Alex Todd

Current

Founder & Chief Executive at Trust Enabling Strategies

Past

Senior Trust Consultant at IBM Global Services
Marketing Representative - Reseller Channel at Lotus Development Canada
Corporate Sales Representative at Computer Innovations

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Education

University of Toronto

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Industry

Think Tanks

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Alex Todd’s Summary

My company, Trust Enablement Incorporated, is a think tank organization that conducts research and provides management consulting services.

We are the developer and owner of a proprietary management innovation, called Trust Enablement™. It is used by organizations in technologies and business processes to help them achieve their business goals by optimizing the trust of their stakeholders. Trust Enabled™ business practices reduce transaction costs and enhance business value in areas as diverse as supply chain management and corporate governance.

Trust Enablement™ is both a management philosophy and a technology for business best practices. It fills a business practices void by counterbalancing risk management based control mechanisms that preserve trust, with those that develop trust, and thereby provides a complementary, foundational, new management competency. It serves to fundamentally change the leadership mindset from an inside out to an outside-in orientation.

Trust Enablement™ has broad applicability, similar to risk management, but its value to business is far greater. Whereas risk management is defensively minded and preservation oriented, Trust Enablement™ is offensive and growth oriented.

Trust Enablement™ is a better approach for supporting the collaborative innovations required to compete in the 21st century.

We offer the Trust Optimizer Program (http://www.TrustOptimizer.com) and the Governance Lifecycle Model (GLM) Assessment Tool (http://trustenablement.com/governing.html#GLM) to help organizations achieve their business objectives by optimizing the trust of their stakeholders.

Alex Todd’s Specialties:

Corporate Governance
- "Corporate Governance Best Practices: One size does not fit all" (see http://trustenablement.com)
- "Trust Enabled™ Corporate Governance" (see http://trustenablement.com)

Supply Chain Management
- "Trust Enabled Supply Networks: Uncovering the trust-building secrets of highly collaborative supply chains" (see http://trustenablement.com)

Alex Todd’s Experience

Founder & Chief Executive

Trust Enabling Strategies

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)

January 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)

Trust Enablement Incorporated, is a private think tank that conducts research and provides management consulting services.

We are the developer and owner of a proprietary management innovation, called Trust Enablement™. It is used by organizations in technologies and business processes to help them achieve their business goals by optimizing the trust of their stakeholders. Trust Enabled™ business practices reduce transaction costs and enhance business value in areas as diverse as supply chain management and corporate governance.

Trust Enablement™ has broad applicability, similar to risk management, but its value to business is far greater. Whereas risk management is defensively minded and preservation oriented, Trust Enablement™ is offensive and growth oriented.

Trust Enablement™ is a better approach for supporting the collaborative innovations required to compete in the 21st century.
Senior Trust Consultant

IBM Global Services

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Management Consulting industry)

February 1999 — May 2003 (4 years 4 months)

Responsible for incubating the Global Trust Acceleration Center, within the PKI Center of Competency,
bringing new points of view to clients worldwide to assist them in pursuing innovative new business
models supported by industry-specific trust-enabling solutions (primarily in healthcare, financial services,
distribution and public sectors.) Provided subject matter expertise and support to IBM’s marketing, sales
and engagement delivery teams.
Marketing Representative - Reseller Channel

Lotus Development Canada

(Think Tanks industry)

1986 — 1988 (2 years)
Corporate Sales Representative

Computer Innovations

(Think Tanks industry)

1983 — 1985 (2 years)

Alex Todd’s Education

University of Toronto

Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, 1977 — 1981

Find out more about my education and interests at http://www.TrustEnablement.com

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Alex Todd’s Interests:

skiing, cycling, mountain biking, downhill mountain biking, tennis, sailing, golf, healthy lifestyle, discovery channel, business strategy, corporate governance, trust in business.

Alex Todd’s Groups:

Strategic Leadership Forum (SLF), Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CAMC), Institute for Corporate Directors (ICD), Bayview Community Services, TEC Associates, Gather.com, trustenablement.gather.com, trustenablers.gather.com, Web Analytics Association, eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit

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