As Vice President of Venture & Entrepreneurship at Invest Ottawa, Nick leads the support of Ottawa’s tech and entrepreneurial sectors, while supporting the local business ecosystem as a whole. This includes the design and launch of various tech start up programs under IO’s Venture Path, including the Ignition, Flex, Accelerator and ScaleUp programs.
Previously at CellWand, Nick was co-founder and CEO driving all development, strategy and execution, where he pioneered the use of abbreviated dialing codes in North America with the award winning #TAXI (Pound Taxi) service and subsequently in the mobile transportation space, with The Ride app. Highlights included raising several million in capital, closing industry first deals with every major wireless carrier in North America and architecting a B2C marketing strategy that made #TAXI a national brand used over 19 million times (and counting), while propelling CellWand to profitability and millions in revenue.