
Start-up Strategy Consultant & Executive
Ottawa, Canada Area

Start-up Strategy Consultant & Executive
Ottawa, Canada Area
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An entrepreneurial, results-focused certified management consultant (CMC) with a passion for the visionary application of emerging technologies that solve compelling customer needs. Based in Ottawa, clients have spanned from traditional owner-operated businesses, to high technology startups and Fortune 100 technology vendors.
Expertise - business strategy, market and competitor analysis, product/solution strategy, capitalization strategy, business plans and engineering high-valuation exits.
Industries - high technology startups
(Medical Devices industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
Therapeutic Monitoring Systems Inc. (TMS) is a clinical trial stage software company developing novel software applications that significantly improve the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of critically ill patients, enabling more timely and effective critical care decisions.
(Management Consulting industry)
November 2001 — Present (7 years 9 months)
From June 2003 to March 2009 operated as co-owner of Welch Consulting Group.
Selected experience includes:
- Played a leading role in over $60 million in vendor financing and sell-side acquisitions, including: sale of an e-learning company at 40% valuation premium; sale software company valued at 6X cumulative R&D and 30X revenue to a leading multinational vendor; 100% cash flow based financing to acquire a B2B services company
- Conceived of business model and self-funded commercialization plan for an online language translation, member of its advisory board
- Member of the advisory board for a enterprise SaaS startup
- Assisted the founder of a satcom device startup on product strategy and channel BD
- Conducted market feasibility research, developed 'bootstrap' commercialization strategy, and member of the advisory board for university spin-out commercializing enterprise IT security technology
- Facilitated the product and market development strategy for a wireless startup, was acting VP marketing and assisted with its acquisition by RIM
Member, CMC-Canada
Chair, Eastern Ontario Chapter of CMC-Ontario
Director, CMC-Ontario
Member, CMC-Canada Marketing and Communications Advisory Committee
Past member, CMC-Canada Executive Stream, Branding and Technology National Task Forces
Chair, Ottawa eBusiness Cluster
Evaluator, Carleton University Foundry Program
Member, Ottawa Wireless Cluster
Member, OCRI Ottawa Global Marketing Advisory Council
Member, OCRI Ottawa Medtech Initiative