The name Persatt is derived from two words - perseverance and attitude. Perseverance is the ability to keep on going when all around you are giving up. Attitude is the ability to see the potential in every challenge, and to enjoy every day along the way. Our fundamental belief is that these are the two primary qualities for successful entrepreneurs who are growing their company - make the plan, work the plan, and enjoy the journey.

JAMES IGLESIAS, BSc. (Mech Eng), MBA, CMA

James founded Persatt Systems Inc. in Toronto in 2000. The focus of Persatt Systems is to provide organization and planning services to companies to achieve their corporate development and business development objectives. Persatt helps organizations to develop long term goals, align compensation plans with those goals, develop annual objectives, develop monthly action plans, and to execute those actions plans.Persatt helps organizations to develop their Leadership Teams with a culture of execution.

James is a member of the Board of Directors for Calco Environmental Group, filling the role as Secretary Treasurer for Calco Environmental Group, Maple Leaf Environmental Equipment Ltd, NewTerra Environmental Services Ltd., Filter Innovations Inc., and MLE Equipment Inc.(Nevada). James is responsible for the leadership process - organizing and facilitating the annual planning meeting, monthly leadership calls, quarterly board meetings and annual shareholders meeting. James is also a member of the Board of Directors for Advanced Information Services in Washington DC; a member of the Advisory Board of Maratek Environmental in Bolton Ontario.

James was an early member of the Firepond senior management team in Mankato, Minnesota. In ten years with Firepond, he held positions as Senior VP of Sales, President of International, and Board Member. In this time period, Firepond grew to $50M in sales and 400 personnel. James was directly responsible for sales, marketing, and professional services; as well as international operations in Europe and Japan/Korea. James began his career with Caterpillar Inc. In the twelve years with Caterpillar, James moved through positions in Management Training (Peoria), Application Engineering (Geneva), Dealer Sales Management (Johannesburg), and Marketing Systems Development (Peoria). In this last position, he gained systems experience by leading the team that developed and implemented Caterpillar's first PC based sales and marketing applications.

James has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University, a Master in Business Administration from the University of Toronto, and is a Certified Management Accountant in the Province of Ontario.

Memberships & Associations
ASME
SAE
Society of Management
Accountants of Ontario