Nicola Dickinson is a Founding Partner of Altus Dynamics. Nicola began her career in enterprise solutions for non-profit and government operations in 1994 where she worked on projects with the Ministry of Health and large Canadian non-profit organizations.

Nicola formed Altus Dynamics with a vision and mandate to deliver award-winning, meaningful and affordable technology solutions exclusively for the non-profit and public sector. With a passion for assisting non-profit and public sector, she provides true value by being an active member of the non-profit community.

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James Faw is a Founding Partner and VP of Product Innovation. James began his career implementing, designing and providing training for accounting/distribution systems for a Navision reseller and was one of the first resources to work on Microsoft Dynamics NAV in Canada. James left to pursue his vision of implementing and providing business applications designed exclusively for the nonprofit and public sector.

With a diverse background in Systems, Development and Enterprise Application Integration, James fulfils his role as solution visionary to Altus and to our customers. James’ successes have granted him recognition as a visionary within the industry. Currently, James is focused on building winning business solutions through further product development with the Altus development team.

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Colin Dickinson is Managing Partner and VP of Sales. With a thorough understanding of accounting, financial analysis, and business processes, Colin looks to support and inform his customers and prospective clients in their solution investigation. Given his business and accounting knowledge, Colin provides valuable insight as well as strong comprehension as to how Altus Dynamics can help organizations address their individual business challenges.

Colin joined Altus Dynamics with a vision and the objective to deliver leading and affordable enterprise solutions that provide meaningful functionality for the nonprofit and public sector. Colin is passionate about the nonprofit community and regularly contributes to local youth based non-profits by volunteering his time and fundraising. Colin’s vision is to provide nonprofit and public sector organizations with solutions that enable them to operate efficiently and effectively within the resource constraints they live with.

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Kelly Hagen, VP of Client Services. Kelly strives to provide strong leadership and guidance that supports each customer's success. Kelly's hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Altus Dynamics Product, and other core Microsoft technologies provides valuable insight and direction for Customers, Altus project managers, application consultants and technical consultants.

Prior to Altus, Kelly's successful career started in an accounting consulting firm and after various roles within the ERP consulting industry led Kelly was promoted as ERP practice manager at a successful Dynamics NAV practice that supported horizontal industries. Kelly has experience working in non-profit, government, manufacturing, distribution and professional services. Kelly's strength is in project management, organization, mentorship, relationship management, and resource management.

Diana Budreau, Director of Customer Success. Diana's main role is to provide support and service programs that contribute to your success with Altus solutions. Our customer success programs aim to provide value-added services that gives Altus the name - Altus Advantage. Diana provides leadership and guidance amongst customers as they grow and leverage Microsoft Dynamics NAV, CRM, and Altus Dynamics Solutions. Diana is your liason in Altus as you continue to learn about how Altus solutions can provide value to your operations. Diana brings to Altus significant expertise in customer relationship management.

Prior to working at Altus, Diana was instrumental in managing customer satisfaction in a successful ERP practice for municipal organizations for over 15 years.

Louis Costarelos, CRM Practice Manager. Louis brings to his work at Altus a vast experience in the Non-for-Profit sector having managed implementations including Bay Area Health Trust, Pathways to Independence and the Anglican Synod of Canada. He has over 10 years experience working with both Sage and Microsoft CRM systems and has managed implementations from 20 to 2,500 users.

He started his career as a Software Engineer and was involved with a lot of various development projects working with many Microsoft platforms such as Visual Studio (VB, C#, ASP.net), SQL Server and SharePoint. This has given him the extensive technical skills which are used to great effect in his current role.