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ASSOCIATE PROFILES         Michael Prokop, MBA Managing Partner Mike is a recognized management professional, having over 25 years conducting business analysis and project management covering vertical market experience in the telecommunications, utilities, health care, mining, software and general service industries. His professional experience began at Accenture at client engagements such as AT&T Wireless and Pacific Bell where Mike received formal training as a process consultant and project manager. His assignments at Accenture covered software testing, requirements analysis, business process design, data conversion, customer care and POS system implementations, as well as Intranet strategy. After his Accenture experience, Mike established his own consulting firm located in Vancouver, BC. His professional focus evolved to encompass Internet and wireless technologies with assignments at notable clients such as TELUS Communications, MDSI, Terasen and Teck Resources. He has more recently served as Infrastructure Program Manager at Intrawest ULC where he helped lead the design and development of the client’s new Data Centre facility, managed the implementation of secure wireless PKI, and established Operations process / policy improvements including patch management and change control. Mike has also conducted studies focused on IT infrastructure energy management. Mike received his MBA degree from the University of British Columbia and an Economics degree from the University of Waterloo. His academic involvement continues serving as a mentor for MBA students at UBC’s Sauder School of Management, and has also served as a team coach / lecturer for Simon Fraser University's Summer Web Strategy Workshops. Most recently, Mike was a participant in the Vancouver Green Capital Trade Mission at the World Expo in Shanghai, China led by the Vancouver Economic Development Commission and the Vancouver Mayor’s Office.