Taktik Consulting Team

Chirag is a business research and development professional at Taktik Consulting, Victoria, Canada. He has extensive experience in working with tech start-ups in Western Canada. Chirag works with start-ups, small and medium sized businesses to help them move forward and grow to the next level by planning and implementing effective business processes. He has over a decade of diverse work experience in project management, research and development, administration, HR, IT and engineering in Canada, UK, Australia and India. Chirag holds Masters degree in global management from Royal Roads University, Canada and Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from M. S. University, India. He also holds Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA) certifications from Microsoft.

Chirag believes in giving back to the community and volunteers as a Mentor for Mitacs Accelerate Program at Royal Roads University and an Advisor for Innovation Centre for Entrepreneurs at University of Victoria. He shares his experiences to help future entrepreneurs. Chirag is fluent in Hindi and Gujarati, likes to play table tennis in his free time. He lives in Langford, BC with his wife Michelle and son Kavin.

Dr. Power is a professor of strategic and international studies at Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada. He previously held appointments with a number of leading national and international universities. Professor Power is a Wharton Fellow in the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. In 2008 Power join the Oxford Round Table, Harris Manchester College, Oxford University. He is also a published columnist and writer whose most recent texts include International Business: A Canadian Perspective; A Strategist Perspective: A Primer for Global Entrepreneurs and Power’s Student Case Study Analysis and Writers’ Handbook. Power sits on a number of national advisory boards and councils including the Knowledge Management Institute of Canada (KMIC); The Academic Board of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies; and the Comprehensive Security Studies Group (CSSG). He frequently undertakes consulting assignments for the public and private sectors and has been the keynote speaker at several national conferences.

As a columnist, Power is a regular contributor to a number of business publications and is frequently identified as an authoritative media source. Power has several texts published by Thompson – Nelson. In 2010 Power was selected by the Globe and Mail, Report on Business (Oct 2010) as ‘the Professor to Stalk’. Dr. Power is an ex Infantry officer who enjoys the works of Tom Clancy, espouses the teachings of Sun Tzu, and is a devoted grandfather to his grandson, Matthew ‘TJ’, and granddaughter Meaghan Anne McCluskey. Dr. Power resides in Langford, BC with his wife Pauline.

Clemens is a successful business consultant and trainer with 25 years of experience in education, management, and small business. He has supported and run small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and community development programs and has provided training to more than 300 small businesses. The focus of Clemens’s work is improving the success of small businesses. Specifically to grow or expand successful businesses into new markets and new businesses models.

Clemens has an MBA in Executive Management from Royal Roads University and 25 years of experience coaching, facilitating and mentoring in business, community, and arts organizations. Clemens works with clients across Canada and internationally. He has supported and run small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and community development programs. His strength lies in extensive layers of experience and education. Clemens volunteers as a mentor for Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria.