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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

I help CEOs of small to medium companies undergo strategic and performance transformations to rapidly grow by helping companies manage better. I also do contract work.-Created new Infrastructure Technology executive's change program including: organization design, development and roll-out of new mandate/mission, communications support-Developed new growth strategy working with the CEO of specialty chemicals manufacturer; supported strategy with a new set of strategic initiatives, a quarterly planning/monitoring process and a detailed financial plan, (exceeding 25% target revenue CAGR first two years)-Devised deal structure for $60 M shareholder buyout/exit transaction for a private residential real estate firm; created valuation framework to facilitate agreement between conflicting shareholders-Conducted performance diagnostic for the Latin American operations of a retail bank; identified over 20% sales uplift opportunity of targeted retail products through in-branch execution

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Partners in Performance, an Australian based operations-focused management consultancy, delivers rapid, sustainable results by working alongside clients to improve performance. I work on an ad hoc basis managing teams. Indicative projects:-Worked with the CEO of a private-equity backed field services organization to identify strategic priorities and create a plan that would counter increased competitive pressure. Rapidly prototyped performance monitoring system that leveraged existing company geolocation data and open source services-Boosted ROI on major mining capital projects 2-4% ($800M - 4.2B CapEx) at prefeasibility and feasibility stages; designed and facilitated workshops which brought together leadership, engineering and finance to uncover economic improvements; managed improvements into revised project

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

I helped transition the organization from being founder-managed to a venture-backed high-growth company.-Product: Built out and managed product management function, created first roadmap and backlog process. Instrumental in abandoning a divergent product offer and refocusing on core business. -Raised Series A financing with CEO from JLA (Now Relay Ventures): Pitched VCs, prepared all presentations and models to support $4.7M round-Finance: upgraded financials from reviewed to audited, implemented internal controls, extended credit facilities, created monthly board reporting package-Sales: Initiated, designed and facilitated sales training to boost skills of a junior sales force

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Industry Exposure: Banking; Beer; Chemicals; Grocery; Mining; Pulp and Paper; Oil and Gas; Retail. Example Projects:-Evaluated viability of a $100 M expansion program for Canadian petroleum retailer-Received special award on the commercialization of plastics at the firm-wide “Practice Olympics” -Conducted valuation and due diligence for a potential acquisition of a multinational brewer-Applied lean manufacturing principles to grocery retail operations in North America and the UK designing and implementing new processes resulting in multi-million dollar savings

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

My "wireless handheld" displayed four lines of text and was powered by a AA battery... it was the coolest thing ever.-Created initial product road-map for IMAP support-Ran beta program for Lotus Notes BlackBerry Enterprise Server

M.B.A.

B.A.Sc., Systems Design Engineering

B.A., Speech Communication