A Strategic Leader Who Transforms Operations into Profit Centers With over two decades of experience in operations, primarily in the pharmaceutical industry, shifting my focus away from pharma entirely to driving operational excellence and growth across multiple businesses just made sense. I’ve helped businesses streamline processes, align teams, and significantly boost EBITDA by implementing actionable strategies that deliver measurable results. My passion lies in guiding organizations through complex transformations - whether optimizing business processes, managing mergers and acquisitions, or leading cross-functional remote and hybrid teams. My approach is rooted in creating efficient, scalable systems that allow CEOs to reclaim their time, unlock new growth opportunities, and achieve sustainable success. I’m committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, where businesses thrive through strategic alignment and impactful outcomes. Whether it’s increasing profitability, driving operational efficiency, or ensuring teams are laser-focused on growth, my role is all about delivering results that make a lasting difference. Operations excellence | P&L Management | Stakeholder Engagement | Continuous Improvement | Organizational Leadership | Strategic Operations Planning | Mergers and Acquisitions | Negotiation & Conflict Resolution | Strategic Advisory | Business Continuity Planning | process Optimization | Product & Program Management | Capital & Resource Allocation

In 2007, founded the registered charity named the “Global Legacy Foundation”. Keep up the triple aim of financially assisting those undergoing Assisted Human Reproductive procedures and supporting scientific research. In 2016, expanded the activities of the foundation to include app development to reduce health care wait times and pregnancy and infant loss.

Founded with 5 peers to introduce scientifically sound immunobiology-based technologies and address unmet veterinary medical needs. Portfolio includes finance, legal, corporate, IT, HR, quality and manufacturing for all 4 entities: NovaVive Inc. (Canada), NovaVive USA Inc., NovaVive Australasia Pty Ltd, and the investment arm NovaVive Ltd Partnership. - Formed all corporate systems using subcontractors and subject matter experts resulting in savings of $150K annually. - Detail oriented work with various regulatory bodies has allowed smooth transitions from the previous owner to NovaVive Inc. ensuring all products were able to be marketed in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. - Treasurer for NovaVive USA Inc. Board of Directors.

Review and track the Centre's operations and finances. Participated in collective agreement negotiations for the 13 staff. Coordinate special events such as ECE Appreciation Day. Initiated a review of the business investment strategy and strategic review to address risks and opportunities.

Accepted the President’s invitation to steer the E. coli O157 project with the mandate to achieve global commercialization within a tight $1M budget. Tactically nurtured government relations. Ensured sales and marketing strategies are maximized by analyzing market research. Kept up with the pace of reporting on, project managing and tracking One Health Safety projects. Ensured contractual obligations are administered and met. Continuously generated awareness and coordinate with experts with the aim of gaining funding approval. - Lobbied the federal government including the Prime Minister’s Office to create a national cattle vaccination program against E. coli O157 using Bioniche’s product. - Gave expert witness testimony at Standing Committees in Ottawa with as little as 36 hours notice. - Repeatedly requested to sit on independent expert advisory panels (e.g. XL food recall). Gave testimony and recommendations in reports. - Met with, networked and created a rapport with senior level government officials, academia, health services, decision makers, end users, specialized consultants, and key influencers. -During tenure, applied for, acquired and administered $35M in funds for strong food safety operations, manufacturing capacity and public health research in Canada.

Approached by Division’s President to revitalize the business performance and meet the Board’s expectation to aggressively pursue sales products. Created the vision and defined the strategy while leading a small customer service team. Took over business development, product development, marketing, budgets, customer support and all administration. Researched and negotiated terms to sign on new distributors. Mapped out contract specs for the legal department’s formalization. Attended licensee arbitrations when needed to assist the Food Safety Division’s E. coli Technology Committee. Within the 3-year timeline: - Extended geographic reach of product registrations to Asia, Latin America and Africa. - Doubled sales from $600K to $1.2M. - Sought and secured $10M in external funding.

Held the reins for Research and Development projects in the areas of food animal vaccines, reproduction and immunology. Tracked and located external funding (i.e. SR&ED, IRAP & TPC). Coordinated extensively with internal and external legal council and played a key role during due diligence proceedings for mergers/acquisition of businesses and technologies. Attended audits from Revenue Canada and independent third parties. Consistently conducted market research to uncover new business development opportunities. - Captured $5M in external funding from well-crafted program applications for federal and provincial grants. - Successfully acquired one business for $700K which brought in annual net revenues of $2.8M and a 50% gross margin after integration, and one global product for $400K which netted $1.3M annually with a 40 % gross margin currently. - Paved the way for the Global Animal Health business to hit annual sales topping $30M with divisions in Europe, Canada, USA and Australia.

Cold called and readily brought on board to administer data management functions and the allocation of resources within the Research and Development Laboratory. Coordinated with internal and external researchers on various animal health vaccine, immunotherapeutics and reproduction projects.