Benoit Briere - Since 1999, Benoit is Chairman and CEO of Boomba Holdings Inc, which provides angel funding, venture capital funding, governance, management support, and strategic consulting for early stage companies. Prior, Benoit was President of AT&T Canada Prepaid Card Services, where he was instrumental in realizing record revenue and growth. Before AT&T Canada, Benoit co-founded and was President of Canada Telecom Network Inc., a market leading telecom company that was ultimately purchased by AT&T Corp., in an eight figure cash-out.
Richard Gotlieb - Richard is a proven leader and a successful entrepreneur with a decade of achievement in management and strategy consulting. He specializes in the development of corporate and marketing strategies, with an emphasis in professional services and consumer packaged goods. Prior to joining FundStream, Richard served as Executive Vice-President, Client Services for Westbury Research & Consulting. Working with leading accounting and law firms across North America, Richard helped clients interpret industry trends and information, to first identify client needs and then integrated with project members to support a wide array of process improvement, expansion and efficiency projects. He also spent four years in the corporate development group at Kloda Productions Canada, developing innovative marketing opportunities for CPG brand-owners.
Howard Greenspoon, B.Comm., LL.B., B.C.L. - Howard is a founding partner of the law firm Greenspoon Perreault, and is a member of its Technology Practice. Howard has particular expertise in representing closely-held and public companies involved in a variety of industries, including high technology, biotechnology, telecommunications, and e-commerce and internet services companies. His transactional experience includes negotiating, structuring, and implementing strategic acquisitions and private equity transactions, representing both acquiring companies, targets and private equity sources, and private placements of equity and debt, representing both investors and issuers.
Zygmunt Marcinski, C.A. - Zygmunt is an independent consultant providing Canadian and international tax advice to a number of privately-owned businesses, specializing in the structure of innovative tax minimization strategies. Zygmunt is also highly sought after for trade finance advice and to assist in the negotiation of credit facilities. He also has considerable experience with merchant banking advice concerning the establishment and funding of new business ventures. Zygmunt served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the largest private provider of fiduciary services in the Channel Islands with 75 employees, 2500 corporations/trusts under administration, and annual fee revenues in the order of £7 million). Prior to his experience in the Channel Islands, Zygmunt was a partner with the Montreal office of Coopers & Lybrand, rendering general and corporate income tax advice, specializing in acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and joint ventures.
Lyanne Winikoff, B.Comm., LL.B., B.C.L. – Lyanne is a partner of the law firm Greenspoon Perreault. She practices in the area of corporate and commercial law and has a particular expertise in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceutical law, information technology and intellectual property. Lyanne has extensive experience representing private and public companies in a wide variety of corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private placements, licensing and distribution arrangements, technology transfers and research and development collaborations.
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