Montreal Start Up

In addition to his role at Montreal start Up, Alan is Managing Partner of Acta Wireless, a Montreal based provider of Advisory Services and Venture Capital to the Wireless industry.

Alan has over 20 years of international business experience, working for Schlumberger and Hewlett-Packard before joining Canada’s Telesystem group in 1990. At Telesystem he established TIW’s mobile operations in eight countries including the UK, where he managed operations for three years.

In 1997, Alan moved to sister company Microcell and co-founded GSM Capital, the first global wireless fund, backed by nine of the world’s leading operators.

Alan currently sits on the boards of WaveMetrix, Millennial Media, Cellfish Media and OZ. A native of Scotland, he holds a BSc (Hons) in Offshore Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and MBA from INSEAD.

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