Chad Loeven is responsible for leading Sunbelt's global business development and provides strategic direction for the company's partner alliances and technology licensing initiatives with existing and new OEMs. Before joining Sunbelt, Chad served as vice president of business development for Montreal-based email security vendor Vircom, where he held international channel and business development responsibility; signing the largest OEM deal for Vircom during his tenure. Prior to Vircom, Loeven held various executive management positions at The Messaging Architects, overseeing the daily operations and international channel networks, and IndustryHub where he was responsible for technology direction, product strategy, and sales and marketing. Additionally, Chad co-founded Zenon Systems and grew the company to be the largest Microsoft Solution Partner and Advanced Product training center in eastern Canada at that time. While with Zenon, Chad received the prestigious Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year and Profit100 awards. The Zenon group was acquired by Telus in 2000. Chad graduated with a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Concordia University in 1989.