Brian Jones

Expertise in accounting and operations

Brian is a CA and MBA who, after 12 years with Ernst and Young, left to start his own practice. Over the last 20 years Brian has built a client base of small Canadian corporations, including two successful technology companies that were acquired by public companies.

Bill Mann

Expertise in marketing technology and operations

Bill is an engineer and Harvard MBA. Bill has held the positions of VP of Human Resources and Finance at Imperial Oil and Senior VP of Human Resources at Southam. Bill has also acted as CEO and COO for several $200 million companies in Canada and the United States that operated in the Information Technology space.

Bob McDerment

Expertise in law

Bob has over 40 years experience in corporate law and is now counsel to the firm at Lang Michener LLP where he was formerly a partner. Bob has been lead counsel for Volkswagen Canada for over 25 years and serves on its board.

Tom Wellner

Expertise in marketing and operations

Tom has worked at Eli Lilly for 17 years through a series of international sales, marketing and general management positions in Canada, the United States, Asia, Latin America and most recently for the last 5 years as head of Marketing, Sales & IT for Lilly's European operations based in the United Kingdom. Tom has recently assumed the role of General Manager for Lilly's German operations, the company's third largest subsidiary.

Jerry King

Trained as an electrical engineer and MBA, Jerry was formerly Director of Business Development for Bell Sygma International (www.cgi.com) for three years before succumbing to the world of dotcoms in a number of marketing and business development roles. For the past 4 years, Jerry has run his own consulting practice for angel investors, and corporate and venture-backed organizations, assisting emerging growth companies prepare business plans, undertake due diligence on new markets, set up distribution channels, and make sales.