Ken Scott

Experience

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  Nesbitt Burns

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1999

  Vice President and Director, M&A

  Sourced new business, advised clients and executed M&A transactions in a broad range of industries including technology, natural resources and financial services. Advised shareholders, bondholders and unsecured creditors as part of Nesbitt Burns’ restructuring group.

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  JDS Uniphase

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development

  Executed M&A transactions in North America, Europe and Asia. Executed the acquisition of a 500-employee subsidiary (Casix Inc.) in China. Conducted multi-national purchase negotiations, managed government relations, due diligence and post-acquisition integration over a 12 month period. In-house General Partner of JDSU’s venture capital portfolio. I managed the portfolio, represented JDSU on the boards of investee companies, made investments and divested companies.

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  Metconnex

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

  CFO

  Raised seed financing ($1.2 million in 2002 and 2003) and Series A financing ($10 million in late 2003) in a period when virtually no telecom start-ups obtained financing. Built the company from inception to 30 employees. Together with VP Marketing led negotiations to create a strategic partnership between Metconnex and a Japanese multi-national firm, to encompass licensing, technology transfer, manufacturing and marketing

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  Teraxion Inc.

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2016

  Director

  Since its inception in 2000, TeraXion designs and manufactures state-of-the-art optical components and modules for high-speed fiber-optic transmission networks, fiber lasers and optical sensing applications.

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  ENBALA Power Networks

  Jan 2010 - Nov 2014

  Chief Financial Officer

  ENBALA Power Networks® is a Smart Grid technology company that continuously connects large electricity users to the grid to deliver grid balancing flexibility to electricity system operators and utilities. ENBALA’s innovative Grid Balance platform captures and then intelligently aggregates inherent demand-side process storage from connected commercial and industrial customers to respond to the real-time needs of the power system, increasing its reliability, efficiency and reducing greenhouse gases. For more information, visit www.enbala.com. Show less

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  Accelerated Connections Inc.

  Nov 2014 - Jun 2018

  Chief Financial Officer

  Established in 2000, ACI has rapidly grown into a leading, national provider of both Private IP Connectivity and Public Internet services, supporting data, voice (SIP Trunking and Hosted PBX VoIP) as well as Colocation and Hosted IaaS services to approximately 15,000 client locations across Canada, USA and overseas including distributed enterprises, large and small scale businesses and public and private entities. ACI has created a network designed specifically for privatization, security, redundancy and stability. Through our various partnerships and direct connections into the major telecommunications organizations’ networks, our footprint reaches even the most remote areas of Canada. All of ACI’s services are supported by Managed Installation, Managed Services and Network Management Services.ACI has enjoyed special success designing and deploying custom, high-availability networks for national chain businesses, government and financial institutions. ACI’s experience working with retailers, has translated into connectivity services for 20-30% of Tier 2 retail chains in shopping centres across Canada. We are proud to be 100% Canadian-owned, a Microsoft Certified Partner, ranked among Canada’s Top 100 Service Providers and listed as one of the Profit 500 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada. Show less

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  Peerscale

  Mar 2017 - now

  Director

  Peerscale is the preeminent leadership organization for technology CEOs, COOs and executives. With over 220 tech leaders involved, the member based community serves as a peer-to-peer network and personal advisory that is trusted, valuable and confidential.

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  CareGuide

  Jan 2019 - now

  Chief Financial Officer

  CareGuide is a family of online services and our mission is simple: pair families and individuals with great care providers. With thousands of user profiles, you'll be able to find the best care provider for you, in your area, in just about any industry.