Norm Francis
Advisor
Business and Management
Allocadia
Canada
Biography
He was Pivotal’s CEO and Chairman of the Board as the company grew rapidly from a startup to a company with $100 million in revenue and 750 employees in 25 offices around the world. During his business career Norm served on several private and public corporate boards as well as industry committees. Norm is a well-known technology angel investor and is an active mentor to entrepreneurs in the technology sector and university students. He is a member of the Board of Traction on Demand, a fast-growing Vancouver services and software company that was awarded one of the first “B Corp” designations in Canada for its social responsibility. After retiring from active business involvement in 2001, Norm became a founding partner of Social Venture Partners Vancouver. SVP Vancouver pioneered venture philanthropy in Canada and he served continuously on the Board of Directors until 2013. He was recently honoured with SVP’s first Distinguished Partner award. Norm holds a B.Sc. in computer science from the University of British Columbia, and is a Fellow of the CPA Institute of British Columbia.
Research Interest
Business and Management
