Alex Todd

Current

Founder & Chief Executive at Trust Enabling Strategies

Past

Senior Trust Consultant at IBM Global Services
Product Line Manager at Cebra Inc. (a Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank company)
Executive Vice President at Diversinet Corp.

President at Phase III Computing Inc.
Canadian Branch Manager at Quarterdeck Office Systems
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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Connections

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Industry

Think Tanks

Alex Todd’s Summary

Alex Todd is a serial innovator and entrepreneur. He is a thought leader in rebuilding trust for business and architect of the Trust Enablement® Framework, a universal scheme for diagnosing and designing conditions for trust. He used this Framework to derive the Governance Lifecycle Model for identifying corporate governance styles and the Aspirational Corporate Governance Framework for organizational sustainability. Trust Enablement® is founded on information theory and was inspired by his work with public key infrastructure (PKI) at IBM. It has also helped him share valuable insights about various areas of business that include leadership, collaboration, sales and marketing, public relations, online social networks, electronic commerce, supply chain management, risk management, and business strategy. His work has been published by McMaster University, Conference Board of Canada, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), and John Wiley & Sons.

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

(Think Tanks industry)

January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

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.
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.
Product Line Manager

Cebra Inc. (a Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank company)

(Public Company; BMO; Banking industry)

January 1998 — January 1999 (1 year 1 month)

Accountable for maximizing the value proposition of a suite of business-to-business electronic commerce products, which required inventing cost effective, paradigm shifting solutions.
Executive Vice President

Diversinet Corp.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1997 — December 1997 (1 year )

Responsible for managing an international research and development effort for a PKI (public-key infrastructure) management software product. Built and managed a product management team, developed a market strategy,
supervised a remote software development office in Israel, contributed to corporate governance initiatives, protected corporate assets from foreign interests and represented the company in domestic and international markets.
President

Phase III Computing Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1990 — December 1996 (7 years )

Designed and developed two software products, called President's Planner and Partner's Planner, and strategically positioned and sold them via a variety of direct selling initiatives, including CompuServe.
Canadian Branch Manager

Quarterdeck Office Systems

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1989 — December 1989 (1 year )
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

Additional Information

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:

Institute for Corporate Directors (ICD), Bayview Community Services, Vistage (aka TEC Associates)

AIESECAlumni
Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals
Worldwide Management Consultants (23,000+ members)
Systems Thinking
Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
BaileyHoffmann Networks - Risk Management and Compliance Experts
Consultants Network
Toronto Entrepreneur Alliance
Innovation Management Group
RMA (The Risk Management Association)
Sustainability Working Group
Innovative New Product & Service Innovators & Inventors
Business Excellence Professionals
----- The Startups & Societal Ventures Network ----- Innovating more effectively
GRCXchange Global Network
Social Investment Forum
Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics
Consulting Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Management
Generating Social Capital
Governance, Risk and Compliance Management (GRC)
Capital Markets
BrightIdea Innovation Experts
Risk Management Executives & Professionals
Innovative Experience Economy & Authenticity Innovation Experts
Corporate Action
Innovative Leadership & Change Management Expert Innovators Network
STRATEGY PROFESSIONALS NETWORK
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
The Institutional Corporate Governance Network
National Association of Corporate Directors
Trust Portal
The Responsible Business Group
The Corporate Governance Group
Ethics - Ethical Professionals
Green, Sustainability, & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Chloregy
Business Innovators Group
Ethical Business Intelligence (CSR)
Managing Operational Risk
Corporate Governance Leaders
Trusted Business Advisor (VAR)
Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Reporting
Corporate Planning & Global Industry Segmentation
Corporate Integrity
Impact Investing Forum
Leadership Trust
Responsible Investor
The Corporate Library's 2009 Public Funds Forum
The Activist Investor
ESG Investing
Governance Investing