Founder of 5 companies that have gone public through IPO or reverse merger.Over 10 years of experience as CEO of publicly traded companies, with leadership in P&L, finance, sales, innovation, and building high-performance teams.Founding CEO of NEXTLEAF® (CSE: OILS), Canada’s first publicly traded cannabis producer to achieve profitability and positive cashflow while secure debt free. Transitioned the company from B2B ingredient supplier to branded product manufacturer with the #1 selling cannabis softgel and CBD Oil in British Columbia. 100+ issued patents in the U.S. and globally. Co-Founder of Bluenose Labs, Cape Breton’s first licensed cannabis producer, and Founder of Highlanders Cannabis, our family owned company that purchased the former Keata GMP certified pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in North Sydney, Nova Scotia in 2018.Founding CEO of International Battery Metals (CSE: IBAT) a company creating and applying intellectual property related to lithium extraction from oilfield brines.Founded my first company in University, and led an exit through a reverse takeover in 2007 by Towerstream, a NASDAQ listed technology company. I hold an MBA in Finance from Michigan State University and a Bachelors of Commerce Degree from the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia. Guest speaker at Harvard, Osgoode Hall Law School, and Saint Mary’s University on entrepreneurship and cannabis.I leverage my academic background, experience, and network as an advisor to emerging growth companies and entrepreneurs.