About Darrell Heaps
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Darrell Heaps is a co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Q4 Web Systems. An experienced entrepreneur with a history of successfully starting, building and selling communication based companies. Under Darrell's leadership, Q4 has grown from a startup to a leading provider of on-demand software that helps publicly traded companies increase efficiency and reduce risk related to corporate disclosure and regulatory compliance. An increasing number of North America's largest issuers rely on Q4 solutions to help manage disclosure controls and procedures. In March 2008 Q4 was named one of Canada's Top 25 Up and Coming Software Companies by Branham300 and Backbone magazine. As CEO of Q4, Darrell’s responsibilities include setting priorities, measuring performance, raising capital and recruiting tier-one talent.
Prior to Q4, Darrell founded NKaos Interactive Media. One of Canada’s earliest web development and marketing companies, NKaos won numerous marketing awards while developing sophisticated web programs for some of Canada’s largest companies. In 2001, Darrell merged NKaos with a corporate communications firm to form Weave Communications, where he served as President until 2005.
Darrell studied Business and Computer Science at York University and has regularly been quoted in Canada’s leading business publications. Darrell posts regularly to the Q4 blog at http://www.q4blog.com.
Posts by Darrell Heaps:
- Q4 is Hiring Account Mgrs, CSS/HTML Devs and Quality Control, 09 Mar 2010 in Jobs
- Equity Research Analyst Weighs in on the Social Web – podcast, 14 Dec 2009 in Analyst Research& Social Media
- Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight – use your ‘Voice of Authority’, 30 Nov 2009 in Best Practices& Social Media
- Report Reveals 175% Increase in Adoption of Twitter for Investor Relations during Q3, 18 Nov 2009 in Uncategorized
- NIRI Cleveland – Social Media and IR Wrap Up – Top 5 Take Aways, 16 Sep 2009 in Events& Social Media
- Required reading for IROs – SEC’s Reg FD Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, 18 Aug 2009 in Legislation
- Social Media Revolution Video, 14 Aug 2009 in Social Media
- Summer ‘09 Preview bring social media and xbrl to IR websites, 02 Jun 2009 in Product Announcments& Social Media& XBRL
- Sheryl Joyce, Investor Relations pro joins Q4 Web Systems, 06 May 2009 in Culture
- Spring ‘09 Launched – combines easy IR Website Management with new Investor Tools and Social Media features, 02 Apr 2009 in Product Announcments



