Divertimento Orchestra is Ottawa's premier non-professional orchestra. With a full time membership of 65 dedicated amateur musicians, we present three superb concert series annually. Come visit our website, www.divertimento.ca. It is my pleasure to be President and Principal Horn of this ensemble, dubbed "a musical jewel" by a recent concert attendee

The Cleave Group encompasses a set of subdivision development companies, a residential construction company and a solar projects investment holding company. It also owns nearly 100 residential and commercial rental units. • (Oct 2013 to present) lead the financial and administrative management of the Cleave Group; sourced over $85 million in financing to support over $300 million in residential subdivision development and buildout• Direct corporate legal affairs, primed 3 M&A deals totalling $21 million• Leadership team member for successful construction operations on over 180 MW of solar farms• Led geothermal business unit

RWB Management Services provides senior management support and tools for strategic planning, human resource optimisation, financial analysis and management and marketing advice. Key engagements include:• Outsourced Marketing and Sales Executive to a sustainable energy firm. Developed and implemented a go to market strategy and supporting materials, and provided end-to-end project management of solar projects under the Ontario government Feed-in-Tariff program. Successfully project managed four solar installations. Supported rapid growth of the company with sales over $10 million in 2010 and sales of $30 million in 2011.• Outsourced Chief Operating Officer in a services organisation. Assisted a 60 employee services organization to craft and execute a plan to reverse five years of declining profitability and sales, and a successful acquisition strategy.• Outsourced Operations Executive for a computer manufacturer. Led an initiative to improve on-time delivery performance in a $200 million computer equipment design and manufacturing facility. On-time delivery has improved to almost 100%.• Strategic Advisor to a health care services provider. Provided guidance and clarity on key market characteristics and realigned internal operations and sales functions.• Investment Review Advisor for the Government of Alberta. Evaluated financial viability and commercial potential of submissions to a technology research granting fund.

Plas-Sep was a start-up company with intellectual property in the area of electrostatic technologies for the separation of co-mingled rigid plastic waste. The company was ultimately unsuccessful in the transition from prototype to commercial application of the technology.• Developed and implemented a go-to-market strategy and marketing materials.• Developed company strategic and business plans and five year financial plan and pursued multiple avenues for financing as key elements in a recapitalization strategy.

• CWCEC is the leading North American supplier of modular embedded computing systems for avionics and military programs requiring ruggedized computing capabilities.• Crafted company strategy to offer custom engineered variants of standard products. Developed and led business team to implement key programs with total custom engineering revenues in excess of $5 million and recurring product revenues of greater than $30 million.• Developed the company 2004-2006 Strategic Plan and the 2004 Operating Plan and assisted in the creation and deployment of associated communications plans. The Strategic Plan was a cornerstone of Curtiss Wrights’ acquisition of the Ottawa facility (then Dy4 Systems Ltd).• Commercialized lifecycle management services and developed an on-going revenue stream of $1.5 million with pull-through hardware sales of $7 million annually.• Rationalized CWCEC’s product line from 3,100 saleable product variants to 350, producing annual savings of over $500,000 while improving quality assurance.