Building Businesses That Shape a Better Future
Services
Innovation & Investment Services
Helping corporates, funds, and institutions make smarter bets in agrifood, aquaculture, and cleantech. I provide due diligence support, market intelligence, and innovation expertise to evaluate opportunities, validate technologies, and identify risks. The result: clearer investment decisions and faster pathways to growth.
Advisory, Coaching & Consulting
Tailored support for startups, founders, and organizations navigating growth and complexity. From fundraising and project financing, to pilots, commercialization, and business development, I help leaders move from strategy to execution. Coaching engagements provide direct support for founders and executives facing leadership and scaling challenges — or simply needing a second set of eyes from someone who’s been in their shoes.
Fractional Leadership
Hands-on executive capacity without the overhead of a full-time hire. I step in across operations, strategy, business development, and fundraising to provide the leadership and execution support teams need to accelerate growth and overcome complex challenges.
About Me
I’ve spent my career at the intersection of sustainability, innovation, and business growth. With over 15 years of experience across fisheries and aquaculture, natural resources, finance, and startups/tech, I’ve seen firsthand how powerful ideas can become when they’re backed by execution, capital, and the right strategy.
I grew up in rural Ontario surrounded by lakes, forests, and farm fields, raised by a family of entrepreneurs. That gave me a unique lens — one foot in nature, the other in business. I’ve carried that perspective into every role I’ve taken on: from conducting research in the Amazon and working in natural resources, to managing investment decisions, to founding and scaling companies.
As founder and CEO of Wittaya Aqua, I turned a $20K initial investment into millions in revenue, while raising over $1.5M in non-dilutive funding and $4M in venture capital. Along the way, I worked with global clients across aquaculture and agrifood, bridging science and business to help feed the planet more sustainably.
Today, through Frontier85 & Co., I work with: Startups & Founders, Executives & SMEs, Funds & Investors, Universities & Colleges, Incubators & Accelerators as well as Corporate clients.
My mission is simple: to help leaders and organizations grow with purpose and impact, turning complex challenges into opportunities that advance both business and the natural world.
Contact
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