I’m a serial entrepreneur. I’ve founded companies, built teams, raised capital and helped launch a number of award-winning products and services - in both software and cannabis.My core competencies are in business development. I have a strong background in solution-based sales, marketing, and product development. I have additional expertise in project management – I’m able to drive projects from ideation to execution and to liaise effectively between internal and external stakeholders. I’ve also played a key role in the development, protection and monetization of intellectual property.I’m interested in environmental issues. I have a Masters degree in Environmental Studies (York University), I’m an Advisor to Sun Source Technologies (a Jamaican company that designs and installs renewable energy projects), and I was the lead on a pro-bono team that worked with the David Suzuki Foundation and the Friends of the Rouge Watershed in the development of a prototype smartphone-based guide to hiking a wetland in the Rouge Valley.I also believe strongly in internationalism – I worked with NGOs and UN agencies in West Africa between 1986 and 1991 and continue to support people and projects in the region.
Listed skills include Start Ups, Product Management, Strategic Partnerships, Intellectual Property, and 17 others.