Greater Toronto Area, Canada
My career goals are to: Build and help others build promising early stage private ventures using a unique and powerful methodology based on 35 years of experience. Work with partners, other entrepreneurs and financiers to cover all the bases required to ensure early stage ventures grow into highly performing organizations that inspire and engage everyone involved. Meet and work with great people. Have fun.
Invest in and build promising early stage private ventures. AFBL represents the 4 phases of developing any venture - Architect, Finance, Build and Liquidity. We work with entrepreneurs and financiers at each phase of development to help provide the missing pieces required to launch and build early stage businesses. AFBL provides the requisite experience, skills and network of relationships to help develop strategy, raise financing, hire management and structure high performance organizations that inspire and engage everyone involved; always with a view to achieving optimal liquidity for shareholders when the time is right.
Provided financial backing, management and advisory services to 411.ca, an on-line directory and advertising business. In 2010, 411 Local Search was sold to Yellow Pages Group (Yellow Media). Assisted in structuring and negotiating the deal and advised the Founder & CEO of 411 throughout the 4 years between the A and B closings of the transaction.
Pit-Bull was an innovator of vehicle collision repair equipment.
Worked with many private and public sector clients to assist active shareholders, board members and senior management in focussing organizational energy on setting and achieving strategic goals. Client work included strategic planning, management development and implementing improved operational processes and enabling technologies.
PNO was a Toronto based firm specializing in business transformation services to rapid growth companies. In addition to serving clients, worked with my partners to build and lead the firm from 5 to 55 professionals in a 4-year period. Played a key role in selling PNO to KPMG Consulting.