Clients & Ventures

Testimonials

“Traviss is a dynamic individual who brought creativity, clarification, and leadership to his team. I recommend him without hesitation.”

- The Hon. Stephan Dion, (2008) Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada during his candidacy for Prime Minister (online campaign “The Green Shift”)

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“I have a great deal of respect for Traviss both as a person and as a business professional. I have no hesitation recommending Traviss in any capacity.”

- Kirk Exner, (2007) President, High Tech Venure Capital Inc.

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“Traviss is an innovative thinker, who brought our company many new ideas that have been of great value… a wonderful rapport with all people from our internal teams, business development to design, as well as relations with external contractors in web, marketing, and project management.”

- Todd Towers, (2009) President, Farmboy Fine Arts Inc.

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Clients

Hon. Stephan Dion, Leader of the Federal Liberal Party of Canada
Kris Pickering Nevada USA Supreme Court Justice
The David Suzuki Foundation
The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art NYC
British Columbia Provincial Health & Services Authority
Envirospeak.tv
BC Fashion Week
Blender Media
Oracle Energy Corporation
Market Matters (radio)
Cloudbreak Resources Ltd.
Uranium North Resources Corp.
Golden Peaks Resources Ltd.
United Carina Resources Corporation
Swift Resources
The Resource Group
Norwood Resources Ltd.
Pacific Forestry Centre - Canadian Forest Service

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Ventures

Co-founder, Exec Dir. Business Development
Aden Earth Inc.
Leading the development of The Plant Encyclopedia, the first open online horticultural resource to serve information to the public on all 300,000 plant species ever recognized by botany. Developed using semantic web technologies. Currently working towards the launch of AdenEarth.com and AdenDeals.com
2010 – Present 

Proprietor
A. Traviss Corry Consultancy
January 1993 – Present (17 years)
e-Business Development / Web Development / e-PR

Interim Chief Marketing Officer and Project Partner
Partnership with / High Tech Venture Capital Inc.
2007 – 2008 
Development and Marketing of the alpha phase of an experimental media sharing social platform. This provisional technology start-up reached a valuation of $3.25 million within it’s first and only year.

Interim Director Of Marketing
Versapay Inc.
Public Company; VPY; Financial Services industry
2006 – 2007 
Served during the early start-up phase of this public company. Established branding, web presence, marketing plans, and assisted establishment of offices in Vancouver and Montreal.

Co-founder and Interim Chief Marketing Officer
Video Podcast Channels
2005 – 2007 
During the earliest phases of this network, through guerilla social media marketing, successfully gained an audience of over 3 million viewers.

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Positions

Web Coordinator - Social Media Public Relations
Farmboy Fine Arts Inc.
Privately Held; Fine Art industry
2008 – 2009 

Interface Designer - Corporate Client Relations
Adnet Inc.
Internet Communications industry
2006 – 2008 

Public Relations Advocate
The Sierra Club Of Western Canada
Non-Profit; Environmental Advocacy
1992 – 1998

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Volunteer

Advocate and Campaign Strategist
UNESCO World Heritage Site Status For Burns Bog Campaign
Non-Profit; International Affairs industry, Environment
2008 – 2010 
Independent, non-partisan, Canadian point of contact for UNESCO communications with federal Canadian government members of parliament. Created the support material behind the official nomination in the Canadian House of Commons.

The Garry Oak Preservation Society
1994 – 1999 

Earth Day (BC)
1997

Expertise

• e-Business Development
• e-Public Relations
• Search Engine Strategy
• Broad Coding Skills, and ability to evaluate and lead large scale web development projects using a spectrum of platforms and code languages. Specializing in open source, scaleable platforms
• Experience in ‘start-up’ mergers & acquisitions

Education

University of Wales, UK
& Robert Kennedy College Zürich, Switzerland
Masters Business Administration
2009 – 2012 (expected)
 
Langara College
Diploma in Electronic Media Communications 
2002 – 2005

Camosun College
AS. Degree EQ, Horticultural Sciences
1993 – 1996