XTIVITY Inc. improves productivity, reduces maintenance inventory value and provides accurate lead-time information through proven optimization service solutions. XTIVITY’s unique service identifies, quantifies, reports, optimizes and audits inventory operations activity – offering immediate payback with little disruption to your organization.
The xIO Inventory Optimizer, our flagship software service, has been successfully proven to reduce MRO inventory costs since 1996 – in refining, mining, food, transportation and automotive industries. xIO optimizes MRO inventory costs by immediately identifying declining stock, preventing the purchase of declining inventory items perpetually and automatically uncovers and stops stock out problems. The xIO has a self-audit function to continually update the benefits of the service and drive compliance.
XTIVITY’s head office is located in London, Ontario with the research and operations offices in Bryan, Texas. Sales are provided globally through XTIVITY’s international partner network.
Executive Team
Our executive team is comprised of experienced leaders in MRO, software development and best practice implementation, who share a common vision – improving productivity and reducing costs while improving executive confidence in Operations decision-making for our clients.
John F. Cowan, President
John graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1977. In 1983 he founded a publicly listed, up-stream oil and gas company. The company drilled successfully across Canada and the USA. John and his company developed novel horizontal drilling technology to access depleted oil fields and large reserves of heavy oil. The company continued to grow, and in 1995 was merged to form one of the first Royalty Trusts in Canada. He then founded the first private Natural Gas Storage company in the newly de-regulated gas services market in Ontario.
In the late 1990’s, John left the oil and gas business to pursue his interest in manufacturing, specifically maintenance and operations. He combined his corporate experience with the MRO channel experience of his business partner, Ned Meyer to found Xtivity Inc. The company was expanded to include Dr. Stephen Pearce of Bryan Texas with a focus to provide best practice, maintenance inventory efficiency and optimization services. The xIO Inventory Optimizer was born from this collaboration and has become a unique, best of breed, new standard in inventory optimization.
John continues to sit on the Board of Directors of a number of public companies, one of which is currently the most active oil and gas explorer in the UK North Sea.  contact
Ned Meyer, Vice President, Sales and Business Development
Ned has over 25 years experience in the Supply Chain and Distribution sectors. Originally from the University of Detroit, Ned moved quickly into industrial supply in Southern Ontario. Always an entrepreneur at heart, he created the first of a number of businesses in the 1980’s. ARM Group Inc. was one of the first outsourced storeroom service companies, resulting in the management of 33 storerooms and handling $250 million in yearly purchases. Maintenet Corporation evolved through ARM Group to create the first internet based MRO e-commerce network. The platform met with success and the company was acquired by MRO Software of Bedford Ma. Ned remained active with MRO Software in international sales, implementing the Maximo EAM around the world. MRO Software was purchased by IBM in 2006. Xtivity remains an important partner with IBM.
Ned was the driving force in the creation of Xtivity and is responsible for the Sales and Business Development functions for the company. He constantly brings his many contacts and vast supply chain knowledgebase to the benefit of Xtivity clients. contact
Michael Hasley, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Michael has an honours degree in Economics & Political Science from McGill University and an MBA, Finance, degree from Columbia University, New York. He has extensive experience in financial and general management, having been COO of Guaranty Trust and CFO of Sun Life. Michael helped negotiate the terms of life insurance demutualization legislation with the Federal Government and led the $2.1 billion initial public offering for Sun Life Financial Inc.
Currently Michael is a corporate director and financial management consultant. He sits on public, private and not-for-profit boards, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, and is Vice Chair of the audit committee for the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI).
He was a founding partner of Xtivity. In addition to overseeing the finance function for the Company, he acts as Chairman of the Board.
Stephen L Pearce, Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Development and Author of xIO Software
The science behind the xIO Inventory Optimizer is based on the doctoral work of Stephen L. Pearce. With nearly three decades of experience in industrial technology solutions, Stephen has published over 50 articles and delivered hundreds of presentations for corporations, associations and universities across the US. His consulting solutions are in practice in leading companies in refining, mining, food, transportation and automotive industries. contact
David Cheslow, Ph.D., Research & Development
Dr. David Cheslow brings a unique combination of technical skills to the XTIVITY team. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Business Analysis with supporting research and studies in computer science, a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in organizational behavior and a Bachelor of Science degree. Dr.Cheslow's experience in relational database design and object-oriented application architecture includes large (multi-terabyte) databases and complex rule-based artificial intelligence and decision support systems. Dr.Cheslow has taught database design, object oriented programming and information systems at such prestigious institutions as Texas A&M University and the University of Michigan. Dr.Cheslow lives and works on a small island in the Pacific near Vancouver, British Columbia.
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