About Us

People

The success of Level Platforms is based on the extraordinary efforts of a team of extraordinary people working together to help define the future of managed services.

Although there are many people that contribute to the success of the organization, accountability to deliver results to all our stakeholders ultimately rests with the executive team. We encourage anyone to contact them directly with any comments, concerns, suggestions or proposals that could help us provide a better experience for our partners.

Peter Sandiford – CEO
Peter's goal is to establish Level Platforms as the ubiquitous collaborative IT remote management and automation service delivery platform for service providers addressing the needs of small and midsized businesses. Peter has led teams that delivered market-changing product and market innovation throughout his 30 year plus career. As President and Vice Chairman of SHL Systemhouse Inc. for nine years, he led their growth from $35 million to over $1 billion in revenues as a global outsourcing pioneer to global enterprises, ranking number 43 on the VAR Business 500 before its acquisition by MCI and eventually EDS in the 1998. Peter founded Level Platforms in 1999 convinced that services providers needed a "level platform" to deliver a high quality, low cost IT experience to smaller businesses and works closely with the executive team to achieve this goal.

Dan Wensley – Vice President, Partner Development and Marketing
Dan drives the continued growth and expansion of the Level Platforms' global Partner community of solution providers and managed services providers adopting Level Platforms as the platform of choice for managed services. Dan served as VP Channel Development with Net Integration Technologies where he spearheaded the rapid growth and adoption of NITIX prior to its sale to IBM. He previously launched MCI WorldCom Canada's highly successful first channel and vendor partnership program. Dan serves as Chairman of the Managed IT Services section of CompTIA, the leading global industry association for the IT industry.

Robert Berndt – Vice President, Partner Services
Robert's team delivers the award winning customer training, support and professional services that help Level Platforms’ Partners maximize their success with Managed Workplace. Prior to joining Level Platforms, Robert was Director of Global Customer Support Services at Corel Corporation with responsibility for strategy and execution of services delivery for all Corel products delivered from operations around the world. He has also provided services management consulting to government and private industry in the areas of best practices, organizational design and software productivity tools.

Chris Charlebois – Chief Financial Officer
Chris is responsible for all financial reporting and operations, including corporate administration. Chris, who holds both CA and CPA designations, brings more than 20 years of experience in various management positions in the high tech and accounting industries, including CFO positions at Magor Communications Corp. and Ramius Corporation. Prior to Ramius, Mr. Charlebois was the Corporate Controller for QNX Software Systems and spent seven years advising high tech clients with Deloitte & Touche Chartered Accountants.

Phil Weaver – Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Accounts
Phil and his team are focused on developing new channels, verticals and segments through deepening strategic relationships with leading industry vendors and Partners – ultimately delivering value to Level Platforms Partners through strong strategic relationships and joint value propositions. Prior to joining Level Platforms Phil held numerous executive positions in the managed services and technology fields. He was CEO of Nuvo Networks, a 120 employee MSP offering NOC services to major corporations in the US. He also served as President of Platform Computing and Chief Operating Officer at Jetform Corp.

Gordon Rielly – Chief Technology Officer
Gordon’s goal is to ensure Managed Workplace continues to extend its lead as the most comprehensive, innovative, high quality and high performance platform in the market. His extensive technology and business accomplishments in the field include roles as Founder, Product Architect and Chief Technologist of Tranxition Corp whose software was licensed to most of the major infrastructure management businesses, Chief Technologist at Asset Management Solutions Inc., and Founder, CEO and Product Architect at Asset Software International. Gordon has been awarded a number of patents in asset and systems management.