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1995-
Present |
President,
EngineX
Provide advanced business strategy and
technology for Putting Collective Knowledge to Work in
the emerging environment of open systems for communicating
anything anywhere anytime. Our focus: Developing Conscious
Media for the new paradigm of www.mobi.me.tv and
video-driven applications for smart phones. Also experienced
with intellectual property rights, successfully defending our
trademark in 2001.
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1995-
Present |
Principal, RobustMedia
Communications
RobustMedia researches, creates and
produces identities and a dynamic presence for clients in
North America and abroad. It also develops and markets
innovative programs for network environments to engage and
inform, including short and feature-length film and videos,
documentaries and web-based reality programs.
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1995-
Present |
President,
Abraxas & Simba Holdings Inc.
Owns and markets the
trademark iTrust, as a commitment to revealing
fundamental value in securities. This includes:
- iTrust
Ratings, a patent-pending business methodology developed to
identify public equities that provide investors profitable
returns, income and long term growth:
- Co-owner
and Portfolio Manager for iTrust
Partners, an investment management firm offering
enhanced Canadian income funds to overseas investors.
- Building
on experience having published the iTrustReport as
part of iTrustInvestor.com to inform investors in
Canadian equities.
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2005-
Present |
Founder, Jazz Wines inc.
Developed the
identity and packaging, networks and market for a business
dedicated to celebrating talent and connecting creative people
through the world wide web and wine of our own. In 2007-2008,
launched The*Shiraz 2005 by an award-winning wine maker in
Australia for North American markets.
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2005-
2008 |
President, iTrust Institute
Co-founder
of an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that
provides objective research & education on Canadian income
securities and their market. Made presentation to a federal
market inquiry held by the Minister of Finance in 2007.
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1995 |
Founding Director, Virgin
Cola, Japan,
Tokyo
Planned and launched a successful beverage
business for Richard Branson in Japan to
counter a market monopoly. Worked with the Virgin Asia
regional manager to coordinate design and marketing of the
product. Established production, distribution and retail
partners. Coordinated financing and hiring of a local
management team. Achievement: 1% market share per
employee.
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1994-
1995 |
GM Asia, Cott International,
Barbados
Planned for Cott to move into Asia through
retail brand relationships in Japan. Became Founding Director
of Cott Japan. Established Japanese clients, import and
domestic supply. Set up Tokyo office, hiring a staff of three.
Contribution: more than US$ 1.5 million EBIT and US$ 50
million in market cap within first year of
operation.
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1993 |
Vice
President Strategic Planning,
Retail Brands International,
Toronto
Planned and guided the launch of premium
quality private label products for 55 leading North American
and global retailers. Also designed a Web-enabled business
intelligence system for senior executives of Cott Corp,
co-owner of Retail Brands and the leading supplier of premium
retail branded products.
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June'87-
1992
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Senior
Associate,
Watt Design Group,
Toronto.
Led and implemented strategic design and
brand development projects for market leading clients of the
Watt Group, one of the world's largest multidisciplinary
design firms. Clients included:
- Retailers
such as Loblaw
Companies Canada, Walmart and Seven Eleven
USA;
- Packaged
goods marketers like the Irving family, Beatrice Foods and
George Weston
Limited;
- Social
institutions such as the Addiction Research Foundation and
the Clarke Institute of
Psychiatry;
- Agricultural co-ops
including Ontario Apple Growers and Canadian Egg
Board.
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1986-1997 |
Founder
and Partner, NeoSimplicity Inc
Formed a small
consulting firm focused on educational products and
development programs:
- Created
and launched QuitKit, a best-selling
health education product;
- Led an
innovative research project for Health & Welfare Canada
to develop organizational strategies for growth based on
principles of health education and community development;
- Coordinated multilevel
government funding of more than half a million dollars for
setup of the Euclid Center for Arts and Education.
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1983-
1987 |
Project
Director, Social Marketing Programs
Manifest
Communications, Toronto
Developed traditional
and interactive educational programs. Led projects involving
creation of multimedia products and interface
design:
- Evalu*Life
computer-based health assessment and education system, for
the Department of National Defense;
- National
Health Education Program using Telidon network technology,
for Health & Welfare Canada and the Federal Department
of Communications;
- Communication strategy and
program implementation for large organizations, social
agencies and associations such as the City of Toronto
Department of Public Health, the Addiction Research
Foundation, ParticipAction, the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Canadian and Ontario Dental Associations, and
Petrocan.
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1980-1983 |
Innovative
Business Initiatives
Film and Broadcast
Industry
- Provided
operational strategy and growth plan for a documentary
production house.
- Worked as
a Production Accountant on a feature
film produced for Roger Corman. Used the
experience as an opportunity to explore emerging
applications of computer technology to tie together
creative, planning and accounting processes in making
film.
- Researched
film distribution and the changing broadcast market,
developing an innovative business model that was adopted
with success by Cineplex
Odeon Cinemas.
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