Bio

My experience has been primarily in the worlds of technology and finance. Mainly, in startups. My finance experience was generally in advisory roles, helping small-to-medium companies in industrial, low tech, service, or manufacturing industries. Generally working with private companies, I helped our clients work through shareholder buyouts, restructuring, turnarounds, and M&A activity. I loved it. I was recruited to help launch Kater, which is a mobility as a service (MaaS) startup focused on helping change the way that people move around, initially focused in Vancouver, and then rolling out from there. We operated as a hybrid service that combined the best of taxis and open ride-hailing, along with other forms of transportation. I also co-founded and was the CEO of Helios Wire, an Internet of Things startup that is building out a space-enabled IoT/M2M network. What we were doing was democratizing the Internet of Things and connecting remote places across the world. We were at the forefront of the integration between blockchain and IoT, the economy of things. We raised about $12 million, launched 2 satellites, signed $100 million in letters of intent from customers around the world and truly proved out the business model. In the fall of 2019, we successfully sold the company to a strategic investor. I also co-founded and was the CEO of UrtheCast for 5 years. We signed an agreement with the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) to install 2 cameras on the International Space Station. We took the pictures — and the first colour HD video from space — from those cameras and sold them into the Earth Observation industry and put them out online as well. Along the way we signed agreements with governments around the world, the UN, and brands like Pepsi. We built the company up to about 250 people over five years with seven offices around the world. We took the company public, raised $200 million and acquired a competitor for $100 million. We truly were part of the New Space movement when it was just beginning. Space is just awesome and seeing earth from space will never cease to amaze. I also do a little angel investing on the side and I’m advising and providing Board support to a few other technology companies as well. I love early stage companies, developing strategy, scaling up companies, SaaS business models, and creating shareholder value.