Leadership Team

Thadeus Mocarski has over 20 years of experience in private equity. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Economy and History from Colby College, as well as a Juris Doctor from American University.

Mr. Mocarski served as a General Partner of Nautic Partners, where he was responsible for managing the funds’ investment efforts in the Communications Infrastructure and Services sectors. He was also co-founder and General Partner of Key Venture Partners. The majority of his investments were in tune with Novacap’s investment strategy. He was a consultant for Novacap in 2012 while a General Partner at Bank Street Capital Partners, a private equity fund focused on growth equity, which he managed and co-founded in 2010. Having made three investments with Novacap, Mr. Mocarski became a partner in 2013.

Mr. Mocarski is currently Chairman of the Board of Syntax and Host.net. He sits on the Board of directors of Onstream and Firstlight Fiber. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of Colby College and on the Investment Committee for the City of Providence Retirement System.

Stéphane Tremblay’s experience in the Canadian TMT industry spans more than two decades. Mr. Tremblay holds a BSEE degree in Engineering from Université de Trois-Rivières.

Mr. Tremblay was a founding member of Microcell, where he was responsible for building the first GSM network in Canada. He was also the President of Kontron Canada, a division of Kontron A.G. Mr. Tremblay was also CEO of Memotec Inc., a data communication equipment manufacturer, which he bought, restructured and then sold to Comtech. Mr. Tremblay joined Novacap in 2006.

Mr. Tremblay is currently Chairman of the Board of directors of Dialogic and SynergX. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Syntax, Host.Net and Oxford.

Previously, Mr. Tremblay was on the Board of Directors of Technomedia, Fibrenoire, iWeb, Kontron and Memotec.

Alex has been part of Novacap’s TMT team since 2018. He is responsible for identifying and executing new deals, working closely with portfolio companies and supporting management teams with strategic initiatives.

Prior to joining Novacap, Alex worked in investment banking at BMO Capital Markets where he was involved in a number of transactions including buy-side M&A and debt financings. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from McGill University.

Alex currently sits on the Board of Directors of Syntax and serves as an Observer to the Board for Plusgrade and Previan Technologies.

Prior to joining Syntax, Chris was President & COO at Dialogic, a Novacap company. He oversaw R&D, operations, marketing, product management, finance, and administration. Chris has over 25 years industry experience, much of it in executive roles with public and private growth-oriented companies in operations, engineering, delivery, sales, and general management roles. Chris spent the early part of his career at Sun Microsystems where he initially joined as a Pre-Sales Engineer. In his thirteen years with the company, he held a number of key management positions in Montreal, Toronto, and Menlo Park California where he served as VP Partner and Alliances, Sales Director, Client Executive and Business Development Manager for ERP and E-Commerce solutions.

Chris then joined Bell Canada where he spent six years in various executive roles. He joined as General Manager of Infrastructure Services and subsequently held the roles of Vice President of Client Service Delivery, and Vice President of Sales with Bell Canada. He then took on the role of President and COO of iWeb Technologies, a leading provider in cloud solutions. Chris supported the team in the development and execution of next generation cloud and managed services delivering double-digit revenue and ebitda growth.

He holds a Bachelor Degree in Management Information Systems and a Masters of Business Administration(MBA) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Nir is an energetic and competitive entrepreneur that thrives on turning challenges into opportunities while helping businesses leverage technology to achieve their desired outcomes.

Nir began his career working as an electrical engineer in the Transmission Projects group at Eskom, South Africa’s electrical utility. Following his passion for solving complex business issues, Nir joined a consulting firm looking to launch a practice in North America, to begin his SAP career, also relocating to the United States where he worked as an SAP Consultant on large global SAP implementations at INTEL and later IBM PC Company. Nir later worked for several years as a Senior Consultant, SAP Instructor, Project Manager, Project Director and later as Vice-President of the SAP Consulting firm Tullamore Advantage, before founding Illumiti in 2000. Illumiti was founded with the goal of delivering excellent customer value by leveraging a pragmatic approach, excellent talent, and a focus on delivering on customer commitments, thereby fostering long lasting customer relationships. Nir developed Illumiti into one of the most highly respected SAP Resellers and consulting firms in North America, with offices across Canada, USA and Switzerland. In 2020, Illumiti had revenues around CAD$96million, as the company employed about 250 people and contracted an additional 200 contractors to deliver dozens of projects and provided full software lifecycle services to its global customers who primarily leveraged SAP’s S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, and SAP BusinessByDesign solutions as key business platforms. In June 2021 Nir sold the Illumiti Group of Companies to Syntax.

Nir holds a BSc. in Electrical Engineering and a MSc. in Industrial Engineering from WITS University in Johannesburg, South Africa.

With more than 25 years in the SAP cloud and network business, and experience as an SAP Mentor, Schreiber brings a uniquely qualified perspective to help expand Syntax’s SAP business unit. As board advisor, Schreiber will focus on expanding Syntax’s portfolio and delivery capabilities to solidify it as the end-to-end cloud service provider of choice for customers everywhere. Schreiber is the CEO and founder of OSconomy GmbH, a consulting company that provides SaaS services on the SAP Cloud Platform. Previously, Schreiber held several executive management positions including Executive Vice President and Head of Global Business Unit Outsourcing & Services at itelligence, where he led its global SAP hosting business unit.