Thomas Purves

Current

• Business Leader, Product Innovation at Visa
• Independent Consultant at a global payments brand
• Co-founder at Firestoker

Past

• Group Manager Strategies and Channels, Commercial Banking at CIBC
• Group Manager, New Product Development at CIBC
• Manager of Product Development at CertaPay

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Education

• University of Toronto
• Queen's University

Connections

395 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Thomas Purves’s Summary

I am is tech executive, entrepreneur and consultant living in Toronto. I have nearly a decade of experience as a designer of leading, network-centric products for Canada's online banking, e-commerce, and m-commerce industries. My professional career has focused around business casing, designing and managing the product development of new channels and new lines of business for businesses ranging from small tech startups to some of the world's largest financial institutions.

I am also a well known technology blogger and public speaker. My commentary and advocacy on issues surrounding the Canadian tech and wireless industries have appeared in publications including: The National Post, The Globe & Mail, Ottawa Citizen, IT World Canada, Hamilton spectator among others.

My personal blog can be found at: http://thomaspurves.com

Thomas Purves’s Specialties:

Product development, Business Development, User Experience and Interface Design, Finance, Corporate Strategy, Electronic Payments, Card Products, Internet security, mobile, m-commerce, wireless, contactless, NFC, payments, banking, retail banking, electronic channels, new media, social media, communities, web2.0, Enterprise 2.0, policy, money transfer, remittances

Additional Information

Thomas Purves’s Websites:

• My Website

Thomas Purves’s Interests:

technology, social media, social presence, blogging, Enterprise2.0, financial markets, competitive sailing, wireless, mobile, digital content, barcamps, tech conferences,

Thomas Purves’s Groups:

TorCamp
BarCamp
StartupNorth.ca
Queen's Alumi Association
UofT Alumi Association
IEEE, LIFT

•    Rotman MBAs (University of Toronto)
•    MobileMonday
•    Technology Marketing Community
•    Economist Group
•    Private Equity Investment Group
•    Marketing 2.0 Technology (Over 3300+ Members)
•    Semantic Web
•    Mobilists (Innovators in mobile industry - 3900+ members)
•    Cloud Computing
•    Rotman School of Management Group - Students/Alum's
•    ProductCampToronto
•    Mobile Money Transfer Group
•    Interactive Ontario

Thomas Purves’s Honors:

Ford Canada Award for Integrative Management. President of winning team, class of 2005 Business Competition, Rotman Business School
http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news/detail.asp?ID=130

Founder of Mitumi Inc., Winning business plan at Queen’s 2004 International Venture Capital Competitionhttp://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news/detail.asp?ID=69