A former CEO of telecom ,NBTel,turned entrepreneur at age 58, he has a stellar record of backing high-flyers in the Maritime provinces on Canada's east coast.He specializes in early stage ICT, and his successes include Mariner, Brovada, Radian6,and Q1Labs to name a few. He is currently associated with 22 companies in start-up phase via www.eastvalleyventures.com. Several of them are grads of New Brunswick's premiere accelerator called "PROPEL ICT".