paul-henri rouleau

In charge of an investment portfolio of software companies, I completed reinvestments and 5 new investments over my 3 year tenure

In charge of a loan portfolio specialized in high tech companies, from 1993, prior the that, I was in charge of a SMB loan portfolio, well known to resolve tight situations in high risk loans

Helping Desjardins Capital team in processing investment opportunities in the high-tech sector, back with previous colleagues and a fantastic team

Completed the start-up of a new division at National Bank of Canada, the Technology Group, specialized into financing high tech companies, with offices opened in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City, a $350 million portfolio and return on capital of 28% over my 5 year tenure

I have been offering consulting services to manage finance and corporate affairs as acting CFO within corporations' executive team. Specialized in software start-ups and early stage enterprises, we manage finance and operations to grow the business, develop and execute strategies and assist Corporations in raising venture capital money.

Kaloom is a venture backed software company based in Silicon Valley and Montreal focusing on computer networking for the data center. Kaloom has developed the Kaloom Flow Fabric™ (KFF), which is the world’s first fully-programmable, automated, software-based data center fabric capable of running virtual network functions (VNFs) efficiently and at scale. The KFF provides complete automation and full forwarding plane programmability. The KFF unlocks the flexibility and cost efficiency of VNFs, revolutionizing how applications and services are delivered to the world.

I have joined Fortem in June 2012 to help them close an investment round, and continued our relationship after the closing as Fortem’s Chief Financial Officer. The fund we raised helped Fortem to grow its market internationally, namely in South East Asia where we opened a subsidiary after winning a major contract in that area. Fortem is selling its proprietary innovative software in the Physical Security sector. Using a unique 3D immersive interface, protected by 2 international patent (pending), our software integrates all type of security systems under the same command view, providing an intuitive control interface to enable its user to act effectively in any safety or security event. Fortem is growing fast and we are looking for another major leap of growth in the coming weeks. Keep posted and follow us on www.fortem.com (we did not had the time to upgrade our website before we go even more to add to it, stay with us, we’ll get to it)! Come visit us in Singapore and Montreal.