Tom Schopf

Inventor, Entrepreneur, Business Leader

Location: Toronto, Canada Area
Industry: Computer Software

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Tom Schopf's Overview

Current

CEO & President at Schopf Innovations Inc.

Past

Director, Integration & Professional Services at Ceridian Canada Ltd.
Interim COO, Director of Prof. Services & BPR at Marketrend Interactive
Managing Director GES, Canada at Geac

Director, Professional Services at Necho
Regional Manager, Canada at Delrina
Corporate Account Manager at WordPerfect Corporation
Electrician / Electrical Technologist at Dofasco Inc.

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The combination of sales, consulting, strong technical background and solid business/staff management, form the foundation of this powerful business leader. Strategic thinking, excellent communication and team building skills bring results to business restructuring, changes and growth.

Specialties

- P&L Responsibility and Management
- New Systems and Protocols
- Revenue and Profit Growth
- Project Management
- Business Development & Negotiations
- Business Process Re-engineering
- Strategic Planning and Execution
- Change Management
- Matrix Organization Management
- Team Building & Leadership

CEO & President

Schopf Innovations Inc.

April 2007 – Present (6 years 3 months)

Schopf Innovations Inc. provides products and services utilizing composite materials focused primarily on Carbon Fibre and offers two lines of business:

Products:
- Aerodynamic triathlon bicycle components and integrated systems

Services:
- Contract prototyping, fabrication and manufacturing
– Management consultant advising corporations in profit generation, start-up, turn around, change management and business re-engineering

Director, Integration & Professional Services

Ceridian Canada Ltd.

Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Human Resources industry

April 2006 – April 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Manage Integration, Professional Services, Training and Custom Development for Ceridian Canada.

Ceridian is a trusted partner to over 40,000 Canadian customers and an expert in providing HR solutions that maximize the value of people. Solutions include:
- Payroll
- HR Information Systems
- Recruiting
- EAP (Employee Assistance Programs) and Benefits
- Learning and Development
- Employee Effectiveness
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Post-Employment Services

Interim COO, Director of Prof. Services & BPR

Marketrend Interactive

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

July 2003 – April 2006 (2 years 10 months)

Recruited by the Investors and CEO to restructure operations and establish procedures for: Product Management, R&D, Call Center, Customer Management, IT, build Professional Services and Service Desk departments.
Accomplishments (partial list):
- Assisted CEO in preparing company for second round of financing
- Moved Production applications to Q9 networks
- Product launch of Sales CRM application
- Installation of 2 Indigo 3050 Digital Press and built production facilities
- Negotiated contracts with data provides and business partners
- Implemented international automotive and motorcycle dealership web sites

Managing Director GES, Canada

Geac

Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Computer Software industry

2000 – 2002 (2 years)

- Develop and manage $27.5 million budget: P&L, forecasts, and profitability of Cdn. ERP operations
- Managed a staff of 32 employees based from offices in Toronto, Calgary and Montreal
- Develop, execute and communicate business plan to staff and Sr. management
- Identify and capture market share with Cdn. strategic vertical market
- Find and develop strategic business partnerships and/or complimentary businesses for acquisition
- Develop relationships with strategic accounts
Accomplishments:
- Restored division’s profitability, maintaining no less than 24% margins
- Rebuild Sales team and created new compensation plans:
- Responsible for the Canadian business of Geac’s newly acquired System 21
- Launched an (re-packed) ERP system with Active Access (web connection) and optional ASP hosting.
- Developed strategic partnerships with Pyramaz, Applix, FRx, and Cognos.

Director, Professional Services

Necho

1996 – 2000 (4 years)

- Built and directed a team of consultants specializing in BPR and implementation of T&E Accounting system
- Project Manager for AT&T Asia Pacific, AEP, EMC2, McGill University, Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Morrison-Knudsen, Unisys and VISA International - to name a few
Accomplishments:
- Developed strategic partnerships with Unisys and Oracle Corporation.
- Trained Unisys Corporation’s sales team to sell Unitrex (Necho’s software re-labeled for Unisys).
- Advised on the development of Necho’s channel partnership program.
- Managed North America's first fully integrated e-commerce T&E system.
- Managed Necho's first multi-national Automated Expense Processing system.
- Sold and managed North America's first Level III Procurement Card Reconciliation system.

Regional Manager, Canada

Delrina

Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry

1994 – 1995 (1 year)

- Exceeded very aggressive regional sales quota by 38%.
- Tripled qualified VARs, Integrators and Training Centres to provide pre-/post sales support.
- Sold Delrina's largest "Fax Broadcast Service" agreement to a leading stock exchange firm with a volume of 4,000 faxes per day.

Corporate Account Manager

WordPerfect Corporation

1992 – 1994 (2 years)

- Managed and performed Sales and Marketing for Southern Ontario
- Promoted to Canadian Account Manager assigned to Manufacturing and Pharmaceutical vertical markets

Electrician / Electrical Technologist

Dofasco Inc.

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Mining & Metals industry

1977 – 1992 (15 years)

Computer Systems Specialist - Special Projects and Engineering 1988 - 1992

Electrician / Electrical Technologist – Manufacturing and Finished Metals 1977 - 1988