Vice President Business Development, KM Core, Board Member, De Novo, UA.RPA, STRATA22, Kyiv, Ukraine
Canadian expatriate, business development and technology executive with more than 32 years in the developing economies of Ukraine/CIS/CEE. Responsible for Business Development at KM Core, a Kyiv based technology investment company. Portfolio includes De Novo, Ukraine’s leading datacenter and cloud-services company, UARPA (Ukrainian Advanced Research Projects Agency) a Ukraine based defense-tech company, development expert, EBRD Star Venture Program. Active promoter of the tech and start-up ecosystem in Ukraine, mentor, founding President and former board member, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, former board member, International Management Institute Kyiv, initiated the School of Marketing at KMBS, Lviv Center for Entrepreneurship, member, academic council, Masters of Science, Entrepreneurship and Innovation program at UCU Business School, founding board member of the Ukrainian Venture Capital Association, Chair, Ukraine Advisory Council, Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Previous to KM Core, was CEO of Kvazar-Micro, one of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, Chief Marketing Officer, Ukrainian Mobile Communications, General Director, Digital Equipment Corp. Canada/USA. Studied Political Science at York University, Toronto, Management Development Program at INSEAD, Venture Capital Executive Program at Berkley, completed a Graduate Diploma in Management and MBA in Information Technology Management at Athabasca University in Canada
