EXPERIENCE MATTERS
EXPERT
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Founder, Co-Founder, Mentor, Investor and Consultant
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Chief Technology Officer, Software Engineer, Project Manager, Product Owner, Software Development Manager
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Software planning, design and implementation
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Staff acquisition, leadership and performance evaluation
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Lecturer, Course Instructor
TECHNOLOGY
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Operations software / tools
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Cloud Services / Infrastructure
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AI, LLMs, NLP, Prompting
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Payment Gateway Integrations
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Security processes and implementations
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Web, desktop and mobile applications
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Product Lifecycle and management
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Software stacks / frameworks
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System monitoring
GUIDANCE
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MVP planning / development
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Evaluating technology options
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Managing expectations and defining deliverables
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Agile methodologies
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Software lifecycle management and tools
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Technical team hiring, management and retention
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Assessing existing systems, procedures and software
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Recommendations
ABOUT ME
I have been in the tech industry for over 20 years, holding ground-floor, key roles at high-profile companies including Vendasta and SkipTheDishes, where I built the MVP, established the first tech team and helped carry the company through a $200M+ exit.
Throughout my career, I have worked across a wide range of roles, including software engineer, tech lead, product owner, project manager, CTO, company executive, founder, co-founder, investor, advisor, board member, and more. This breadth of experience allows me to operate effectively at both the technical and strategic levels.
I currently serve as a Fractional CTO for multiple startups, advising founders, mentoring technical leaders and teams and provide strategic guidance on technology, product, scaling and growth.
Through Lion Mentorship, I support startups and also serve as an Expert in Residence in numerous incubators and accelerators across North America. I regularly help companies grow and turn ideas into real, working products.