Real Matters is the leading provider of property insights to the North American mortgage and property and casualty (P&C) insurance industries. It fuses unique data gathered from a network of more than 24,000 field agents with the technological power of its cloud-based redihive™ environment to propel the next generation of businesses that provide insight into residential and commercial properties. The company also operates under its Solidifi and iV3 subsidiaries. The organization employs more… Show more Real Matters is the leading provider of property insights to the North American mortgage and property and casualty (P&C) insurance industries. It fuses unique data gathered from a network of more than 24,000 field agents with the technological power of its cloud-based redihive™ environment to propel the next generation of businesses that provide insight into residential and commercial properties. The company also operates under its Solidifi and iV3 subsidiaries. The organization employs more than 200 people and has its Canadian head office in Toronto Ontario as well as a U.S. offices in Chicago and Buffalo NY. Additional information about Real Matters is available at www.realmatters.com Show less

•Providing insurance and financial industry services, business strategy, strategic alliance, conceptualization, negotiation, and execution services to a select client base requiring services for complex and/or innovative initiatives, requiring executive expertise or capacity to support the organization.Clients included or included Real Matters Inc., iV3 Solutions Inc., Solidifi Inc., Quadrexx Asset Management Inc., Computer Associates, Sun Microsystems, Macquarie Capital Canada, Preferred… Show more •Providing insurance and financial industry services, business strategy, strategic alliance, conceptualization, negotiation, and execution services to a select client base requiring services for complex and/or innovative initiatives, requiring executive expertise or capacity to support the organization.Clients included or included Real Matters Inc., iV3 Solutions Inc., Solidifi Inc., Quadrexx Asset Management Inc., Computer Associates, Sun Microsystems, Macquarie Capital Canada, Preferred Benefits Alliance / Direct Marketing Centre, PSTG Consulting (OMAF/AGRICORP evaluation), along with various new business initiatives, and new business development opportunities. Provided advice to senior executive, mentoring to staff and in the case of Quadrexx acted as Head of Private Equity/Limited Partnerships. Member of Dell Software President's Advisory Board, and on Board of Director of Real Matters Inc. Show less

Accountable for Line of Business of Insurance and Financial Services. Offerings createdinclude; Basis100, Meridex, IICC, DRN, BrokerNet, Insurgate, Mortgage Gate.Accountable for Strategic Alliances initiatives on behalf of Cebra. Alliances included EPOST,(50/50 Partnership between Cebra and Canada Post).Cebra executive accountable for managing the Canada Post relationship and leading,constructing and negotiating the investment deal by Telus to acquire an interest in… Show more Accountable for Line of Business of Insurance and Financial Services. Offerings createdinclude; Basis100, Meridex, IICC, DRN, BrokerNet, Insurgate, Mortgage Gate.Accountable for Strategic Alliances initiatives on behalf of Cebra. Alliances included EPOST,(50/50 Partnership between Cebra and Canada Post).Cebra executive accountable for managing the Canada Post relationship and leading,constructing and negotiating the investment deal by Telus to acquire an interest in EPOST.Accountable for four key business and technology areas that were managed separate withinCebra. These included Strategic Alliances evaluation and “deal teams”, New BusinessDevelopment of new concepts, Information Technology and Operations which included all ofCebra's technology, data centre, and call centre activities including the operations of MERX,Canada Post Partnership responsibilities and EPOST Board of Directors. Show less

Accountable for and created “the General” which was Canadian General Insurance Group’sintegrated underwriting, claims, billing and reporting system. This system became the leadingefficient processing system in the Property and Casualty Insurance business in Canada.Accountable for Corporate IS strategy and implementation. Numerous business acquisitionsrequired maintaining six various processing systems while migrating to two. Company grewfrom $150MM premiums to $750MM… Show more Accountable for and created “the General” which was Canadian General Insurance Group’sintegrated underwriting, claims, billing and reporting system. This system became the leadingefficient processing system in the Property and Casualty Insurance business in Canada.Accountable for Corporate IS strategy and implementation. Numerous business acquisitionsrequired maintaining six various processing systems while migrating to two. Company grewfrom $150MM premiums to $750MM premiums.Many technological innovations leading to competitive advantage or cost savings such as thebroker office processing strategy and the introduction of Insurgate, a mapping and translationservice.Accountabilities included distribution and printing services and efficiencies in logistics.Canadian General Insurance Group acquired many insurance operations over the years and was subsequently acquired and became Aviva Canada Show less