Richard V. Cano

Founder & CEO

Richard V. Cano is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Protivix. With 20 years of technology and consulting experience, he guides the company’s growth strategy and directs sales and marketing initiatives. Cano works with business and IT leaders to help them develop the best technology solutions to solve complex business problems, fully leveraging their technology investments. He assumes an active role in providing solution strategy, architecture and design recommendations for Protivix strategic accounts, in all practice areas. Partnering with local and national Microsoft teams to support enterprise customers for more than 15 years, today Cano is engaged in supporting clients’ strategies in moving to the cloud. He helps businesses adapt to the pace of technology change within the enterprise, deploying Microsoft’s latest cloud solutions.

Before joining Protivix, Cano served as vice president for technology and professional services companies Immedient and Pcubed, supporting Microsoft-based practices. His technical expertise in Microsoft technologies such as CRM, SharePoint and Project Server has delivered business value to companies in industries including retail, financial services, healthcare and manufacturing. He believes a robust IT-business partnership helps drive business development.

A Fort Worth, Texas native, Cano currently resides in The Colony, Texas. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Texas, with minors in business and computer science.

Cano and his wife Maria value family time with their children Victoria, Viviana and Vincent. They enjoy the kids’ school activities, and like boating, attending concerts and traveling.