David is a highly regarded visionary who has served in senior officer roles, including President,
Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Chief Transformation Officer (CTO), for privately held and
publicly traded companies based in Canada, the U.S. and Internationally. In his 30+ year career,
he has been recognized not only for his resourcefulness, and financial acumen, but also his
highly innovative and inspired leadership. During a term at the MaRS Discovery District
Innovation Hub, as Entrepreneur-In-Residence, he helped over 240 early-stage companies
establish all aspects of their footing – from developing Strategy, Securing Funding and
establishing Go-To-Market plans.

David has extensive experience sitting on Boards as a member and as a committee chair. He
has served the Boards of Aleafia Health, Oakville Enterprises Corporation, Oakville Hydro,
Liberty Utilities, IseeMedia, and Luxell Technology.

Life-long learning is one of David’s tenets. He completed undergraduate work at the University
of Waterloo, earning a Bachelor of Science. He holds a Master of Business Administration in
International Business from the Schulich School of Business at York University. After becoming
a Chartered Director through the Directors College at McMaster University, he was invited back
as a guest lecturer on Succession Planning and Climate Change. David recently completed a
Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from Royal Roads University, Sustainable
Corporations Programme at the University of Oxford and a Cyber Security Certificate from
Harvard University. David is a Founding Faculty Member of the Caribbean Governance Training
Institute, lecturing on Risk Management, CEO Succession, Competency based Boards, and
Cyber Security.

David volunteers at the NORCAT Mining Innovation Hub, West Muskoka Food Bank, Cedarvue
Foundation and serves on the Founders Circle community support group.