Experienced Marketing Professional, Entrepreneur
British Columbia, Canada
- Current
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- President, Owner at Lions Gate Innovations Inc
- Past
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- Product Manager at NGRAIN Corporation
- Project Lead (Internship) at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
- Senior Business Analyst, Business Development at Peppers and Rogers Group
- Senior Consultant at Keane Inc.
- Personal Banker at Royal Bank of Canada
- Education
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- Mica Consulting Partners
- Pragmatic Marketing Inc.
- University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Victoria
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Charles Creighton’s Summary
I am an experienced marketing, product management, and business development professional who has successfully developed and delivered technology and business solutions to multiple industries. My objective is to join a highly motivated team in the delivery of software and other technology solutions that generate significant business value, to organizations across the globe.
Professional Experience Includes:
• CEO, Acting CEO and/or President of three early stage technology start-ups, directly responsible for corporate and product strategy, financing, marketing, and business development. Heavily involved in product development from a “market needs” perspective.
• 10 years marketing experience.
• 6 years software product management experience.
• 4 years business development experience.
Charles Creighton’s Specialties:
• Experienced leader
• Strong interest in sustainablitiy and reducing corporate environmental impact
• Strong customer relationship management (CRM) background, focused on creating loyal, profitable customers.
• Proven ability to interact directly with leading corporate executives, financiers and decision makers.
• Strong ability to combine technical and business value propositions.
Charles Creighton’s Experience
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President, Owner
Lions Gate Innovations Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Building Materials industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
• Part owner and manager of Lions Gate Innovations Inc (LGI), a Vancouver company founded to bring unique products to market. LGI created, manufactures and markets the Masarone Floor and operates LGI Conctracting.
• Executed consulting contracts with a wave energy technology provider and a disaster response equipment provider.
• Provided executive and product management consulting services to 7 early stage technology companies in the following sectors: Clean Energy Tech, Software, Internet Services, Venture Capital, and Manufacturing.
• Gave birth to 3 companies: Lions Gate Innovations, Sweet Power (a fuel cell company founded to develop glucose powered mirco fuel cells for implantable medical devices), and Summit Interactive (a sports-management focused video game company). -
Product Manager
NGRAIN Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 5 months)
• Responsible for all facets of Product Management related to the company’s flagship 3D software product
• Managed 6 product releases in 2 years.
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Project Lead (Internship)
Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
(Government Agency; Renewables & Environment industry)
May 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 4 months)
• Validated DER-CAM (Distributed Energy Resource Customer Adoption Model) against real-world test cases and developed detailed case studies, for publication.
• Managed a team of engineers to gather detailed information of DER adoption business decision-making processes from multiple sites across the U.S., including the creation of a database of over 90 DER installation sites.
• Co-published two research reports with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. -
Senior Business Analyst, Business Development
Peppers and Rogers Group
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 9 months)
• As regional employee number 5, contributed to regional growth to 30 employees in 1 year:
• Sold and/or planned over 60 $100,000 - $1,000,000 projects including pricing, budgeting, staffing, scheduling, and proposal creation and delivery.
• Designed scalable systems for sales, project delivery and knowledge management, and providing sales and analyst training.
• Increased customer profitability at 16 companies across software, finance, automotive and retail industries:
• Developed customer lifetime value models.
• Performed client focused market and competitive assessment and analysis.
• Performed customer-focused best practices and benchmark research.
• Developed customer, market and product strategies.
• Developed an internet marketer’s product launch strategy by leading a team of consultants, researchers and analysts. -
Senior Consultant
Keane Inc.
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
• Ensured Y2K system compliance at multinational pulp and paper conglomerate
• Performed system and database analysis, including problem definition, process creation and improvement, production support and system maintenance, and development of Y2K remediation strategies for critical systems.
• Managed the Order Management System remediation project.
• Set precedents and developed processes for a 60+ person team.
• Prevented customer law suits against major national insurer by successfully managing a team through emergency system repair and re-run of a critical customer payment system after personally determining fault point and repair strategy.
• Acted as client liaison to reduce time and cost, and increase client satisfaction.
• Received formal Project Management Training. -
Personal Banker
Royal Bank of Canada
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
March 1996 — August 1997 (1 year 6 months)
• Sold mortgages and mutual funds
• Branch Customer Relationship Management representative
• Responsible for in branch marketing initiatives
Charles Creighton’s Education
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Mica Consulting Partners
Certificate in Leadership for Directors 2007 — 2007
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Pragmatic Marketing Inc.
Pragmatic Marketing Certified , Product Management , 2005 — 2005
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University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
MBA , 2001 — 2003
• Business plan to commercialize Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for stationary market placed “Top 5” in the VC judged 2003 Berkeley Business Plan Competition
• Organizer of Leading Edge Technology Conference panel on Fuel Cells.
• Co-founder and co-facilitator of Introduction to Socially Responsible Leadership class at Haas.
• Member of Haas Entrepreneurs Association, Marketing Club, and Net Impact.- Activities and Societies:
- Hi-Tech Marketing, Management of Technology, Certificate in Entrepreneurship
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University of California, Berkeley
MBA , Entrepreneurship , 2001 — 2003
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University of Victoria
Honours Bachelor of Science , Organizational Psychology and Consumer Behaviour , 1995
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Charles Creighton’s Interests:
Offshore and Inshore Sailing Mountain Biking Running
Charles Creighton’s Groups:
Vancouver Product Management Association
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Green
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