Board of Directors

Fraser is the Chair of the Thinkific board and has served as a board member, and strategic advisor to the company since 2016.

Fraser is a founding partner of Rhino Ventures, a venture capital fund that focuses on high growth technology companies in Western Canada.

As a founder himself, Fraser has a wealth of experience building and scaling both Recon Instruments, which successfully sold to Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and Article.com, where he continues to serve as a board member.

Fraser holds a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from Western University and an MBA from the UBC Sauder School of Business.

Melanie Kalemba brings over 15 years of executive experience focused on business development, sales and operations across a variety of high-tech and e-commerce companies, including her most recent role as General Manager of Amazon Pay, Americas Region, where she led the go-to-market strategy, and prior roles, including Senior Vice President ("SVP") of Marketing & Sales at Miva, and SVP, Global Sales & Channel at BigCommerce, both SaaS e-commerce companies. She has served as advisor to several SaaS e-commerce start-ups. 

Melanie holds an MBA from Indiana University and her Bachelors in Accounting from Muskingum College.

Ms. Kalemba joined the Board of Directors on June 8, 2022 upon approval from the company’s shareholders at its 2022 Annual General Meeting.

Steve Krenzer brings over 20 years of executive experience leading operations, sales and marketing in data analytics and e-commerce. He is currently Co-founder of Works Capital, LLC and has provided executive leadership to some of the largest private and publicly traded platforms on-line, including previous roles at Core Digital Media and Groupon. In 2021, Krenzer was Chief Financial Officer at Alkuri Global Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company which completed it's business combination with Babylon Holdings, Inc. in less than 8 months.

Steve served as Groupon’s Chief Operating Officer from November 2017 to 2020. His role included ultimate oversight of Groupon’s North America and International segments, as well as Global Marketing and Global Operations.

Prior to joining Groupon, Steve was the CEO of Core Digital Media, a leading online direct-response advertising company and one of the Internet’s largest display advertising providers. Prior to Core Digital Media, he held a variety of senior executive positions at Experian, ultimately serving as President of Interactive Media.

Steve brings extensive experience scaling e-commerce companies and enhances the overall skill sets represented on Thinkific’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Krenzer joined the Board of Directors in February 2022, and serves on the audit committee.

Katie has served as a board member to Thinkific since April 2, 2021.

She currently serves as an independent director on the boards of Rokt, a global leader in ecommerce marketing technology, Vivi, a leading Australia-based education technology company, Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: KURI), a blank check company focused on the technology sector and as a non-executive director of Stamps.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: STMP), the leading provider of eCommerce shipping software in the US.

As an operator, Katie led three technology companies to successful exits, including her own Australian based start-up, Kidspot. Katie earned her Bachelors in Accounting and MBA, both with Honours, from the University of Texas.

Brandon has served as a board member to Thinkific since March 3, 2021. Brandon also currently serves as Chief Financial Officer at Lightspeed (TSX: LSPD) .He brings almost 20 years of technology leadership experience to the board.

From 2010 to 2018, Brandon was the Chief Financial Officer at D2L Inc., a SaaS-based education technology provider. From 2000 to 2007, Mr. Nussey was in a series of roles at The Descartes Systems Group, ultimately being appointed as the Chief Financial Officer in 2003.

Brandon is a Chartered Accountant and holds an Honours in Business Administration from Wilfred Laurier University.

Greg is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Thinkific. Greg is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the Company.

Under Greg’s leadership, Thinkific has experienced tremendous growth, built an award-winning culture, and enabled tens of thousands of entrepreneurs to grow and scale their businesses through online learning.

Greg is a former securities lawyer and an online course creator. It was while working as a corporate lawyer that he launched an online course as a side project to teach other students to get into law school.

Greg holds a BCom and LLB from the University of British Columbia.