Past IT ventures
You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
- Kenny Rogers on "The Gambler"
VYANOVA CONSULTING (2004-Present)
To aid companies through the development of the right IT / web processes, products and people. I am an expert in IT and web audits, strategy and execution.
I help answer the strategic questions :
How do I best:
- create the most value with my existing company , assets, content ?
- accomplish my strategic objectives using technology and the web ?
- develop relationships with suppliers and partners to help us get there ?
- help our consumers learn, do and share and our advertisers reach those consumers ?
- create brand addiction with my target consumers, particularily with social media ?
and then translate those answers to tactical operations
- Where do I invest my next dollar ?
- What is my 3 year IT / web road map ?
- What projects should I prioritize ?
- How do I manage those selected projects ?
Clientèle:
Retail / E-Commerce: Tim Horton's, Canon Canada, Visions Canada, ThruYou.com, Brainpen
IT Services: Openface Internet, Insourcia, SRDP Telecom, FibreNoire, Adviso
IT Software: etelesolv, Feeling Software
Media: Media Transcontinental
Media - Magazines: Canadian Living, Coup de Pouce, Les Affaires, Elle Canada, Elle Quebec, The Hockey News, Home and Garden, Éditions Protégez-Vous and many others
Media - Newspapers: CyberPresse.ca, 110 local newspapers
Media - Others: Publisac
Media - Pure online: Auto123.com, JustFundraising.com, Père Noel Portable, Brainpen, BidDay Auctions
Others: Diocese of Montreal, Raymond Chabot inc., LSR Development, Collins, MyWave Creation, Magnitude LED Creations
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EUREKIUM INNOVATIONS INC. October 2000 – December 2003
Mobile middleware solutions
Founder and President
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry
Corporate description: I saw an opportunity where companies could access any back-end data in real-time through any mobile device on any cellular network. We built a middleware that could do that and captured the European market with clients such as AXA Insurance, SOS Medecin, France Telecom and Orange, Cap Gemini, Deutch Telecom, etc.
- 53 employees & 4 international offices
- R&D project: 90 man-years
- 6M in investments, profitable
Typical client : Big 4 European systems integrator who needs a complete and robust mobile development platform for AXA Insurance in order to help them reduce the insurance sales cycle from 7 days to 2 hours.
Sold in 2004
www.vyanova.com/eurekium
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ENSIGNA.COM INC. September 1997 – October 2000
Low cost, high quality IT services
Founder and President
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
Corporate description: I saw an opportunity where IT students could work from their homes part time to collaborate and create products and services for the SMB market with an unbeatable value proposition.
We had a network of over 100 students working from their homes or school labs and doing the mandates I would get them. My first entrepreneurial experience, I did everything (except the actual programming). We had specialized IT services for the textile, manufacturing and services in Montreal and abroad. Before the sale, we became experts in huge dotcom website programming and rollouts.
- 12 employees + 55 part time
- 800K in annual revenue
Typical client : Textile manufacturing company with 115 employees. They need a new website connected to a new database-driven back-end to manage the inventory and workflow from tissue to clothing. They also needed a network upgrade and maintenance.
Sold in 2000.
www.vyanova.com/ensigna