Brian Hewlitt Email & Phone Number

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

With over 15 years of hands-on experience harnessing the potential of data to derive actionable insights and inform strategic decision-making, I excel in tackling complex, often ambiguous challenges, and delivering innovative strategies and solutions that drive sustainable growth and success. Renowned as a collaborative leader, trusted advisor, and effective change-agent, I thrive amidst dynamic environments, spearheading the execution of organizational transformation, identifying growth opportunities and partnerships, supporting corporate finance and M&A activities, and nurturing cultures of excellence.By nature, I am driven by problem-solving and a commitment to data-driven decisioning. Coupled with a relentless dedication to driving results through innovation, I have been a valuable strategic and operational asset to senior leadership teams across numerous startup ventures and high-growth companies. The following are a selection of both long-term roles, and specific engagements.• Corporate and capital structuring, business planning, market research, forecasts and budgets• Corporate finance, investor sourcing, presentations, leading M&A’s and exit activities• Strategic market and operational planning and execution• Sourcing and negotiating key client/vendor partner relationships• Product development, go-to-market, growth and pivot strategy and execution• Sales, marketing and ops strategies for revenue generation and efficiency• Pipeline forecasting and development• Consultative solution selling expertise• Integrated, multi-channel marketing• OKRs and KPIs for acquisition, conversion, engagement, and data analytics for market, sales, customer and operational insights• Enterprise-wide management focused on attaining revenue targets and P/L accountability• Case-based and data-driven business processes analysis and improvement• B2C and B2B E-Commerce development expertise• Development, QA, testing and deployment of Web and Mobile projects

Toronto, Canada

• Corporate development including structure, financial forecasting and partner identification and negotiation• Strategic market analysis for CA and US• B2C and Channel Marketing and Sales strategy development• Business modelling and go-to-market planning• Product development including personas, use cases, journeys, requirements / feature sets, process and workflow mapping Business modelling and Strategic planning• Investment, marketing and sales collateral development• C-level mentorship

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Corporate structuring and organization• Market analysis and forecasting• Product / service development• Business and industry partner development• B2C2B platform design

Toronto, Canada Area

• Corporate structuring, financial modelling and forecasting, investor finance• Business development and operations• Digital Co-op campaign development and partner sales• Business and industry partner development• Retail travel and supplier partnerships development• BA/PM on product design and development• Cross-functional team management• C-level mentorship and member of the Executive Team• M&A and divestiture• Organizational hand-over

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Corporate structuring and organization• Corporate finance and private capital investment• Market and competitor analysis• Product development and revenue modelling• Business and operational analysis, planning and forecasting

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Stakeholder elicitation and discovery• Business and organizational needs analysis• Process analysis, design and transformation• Requirements, solutioning, work plans and estimates• Stakeholder and project management• Organizational change-management and training• Development QA, UAT plan development• Project deployment oversight

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Corporate structuring and organization• Corporate finance and private capital investment• Product development and revenue modelling• Business and operational analysis, planning and forecasting

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Corporate structuring and organization• eComm and supply-chain design and management• Finance and operations• M&A and divestiture• Organizational hand-over

Toronto, Canada

• Corporate finance and investment strategy• Business, product and services development• Vendor partner development and negotiation• C-level mentorship

Toronto, Canada Area

• Strategic planning for pivot to Travel and Tourism industry application• Business casing and product requirements development• Marketing and sales collateral development• Partner identification, approaches and negotiations• C-level mentorship

Toronto, Canada

End-to-end custom software solution selling from pipeline development, prospecting, client needs analysis, pricing and negotiation through to implementation kick-off and delivery oversight.Management of sales team including target setting, monitoring, selling-skills development and mentoring and assisting in closings as required.Select client engagements include:• Strategic and operational advisory to VR/AR technology start-up• IoT/encryption simulation software for established vendor to auto industry • Platform design and development for national mortgage underwriter• Corporate and business development for Peer-to-Peer Lending start-up• Client portal for established recruitment / talent sourcing company• eLearning platform for outplacement products and services provider• Strategic and business development advisory for travel marketing / retail start-up• Business and product advisory for location-based (travel-related) alternate PoS PaaS• E-Commerce platform for points / cash travel product fulfillment to Loyalty partner programs

Toronto, Canada

• Strategic Channel Marketing and Sales development• Product road-mapping• Corporate Finance advisory

Oakville, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada - London, Uk

A member of the Board and the Executive Management Team instrumental to the growth of itravel2000 from start-up organization to a company of over 200 employees with more than $250 million in annual sales and its subsequent acquisition by a UK plc in 2006. DIRECTOR & EVP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (Nov 2005 - May 2008 • 2 yrs 7 mos)Board Responsibilies:• Director with public-company accountability (UK plc) ; and,• Corporate Finance and Development Committee.Highlights in EVP-Business Development Role:• Forecasting, budgets and P/L responsibilities contributing $8MM in annual operating profit;• Petro Canada Partnership and launch of Petro-points program;• Business casing, forecasts, partnering and operational planning for Let It Snow program;• International business partner / vendor development activities in the US, Mexico, UK and Caribbean.CTO & EVP - TECHNOLOGY (Nov 1998 - Oct 2005 • 7 yrs)Board Responsibilities:• Director, Chief Technology Officer; and,• Corporate Finance and Development Committee.Highlights in EVP - Technology Role:• Responsible for all aspects of technology design and implementation for Canada's largest independent online retail travel company;• Pioneered eMarketing technology and transactional websites in the vertical;• Seven years of rapid, leading-edge, technology infrastructure development that redefined industry practices and supply chain partner processes; and,• Significant contributor to the overall development and direction of travel technology in Canada.