Ian Collyer

The past 12+ months we have noticed a distinct trend across the Canadian technology landscape: A rise in client discussions we are having about Chief Operating Officers. If you look across the span of some of the most promising Canadian technology companies, many either have, or are in the process of recruiting, experienced executives as Chief Operating Officers.  In fact, the COO is viewed more and more by Boards and CEOs as a lynch-pin to achieving their scale-up goals. In the past, this person may have been viewed as ‘the adult in the room’, a counter balance to a young founder CEO and leadership team; however today, the role has much more depth and importance. What does this increasingly important COO look like? Today’s technology COO helps the organization achieve specific short term and long term needs and goals. In the short term, the COO acts as the ‘right hand’ to the CEO. These companies are moving at lightning speed in or

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