Experience

Homelife Benchmark Realty (BC)

• Canada
• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Agent

  • Sep 2009 - Present

  Generate and deliver sales and marketing strategies for the transaction of real-estate assets. Employ consultative selling techniques to engage investors, monitor industry trends, analyse recent transactions to detect areas of value. Cultivate key relationships, open and maintain communication channels. Successfully deliver, on an ongoing basis, compelling and persuasive verbal and written presentations to communicate value; heavily relied upon for high level decision making. Liaise with community groups and government agencies. Expertise in generating value propositions to meet client’s needs.



Corside Construction (Finance)

• Burnaby, BC

• Business Development & Lending Officer

  • Sep 2008 - Mar 2020

  Lead the solicitation and co-manage the structuring process of complex term loans and mortgages through detailed credit analysis. Pursue sourcing additional lenders for facilitating mortgage syndications and developing broker networks. Implement and enhance portfolio control mechanisms which consistently evaluate and monitor total mortgage portfolio; Identify and explore new opportunities and market conditions to create favorable capital structures to optimize investment returns. Lead the solicitation and co-manage the structuring process of complex term loans and mortgages through detailed credit analysis. Pursue sourcing additional lenders for facilitating mortgage syndications and developing broker networks. Implement and enhance portfolio control mechanisms which consistently evaluate and monitor total mortgage portfolio; Identify and explore new opportunities and market conditions to create favorable capital structures to optimize investment returns.



Oceanside Capital Corp. (CVE: OCC)

• Vancouver, BC

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2015

  Publicly traded company on the TSX Venture Exchange (Symbol: OCC). Evaluate promising businesses or assets for a qualifying transaction. As of June 15, 2015 completed a reverse takeover of Gaming Nation Acquisition Corp. last Friday, launching Gaming Nation Inc. (FAN), a tech company with interests in an electronic 50/50 raffle ticket firm, and also business involved in sports betting and fantasy sports. Oceanside Capital rolled back 1:2, leaving it with 5.2 million postconsolidated shares, and then issued 29,406,809 postconsolidated shares plus a $20-million debenture, convertible into 8,888,889 postconsolidated shares, to the securityholders of Gaming Nation Acquisition, after which Oceanside changed its name to Gaming Nation Inc.



Pure Pharmacy Health Centre

• Surrey BC

• Co Founder / Director

  • Jul 2007 - Nov 2008

  Pioneered the founding of Canada’s first integrated natural pharmacy franchise. Interfaced with investors and employees to develop and maintain organizational strategies. Guided company through financial difficulty during tough economic times. Set up all financial relationships with pharmaceutical suppliers. Pioneered the founding of Canada’s first integrated natural pharmacy franchise. Interfaced with investors and employees to develop and maintain organizational strategies. Guided company through financial difficulty during tough economic times. Set up all financial relationships with pharmaceutical suppliers.



ReMax Colonial Pacific

• Surrey, BC

• Agent

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2007

  Directly assisted the top agent for ReMax in Western Canada on a wide variety of commercial real estate assets and new condominium projects. Negotiated and dealt directly with clients on all asset sales under $3M, and assisted on all assets of greater value. Extensively researched properties for client needs including financial feasibility studies, income evaluations and property comparisons for the purpose of generating detailed reports. Developed and implemented prospecting programs to grow new and existing client and property inventory bases. Actively participated in the solicitation, negotiation and transaction of over $223M of real-estate assets.



Stonecroft Ventures Inc.

• Burnaby, BC

• Co Principal

  • Jul 2003 - Mar 2007

  Evaluating market trends and opportunities, purchased, developed, sold several commercial office buildings and residential subdivisions. Managed the retrofitting of several existing office buildings for purpose of increasing value and securing desirable tenant leases. Co-ordinated the development teams (financers, architects, constructors, marketers) as developer facilitating construction projects with value range of $1M-$3M per project, through the progression of inception to completion. Evaluating market trends and opportunities, purchased, developed, sold several commercial office buildings and residential subdivisions. Managed the retrofitting of several existing office buildings for purpose of increasing value and securing desirable tenant leases. Co-ordinated the development teams (financers, architects, constructors, marketers) as developer facilitating construction projects with value range of $1M-$3M per project, through the progression of inception to completion.



Invest Nova Scotia

• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Assistant

  • 2002 - 2002

  Co-op position: Researched business park concepts across the United States for models that could be duplicated within Nova Scotia. Analysed small to medium size bio-tech firms within the province for purpose of extending grant money. Co-op position: Researched business park concepts across the United States for models that could be duplicated within Nova Scotia. Analysed small to medium size bio-tech firms within the province for purpose of extending grant money.



NovaKnowledge

• Halifax NS

• Marketing Assistant

  • 2001 - 2001

  Liaison for advisory group committee’s members, comprised of the provinces business leaders, for the purpose of reporting issues and ideas to the CEO. Promoted and coordinated large fundraising events - Millennium Issues for the Knowledge Economy (M.I.K.E.) debate series. Database development. Liaison for advisory group committee’s members, comprised of the provinces business leaders, for the purpose of reporting issues and ideas to the CEO. Promoted and coordinated large fundraising events - Millennium Issues for the Knowledge Economy (M.I.K.E.) debate series. Database development.