Who I am, and what I do:
I am an experienced technology entrepreneur, investor, and business consultant and advisor. As well as maintaining an active consulting practice, I am currently engaged with launching two technology-driven start-ups.
My unique expertise lies in conceptualizing, designing, and implementing innovative technology-enabled business models and foundational architectures with a particular emphasis on creating systemically-sustainable strategies, methods, and practices.
My business and entrepreneurial experience spans more than three decades and includes more than 100 projects in North America, Europe, and the UK with large corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, early stage start-ups, socially-driven organizations, educational institutions, and all levels of government.
I've worked in more than a dozen industries over the past three decades, and tend to be most effective in situations calling for entrepreneurial thinking and hands-on experience in visioning, context-setting, strategy development, process facilitation, stakeholder alignment, and project mobilization.
I have been a guest lecturer at Sheridan College of Arts and Design as well as the McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology and the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto, and have spoken at numerous scientific, business, and arts-related conferences in Canada, Europe, and the US. I am a past fellow of the Institute for Studies in Coherence and Emergence, and have published several papers addressing the practical application of complexity and chaos theories towards improving organizational performance.
In 2004, I was noted by the Toronto Star as “bringing a new way of thinking to business”. Since 2005, I have assisted with teaching a graduate course in software entrepreneurship at the Computer Science Department of the University of Toronto’s Engineering School.
My professional experience includes:
- Business visioning, modeling, analysis, strategy, planning, and architecture
- Business process reengineering, innovation, and improvement
- Feasibility assessment and cost/benefit analysis
- Hardware, software, and services evaluation and procurement
- Methodology and training design, development, and implementation
- Operations assessment, analysis, forecasting, planning, and budgeting
- Organizational development and change management planning and implementation
- Packaging, pitching, and obtaining support and capital funding for projects and business ventures
- Project planning and management, and team leadership and facilitation
- Technical, business, and academic research and writing
- Communications, marketing, and public relations
Let's connect:
To discuss how I can help you and your organization reach full business potential, please contact me directly by phone or email. Details can be found on my contact page.