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As Vice President, Business Development and Product Management for Marqui, Michael is responsible for establishing a network of relationships
within Marqui's target communities of interest, including public
relations firms, interactive agencies and other marketing
communications companies. He also serves as the senior manager with
respect to all aspects of Marqui's product management and has senior-level strategic input into development, marketing, sales, corporate communications and solutions consulting.
A seasoned marketing and communications professional, culture builder,
and open, collaborative people manager – Michael has almost twenty years of experience in technology marketing
and communications in Europe and North America. Prior to Marqui, Michael was Senior Vice President in charge of the national
Corporate and Technology Practice groups for Weber Shandwick in Canada.
Weber Shandwick is the world's largest public relations agency. In his
time with the firm, Michael acted as overall creative and strategic lead for key clients including:
AOL Canada, H&R Block, Agilent Technologies, International
Financial Data Services, the Italian Trade Commission, the Air Canada
Jazz unit of the Airline Pilots' Association International, First
Canadian Title, and others.
Prior to Weber Shandwick, Michael was Vice President and Practice Director for Cohn & Wolfe in Canada, where he was the executive lead for key business and consumer technology accounts including Compaq Canada, Intel, itemus, eBay.ca, Borland and Epson.
Before moving into the agency world, Michael led the communications plan for one of the largest and most successful technology sector mergers in Canadian history - Hummingbird's $300 million acquisition of PC DOCS Group. In senior executive roles at these two large software companies, Michael was closely involved in all aspects of business management, product and strategic planning, product management and marketing, media, investor and employee relations, corporate financing, contract negotiations, mergers, acquisitions, and divestments.
Michael served as Vice President, Corporate Communications for Hummingbird, a $500 million NASDAQ-listed global software vendor. Reporting directly to the CEO as part of Hummingbird’s executive leadership team, he was responsible for strategic communications planning and co-ordination of all communications, investor relations, analyst relations, key corporate events and related marketing activities across all areas of the business.
Prior to the Hummingbird acquisition, Michael was Vice President, Corporate & Worldwide Marketing for PC DOCS Group, a leading international software developer. At PC DOCS, Michael had complete executive responsibility for all marketing programs, advertising, PR, tradeshow events, demand creation and online marketing; managing a team of over 40 marketing staff throughout the company’s worldwide network of offices in 18 countries.
Michael came to Canada in 1996 as a founding shareholder and head of Product Marketing for LAVA Systems, a company he helped navigate through a successful IPO, eight months after launch, raising $36 million through two rounds of stock offering. LAVA Systems was subsequently sold to Open Text in 1998.
Michael's career started in PC hardware sales in the late 1980's, as UK sales manager for a small, privately-held distributor and OEM based in London, England. He studied Philosophy at the University of Wales and serves on the advisory boards of two privately-owned Toronto-based technology companies.
Prior to Weber Shandwick, Michael was Vice President and Practice Director for Cohn & Wolfe in Canada, where he was the executive lead for key business and consumer technology accounts including Compaq Canada, Intel, itemus, eBay.ca, Borland and Epson.
Before moving into the agency world, Michael led the communications plan for one of the largest and most successful technology sector mergers in Canadian history - Hummingbird's $300 million acquisition of PC DOCS Group. In senior executive roles at these two large software companies, Michael was closely involved in all aspects of business management, product and strategic planning, product management and marketing, media, investor and employee relations, corporate financing, contract negotiations, mergers, acquisitions, and divestments.
Michael served as Vice President, Corporate Communications for Hummingbird, a $500 million NASDAQ-listed global software vendor. Reporting directly to the CEO as part of Hummingbird’s executive leadership team, he was responsible for strategic communications planning and co-ordination of all communications, investor relations, analyst relations, key corporate events and related marketing activities across all areas of the business.
Prior to the Hummingbird acquisition, Michael was Vice President, Corporate & Worldwide Marketing for PC DOCS Group, a leading international software developer. At PC DOCS, Michael had complete executive responsibility for all marketing programs, advertising, PR, tradeshow events, demand creation and online marketing; managing a team of over 40 marketing staff throughout the company’s worldwide network of offices in 18 countries.
Michael came to Canada in 1996 as a founding shareholder and head of Product Marketing for LAVA Systems, a company he helped navigate through a successful IPO, eight months after launch, raising $36 million through two rounds of stock offering. LAVA Systems was subsequently sold to Open Text in 1998.
Michael's career started in PC hardware sales in the late 1980's, as UK sales manager for a small, privately-held distributor and OEM based in London, England. He studied Philosophy at the University of Wales and serves on the advisory boards of two privately-owned Toronto-based technology companies.