Leadership Team

Yves is the founder and CEO of Cogniva. He has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of Records, Knowledge and Information Management. Yves began his career at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and held various positions in both Information Management and Information Technology management. He has led many large scale information architecture and information management projects for the Government of Canada, including Library and Archives Canada, as well as large, international organizations. Yves is a sought after speaker and presenter at industry events, including AIIM, the Association for Information and Image Management.

Craig is CTO and leads the development group at Cogniva. Craig has more than 8 years of experience in software development and product management, as well as more than 6 years of experience in Knowledge and Information Management. He is currently working on projects to improve document and Records Management by integrating a large set of traditional IM tools such as document classification, enterprise search, metadata frameworks, business taxonomies, file plans, and multi-lingual thesauri into a single application.

Chief of Operations, he oversees the day to day operations and ensures activities and initiatives align with Cogniva’s vision, mission and goals. Stéphane combines over 27 years of experience in Knowledge, Information Management and Information Technology. He joined Cogniva in 2018 after 30 years with the Canadian Armed Forces, where he occupied various positions. Among those, he led from 2012-2017, the ABCANZ IM Project Team, a multinational group mandated to develop Information Management Standards in support of defence coalition operations. He is a graduate from the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College and detains a Master’s in Information Management from the Dalhousie University.

Adam is the Support and Quality Assurance Manager, and Product Implementation Specialist. He holds an Honour's Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph and had worked in the university training and research sector prior to joining Cogniva in 2011. Adam’s diverse expertise and experience contribute towards Cogniva’s corporate vision of information research and innovation.

Christine is the Development Team Manager at Cogniva, as well as the company's primary technical architect. A member of the team since 2013, she brings twenty years of experience in the software industry, mostly focused on large-scale enterprise applications with deployments ranging from a few dozen to over 300,000 users. In addition to years as an individual contributor, she brings over a decade of experience in a variety of leadership roles, as well as prior academic work in the fields of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence.