Hamish Sutherland P. Eng Email & Phone Number

A hands-on team builder and leader with a history of success creating, designing and executing comprehensive operations, marketing, business development and sales programs and strategies. I value most a commitment to customer satisfaction, clear statement of value proposition and market focus. Business culture preference is for change-oriented operations reaching for a new plateau. I excel in high-growth, dynamic business operations in pharma, technology, solutions, manufacturing and services. • Operations – Building operations, from the ground up or from a highly volatile base - responsible for production, inventory management, regulatory, compliance, marketing, customer service, business systems and continuity, ISO and finance with a focus on cannabis regulation; • Sales – A dedicated sales leader. Built and led sales teams throughout North America, Australia and the Asia Pacific – compensation programs, hiring, motivation, mentoring, training, leadership; • Mergers and acquisitions – negotiate strategic partnerships, dispositions and acquisitions; • Marketing – design, implement and measure strategies and action plans in diverse global markets; • Branding – established the leading micro-brewery brand in Canada; established Bid.Com global brand, extended Bedrocan into Canada; • Business Development – build channels, distribution and partnership programs; • Project Management – design and launch new products, solutions and technologies in new international markets; manage significant project budgets; trade shows; Rich experience in design, development and execution of large-scale cannabis production (cultivation and processing) facilities in global jurisdictions;• Negotiations – won contracts with industry and governments in excess of $100 Million; • Finance – develop pro-forma and regional budgets; measured performance.Specialties: Start-ups, high growth strategies, international market development, technology branding, financial capital structuring for small, high-growth tech companies - I position myself as a "sherpa" to entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.

Listed skills include Start Ups, Business Strategy, Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, and 37 others.