Experience

Veristart Technologies Inc.

• Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Veristart helps reduce risk, cost, and downtime by putting construction equipment keys in the cloud. Veristart helps reduce risk, cost, and downtime by putting construction equipment keys in the cloud.



Rocktive Consulting Inc

• Technology, Information and Internet

• Founder & Principal Consultant

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  If you are looking to re-visit your organization’s strategic plan, but have been struggling to carve out the time to lead this exercise, then Rocktive Consulting can help. We will facilitate, manage and administer the strategic visioning and planning exercise together with your organization and its stakeholders. This ensures the overall time-burden for your organization is minimized while enabling all attendees to be fully engaged. We work together to identify the overarching strategic priorities that will guide your organization in its day-to-day decision-making and ensure success on delivering upon its long-term vision. Rocktive Consulting is a boutique consulting firm based in St. John’s, serving both local and international clients. We have a pedigree of experience spanning business strategy and development, product strategy and marketing, and customer experience & advocacy. Having worked within the technology sector spanning telecom, IT, digital healthcare and most recently the growing intersection of construction-tech, we bring this knowledge and know-how to our consulting practice. Show less



Stepped Care Solutions

• Canada
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Business Development

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

  Helping our customers to lead a global transformation in mental health care systems in order to improve access and flexibility, resulting in more personalized care and better outcomes for all. Responsible for creating and implementing market development team and strategy, overseeing portfolio development, managing key client relationships and fostering development of the Stepped Care 2.0© Global Center of Excellence. Reporting to the Executive Director for Stepped Care Solutions. Helping our customers to lead a global transformation in mental health care systems in order to improve access and flexibility, resulting in more personalized care and better outcomes for all. Responsible for creating and implementing market development team and strategy, overseeing portfolio development, managing key client relationships and fostering development of the Stepped Care 2.0© Global Center of Excellence. Reporting to the Executive Director for Stepped Care Solutions.



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Head Business Development

  • Dec 2017 - Jan 2021

  Leading a diverse global business development team with the mandate to increase market share with CSPs (Communication Service Providers) and expand into ancillary target segments including web-scale, energy and enterprise. Reporting to Vice-President Global Pre-Sales & Business Development for Nokia Software. Leading a diverse global business development team with the mandate to increase market share with CSPs (Communication Service Providers) and expand into ancillary target segments including web-scale, energy and enterprise. Reporting to Vice-President Global Pre-Sales & Business Development for Nokia Software.



techNL

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member Board Of Directors (Board Chair 2016/17)

  • Oct 2013 - May 2018

  Newfoundland & Labrador Association of Technology Industries. Advocating on behalf of the 1.6 billion dollar tech sector to foster favorable government policies and strategy for the technology industry as a whole within Newfoundland and Labrador. Working with the executive director and team to drive meaningful programming for industry stake-holders. Newfoundland & Labrador Association of Technology Industries. Advocating on behalf of the 1.6 billion dollar tech sector to foster favorable government policies and strategy for the technology industry as a whole within Newfoundland and Labrador. Working with the executive director and team to drive meaningful programming for industry stake-holders.



Alcatel-Lucent Motive

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Business Strategy & Marketing

  • Jan 2011 - Nov 2017

  Developing the business strategy and go-to-market for the Motive Customer Experience & Network Operations portfolio at Nokia. Includes working directly with regional business leads (globally) to provide strategy and sales enablement support. Reported to Head of Market Development for Motive Customer Experience business unit. Developing the business strategy and go-to-market for the Motive Customer Experience & Network Operations portfolio at Nokia. Includes working directly with regional business leads (globally) to provide strategy and sales enablement support. Reported to Head of Market Development for Motive Customer Experience business unit.



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Content Partnerships (formerly Alcatel-Lucent)

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2010

  Brokering commercial relationships with key content companies to help facilitate business development activities related to Alcatel-Lucent multimedia product line. This included facilitating content requirements for broadband multimedia applications such as IPTV and driving product innovation through partnerships.Reported to Director of Content & Media, Alcatel-Lucent Fixed Solutions Division.

• Marketing Manager / Content Industry Partnerships Lead - Europe & South America (formerly Alcatel)

  • May 2004 - Dec 2006

  Responsible for pioneering innovative Triple Play end-user interactive applications, development of marketing plan and collaterol, presenting directly to customers. Responsibilities also included helping facilitate content requirements for Alcatel's European IPTV customers.Reported to Marketing Director - Alcatel Fixed Solutions Division.

• Applications Engineer (formerly Alcatel)

  • Apr 2001 - Apr 2004

  Responsible for architecting network topology and deploying IPTV solutions for prospective customers in conjuction with key partners within the end-to-end solution.



Broadband Services Forum

• Antwerp Area, Belgium

• Member of Board of Directors (Vice-Chair 2007/08)

  • May 2004 - May 2008

  As Vice Chair, responsible for helping to steer strategy of the forum. The Broadband Services Forum is a leading industry forum fostering dialogue and collaboration between key players within the end-to-end broadband ecosystem - from CE Vendors to Network Operators to the Content Players. As Vice Chair, responsible for helping to steer strategy of the forum. The Broadband Services Forum is a leading industry forum fostering dialogue and collaboration between key players within the end-to-end broadband ecosystem - from CE Vendors to Network Operators to the Content Players.



Nortel Networks

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Design Engineer

  • Jun 1998 - Mar 2001

  Design Prime for 1-Meg Modem Line Card. Duties included conceptualizing and development of design, capturing schematic and supervising layout. As senior engineer duties also included pushing design through manufacturing, overseeing three step Engineering Change (EC) process, capturing necessary documentation such as Verification Plan, Verification Report, and Test Specifications. Earlier duties also included programming FPGA to drive new features for the line card. Design Prime for 1-Meg Modem Line Card. Duties included conceptualizing and development of design, capturing schematic and supervising layout. As senior engineer duties also included pushing design through manufacturing, overseeing three step Engineering Change (EC) process, capturing necessary documentation such as Verification Plan, Verification Report, and Test Specifications. Earlier duties also included programming FPGA to drive new features for the line card.