Experience

TIMIA Capital Corporation

• Chief Investment Officer

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Vancouver, Canada Area TIMIA Capital (TSXV: TCA) is a specialty finance company providing a monthly yield-based return with upside capital gain potential to investors by providing Revenue Financing (“RBF”) to technology companies globally. For entrepreneurs, TIMIA's Revenue Financing product provides growth capital alternatives from the dilutive and high cost of issuing equity. For growth companies the RF offering feels like equity - but behaves like debt #dequity...



Tagga Media

• Nigeria
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Director and Investor

  • Jun 2009 - Mar 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area Tagga’s cross-channel campaign software enables marketers to connect and profile their customers across the entire media mix. We do this by integrating social, web and mobile technologies to connect brands to customers 24/7. As a result, marketers get higher customer conversion rates, better targeting, comprehensive profiling, and reduced cost per action over their traditional campaign methods. Tagga’s customer profiling technology shows brands exactly who, where, how and when their customer… Show more Tagga’s cross-channel campaign software enables marketers to connect and profile their customers across the entire media mix. We do this by integrating social, web and mobile technologies to connect brands to customers 24/7. As a result, marketers get higher customer conversion rates, better targeting, comprehensive profiling, and reduced cost per action over their traditional campaign methods. Tagga’s customer profiling technology shows brands exactly who, where, how and when their customer interacted with their campaign. This means brands get customer information, not just data. Show less



Espresso Capital Partners

• United Kingdom

• Founder, Managing Partner

  • Nov 2009 - Apr 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area Espresso Capital was founded by veteran tech company executives who know first-hand the funding challenges faced by founders and entrepreneurs. The goal was to provide Canada’s tech ecosystem with innovative funding alternatives by offering fast, fairly priced and user friendly risk capital. Espresso provides venture debt in the form of tax credit financing to early stage companies. As these companies mature, we offer recurring revenue financing to qualifying enterprises. Our funding… Show more Espresso Capital was founded by veteran tech company executives who know first-hand the funding challenges faced by founders and entrepreneurs. The goal was to provide Canada’s tech ecosystem with innovative funding alternatives by offering fast, fairly priced and user friendly risk capital. Espresso provides venture debt in the form of tax credit financing to early stage companies. As these companies mature, we offer recurring revenue financing to qualifying enterprises. Our funding solutions fill the gap between bank debt and equity capital. In the case of our tax credit financing, funding can be accessed in as little as 10 business days. Since inception in 2009, Espresso deployed over $100 million of risk capital in the form of venture debt into more than 200 companies, ranging from startups to expansion stage. In 2014, we funded over 100 transactions valued at almost $30 million. The investors in Espresso's funds received top quartile returns for investments in this asset class. Show less


SuperU
• India
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Chair, Advisory Board

  • Aug 2008 - Jun 2010

BDC Capital
• United States
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director, Technology Seed Investments

  • Jan 2003 - Jun 2008

Adnavance
• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• Board Director

  • Dec 2007 - May 2008


Mobidia

• South Africa

• Board Director

  • Mar 2005 - May 2008

  Active member of the Mobidia Board of Directors. Chair of Compensation Committee.


SiM Composites
• Board Chair

  • Mar 2004 - May 2008

CopperLeaf Technologies
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director

  • Feb 2005 - Sep 2007

Dyaptive Systems
• Investor

  • 2003 - 2005

AIS Technologies Inc.
• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Founder & CEO

  • 1994 - 2000