Dr. Francis Nedvidek

Driving global growth, collaborative development, launching innovative technologies, novel products, new business models and digital transformation. International Marketing & Sales, Business Development. Leading change, innovation and rejuvenation through empowering collaborative multi-disciplined teams spanning countries and cultures. I am an inveterate builder, perpetually fascinated by technology, commerce & society.

Founded NanoXplore GmbH under mandate from Group NanoXplore Inc. out of Montreal. The graphene manufacturer is investing in expanding their distribution footprint, expanding its customer base and extending its network of partners and collaboration relationships across Europe from a German base. We made our Toronto Venture Exchange trading debut on September 8th, 2017.; will close by mid October a deal to acquire a long-standing Swiss company with key technology - one of my major achievements.

Recruited by the Board of Directors of the emerging hi-tech enterprise funded by the Carlyle Group, Star Ventures, Target Partners and Sevin Rosen Funds Shifted from selling components to high value-adding modules and Tailored Access Solutions Forged a credible sales pipeline to grow revenues and secure a €4.2 million Won OEM & Network Operator design and subsequent orders and installed capacity to grow revenue from €1.5 million (2005) to €15 million (2012) - EBIT positive since 2009

Taksed with verifying business model and market viability to venture capital owners. Next task was to secure furrther financing to execute the business plan.

Hired to find new non-telecom markets and rescue investment of venture capital backers. Expected to take over as CEO.

HIred to help restructure teh company and re-establish profitable and new lines of business.

Hired to assist in repositioning the company and bring in the marketing and sales processes and new products sufficient to interest insitutional investors / acquirers

Assigned to boost interanational sales and dramatically shift the product mix from older products nearing the ensd of their life cycles to new products in high potential markets.

Tasked with creating new products from high potential technologies and innovations.

Hired as a project manager. Rescued one very big Medical Imaging project and one military imaging-related project

Led projects to develop "fly-by-light" systems to control aircraft.

London Business School - International Managerial Finance, Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada - PhD, Electrical Engineering - 1983 – 1986 M ESc, Electrial Engineering, 1981 – 1983 B. Eng. Sci., Electrical Engineering - Telecommunications, 1977 – 1981

Publications during academic studies: Far-infrared pump injection using an alumina waveguide Applied Optics, Vol. 26, No. 1 January, 1987 High-voltage trigger pulser for split dc discharges in waveguide lasers Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 56, No. 9, September, 1985

Publications during academic studies: Near-infrared extinction in rain measured using a single detector system Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol. 3, No. 2, September, 1986 An instrument for the measurement of precipitation rate by near infrared extinction Journal of Climate and Appl