Peter DeVries | Chief Executive Officer
Peter DeVries has been innovating across the technology space for 25 years, focused
on building industry leading and enterprise-scale SaaS products. Since 2008, Peter
has been a leader in the EdTech industry, serving in a variety of executive leadership
roles with Modern Campus, including President and COO since 2018. Peter’s vision to
help colleges and universities attract, engage, and retain learners for life has resulted
in the creation of cutting-edge software solutions to enable a modern student experience. Peter earned his Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo,
with joint honors in Computer Science and Economics. He’s also a Certified Information
Systems Security Professional and Risk Management Professional, among numerous professional
designations.
Jessica Phinn | Chief People Officer
Jessica Phinn joined Modern Campus in 2022 as the Chief People Officer. Previously,
Jessica was the Senior Vice President of People and Engagement for Nelson Education,
where she was also Vice President and Director of People and Engagement. Jessica was
also the Senior Director of Human Resources for Loblaw Companies Limited, one of the
largest supermarket operators in Canada, and the Human Resources Manager for Pepsi
Bottling Group. Jessica has a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources from York University,
and studied Chemistry at Western University.
Rick Bakewell | Chief Financial Officer
Rick Bakewell is the Chief Financial Officer of Modern Campus since joining in early
2022. He oversees all financial aspects of Modern Campus, including finance, accounting,
tax, treasury and legal. He has a wealth of experience across more than 25 years in
technology and services industries, specializing in operational efficiency improvements,
financing and capital raising initiatives, and mergers and acquisitions. He most recently
served as chief financial officer at Benefitexpress, a cloud-based benefits administration
technology and human resources services provider (acquired by WEX Inc.). Prior CFO
roles include Fruition Partners (acquired by DXC Technology), NTT Data Americas, The
Revere Group, and others. He is a Certified Public Accountant and received his Bachelor
of Science in Accounting from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Wai-Kau Lo | Chief Architect
Wai-Kau Lo oversees the overall software architecture of the Modern Campus Destiny
One platform. He has over 20 years of experience in building scalable, robust, secure,
and highly available web applications that solve business problems. Wai-Kau graduated
with a first class honours in Computer Science from University of Hong Kong. He also
earned a PhD in Computer Science from University of Toronto, focusing on fault-tolerant
distributed systems.