Graham Carter

Graham Carter

Principal, Vertex Developments

Vancouver, BC

 

About the Session

Topic: Rethink Relationships

Connecting with and learning from others is part of the faith and entrepreneurial journey.  Graham will talk about people who have positively impacted him among family, friends and peers.  He will focus, in particular, on the value of peer relationships and getting valued input on business and spiritual/ethical matters.  He will also describe the value of peer advisory groups. He will discuss how to avoid the default action of isolation and independent decision-making.  Entrepreneurs and leaders often don’t get the input they could benefit from. 

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About the Presenter

Graham Carter is an entrepreneurial executive specializing in construction, engineering, technology, and clean energy, distinguished as one of Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 Under 40. He currently works as a principal at Vertex Developments and Maven Consulting, two companies he co-founded. At Vertex, Graham’s project structuring skills and investment savvy enable the company to create imaginative multi-family homes for the red-hot Vancouver real estate market. Maven, his utility engineering and construction consultancy serving utility partners on large-scale infrastructural projects made #70 on Maclean’s 2019 list (and others) due to its 5-year growth of 1,339%. Furthermore, Maven is just one of multiple companies Graham has envisioned, built, and operated with annual triple-digit growth rates. His winning entrepreneurial record also includes Acclaro Management Corporation and Axia Software Corporation, where he provided strategic leadership in the mid to late 2000s, leading to private equity buyouts in both cases. At carboNZero Holdings, where he was the CEO in 2011/12, he successfully corporatized a government-owned scientific organization, imbuing it with a sales and customer-focused culture.