About Us - KEV Group

Driven to find a better way

SchoolCash was first imagined by our founders – two high school office administrators – over 20 years ago, who knew “there had to be a better way”. Picture their school environment: Over 1,400 students, 100 teachers, and an office that wouldn’t stop. On any given day, endless flows of cash, checks, permission forms, and order forms burdened the office staff with time consuming and manual work. The demands of staying on top of every detail were overwhelming. So they took what they knew how to do on paper, and designed an application to automate the process. They didn’t set out to build an accounting solution, or an online payment system, or a comprehensive software suite for that matter, but rather they set out to give back precious time to their peers in similar roles, everywhere… and they succeeded.

Meet Kim and Evelyn the founders of KEV

Leading By Diversity

Meet Kim and Evelyn the founders of KEV

Driven to find a better way

School Cash was first imagined by our founders – two high school office administrators – over 20 years ago, who knew “there had to be a better way”. Picture their school environment: Over 1,400 students, 100 teachers, and an office that wouldn’t stop. On any given day, endless flows of cash, checks, permission forms, and order forms burdened the office staff with time consuming and manual work. The demands of staying on top of every detail were overwhelming. So they took what they knew how to do on paper, and designed an application to automate the process. They didn’t set out to build an accounting solution, or an online payment system, or a comprehensive software suite for that matter, but rather they set out to give back precious time to their peers in similar roles, everywhere… and they succeeded.

Leading By Diversity

Built by education for education

By using SchoolCash, school districts big and small benefit from one of the most secure, trusted, and fastest growing software products in public education. SchoolCash has evolved considerably over the past 20 years, informed and shaped by user feedback, our advisory council, industry leaders in accounting, fraud prevention experts, and educational policy advisors. Because it was designed by school staff for school staff, SchoolCash simplifies tasks and saves time for all. And because it was well informed by school district finance leaders, it provides the transparency, visibility, reporting capabilities and peace of mind that school district business officials require.

Loved by the parent community

Among all of the components, the powerful online parent payment system, SchoolCash Online, is a parent favorite. It provides an unparalleled experience for the parent community, shifting their experience from the messiness of cash and check payments to the convenience of online payments. At the same time, it transforms the need for parents to submit information to their schools through cumbersome paper based forms to smart and simple online digital forms. No more papers crunched at the bottom of backpacks, and no more missed notifications. The simplicity of it all has been so well received, it has driven parent usage rates in some schools to as high as 100%! And like never before, parents feel more connected, informed and engaged in school activities and events.

Built by education for education

By using SchoolCash, school districts big and small benefit from one of the most secure, trusted, and fastest growing software products in public education. SchoolCash has evolved considerably over the past 20 years, informed and shaped by user feedback, our advisory council, industry leaders in accounting, fraud prevention experts, and educational policy advisors. Because it was designed by school staff for school staff, the Suite simplifies tasks and saves time for all. And because it was well informed by school district finance leaders, it provides the transparency, visibility, reporting capabilities and peace of mind that school district business officials require.

Loved by the parent community

Among all of the Suite components, the powerful online parent payment system – known as SchoolCash Online – is a parent favorite. It provides an unparalleled experience for the parent community, shifting their experience from the messiness of cash and check payments to the convenience of online payments. At the same time, it transforms the need for parents to submit information to their schools through cumbersome paper based forms to smart and simple online digital forms. No more papers crunched at the bottom of backpacks, and no more missed notifications. The simplicity of it all has been so well received, it has driven parent usage rates in some schools to as high as 100%! And like never before, parents feel more connected, informed and engaged in school activities and events.

Our Leadership Team

Bram Belzberg

Chairman & CEO

Since joining KEV Group in 2009, Bram has played a leading role in product development, business operation, and strategy leading to significant and consistent growth across the business.

Bram was named a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2019. The award is an annual recognition of the exceptional achievements of 40 outstanding Canadians under the age of 40.

Evelyn Eagle

Co-Founder

As a co-founder of KEV Group, Evelyn has more than 25 years of experience in the education industry. Evelyn is KEV Group’s technology visionary, guiding its product and implementation teams to ensure success for our current and prospective clients.

Kim-Vivian Downs

Co-Founder / Vice President

A co-founder of the KEV Group with more than 18 years of experience working in education, Kim is a passionate and active member of the sales and marketing team.

Kobi Ofir

Chief Technology Officer

Kobi joined KEV Group in 2018 and leads development of new products, software and user-experience enhancements, technical support for our school board partners, and helps strengthen our risk policies and procedures.

Amy Holland - Vice President of Sales at KEV Group

Jennifer Sutton

Vice President of Customer Success

Jennifer joined KEV Group in 2019 and leads the management of all customer relationships and is responsible for helping them realize value from KEV’s SchoolCash solutions.  She has over 15 years of experience building and leading customer success teams for industry-leading brands.

Greg Kent

Chief Financial Officer

Greg joined KEV Group in 2019 and leads the finance, capital market and growth initiatives for the company. He has extensive operational and capital market experience with high growth technology companies.

Joshua Shuval

Director of Finance, Operations & Risk Management

Josh, who joined KEV Group in 2010, is responsible for finance, risk, coordination of special projects, product design, employee growth and product and client management.

Marianne Kupina

Vice President of Marketing

Marianne joined KEV Group in 2020 and is responsible for all aspects of the marketing function. For over three decades, she’s developed successful marketing and go-to-market strategies for growth-driven B2B software companies.

Dennis Chow

Vice President of Product Management

Dennis joined KEV Group in January 2021 and is responsible for delivering on the company’s product strategy and roadmap. A SaaS industry veteran with over 15 years of experience, he has successfully guided product management efforts across a range of industries and is also an active member in his local technology community.

Our client success team is made up of former school district finance officials who collaboratively serve the common business vision of all districts: to increase accountability, advance transparency and reporting, and effectively manage school finances. Alongside this vision, we are focused on dramatically reducing the cumbersome workload and complexity of tasks for school finance secretarial staff, while improving on the community experience for parents and students.