Leading Purpose’s expansion from fund management into portfolio construction, helping advisors and investors build portfolios to achieve their desired outcomes.Driving the vision & roadmap across the company’s suite of funds (AUM $20.5B+)

Building out a retirement platform consisting of both digital and financial products. Learn more at www.RetireWithLongevity.com

In this role, I led the two teams supporting Canadian retailers and "emerging disruptors" (primarily eCommerce) drive growth and reach new audiences using Facebook’s family of apps (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger); involved a mix of marketing consulting, media sales, team leadership and coaching, and customer success.

As Influitive began expanding globally in a more aggressive & deliberate manner, I was tapped to lead that effort from Europe (London HQ). This role involved all elements of establishing the company’s first overseas presence and building a global client base: working with the existing set of international customers to ensure they were successful using the platform, driving new customer growth, forging partnerships with agencies and other partners to collaborate with, and hiring talented people to establish a European team. As this effort began bearing fruit, I served as the channel for necessary product tweaks to allow for suitable platform localization, cultural/behavioural adaptations, and so on.Select coverage & speaking engagements (some links may expire):https://insights.ourcrowd.com/the-ultimate-pivot-what-it-takes-to-change-your-product-and-keep-your-customers-975f55d58634https://insights.ourcrowd.com/should-your-startup-go-global-dd09f967db84https://www.receptive.io/blog/2018/06/21/how-to-turn-your-successful-customers-into-your-greatest-advocates.htmlhttps://financesonline.com/impressions-from-dublin-2018-saastock-10-b2b-strategies-to-grow-your-saas/http://thecroc.com/2018/09/27/cx-good-bad-gameplan/

The role of VP Talent Operations & Strategy involved further expanding our incredible team, enhancing the value proposition for employees, and delivering an incredible employee experience that supported each person's personal growth. Functionally, this meant leadership around recruiting, training & development, culture, performance management, and all the various sub-fields of HR. We centred everything squarely on the concept of “growth”, and built an employer-brand around “Grow with Influitive”. Our work made Influitive the highest rated Canadian company on Glassdoor in 2015/16, and earned numerous media profiles on our innovating approaches to HR and people.Select coverage & speaking engagements:https://disrupthr.co/vimeo-video/opening-the-kimono-is-not-as-scary-as-it-sounds-fraser-stark-disrupthr-talks/https://www.itbusiness.ca/blog/how-influitive-uses-it-resources-to-powerfully-boost-employee-engagement/55382 https://medium.com/the-leadership-pad/investing-in-personal-growth-to-grow-the-business-interview-with-fraser-stark-of-influitive-d40c4b0439a1https://www.chargespot.com/workspaces/inside-influitive/

As Chief of Staff, I served as the "right hand" to our Founder & CEO, Mark Organ. This meant ensuring that he remained focused on the most important priorities, acting as his “stunt double” at key meetings both internally and externally, and working with him on important pioneering or prospective projects that he didn’t want to distract from his functional leadership. In this last capacity, I led Influitive’s exploratory expansion into serving B2C focused companies, from the historical focus on B2B enterprises. Additionally, I took on a number of initiatives related to the development of our people, including interviewing most new hires, implementing OKRs as an organizational alignment framework, and developing the parameters & structure of the company's employee bonus program. I also worked closely with the CEO and our finance team on raising a bridge round ($5M convertible note) and on the initial phase of our Series B fundraising.Coverage of my time in this role: https://firstround.com/review/why-you-need-two-chiefs-in-the-executive-office/

The Jackman team are retail “reinventionists” — partners in helping companies become the most powerful versions of themselves. Together, they establish a rigorous fact foundation, answer core strategic questions, identify growth opportunities, and then define the way to a stronger brand and company.ENGAGEMENT EXPERIENCE--Led the consulting side of a complete transformation of a leading global car rental car company, through a 10-month strategy development and implementation process involving stakeholders from all parts of the org.--Collaborated with the entire C-suite team, particularly the VP Strategy, as well as 50 key people in the organization to define what the company will stand for to consumers, as well as what concrete actions we’ll take to achieve that and what specific costs and benefits we can expect to drive from each of those actions--Guided the Strategy Planning team with strategy development and planning for a $70B+ US drugstore chain, working closely with the Chief Strategy Officer and other senior leaders.Locations: Toronto, New York, Chicago, London.

May 2000 - Aug 2000: Associate Consultant Intern (summer program)Sep 2001 - Feb 2003: Associate ConsultantSep 2004 - Aug 2005: Senior Associate ConsultantNov 2007 - May 2010: Consultant --> Case Team Leader(During the 3 breaks I completed my undergrad degree, got hands-on operating experience in hospitality real estate development, and earned an MBA, respectively.)My experience at Bain covered nearly 7 years in total, over the course of a decade, and saw me progress from a Summer Intern to a Case Team Leader. My work covered a diverse set of industries, including telecom equipment, enterprise software, rental cars, food retail, non-profit organizations, financial services (both retail banking and investment management), and a number of private equity buyout transactions (covering consumer white goods, industrial machinery, materials processing, etc). My project work was done primarily at client sites around North America (Chicago, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, San Diego, Toronto, etc.).Internally, I also spent a considerable portion of my time at Bain delivering training programs for new consultants, managing the office’s annual non-profit fundraising campaign, recruiting prospective candidates to join our firm, and supporting business development pitches to new clients.