Background:
Global technology leader, entrepreneur, advisor & investor. Successful growth & value creation strategist as executive, advisor, board director. Senior operating roles with leading software, data & consulting firms: First Derivatives, President, North America & Head of Data Strategy, LakeFront Data Ventures Consultancy (CEO / Founder), SunGard (Chief Data Officer & President of EDM), EDM Council (Founder), FAME Information, (President & CEO) Benton Associates, software, analytics & data solutions, (Founder & CEO).
Current:
Café Partners Capital (UK), Partner
Zelig Associates (Investment Bank), Sr Advisor
Jamlabs Data Science (CAN), Board Chair / Investor
Rozetta, (Australia), Chair Advisor Board / Investor
Eagle Alpha Alt Data (Dublin), Board / Investor
Sesamm (NLP/AI analytics, Paris), Board / Investor
Datactics (AI Data quality), Advisor / Investor
Jazz Apprenticeship Program (NY), Board
DTCC Data (NY), Advisor
AlphaROC Data Science (NY), Data, Advisor
Recent:
Tick Trade Systems (acquired), Board / Investor
Quandl (acquired by Nasdaq), Board & Investor
PathFactory, Marketing (acquired), Board & Investor
TMX Group, Sr Strategy Advisor, Data & Analytics
Morningstar, Sr Strategy Advisor
Prior:
Board, Reference Data Factory (RDF)
Founder, Enterprise Data Management Council
CEO / Founder, Campus Connections (jobs network)
Board, TAP Solutions (acquired by Asset Control)
Board, Diaphonics (voice biometrics)
Board, Covarity (commercial bank loan monitoring)
Senior Advisor, Data Strategy, Accenture
M&A Credentials:
Advised Sale: Quandl > Nasdaq
Lead Sale: Benton Associates > FAME Information
Lead Sale: FAME > SunGard / Fidelity Information
Lead Sale: Ref Data Factory > First Derivatives
Lead Sale: LakeFront Data > First Derivatives
Lead Sale: Campus Connections > Canadian Gov't
