Strategic Catalysts Inc. :: David W. Rowat: Full Resume

Resume: David W. Rowat 3569 West 43rd Ave., Vancouver, BC V6N 3J8 Home: (604) 266 5800 Direct:(604) 240 0061 Fax: (604) 266 5811 PDF Version
Corporate Experience
1992 - Present	Strategic Catalysts Inc. Vancouver, B.C. Private management consulting practice. In operation between full-time assignments. Advised more than 50 high-technology firms in strategic planning, strategic partnering, public and private finance, mergers and acquisitions, including: Performed strategic analysis predicting significant shifts in building energy management industry in response to climate change. Interviewed industry players, researched extensively and drafted business plan. Drove 6-month strategic planning process to unlock new markets for network middleware company. Led 9-member business planning team, built business cases for entry into multiple enterprise markets, and performed all primary and secondary market research. Co-wrote prospectus and managed IPO for software company. Wrote business plan and negotiated and closed $5 million multi-stage venture financing and strategic partnership with purchase commitments of $32 million annually. Negotiated and closed US $4.5 million private treasury and secondary financing with 6 sellers and 12 buyers. Negotiated and closed acquisition of business unit from research arm of provincial telco. Negotiated and closed acquisitions of 2 Internet Service Providers. Wrote business plan and arranged $100,000 research funding and $700,000 seed financing. Wrote business plans for several other start-up opportunities. Advised dozens of other firms on strategic and financial issues.
2002-2005	Canada Line Rapid Transit Project (CLCO) Vancouver, B.C. Finance Director. CLCO is the public-sector special purpose agency responsible for procuring a private partner to design, build, finance and operate a rail rapid transit line connecting Vancouver, Richmond, and the Airport, and to manage the obligations of the public sector in the construction of the Canada Line. Officer and senior member of management team which closed $1.9 Billion Concession Agreement and $1.3 Billion financing involving 5 government agencies. As Procurement Manager, managed RFP process and communication with bidders. Developed detailed system for predicting cashflow requirements and verifying project affordability. Developed risk management plan and quantified risk registry from scratch to calculate public sector contingency. Wrote multi-volume project report justifying federal funding of $450 million. Developed reporting and payment procedures enabling pre-payment of federal contributions. Established multi-lateral Steering Committee overseeing federal contribution. Prepared files and processes for Sarbanes-Oxley style federal compliance audit. Developed Code of Conduct.

2001-2002	DTI Dental Technologies, Inc. Vancouver, BC Vice President, Finance. Acquires and operates dental laboratories across North America . Closed 2 structured debt financings totalling $14 million from a syndicate of investors, allowing the company to double in size.

1999-2001	PCsupport.com, Inc. Burnaby, BC Provided outsourced technical support for PCs using its own proprietary Internet application, allowing corporations to save costs and improve employee productivity. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Joined as 3rd employee and helped grow company to 85 people. Completed US public listing. Raised over $12 million US in 8 separate US, Canadian and UK financings, including 2 institutional placements after the dot.com bust. Managed acquisition of competitor. Wrote and filed multiple registration statements without SEC comments; 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, etc. Negotiated or co-negotiated multi-million dollar alliances. Negotiated terminations to several difficult contracts saving company millions. Managed Board meetings and acted as company secretary.

1993-1995	Xillix Technologies Corp Vancouver, BC Xillix develops, manufactures and markets medical imaging devices which aid in the detection of cancer. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Managed the finance, investor relations, treasury, accounting, legal, MIS and administration functions in a TSE-listed company. Secured 5 "buy" recommendations from industry analysts. Acquired an international competitor. Contributed to the development of a strategic partnership with Olympus Optical to provide US $3 million in development funding and international distribution.

1986-1992	Nexus Group of Companies Burnaby, BC Founded in 1982, Nexus designed, manufactured and marketed radio frequency electronic communications products, principally to cable TV operators, in nearly 100 nations. Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Development. One of seven senior executives managing growth from revenues of $10 million and 120 employees in 1986 to $30 million and 280 employees in 1991. Managed people and tasks simultaneously in several different functional areas, as follows:

	1990-1992	Finance.
	1987-1992	Strategic Partnering.
	1988-1990	Government Programs.
	1987-1990	Corporate Communications.
	1989-1990	Business Unit Manager
	1987	Sales.

1983-1984	Brinco Mining Ltd. Vancouver and Cassiar, BC Project Engineer Designed and programmed complex computer-based preventative maintenance planning system for remote mine and town site in northern BC Provided first workable scheduling capability in mine's 30 year history. Directed on-site implementation and all personnel training. Completed project in 60% of time and budget

1979-1982	Allan Crawford Group of Companies Toronto and Vancouver Systems Manager Designed first purchasing and inventory control system based on an integrated production schedule. Promoted to Materials Manager to implement system and to re-organize procurement functions. Developed integrated order-processing, accounting, and sales analysis software system.

Education:

1986	Master in Business Administration (MBA) Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Second year Honors.

1979	Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.) The University of British Columbia Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) scholarship.

1977	Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) University of Waterloo Finalist, Rhodes Scholarship selection interviews. Sandford Fleming Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

Professional and Personal Activities
	Partner, BC Technology Social Venture Partners. Registered Professional Engineer, Province of British Columbia.

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Strategic Catalysts Inc., or Stratcat, or David W. Rowat, are strategic and financial advisors or financial advisors to technology companies, based in Vancouver, Canada.

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