Appnova

Founder

Self-Employed

Made and sold 'Touch Writer' (ML + Gesture Writing) to SF firm /// Advisor to iToldYa! (Toronto / Social Media) /// Fleksy (SF / acquired by Pinterest) /// Vidy (SF / Successful ICO) /// XYZ Interactive (Toronto / Hardware) /// Ubiquilux (Toronto / Lighting) + others

Consultant / Advisor

DreamTheme

Founded the top personalisation marketplace for BlackBerry / First ever to negotiate digital distribution rights to National Geographic 'Iconic' ultra premium content (aka 'Afghani Girl') / Brand development deals with NFL, NHL Players Association.

Owner

BlackBerry

First App Distribution + Strategy hire / Delivered first 100's of Millions of Apps via App Store (which I led initially) and Global Carrier Partners (AT&T, Verizon, Orange, TMo, Movistar etc.) / Key enabler of App Ecosystem / Managed mobile.blackberry.com, a Top 10 global mobile web destination / Former interns founded 'near unicorns' & senior roles at FAANG, MS, Samsung.

Product Marketing and Strategy

European Investment Fund (EIF)

Researched IP commercialization process of North American Universities towards the establishment of an EIF-backed Biotechnology Investment Fund / EIF is a part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the EU governing structure.

Consultant

Calix

$700M IPO / Early-ish Technical Product Lead / 16 technical reports / $5M op budget / led Network Management Products alongside Firmware and Silicon Designers / Very proud that Software that I wrote is still in production today!

Technical Product Lead / Network Management

Ciena

Ciena acquired Cyras for $2.7B after ~3 years / Early-ish Engineer / Technical Product Lead / ~5 reports

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