35 years experience across a wide cross section of industries.

13 years in Advertising: Charlie held senior client management positions with respected and fast-growing advertising agencies focused on strategic planning, new product introductions and brand building.

Coincident with his time in advertising, Charlie co-founded Montana, a successful bar restaurant which until its sale continued to do revenues in excess of $4.2 million. Charlie was responsible for concept development, strategic planning, brand development and securing financing for this start-up.

Next 12 years in digital marketing including co-founding Trajectory as a frontline sales force performance-improvement Company, deploying online game based, experiential learning and motivation to call centers, VARS, retailers, agents, and authorized distributors. In 2005, Charlie co-founded a venture that recognized the emerging trend of video gaming going online. Resulted in an all-new sales channel for Sony’s PlayStation division and increased ARPU for Aliant Telecommunications.

In mid-2006, Charlie and his partners sold Trajectory into Pareto Inc.
In 2011, as part of his ongoing role in Flint Business Acceleration, Charlie founded SalesHub, an Inbound Marketing lead generation practice, and SalesForce Outsource. Both are now part of the SalesForce Group of Companies.

Bartlett continues to be managing director of Flint Venture Catalyst, a revenue and transformational change agent for entrepreneurial organizations providing outsourced marketing and sales enablement.

At this time Flint is helping a diverse group of B2C and B2B companies including companies in travel, hospitality, wealth management, content marketing, on-demand IT services, estate litigation, cognitive enhancement, and lifestyle publishing.

Charlie has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto

Daniel he has been teaching in the areas of Management Information Systems, New Venture Development, Small Business Management, Competitive Strategy and Managing Innovation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for the past six years. Innovative teaching methods are his passion and one that he has recently created and implemented can be viewed at casequest.net.

Daniel serves as the Director of the Electronic Commerce Research and Training Centre and has been involved in founding four technology start-ups, the most recent of which is a company which provides a GIS based Marine Electronics solution to the global in-shore fisheries market.

Daniel began his career in the telecommunications industry in 1984 following graduation from the University of New Brunswick where he received a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1991, Daniel received a Masters Degree in the Management of Technology from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Daniel and his wife Jackie reside in Saint John, Canada with their three young boys.

Nicole has over 15 years experience in digital marketing. She holds an MBA in strategy from the Sauder School of Business at UBC, and teaches Social Media part time at Seneca College’s graduate Corporate Communications program.

She has been the account lead on a wide variety of digital engagements including large-scale CRM programs, online advertising, social media campaigns, content management systems and search engine optimization.

Nicole has led the strategic planning process for many clients across a wide range of verticals including Molson Coors, Reckitt Benckiser, Plan Canada, the LCBO and Fountain Tire.

Nicole’s ability to deftly assess challenges, and rapidly devise multifaceted strategic plans to approach and overcome those challenges is a key strength.

David has over 25 years of sales and marketing experience

As a Managing Partner at Flint, David has provided senior leadership on a number of projects including:

• CEO of Pomo Systems Inc. a software company providing data centres power monitoring & metering capabilities. Sold to Bell Canada

• Developed and accelerated Memberlinx Inc. a buy / sell portal for Home Hardware’s 1500 dealers (www.hdoconnect.com)

• Sales and marketing strategy consulting for Northcore Technologies Inc. and Avante Securities Inc.

Previously, David worked for 3 years at Bell Canada as Director of Hosting and Value Added Services where he managed a $40M portfolio of products and services.

Prior to Bell, David worked for 5 years as VP Business Development at Canada’s premier dedicated hosting provider Q9 Networks.

Mr. Guy worked for Arrowpoint Communications as Canadian Country Manager. While at Arrowpoint, Mr. Guy hired and developed the Canadian sales and engineering team. Cisco Systems acquired the company in 2000.

Prior to Arrowpoint / Cisco, David was a Networking Sales Manager for Intel. Based in Atlanta GA., David managed the South Eastern sales force.

Prior to Intel, Mr. Guy worked for Isolation Systems / Shiva Corporation where he successfully established the Canadian reseller distribution channel.
Prior to Isolation Systems, David worked for 5 years at R.E.D Technologies (cabling / LAN components) where he was promoted Sales Manager to manage the wholesale division National Connect.

John D. Wright is a founding partner with the firm. John graduated from the University of Toronto where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1972 and his LL.B. in 1975 and was called to the Bar in 1977.

John's preferred areas of practice are corporate and commercial law relating to owner operated and junior public companies. He has particular expertise in the areas of capital pool companies, real estate joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, securities law and debt and equity financing.

Areas of Practice:

• Corporate and Securities
• Capital Pool Companies
• Real Estate Joint Venture
• Equity Financing
• Debt Financing
• Acquisitions/Dispositions

Sandy has an extensive background in Sales, Marketing and General Management within the consumer packaged goods industry. His last corporate position, as a divisional President of Canada's largest producer and marketer of wine and related products, capped a 25-year career of progressively senior roles with such well-known and highly regarded organizations as Campbell Soup Company Limited, Maple Leaf Foods Inc, Canada Bread Company Limited, Parmalat Canada and Vincor International Inc. Within each of these organizations, Sandy led business turn-arounds and managed corporate and divisional mergers and restructurings, all the while building strong management teams committed to achieving outstanding results.

More recently, Sandy served on the Board of Directors of Food Starter, a Toronto-based business incubator/accelerator for food and beverage start-ups. In this capacity, Sandy oversaw training, mentoring and support initiatives to assist early stage entrepreneurs bring unique food and beverage products to market. In 2019 Food Starter was acquired by District Ventures Capital of Calgary. Sandy coordinated the due diligence and sale process, leading to a successful outcome for the organization and ensuring a seamless transition for its clients.

Sandy's strategic insight and extensive business background provide him with a unique perspective on the challenges involved in building winning teams, as well as in identifying the necessary ingredients for business success. He is skilled in strategic planning and execution, with emphasis on:

• Identifying/leveraging competitive strengths
• Developing team-oriented, results-driven culture
• Leading groups and individuals through change
• Building organizational depth for long term success
• Driving revenue and earnings growth