People: Jeff Watts and Pierre Roberge

Jeff Watts and Pierre Roberge have been appointed president and chief technology officer, respectively, of Prodigy Ventures Inc., a listed innovation company and named by Deloitte as one of Canada’s fastest growing technology companies. Roberge will also serve as senior VP for solutions and ventures. Tom Beckerman remains as company CEO and director. Watts was executive VP of Prodigy before his new appointment. He has a proven track record of success in scaling technology businesses. He has more than 25 years of global experience in direct sales, channels, marketing, and business and corporate development, having worked with SAP, Xerox, 3Com, and Quack.com. He recently finished an assignment as chief revenue officer for a partner of SAP. He serves on several boards, including Valucap Investments Inc., where he is CEO. Roberge has more than 20 years of experience in digital identity, digital currency, online, mobile and payment marketplaces. He co-founded SecureKey Technologies, Dexit, and Rocket Piggy. Prior to Prodigy, Roberge has engaged clients such as TD Canada Trust, the Royal Canadian Mint, Interac, EnStream, Suretap, Telus and Intel. He is a fintech advisor to the MaRS Innovation Centre. Roberge replaces Hussein Vastani, who left to pursue opportunities in artificial intelligence and machine learning.