Leadership Team

George co-founded Pleora in 2000, and had helped lead the development of vision standards to drive the global expansion of the machine vision industry. As CEO, George continues to guide Pleora’s technology and business strategy. He has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Masters in Engineering from Carleton University and is an alumni of Harvard Business School.

Jonathan is responsible for Pleora’s day-to-day operations, including the company’s expansion into embedded, AI, and machine learning solutions. Jonathan joined the company as CTO in 2018, and brings extensive experience from the quality inspection, machine vision, and sensor networking industries. He has a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Engineering from McGill University.

Anis is responsible for overseeing Pleora’s operations and strategic initiatives to ensure the company delivers the best products and services possible. Anis joined Pleora in 2014, and was instrumental in leading a top-performing applications engineering support team. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Saint Mary’s University and Masters of Business Administration from Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa.

Jason is responsible for Pleora’s R&D initiatives as the company expands its technology solutions for the industrial automation, Industry 4.0, medical imaging, and security & defense markets. Jason joined Pleora as Director of Engineering in 2019, and brings experience from the defense, aerospace and medical industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computing Science from University of Alberta.

Jennifer brings 25 years’ expertise to the management team from the technology, real estate and financial services sectors. Jennifer joined Pleora in 2019 and leads the company’s finance, accounting and human resources teams. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen’s University.

John’s in-depth understanding of customer challenges and requirements ensures Pleora’s sales and marketing efforts align with the ever-evolving vision industry. John joined Pleora in 2008, and after a series of increasingly senior roles was appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 2019. He graduated from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.