John Rafuse
Chief Advisor at Trilennium
- Location
- Toronto, Canada Area
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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John Rafuse's Overview
- Current
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- Chief Advisor at Trilennium
- Independent Consulting at Contract Sales and Business Development
- Past
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- Chief Executive Officer (Interim) at GOCOM
- Chief Executive Officer at Add-On Exchange
- Executive Vice President - Business Development at HeavyLifters Network
- Vice President - Partnerships at Ink Media
- Vice President - Global Business Development at Mercurial Communications
- Senior Business Developer at OA Solutions
- President at VIDDAT (Vancouver Island Design - Digital Avatar Territories)
- Education
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- The University of Western Ontario
- Recommendations
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16 people have recommended John
- Connections
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500+ connections
John Rafuse's Summary
Extensive experience with sales, business development, delivering solutions and the monetizing of ideas. What do you want to build and sell? Let's get it done.
Qualifications:
• Produced commercial products that have been used by over 100 million people
• Highly skilled in sales using online, affiliate, RFP, direct and relationship selling
• Personally sold over $20 million in professional services
• Leadership ability in managing and motivating teams
• Adept in both the public and private sectors
Specialties:
• Business Development
• Sales and Marketing
• Business Planning
• Technical Insight
• Public Speaking
• Product Vision
• Leadership
• Monetizing
• Recruiting
John Rafuse's Experience
Chief Advisor
Trilennium
March 2012 – Present (1 year 3 months) Toronto,ON - Vancouver,BC
- Performing business development consulting as Trilennium does a Reverse Take Over (RTO) of a publicly listed entity to form a fund for M&A
- Providing monetizing vision of integrated products and services of merged entities
- Producing business plans, presentations, contracts and collateral for fundraising and operations
Independent Consulting
Contract Sales and Business Development
March 2006 – Present (7 years 3 months) Victoria, BC - Toronto, ON - New York, NY
Independent contractor for various sales, business development and management consulting projects that have consisted of:
- Identifying targets, generating leads, closing deals and making sales
- Envisioning business lines, products and services based upon ideas and patents
- Producing business plans, sales strategies branding, spin and product positioning
- Enhancing and creating new monetizing strategies for ideas and existing products
- Pitching business plans, sell sheets and presentations for investment
- Writing contracts, private placements memorandums and public reporting documents
Chief Executive Officer (Interim)
GOCOM
July 2011 – February 2012 (8 months) Toronto, ON - New York, NY
- Performed CEO role prior to merger with Add-On Exchange (below)
- Definined monetization and marketing
- Created business plans, Private Placement Memorandums and business opportunity documentation
Chief Executive Officer
Add-On Exchange
March 2010 – February 2012 (2 years) Victoria, BC - New York, NY
- Monetized and envisioned offerings for merging entity into GOCOM (above)
- Created sales and financial models for merging entities
- Wrote business plans
- Performed publicly reporting company fiduciary duties
Executive Vice President - Business Development
HeavyLifters Network
Information Technology and Services industry
June 2006 – March 2009 (2 years 10 months) Victoria, British Columbia
- Clients included Cisco, Intel and eBay (DataUnison)
- Sold business consulting and technology outsourcing
- Created brands, products and business plans
- Envisioned and produced 7 titles for the iPhone including the "Funny 500" Series
Vice President - Partnerships
Ink Media
March 2006 – May 2007 (1 year 3 months) Victoria, British Columbia
- Contracted to help produce and promote a $3 billion business plan for the world’s first low-cost virus-free ROM based computer (similar to the $100 lap-per child initiative)
- Met with a President of a South American country for an initial pretrial for all the country's children
Vice President - Global Business Development
Mercurial Communications
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry
2002 – 2006 (4 years) Victoria, British Columbia
- Clients included Microsoft, AOL, Olympics Secretariat, Netscape, HP and all levels of government
- Responsible for 90% of the sales
- Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada for three years running
- Helped recruit and grew the company from 20 to 125 people
Senior Business Developer
OA Solutions
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
2000 – 2002 (2 years) Victoria, British Columbia
- Generated sales, solutions and resources for all levels of government, universities and NGOs
- Helped recruit and grow company from 20 to 80 people
- Clients areas included Education, Emergency Services, Transportation, Environment, Law and Health
- Targeted and assisted in acquiring other companies for acquisition
- Created collateral to enable final acquisition of company (it was formerly known as EEE Systems Group)
President
VIDDAT (Vancouver Island Design - Digital Avatar Territories)
1996 – 2000 (4 years) Victoria, British Columbia
- Personal research company for Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Multi-User Dimensions (MUD)s and Multi-User Shared Habitats (MUSH)s
- Consulted to government and private sector
- Provided immersion sessions with Head-Mounted Displays (HMD)s
John Rafuse's Skills & Expertise
John Rafuse's Projects
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America Online - Personal Computer 2.0
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America Online - AIM Toolbar
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Cisco - Executive Management Dashboard
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Compuserve - Internet Explorer Setup Toolkit
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eBay - Market Data Program
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Hewlett Packard - Browser Booster
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iPhone - Funny 500 Series
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Microsoft - Windows Connection Wizard
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Microsoft - Winter Fun Pack
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Netscape - Netscape Browser 8.x
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Netscape - Pointcast 2.0
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ShareThis - ShareThis.com Toolbars
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Windows User Group Network - 101 Greatest Applications
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2010 Olympics Secretariat - Community Chairs Extranet
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Attorney General - Enterprise Data Warehouse
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Education, Advanced - Foundations Skills Assessment Reporting
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Education, Commission - Comprehensive Web Services
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Elections - Electoral Information System
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Forests, Protection - Dispatch Application
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Forests, Research - Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Data Mart
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Geoconnections - Natural Resources Information System
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Health, Cancer - Online Drug Claim Reimbursement System
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Health, Engineering - Data Warehouse
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Municipalities - Data Warehouse Strategies and Technology Support
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Sustainable Resources - Aerial Photography System
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Universities - Intranet and Systems Analysis
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John Rafuse's Education
The University of Western Ontario
Bachelor of Arts
1988 – 1992
Activities and Societies: Placed 2nd for Best Business Case award. Co-hosted "The Johnny and Dean Show" on CHRW.
John Rafuse's Additional Information
- Interests:
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Tech, fishing, movies, alternative music and being a full-time single dad keeps me busy :)
- Groups and Associations:
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Mensa
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