Entrepreneur, Internationally qualified chartered accountant, Deloitte and KPMG Alumina , Immigration Consultant, Consulting CFO and Strategic Management Consultant with 25+ years of experience serving small individual clients up to fortune 500 companies internationally. Served 100+ corporate clients in 20+ sectors in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America (USA & Canada). Extensive experience in business combinations, mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, public offering memorandums. Top 3 Team at Calgary Startup Weekend February 2014, Organizer: Calgary Start-ups and Entrepreneurs, Calgary finance professionals and business networking and other 7 Groups. Cultural Ambassador Calgary 2012

A dynamic and innovative professional with a proven track record in research, strategy development, and project management. Excels in cross-functional collaboration and thrives in international settings. Passionate about leveraging innovative solutions to drive sustainable development.

I'm currently a Managing Partner at Crystal Tech Fund, an early stage seed fund based in Washington DC, and before that I was a Managing Partner at 500 Startups, where I advised and invested in hundreds of early stage startups around the world.

Jon is a well traveled American living in Europe. Jon spent 30 years as a psychotherapist, writer, trainer, coach and lecturer. After his business studies Jon founded JBS Group specializing in innovation creation, marketing, customer loyalty, international business development, mobile payment and loyalty technologies. Jon has designed and developed payment and loyalty systems since 1999. Jon has a strong network in North and Central America, Europe and China and is glad to use that network to assist you.

I have spent the last 17 years helping individuals and organizations around the globe leverage digital trends and technologies to create business opportunities. I do this because I’m passionate about creating economic development opportunities for as many people as possible. During the dot com boom I worked with acclaimed Internet consultancy firm Razorfish in London and Milan to sell and deliver digital solutions to Fortune 500 clients. I’ve also built and managed sales and marketing teams responsible for generating millions in revenue. As Executive Producer of nextMEDIA, I built one of Canada’s most influential series of digital media business conferences. nextMEDIA played an important role in the doubling of digital ad spending in Canada and helped to support significant increases in funding for digital content initiatives, which created business opportunities for thousands of media and advertising executives. I subsequently went on to become Chief Operating Officer of Achilles Media where I was responsible for the daily operations of a 30-person organization. As a digital educator I’ve run the training program from one of Canada’s first entertainment focused digital accelerators. I’ve designed and taught digital curriculum at Ngee Polytechnic in Singapore. I spent a year in the Philippines supporting NGO’s as part of the Netcorps program. I have a Masters in Education from the University of Toronto and I have designed and hosted hundreds of workshops, presentations and keynotes around the world.

I am a well, versed business professional, who has built a wealth of knowledge by traversing many markets across the span of my career. I have purposely sought diverse roles, to continually expand my business acumen such that I remain an invaluable employee for each, and every employer I have worked with or company I have consulted too. I have held roles covering the breadth of the project lifecycle and senior roles such as Project/Business Development and General Manager positions. I continually strive to identify and then deliver opportunities, which increase or extend the value offering of the company I represent. With 30 years of practical and extensive Electrical, Telecommunications, Construction, Technology and Entrepreneurial experience, I am currently identifying, new and emerging technologies, which will assist business units in achieving increased BAU operational efficiencies, in turn providing pass-through benefits for clients. Supplementing this, I am ascertaining and developing new markets that expand market presence, aligning with the current corporate growth strategies. As an MBA graduate, I also understand the fragility of the current business landscape and work to better place a company in a strategically stronger position. I strive to create opportunities, which sit outside of the tendering process through strategic supplier partnerships; development of financial and business models, which drive innovative solutions for capital-constrained clients; engage with emerging or commercialising technology companies to open “Blue Ocean” markets; and bring together complementary companies to deliver integrated solutions not currently available in the marketplace.

MBA Candidate - University of Tulsa. Interned abroad at an investment bank in Shanghai China. Will graduate in 2020 at the age of 20 with an B.S.B.A. in Finance and an M.B.A.

Being an early adopter of technology, I help companies to take it from hype to reality. As a Business Development Expert with experience in Information Technology, I fuel digital transformation and made the daily processes easier for many companies around the globe. Always looking for new opportunities and associations. As the Vice President of Business Development, I head the team at Quinoid Business Solutions, an IT company with presence in the US, India & Australia. We primarily focus on smart technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & IoT along with a proven team working in the Web, Mobile, and UI/UX. Our Proof of Concept prototypes in the Natural Language Processing and Object Recognition is ready to revolutionize how meetings or conferences were conducted and bring intelligence in the surveillance sector. As an individual, I value the qualities such as Loyalty, Honesty, Integrity & Trustworthy while I focus on delivering high-quality outputs by avoiding procrastination. I prefer to lead the team than managing it. Certainly, understand the importance of self-motivation and pro-activeness, the key to success.

Expert in International Business Development with experience in North Africa, East Asia, South East Asia, and Europe. The only foreign national to be appointed to a Chinese government post. TEDx Speaker.

Business Development and Strategist Expert for Brazilian and other Latin American Markets

Web Entrepreneur dedicated at simplifying international sales, marketing and communication.Founder of www.collaboratek.com Mentor and advisor for startups and business owners.Passionate in New technologies, Digital Marketing and Social Networking for business.My goal is to give back knowledge with simple and actionnable technics.