GrowthSpan is a full-service growth agency. We partner with founder-operated businesses and VC-backed startups that have gotten from 0 to 1 (at least $2M in revenue), and have the potential to get from 1 to 10, but are struggling to do so.

• Reporting to CEO, joined to lead the company’s product development efforts in leveraging their Textile Computing innovation in creating a suite of medical products• Established Myant’s product and technology strategy to create commercially valuable solutions that were initially targeted at the cardiovascular disease and remote patient monitoring markets• Rebuilt the company’s software development, product management and program management through an aggressive hiring strategy and an optimized end-to-end product development process• Brought to market Myant’s first cardiovascular offering comprised of intelligent textiles, hardware components, a mobile application, a cloud infrastructure and web-based clinical portal within 6 months of joining

I have found that many early stage, especially early growth stage companies have the need for senior leadership but often make the mistake of hiring more intermediate resources due to their budgets. Many senior leadership opening out there are seeking individuals with 5 years experience only and have budgets below $180K is surprisingly large. Many of those companies would be better off hiring an appropriately experienced individual in a fractional capacity while leveraging their existing internal team or partnering them with a director / manager level hire. So I decided to help business that need Fractional services and helping them reach their potential. I provide the following services:* Fractional CTO * Fractional Product & Technology Strategy* Fractional Business Strategy, Business Planning and M&A Advisory* Factional Operations Optimization and Growth / Scale Planning

• Drove 2.5x company valuation and successful sale of the company within two years. • Led the company to its most successful two years of performance. Accelerated growth through technology and operational scaling.• Increased revenues by 24% and EBITDA margin by 39% which resulted in an EBITDA increase of 71%. • Scaled operations and drove organizational change. Employee base of 200 (35 IT staff) to 400 (65 IT staff).• Re-invigorated Technology & Product Management functions which included product management, software development, user experience, data insights, and product marketing. • Leveraged a differentiation strategy that required refactoring and use of a new technology stack. Both enhanced the web experience for users/customers researching real estate, and the agent platform for agents who bought those leads and translated them into real estate sales transactions. • Overcame technology and leadership challenges to turnaround the stalled technology platform transformation. Result was the successful delivery of a suite of technology solutions that collectively are a first to the real-estate industry in Canada. Returned business to double digit annual growth.• Led strategic planning and execution resulting in 250% increase of site visitorship (2.5M/month) thereby driving revenue through increase in agent membership and increase in deals per agent. Re-established corporate reputation with real-estate agent community ending a period of low confidence by enhancing agent experience through service levels and a new agent platform.• Within nine months hit all strategic priorities and achieved highest survey results for agent satisfaction and employee confidence in leadership. • Navigated the company through the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic retaining over 90% of staff, avoiding mass-layoffs through strategic non-staff cuts and extensive negotiations with vendors.

Property.ca is a full-service brokerage that provides agents with the tools they need to be successful, and clients with the information they need to make informed real estate decisions. Simplifying the real estate experience, property.ca, is based on trusted guidance, insights, and data, plus game-changing technology.

Fio Corporation is a global healthcare technology provider that delivers a B2B integrated healthcare delivery and insights platform aimed at transforming the reach, quality, and economics of decentralized healthcare. • Joined previous executive from Cedera, reporting initially to the CTO and then CEO. Led product management, software and hardware development, SV&V, user experience, data science and solution architecture functions.• Drove Fio’s product and technology strategy to create commercially valuable solutions that transformed the market. • Collaboratively guided the successful creation and delivery of the world’s first customizable full-stack decentralized healthcare platform integrating hardware and software. Evolved the marketplace from a fledgling decentralized unsophisticated free-ware market to a full-service subscription-based technology solution. Supported growth from 100,000 patients served to 1.5 million. Devices sold from 250 to contract projection of 6,500 devices. • Took a game-changing business strategy and further enhanced it by innovating a novel technology solution including web-based data management reporting, administration of the hardware and software, and a clinical decision-making software tool. • Led technical sales function responsible for supporting the sales organization in the consultative sales process increasing B2B sales and positioning Fio as the platform-of-choice in key African and Asian markets. With team, papered $25M contract for the management of HIV throughout South Africa; through Apollo Health Systems serving Ministry of Health for India secured rollout of 2,500 remote clinics; Kenyan rollout across all clinics in Meru County; and other significant sales in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Democratic Republic of Congo. • Worked to open new local markets (Canadian remote north, decentralized VA care in US) when emerging countries could not meet payment obligations.

Canada’s #2 online travel agency (in volume) named to PROFIT magazine’s 100 fastest growing companies for three consecutive years (2010 to 2012). • Reported to CTO, led a team of 25 product directors, product managers, project managers, business analysts and QA staff who led and provided support to the IT development organization of 65+ people. Recalibrated after a corporate massive staff cut in 2012 that resulted in the rehiring of 50% headcount.• Established an IT Operating Model (strategy and process framework) that resulted in higher visibility into program status, resource utilization, cross-departmental communication, and increased IT productivity. • Established portfolio management framework to drive focus on strategic programs resulting in higher return on investment. Tripled volumes with a 2x increase in profits while maintaining R&D spend.• Launched an enterprise offering in collaboration with the marketing department resulting in a new revenue stream through B2B partnerships.• Established software development processes that enabled best practice and scale adoption which resulted in increased software quality and efficiency. • Established the optimum organizational structure to enable effective management structure resulting in a more effective organization focused on development of staff and delivery of programs.

• Managed a team of 15+ Senior Program Managers executing on a portfolio focused on cross organizational programs, product commercialization, end-to-end solution delivery, and cross organization reporting. • Collaborated directly with senior executives, aligning program priorities with strategic direction by negotiating with and influencing multiple key executive stakeholders.• Formed a group focused on program governance supporting 900 staff in platform services division. Established framework aimed at measuring operational performance, providing senior executives with metric-based execution improvement strategies, enhancing executive level decision-making.• Leveraged technical credibility in promoting initiative which drove adoption of agile practices across the division focused on execution improvements, delivery predictability, and increased product quality.• Drove creation and adoption of formalized risk management policy and process across division, increasing executive-level risk visibility and informed decisions. • Received top scores (90th percentile) for Manager Effectiveness. Placed on a long-term retention plan for top 10% performers corporate-wide.

Merge Healthcare is a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions used by healthcare providers to improve patient care. Acquired by IBM for $1B in 2015. Cedara Software was a provider of medical technologies for medical device manufacturers and healthcare information technology companies. Acquired by Merge Healthcare in 2005.• Managed a cross-functional team of 20+ software developers, testers and PMs focused on developing and delivering the company’s base platform technology program. The platform was used in approx. 80% of diagnostic hardware globally. Placed on a long-term retention plan awarded to top 5% performers.• Led design and development of multiple 3D ultrasound surgical navigation systems, for accurate catheter insertion into patients. Helped build one of the world’s first web-based PACS viewers, enabling medical practitioners to securely work remotely. Designed and developed the organization’s first mobile prototype, facilitating the use of a mobile device to view medical images in a hospital setting.

• Developed various research applications for use in experiments related to HCI. Solely designed and implemented a healthcare logging and monitoring prototype that allowed use of Personal Digital Assistants in healthcare environment.