Peter Diedrich

Current

• Director at Praized Media
• Owner at CxO Associates Consulting

Past

• President and CEO at Mobivox
• Director at United Way of Thunder Bay
• Director at Confederation College Foundation

• Director at Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre
• Chairman at CIS Mens National Hockey Championships
• President and CEO at TBayTel
• Director at Teradici
• Director at FirstHand Technologies
• Partner at Skypoint Capital
• Director at Core Networks
• Managing Director at RBC Capital Partners
• Director at Motivus
• Vice-President Corporate Strategy at BCE and Bell Canada
• Vice President at Bell Canada
• Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company
• Manager, China Business Development at Nortel

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Education

• Institute of Corporate Directors
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
• International Space University

• Carleton University
• Carleton University

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Connections

125 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Peter Diedrich’s Summary

A proven, decisive, and internationally experienced entrepreneurial leader and operations executive with a persistent results orientation. Known as a strategic thinker with deep financial acumen and an ability to drive profitable growth and stakeholder satisfaction. A respected problem solver, professional, and coach who creates motivated followership to ensure successful and sustainable growth, organizational and cultural change.

Peter Diedrich’s Specialties:

Strategy, Operations, Finance, M&A, Change Management, Corporate Governance, JV/Alliance Management and Negotiation

Peter Diedrich’s Experience

• Director

  Praized Media

  (Online Media industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• Owner

  CxO Associates Consulting

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  My consulting services company for the executive and board activities I undertake.

• President and CEO

  Mobivox

  (Telecommunications industry)

  June 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 2 months)

• Director

  United Way of Thunder Bay

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  Board of Directors

• Director

  Confederation College Foundation

  (Education Management industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  Board of Directors of College Fundraising Foundation

• Director

  Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  Board of Directors of Not-for-profit business development organization

• Chairman

  CIS Mens National Hockey Championships

  (Sports industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  Founding Chairman of Organizing Committee for 2009 and 2010 national men's varsity hockey championship tournament

• President and CEO

  TBayTel

  (Telecommunications industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

  Led financial and operational turnarounds and grew the company 35% through new business initiatives and M&A

• Director

  Teradici

  (Privately Held; Semiconductors industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

  Board Member

• Director

  FirstHand Technologies

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

  Board Member

• Partner

  Skypoint Capital

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2003 — 2006 (3 years )

  Early stage Venture Capital focused on Technology

• Director

  Core Networks

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

  Board Member

• Managing Director

  RBC Capital Partners

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years )

  Managing Director for a $200MM Telecom and Technology focused venture fund

• Director

  Motivus

  (Wireless industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year )

• Vice-President Corporate Strategy

  BCE and Bell Canada

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

• Vice President

  Bell Canada

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

• Management Consultant

  McKinsey & Company

  (Partnership; McK; Management Consulting industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years )

• Manager, China Business Development

  Nortel

  (Public Company; NT; Telecommunications industry)

  1988 — 1995 (7 years )

  Long stint in BNR. Lucky to help open the China market through JVs in 1993-95.

Peter Diedrich’s Education

• Institute of Corporate Directors

  ICD.D , Corporate Directors Education Program , 2007 — 2008

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

  SM , Finance, Strategy, International Management , 1991 — 1993

• International Space University

  Space Policy and Law 1988 — 1989

  Inaugural summer programs held at MIT and at L'Universite Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg, France)

• Carleton University

  MEng , Electrical Engineering , 1987 — 1989

• Carleton University

  BEng , Electrical Engineering , 1981 — 1985

  Activities and Societies:

  VP Social, VP Finance of Carleton Student Engineering Society

Additional Information

Peter Diedrich’s Interests:

Golf, snowboarding, travel, soccer

Peter Diedrich’s Groups:

Institute of Corporate Directors, Professional Engineers Ontario

•    McKinsey & Company Alumni (Unofficial McKinsey Group)
•    Carleton University Alumni
•    Venture Capital
•    Ex Nortel Employees
•    Telecom Executives Business Network
•    Bell Canada - Official Group
•    MIT Sloan School of Management Alumni
•    The Ottawa Network

Peter Diedrich’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch