Ron is a Senior Advisor at Norwest, providing counsel to portfolio companies and their CEOs on leadership, strategy, and operational excellence.

An accomplished strategic and operational executive, Ron has served as Executive Chair at AbsenceSoft (acquired by Luminate Capital), Elite Business Ventures,  Conductor, and Xtype.io. Ron was a Board Member at Envisage Technologies, which was acquired by Vector Solutions at industry-leading multiples, resulting in ~2x equity value creation in only 18 months. Ron continues to advise founder-led companies on scaling growth through his “Execution Framework.”

Previously, Ron spent more than a decade at iCIMS, where he helped grow the company from $20M to over $250M in annual recurring revenue and held leadership roles including CFO, President, and CEO. Under his leadership, iCIMS was recognized nationally as a ‘Best Place to Work’ and expanded to more than 1,000 employees.

Kasner was named ‘CFO of the Year’ in 2014 by the New Jersey Technology Council.