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PathChief Product Officer / Chief Technology Officer
Mar. 2019Chicago, Illinois, United StatesPath Crypto is an SEC regulated Fintech startup bringing cryptocurrency investing tools and education to the masses. Path allows you to invest in crypto indexes previously only available to accredited investors. Auto-rebalancing & asset management never seen before in the industry. Joined after an acquisition of IP developed for trade automation owned by Alsop Group Ventures Inc. Working with an excellent team to bring the next maturity in the cryptocurrency finance market. VP of Product to March 31, 2019. CPO as of April 1, 2022
IOTA FoundationProduct Owner
May. 2018 - Dec. 2019Vancouver, Canada AreaThe IOTA Foundation was officially chartered in Berlin, Germany on November 3rd, 2017 and consists of dedicated and talented people with a proven track record of getting things done properly and is the public organization behind IOTA. The IOTA Foundation’s primary goals are to: • Research and secure the foundational protocol layer, and create new knowledge to benefit the ecosystem behind the economy of things. • Develop production-ready software for the community, partners and ecosystem to use and expand upon. • Educate and promote technologies and use cases for new generations to understand and to ensure the Foundation’s success. • Standardise and ensure the maturity and widespread adoption of the economy of things. Even though the Foundation is the central body of IOTA, the effort behind the project is still community-centric. This means that anyone can (and should) help to promote IOTA and ensure its success - whether they are part of the Foundation or not.
Royal Roads UniversityAssociate Faculty - Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Management
May. 2016 - Nov. 2017Victoria, BCCo-Instructor on the ENMN499: Capstone Project Integrates learning derived from all courses in the program. Results in either a plan for a new venture or a business consulting project that addresses a business problem or management issue. Culminates in a professional presentation to either an external investor (in the case of a new venture) or to a client (in the case of a business consulting project). Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all Bachelor of Commerce courses with the exception of those to be taken simultaneously, unless otherwise approved by the School Director.
Finaeo Inc.Co-Founder
Jan. 2016 - Feb. 2019Vancouver and TorontoInitial co-founder and CTO from Jan 2016. Built and managed the first corporate tools, public website, technology strategy, and iOS mobile application from idea, to design, to code. Hired and managed a team of senior full-stack developers to expand into SaaS. Exited in May, 2018
Traction On DemandStrategic Solutions Manager
Dec. 2014 - Jul. 2015Burnaby, BC• Successfully managed forty team members through collaboration exercises using Open Spaces Technology and creative problem-solving processes for corporate strategy development.
• A lead role working with executive leadership to develop corporate strategy and vision planning exercises.
• Leader for the overall delivery of solutions for key strategic large-scale corporate accounts.
• Successful in developing relationships – both internally and with clients – while quickly learning in a rapid start-up environment.
Alsop Group Ventures Inc.Founder
Oct. 2014Vancouver, Canada Area-> Chief Product Officer for hire
-> Website Development
-> Multiple online business models
Vision CriticalSenior Manager, Portfolio Management
Nov. 2013 - Nov. 2014Vancouver, Canada Area• Developed program management best practices that improved project execution and fiscal evaluation of projects using earned value analysis based business cases.
• Improved the budget management processes for a fiscal budget of $1.7M in capital and $4.4M in operating expense.
• Lead a team of six professionals – a senior project manager, two senior procurement specialists, one senior security and compliance specialist, a project management interns, and a procurement intern.
• Coached and mentored a senior project manager that resulted in them successfully leading a large scale ERP project.
Best Buy CanadaSenior Manager - Business Relations Management
Mar. 2012 - Nov. 2013Burnaby, BC• A key role working with C-suite Executives and senior leadership on developing multi-year technology strategic roadmaps.
• Responsible for technology portfolio budgets of $12M in capital.
• Successfully developed business cases that included earned value analysis of capital spend and presented these to senior and Executive leadership.
• Developed strong working relationships with business leaders, technology leaders, architects, project managers, and vendors.
• Lead role in the successful development and deployment of mobile point-of-sale, e-receipt, and omni-channel retail solutions.
DTM Systems Corp.Director, Business Development and Program Management
Nov. 2006 - Feb. 2012Vancouver, BCResponsible for developing partner relationships with clients and vendors through business analysis, negotiation, strategy development, and portfolio management. Developed and mentored a team of six senior technical consultants as indirect reports. Accomplishments: - Designed a new sales model for consulting around project management practices that increased the average consulting engagement by three times, - Focused on the end-user experience to improve communications and value delivery on projects through an end-to-end solution delivery through multiple technologies, - Worked with partners to develop strategic relationships for new SaaS product offerings. Responsibilities: - Work with all levels of executive management to define corporate goals and corresponding solutions to better understand costs and technology enablement. Selling strategy, approach, services, and solutions. - Develop partner relationships with DTM's clients and vendors around long-term strategic and value added initiatives, - Develop a Project Design methodology using best practices from PMI and PRINCE2 to architect technical solutions to enable business objectives, - Mentor and developed a senior technical team from being isolationist to synergetic and cooperative.
Business ObjectsProject Leader
Sep. 2004 - Nov. 2006Vancouver, BCLead on large scale enterprise solutions supporting Customer Support worldwide. Extensive design of VMware ESX architecture.
Crystal DecisionsTechnical Product Specialist
Apr. 2003 - Sep. 2004Vancouver, BCTeam focused on the largest Enterprise customers. Acquired by Business Objects in 2004.
Epic Information SolutionsTechnical Analyst
Mar. 2001 - Mar. 2003Edmonton, ABWork with the key business leaders at clients and internal technical resources to determine appropriate ERP solutions.
VideotronTechnical Support Specialist - Business Accounts
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2001Edmonton, Canada AreaSupporting key enterprise customers. Western operations was purchased by Shaw Communications in 2001.
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