Career
He most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of California Technologies, one of the world"s largest software companies, driving a global effort to reposition California as the leader in the software-driven application economy. Previously, he served as Vice President and Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications for TMX Group, which operates Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Boston Options Exchange, Natural Gas Exchange (NGX), Montreal Exchange, among others At TMX, he spearheaded the very public battle around the company"s proposed merger with the London Stock Exchange Group, and the subsequent acquisition of TMX by an unprecedented coalition of banks, pension funds and insurance companies.
He served as an Advisor to the Social Venture Connection (SVXca), a global pioneer in impact investing that combines a positive social or environmental impact with the potential for financial return.
He joined TMX from Nortel, where he was head of global communications during a time of rapid change, and navigated the company through a global restructuring and asset divestiture. Nortel"s dismantling was highly complex and controversial as the 30,000 person company restructured in over a dozen jurisdictions around the world.
At Bachelor of Civil Engineering, he reported to Bill Fox, former head of communications for Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Earlier in his career, he advised some of the world"s leading brands as a strategic communications consultant and tech practice leader with Burson Marsteller affiliate National Public Relations, one of the world"s largest independent communications firms.
Since 1993, over 1,000 students have participated in the exchange program, built eight schools and two community centers and distributed financial aid across the new republic.
CYMA operated with the active guidance of Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, then Canadian head of the Armenian Church.
