Gary Smith
Executive in Residence @Accelerate Okanagan
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WORK HISTORY
Executive in Residence @Accelerate Okanagan
Kelowna, BC, CA
Very pleased to be supporting tech businesses in the Okanagan as an \"Executive in Residence\" via the various programmes offered by Accelerate Okanagan. Have now successfully coached more than 20 different businesses through AO programs, helping them with strategic planning, product/ market fit, financial planning, organisational design, IP question and many other topics. Particularly proud to say that more than 40% of the businesses I have coached through AO have come back to me for more help after the AO programs have ended.
EDUCATION
Ivey Business School at Western University
MBA, Management
McMaster University
Chartered Director, Director's College
Imperial College London
BSc (Eng), Civil Engineering
ABOUT GARY SMITH
An accomplished board level CEO with a track record of fast and effective situation analysis and strategy development in turnaround and business development situations.• A graduate engineer with experience in four verticals (telecommunications, utilities, information technology and construction), gained across three continents (North America, Europe and Asia) in businesses of all sizes, under both Corporate and Private Equity ownership.• Passion for bringing health and professional leadership to businesses in difficulty by identifying and adopting successful strategies, creation of high-performing leadership teams and championing the effective use of technology.• Successful change management agent using formal processes such as Lean Six Sigma;• Proven ability to negotiate successful partnerships and complex commercial arrangements for media, technology, software sales and construction work;• Can build and motivate teams to achieve high performance;• Demonstrated ability to implement advanced credit management and collections processes for significant financial benefit;Specialties: leadership, strategy, innovation, turnarounds, management, general management, change management, international management, construction management, negotiation, IT procurement, software procurement, technology procurement, satellite procurement, use of IT for business improvement, credit management, collections management, software, broadcasting, broadcast distribution, television, pay television, construction, management contracting, construction management, energy trading systems, customer information system, billing systems.
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