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Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Information Technology
Industry
Technology
Headquarters
Canada CA
Employees
2 384
IPO date
Jan 21, 1998

Descartes Systems Group sells software that helps companies move goods and handle the paperwork around shipping. Its tools are used for route planning, shipment tracking, warehouse and fleet coordination, customs filing, and trade compliance. The company serves shippers, carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, retailers, manufacturers, and other businesses that depend on complex logistics.

Descartes makes money mainly by charging subscription fees for its software and by collecting usage-based fees for access to its logistics and customs network. That network connects trading partners and government systems so customers can exchange shipping data and clear cross-border shipments more efficiently. Because its products sit in the middle of day-to-day shipping operations, they tend to be hard to replace once a customer adopts them.

What sets Descartes apart is that it is not just a generic business software vendor. It focuses on the operational backbone of global trade: moving parcels, freight, and customs information from one party to the next. That makes it especially relevant to companies that need to keep goods moving across warehouses, borders, and delivery networks with fewer delays and less manual work.

Descartes Systems Group Inc Investor Relations

Address
120 Randall Drive
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada

Business Segments

Logistics network

This software connects shippers, carriers, freight brokers, and customs systems so they can exchange shipment data, track freight, and manage documents across borders and transport modes.

Customers and revenue model

Transportation management

This software helps companies plan shipments, choose carriers, route freight, and monitor deliveries from one system.

Customers and revenue model

Trade compliance

Description, customers and revenue model

Management

Mr. Edward J. Ryan B.A.

CEO & Director

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Mr. John Scott Pagan

President & COO

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Mr. Allan J. Brett C.A., C.B.V.

Chief Financial Officer

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Mr. Kenneth Edward Wood

Executive Vice President of Product Management

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Mr. Raimond Diederik

Executive Vice President of Information Services

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Mr. Peter Nguyen

Senior VP Legal, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Compliance Officer

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Mr. Edward James Gardner

Executive Vice President of Corporate Development

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Ms. Maija Michell

Senior Vice President of Human Resources

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Mr. Robert Parker

Executive Vice President of Customer Support & Client Services

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Mr. William Chad Murphy

Executive VP of Professional Services

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