Abbott

Head of IT Structural Heart

Head of IT Neuromodulation

NS LUXE

Private Investor

Creators Capital

Board Member

Whirlpool Corporation

NAR Head B2C & B2B eCommerce Technology

Global Technology Head of Global Product Quality

Byrne

Director of Customer Experience & Technology » Digital & IT Strategy | Technology Management

Scottrade

Assistant Vice President, IT Strategy & Business Relationship Management

Best Buy

Director, IT Strategy & Business Relationship Management

Target

Target.com Senior Business Analyst

United Mortgage & Loan Investment, LLC.

Applications Manager

Michigan IT Solutions

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Nick Sims

440park

440park helps companies get better results by showing them how to directly connect strategy and execution.  With standard but not commonly used tools, we work with companies to extract the value that is trapped between these two critically important management processes.

Companies get better results when strategy and execution are connected.  It's harder than it sounds.  Visit 440park.com to see how strategy management can make this happen.

Founder & Principal 

Government of Nova Scotia

I have been appointed to a 4-year term as Council Member. The Natural Products Marketing Council is an administrative and adjudicative agency of the provincial government with supervisory jurisdiction over the Province’s commodity boards under the Natural Products Act and the Dairy Industry Act. These statutes govern regulated marketing in Nova Scotia, including the production and marketing of dairy, egg, chicken, turkey, beef, pork, and potato products.

Council Member, Natural Products Marketing Council

High Tide Consulting

I am a freelance Strategy Associate at High Tide Consulting.  My work primarily relates to Strategy Creation & Refinement, Office of Strategy Management Set Up, Corporate Performance Management, New Initiative Creation, and Technology Acceleration.

Associate

Ski Nova Scotia

I joined the Board of Directors of Ski Nova Scotia, a member PSO of Sport Nova Scotia, a non-profit NGO that is made up of more than 50 PSOs (Provincial Sport Organization) operating in Nova Scotia.

Director

Halifax Chamber of Commerce

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is led by a Board of Directors, nominated from within the Chamber membership and representing Halifax's successful, progressive and diverse business community.

https://halifaxchamber.com/about-the-chamber/board-of-directors/

Past Chair of the Board of Directors & Governor

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is led by a Board of Directors, nominated from within the Chamber membership and representing Halifax's successful, progressive and diverse business community.

http://halifaxchamber.com/about-us/board-of-directors/

Chair, Board of Directors

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is led by a Board of Directors, nominated from within the Chamber membership and representing Halifax's successful, progressive and diverse business community.

http://www.halifaxchamber.com/content/Board_of_Directors

Vice-Chair, Board of Directors

Director, Board of Directors

Oberland Agriscience Inc.

Elected to the Board of Directors for this scale-up Agriscience business that is solving the world's protein crisis at scale through the cultivation and processing of black soldier fly larvae. My planned departure from the Board coincided with the closing of Series A investment.

Mount Allison University

The Board of Regents is the governing body of the University.

Member, Board of Regents & Chair of the Board Executive Committee

HomeEXCEPT

An early advisor to HomeEXCEPT, I became a founding Director on the Board of Directors upon incorporation of the business.  HomeEXCEPT develops and markets high-fidelity, non-invasive IoT sensor monitoring products that allow many Seniors to age in place gracefully without having to move into higher-level care facilities.

Lead Independent Director

T4G Limited

T4G builds better software by design, using data and insights to create competitive advantage for our customers.  Together with our customers, we build brilliant together.

I was on the senior leadership team at T4G and was ultimately responsible for T4G's Service Delivery Capability which includes Applied Data Sciences, AI, Application Innovation and Digital Customer Experiences.

Executive Vice President

As COO I was responsible for our entire consulting practice, including P&L accountability, service delivery portfolio management, consulting talent management and market development. T4G is structured as a federation of business units which made enabling collaboration a key requirement for this position.

Chief Operating Officer

I was responsible for T4G's service delivery capability for T4G's UX Delivery Unit and Content Services Unit.  This included P&L responsibility for these two business units, new business development, talent mangement and direct consulting.

Business Unit Director

Pretzelmaker Franchising LLC

National Operations Manager

I help private businesses build strategic plans that are more likely to be achieved than those created through traditional strategic planning processes.  Here is how I do it:

1️⃣ I use the richness of strategy management frameworks so that the 45,000 foot strategy statement in the abstract can be connected directly to tangible ankle-high tactics that people will actually need to do.  I use key features of the Kaplan-Norton strategy management framework to do this.

2️⃣ I use tools that I have created to augment this framework so that the typical barriers to progress in planning can be overcome.

3️⃣ I work to ensure that EVERYONE on the senior leadership team knows and understands company strategy so that they can make sure everyone else that works there does too.  And when everyone knows the company strategy, the chances that staff are always working on the right things increases significantly.

ABOUT ME:

I am a Harvard Business School & Mount Allison University alum that spent most of my professional career in senior management at a mid-sized consulting firm.  My responsibilities spanned most key functional areas of the enterprise including: General Management, Strategy, Technology & Delivery Management, Sales & Marketing Leadership, Talent, Remote Team Management, and Operations. 

With full P&L responsibility, I led consulting engagements at some of North America's most recognizable bands in Retail, Energy, and Manufacturing, managing both remote and local teams. I have combined those experiences with the 440park Strategy Management Framework to help companies do a better job of linking strategy and operations.

I am also committed to exceptional corporate governance.  I have completed the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program, having been active in corporate governance for more than 15 years. These include Board Leadership positions at Mount Allison University Board of Regents (Chair, Executive Committee) and Halifax Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (Chair). 

I like to think I am a passionate life-long learner of the customer experience, digital transformation, applied data, and employee engagement.  My core purpose as a leader is to help other leaders to be successful, and I work with clients and mentees to help them achieve their best results possible.  

I was named to Canada's Top 40 under 40 list by Caldwell in 2007.  I run marathons, compete in masters swimming, and officiate at Alpine Ski events as a Level 2 official.  I love speaking at industry and academic related events.

Follow me on twitter at @mark_fraser

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