 The Team
At Mojo Ventures we appreciate that running any business is a team sport. Under the "Service" tab on this site you can find some world class talent. The gallery provides a list of fractional talent that we have cultivated over 30 years. These leaders has been hand picked by Mojo Ventures talent review process and we would be please to provide introductions to our clients. Let us know what you need and can make a few introductions.
About Our Management Recommendations Our co-pilot coaches are independent advisors who were selected for their ability to solve problems and communicate clearly. They all offer fractional consulting services and have held senior roles in organizations in the past. These are people we use ourselves or whom we have worked with successfully over multiple projects.
We simply tell you about our "best value for money" research and then introduce you to some suitable candidates if we both see a possible fit. Let us know what you need.
Our selection criteria:
- a strong professional track record
- a competitive price point
- consistent and predictable communications
- at least 10 years of domain experience
- a passion for helping others to solve problems
- customer references
Managing Director
Sean Irvine is the managing director at Mojo Ventures where he leads our consulting practice and our investment fund.
He is an Executive in Residence at the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator in Vancouver supporting “green tech” entrepreneurship across Canada.
He has been a corporate director in private and non-profit entities for 40 years. His corporate governance experience includes small technology companies, venture capital firms, and several not-for-profit organizations.
At Mojo Ventures he leads both the due diligence and investment management committees for a small family office invested in seed to series A technology ventures distributed across North America. Investment affiliations include VanTec, Angel Forum, Keiretsu North West, and Keiretsu Canada.
Mojo Ventures is a consulting practice that helps executives to move from start-up to growth, and from growth to exit. Sean coaches CEOs, CTOs and CMOs using an array of simple working tools that help to create productive rhythm and solid decision-making.
As an academic for 18 years, Sean taught at the University of British Columbia to MBA students (Intellectual property & Business Strategy) and to the Master of Engineering Management Program (Intellectual Property & Technology Commercialization). As a public servant, Sean held various federal government management roles comprising industry development initiatives, program management, and policy analysis ranging from cross-border tax policy to economic assessments of land-based salmon farms. He issued over a thousand patents while at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. As an industry development leader, he spent a decade at Industry Canada investing in western Canada's life sciences industries, and half a decade at Fisheries and Oceans Canada investing in sustainable aquaculture. From political briefing books to management accountability frameworks and province-wide stakeholder communications, he has been there. As a technical innovator, he managed complex projects in the field such as the installation of the first underground municipal services in Iqaluit under permafrost conditions. He coordinated a bioproduct and a medical device technology roadmap. He has broad project and change management experience derived from managing people and running teams (software, business development, engineering) for over 40 years. As a skilled negotiator, he’s led labor negotiations, real estate transactions, technology transfer transactions, and more. He is a skilled communicator having edited hundreds of investment pitch decks and led many community engagement efforts. Sean has crafted and delivered many sales and marketing messages over four decades. Storytelling and win-win negotiations are in his DNA.
Sean Irvine, P. Eng. CLP
Managing Director, Mojo Ventures
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