Bird’s technology and operations are revolutionizing the existing transportation paradigm by making lightweight electric vehicles readily available to rent or own around the world. With the touch of a button, riders can conveniently transport themselves to work, to a local business, or anywhere else in their community in just minutes. Our products and services are designed with one goal in mind: to make cities more livable by reducing car usage, lowering carbon emissions, and improving the safety of all road users.Bird’s cleaner, affordable, and on-demand mobility solutions are available in more than 350 cities, primarily across the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia

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Publicly traded SaaS focused on cash management software for the US, Canada and South America

I relocated to the US with my wife, who accepted a professorship at Stanford University. Covid hit 2 months later, so I took a sabbatical and explored western US in my Jeep, while waiting for permanent residency status. Amazing opportunity, given the life changing global event we all went through.

Flexiti is the market leader in the buy now, pay later space with over $2 billion in originations.Accepted at over 7,000 locations and ecommerce sites across Canada including Wayfair, Staples, The Brick, Sleep Country, and Peoples Jewellers.Flexiti ranks 10th on the 2021 Canada’s Technology Fast 50 list and 54th on the North American Technology Fast 500, with revenue growth of 3,143% from 2017 to 2020(Purchased by NYSE:Curo)

CFO of publicly listed company focused on Networking, Cloud Computing and Data Center solutions

Launched a wireless cell company overseeing Finance, HR, Legal and capital raising for the company.Zero revenue to $100 million(Purchased by Rogers Communications NYSE:RCI)

Launched satellite radio in Canada in partnership with Sirius US using their platform. Zero revenue to $250 million.

B2B subscription service for payroll and HR services. Focused on FP&A and M&A

Sales leaders often comment on how finance professionals lack the in depth understanding about their operations. This was a first hand test of the hypothesis. Responsible for product distribution, installation, warranty and inside sales

One of the original ten employees that launched ExpressVu satellite television in Canada using the Dish Network platform from the US. Ultimately became Bell's TV platform in Canada.Zero revenue to $600 million.