including original product creation to customer implementations.  At Triversity Inc. he held several positions including Project Management, Training and Product Management of Triversity's flagship product. Before his career in retail software began, he had several years of direct experience managing and working in retail stores.

Ian Long - Founder and Chief Software Architect
Ian has over 15 years experience as a Software Architect, Developer and Team Leader successfully developing and delivering large-scale software systems in a wide-range of industries. Previously, he was a Software Architect at startup Route1, a provider of security and identity management where he was responsible for the design and implementation of the Route1 MobiKey. He was also involved with the design and development of the MobiNET, a communications and service delivery platform. At netMedia Technologies, another startup, he was responsible for the team that designed and implemented Purolink, the Purolator desktop shipping software used to ship over 5 million packages worldwide. He has also been an integral part of the development teams for Embarcadero Technologies' DBArtisan and RapidSQL, as well as Delrina's (now Symantec's) Winfax Pro.

John Denham - Chief Financial Officer
John has over 20 years experience in a financial and operating role.  He previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Route1 Inc., a Canadian public company listed on the TSX-V. During his time at the technology start-up, the company became a public company and raised approximately $20 million in start up capital.  Prior to this he was at CIBC World Markets where he assisted over 250 small to mid-sized businesses in raising growth and operating capital and in completing mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.  John is a Professional Engineer and Chartered Financial Analyst.