As the founding principal of Critical Path Group, Marc has positioned his firm at the intersection of high growth companies and the private equity community.

A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, Marc was an operational naval officer for eight years, serving in Halifax Class warships with allied navies around the world before being recruited by a global management consulting firm. Being passionate about working with entrepreneurial teams, he founded Critical Path Group to serve private and public sector clients in two underserved areas: strategic planning, and recruiting A-players for companies committed to building world class teams.

Marc holds a BA (Hons) and an MBA specializing in technology commercialization and new venture planning. He also holds the CMC (Certified Management Consultant) designation and is a dedicated member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants. Marc believes strongly in distinguishing between leadership and management - defining management as coping with business complexity, and leadership as coping with the human element of change.

A prolific networker, Marc invests heavily in professional development leadership roles that are directly aligned with addressing the challenges and "pain points" facing his client organizations. He is a founding delegate to the Canadian ICT Federation, the Executive Director of the Banff Venture Forum, Canada's largest annual technology financing forum for emerging high growth companies, and has served on a number of advisory boards.

When not leading the firm, Marc practices being an "earth astronaut" - skiing, mountain biking, kayaking, mountaineering, and fly fishing. He has lived in Canada, the UK, Germany, and Australia.


Tel: (403) 699-1040
Cell: (403) 819-0383
marc@criticalpathgroup.com

Erynn is a Senior Consultant at Critical Path Group, managing multiple client projects exclusively within the venture capital and technology industries. Her project portfolio includes developing strategic business plans and managing financing forums and entrepreneur training activities in the technology sector. Erynn is also the Associate Executive Director of the Banff Venture Forum.

With a background in the life sciences sector and public administration, Erynn has held positions in the Faculty of Medicine at both the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto. Prior to joining Critical Path Group, she was in charge of marketing and public relations for one of Canada's leading cancer research centers.

Erynn holds a BMgt in Accounting from the University of Lethbridge and an MBA specializing in International Business from Toronto’s Ryerson University. A classically trained pianist, Erynn also enjoys exploring the globe. She has travelled extensively throughout North America, New Zealand and Europe, having completed the final semester of her MBA program in Linz, Austria.


Tel: (403) 267-2409
erynn@criticalpathgroup.com

As a Business Analyst, Tim is responsible for analyzing and validating market trends. His projects include evaluating financial models of small-to-mid-size start-ups in the technology space, supplemented with qualitative research in market trending. He is also responsible for providing specialized management consulting services to the technology commercialization and venture capital industries across Canada.

With a background in corporate finance, Tim has held positions in global investment banks based in London, England. Prior to joining Critical Path Group, Tim was a Market Analyst at the US Consulate and Marketing Associate at Microsoft Canada.

Tim holds a BComm in Finance and a BSc in Psychology, both from the University of Calgary.


Tel: (403) 605-7592
tim@criticalpathgroup.com

Chan serves a critical role at the firm, providing disciplined research and project coordination services to the team. Primary and secondary research are important functions underlying all of Critical Path Group's client projects, and Chan's disciplined approach to an often unstructured and heavily fragmented realm of data and information is invaluable.

Our deep and highly specialized data set of global contacts within the technology and venture capital industries requires constant care and feeding. This task is stewarded by Chan on a daily basis.


Tel: (403) 210-8330
chan@criticalpathgroup.com

Art is a Venture Partner, located in Silicon Valley. Art Monk is CEO of Inflexion Point Analytics, LLC, which provides expert support to Inflexion Point Strategy, LLC, an intellectual property investment bank involved in buying, selling and investing in strategic IP assets and IP-intensive businesses.

Art has over 30 years of experience working with technology companies in matters associated with product strategy, IP commercialization, strategic partnering, business development, and investment capital formation. He has participated actively as a founder and as a board member of over a dozen start-up ventures focused on commercializing technology. Art has consulted to a broad range of technology companies such as Apple, Fujitsu, Hughes Aircraft, Lockheed-Martin, and Sony and has held executive management positions in 14 start-up ventures.

Art has been an invited speaker providing remarks and presentations on the subject of IP commercialization. He has also been an invited lecturer on this subject to various MBA programs. He holds an MBA and an MSc from the universities of Alberta and Manitoba, and was a Ph.D. candidate in Physics at the University of Alberta.

Michael is a Venture Partner, located in Silicon Valley. Michael has 17 years of experience in the technology industries in early-stage and multinational companies in the hardware, software solutions and communications infrastructure sectors. He has proven skills in business development, negotiating and managing technology partnerships, developing reference account relationships, positioning businesses for acquisition and investment, in business planning, project management, business communications and creating strategic plans for market entry and growth.

He provides business development services to international technology companies that are entering the American market and want a presence in Silicon Valley. Prior appointments include Manager of Technology Policy in Washington DC for Apple Computer, and Director of Corporate Development for Apple Canada. Michael holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a BA (Honors) from McGill University.