PAZISMA

Mr Atiopou is the founder of Pazisma. He leads the firm’s leadership team in setting the strategic plan to advance the firm's mission and to promote growth in clients’ base, revenue, and profitability. He oversees the firm’s operations. Along with the other member of the leadership team, he ensures that Pazisma engagements are efficient and cost-effective for both the client and the firm, and that they meet the firm’s principles and quality standards.

Mr. Atiopou also carries the active duty of the head of the Pazisma’s International Development Unit. Mr. Atiopou has over 20 years’ experiences in various industries including financial services, agribusiness, Information Technology, and international development. Before founding Pazisma in 2004, Mr. Atiopou was an officer and senior consultant at The Bank of Canada where, among others, he oversaw the implementation of critical information technology systems in the Department of Banking Operations, managed the IT budget, and facilitated the decision making process on the Currency IT Governance Structure.

Before joining the Bank of Canada, Mr. Atiopou served as a financial advisor in one the major Canadian financial services company. He also served as Deputy Director for a Canadian based non-for-profit organization that promotes economic growth, gender equality, and workers rights in the Caribbean. Prior to that, Mr. Atiopou has conducted numerous management and technical consulting engagements for UK and Belgian based agribusiness companies, and worked extensively to develop and promote entrepreneurship in Africa.

Mr Atiopou areas of expertise are Enterprise and performance Improvement, Economic development, Finance, Natural resources and energy, Information Technologies, and Agribusiness. He has graduate degrees in Business Administration, Finance, Agricultural economics, and Information technologies.

Mr Pearce leads the management consulting unit, structures all the engagements, and maintains clear contact with our clients. Mr Pearce plays decisive roles in defining the company overall orientation, operations and projects efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Before joining Pazisma in 2005, Mr. Pearce owned and management, Dakcan, a manufacturing and distribution company that produced and distributed goods in Canada and South Asia. Prior to owning that company, Mr. Pearce was V.P. Business development - Asia region - for GRX & Co, a transportation services company. Mr. Pearce has more than 20 years extensive management consulting experience in transportation, operational efficiency, product development, and strategic planning.

Mr. Pearce areas of expertise are Strategic planning, Operations strategy, Marketing, Consumer Products, and Transportation. He holds graduate degrees in Business Administration, Marketing, and Mechanical engineering.

Mrs. Hua structures, sources, and oversees all of Pazisma Information Technology engagements. She joins Pazisma in 2005. She designed and implemented the company information technology systems. 

Mrs. Hua has over 22 years experience in Information Technology and Infrastructures, and IT Client relationship management. Prior to joining Pazisma, Mrs. Hua led the upgrading and sourcing of the information systems of a publicly traded publishing company that was later acquired by Yellow Pages Group. She was a senior Analyst Programmer for a Canadian based IT consulting company, Cognicase, where she led a team that handled the bulk of Y2K conversion work of leading Canadian financial institutions. Mrs Hua also has spent several years as Analyst Programmer in various Quebec ministries.

Mrs. Hua areas of expertise are IT Infrastructure, Telecommunication, Web and Mobile solutions, IT Client relationship management. She has degrees in Management information technology, Telecommunication, and Software development.