I'm an active technology, operations and product strategist. I enjoy helping bring big ideas and advanced technology into real applications and markets that change people's lives. I have held leadership, operations and finance roles in multiple companies. Previously I had advised technology companies on capital raising, finance, M&A and product strategy for over 7 years while working at TD investment banking in Toronto and Vancouver. Specialties: advanced technology, fintech, financial services, IP licensing, product strategy, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, project management and government relations.

VP Operations @ Fintech startup providing cloud based solution for life insurance advisor screening, contracting, and compliance. Clients include Canada's largest life insurance companies and brokerage agencies Managed all operations: financing, legal, vendor relationships, finance, reporting, regulator relationships, platform build and project management. Successfully signed up all leading Canadian life insurance companies and broker agencies From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Toronto, Canada AreaExecutive Director @ Founder and founding Exec Director of CanLeads. A multi-partisan non-profit organization that strategically recruits, trains and supports high potential future leaders under the age of 40. Learn more at www.canleads.ca Built a leading Canadian political training institute. Responsible for fundraising, content development, stakeholder relationships, team recruitment and events. Successfully built Canada's leading political training institute for under-40 candidates. From January 2014 to October 2014 (10 months) Toronto, Canada AreaInvestment Banking (British Columbia) @ Advised technology, mining and forestry clients on capital raising, M&A, joint ventures, metal streaming transactions, and project development From September 2012 to December 2013 (1 year 4 months) Vancouver, Canada AreaAssociate, Financial Services Investment Banking @ Worked closely with fintech and financial institutions on strategy, capital raise and M&A. Clients included banks, life insurance, P&C insurance, alternative lenders, wealth management, stock exchanges, credit unions and various financial service provides (e.g. brokers) Worked on some of Canada's largest financial sector transactions. From February 2009 to September 2012 (3 years 8 months) Toronto, Canada AreaAnalyst, Technology Investment Banking @ Execute M&A and capital raising mandates for TD Securities' Investment Banking's technology sector clients. Clients included leading Canadian technology companies including: Q9 Networks, Certicom Corp, RuggedCom, Blackberry, Constellation Software From 2007 to January 2009 (2 years) Toronto, Canada AreaAssociate- FX Sales & Trading @ Provided spot market making to TD’s major national and international corporate and institutional clients Proprietary traded TD’s capital investing in the 8 major global currencies Analyzed the impacts of cross border M&A activity on FX markets through various sensitivity and regression techniques From April 2006 to August 2006 (5 months) Toronto, Canada AreaCustomer Development (Intern) @ Customer development and business solutions to Kraft's customers in the GTA region. From April 2005 to August 2005 (5 months) Toronto, Canada Area

International Bachelor of Business Administration (iBBA), General Management, Finance and Financial Management Services, Honors @ York University - Schulich School of Business From 2003 to 2007 (Exchange Program), Finance @ Singapore Management University From 2007 to 2007 Nouman Ahmad is skilled in: Financial Modeling, Bloomberg, Investment Banking, Financial Analysis, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Trading, Equities, Equity Research, Derivatives, Portfolio Management, Valuation, Mutual Funds, Political Science, Fixed Income, Mergers