# Tim Regnier

> Tim Regnier is the CEO and co-founder of Smart Access, a frontline performance management software company he started in Edmonton, Alberta in 2015 and now runs from San Francisco. After nearly a decade running retail-tech ventures, Regnier built Smart Access to solve the visibility gap for managers on warehouse, manufacturing, and store floors, turning static SOPs into living documents and pairing them with AI-driven observations, coaching, and analytics. His guiding belief that 'all truth is found on the floor' has shaped a platform used by top retail and logistics enterprises, and the company raised a $12M Series A in 2026.

- **Role:** CEO & Founder at Smart Access
- **Organizations:** Smart Access, QUICKflick, Young Life
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies and Philosophy, Taylor College and Seminary
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Smart Access into a frontline performance management platform serving top retail and logistics enterprises, Raised roughly $13.3M in total funding, including a $12M Series A in 2026, Grew the platform to more than 2 million completed frontline observations

## Career timeline

- **2003** — Became Area Director at Young Life after completing a BA at Taylor College and Seminary
- **2007** — Founded QUICKflick and served as its Founder / Ops / CEO
- **2015** — Co-founded Smart Access with John White in Edmonton, Alberta, and became CEO
- **2020** — Marked five years of Smart Access with a focus on workforce productivity
- **2025** — Introduced Ops Navigator, an AI intelligence layer, into beta as the platform surpassed 2 million observations
- **2026** — Raised a $12M Series A round; company operating from San Francisco

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Smart Access into a frontline performance management platform serving top retail and logistics enterprises
- Raised roughly $13.3M in total funding, including a $12M Series A in 2026
- Grew the platform to more than 2 million completed frontline observations
- Delivered customer outcomes including a reported 52% increase in workforce retention and 64% faster speed to proficiency
- Cut new-hire ramp time roughly in half and drove 7-10% productivity gains within 90 days for customers
- Launched Ops Navigator, an AI intelligence layer unifying performance, attendance, HR, and training data

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Smart Access raised a $12M Series A round
- **2025-12** — Featured discussing warehouse SOP modernization and the beta launch of Ops Navigator, an AI intelligence layer, having surpassed 2 million observations

## Links

- Website: https://smartaccess.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-regnier
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/smartaccess_io
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/smartaccess.io

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Last updated: 2026-07-24