Alex Townsend

• Responsible for the sourcing and screening of investment opportunities. • Run educational seminars and participate on panels about early stage investing. • Participate in due diligence projects and lead investment rounds when needed. • Track portfolio companies on behalf of the investors. Provide updates and recommendations. Assist the portfolio companies in solving various challenges such as new funding sources. • Act as recording secretary for the Board of Directors.

• Analyzed and selected early stage investment opportunities to present to members at monthly Investment Meetings. Reviewed over 2000 investment opportunities which lead to 64 investments by members. • Originated investment opportunities by covering and networking with innovation centers like Digital Media Zone, The Forge, The RIC Centre, Communitech, Haltech, etc. • Provided business and presentation advice to entrepreneurs to prepare for Investment Meetings • Organized and assisted investor due diligence and closing of investments. • Rewrote the due diligence procedures, report templates, and term sheet templates. • Prepared presentations and metrics updates for the Board and acted as the Recording Secretary for the Board of Directors. • Ran educational seminars on various aspects of early stage investing.

• Reduced targeted office and telecommunication expenses by 20% by introducing new suppliers • Responsible for the preparation, shipping and inventory management of product delivered to customers • Increased the number of available IP addresses without requiring additional capital expenditures • Collected data from a review of trouble tickets to create a pareto analysis of support issues. • Assisted with the administration and document flow for a convertible debenture financing round