Bill McMullin is a 43 year old serial entrepreneur who has been the founder and CEO of multiple companies in the last 20 years.
In 1989 he started a retail wireless company in Cape Breton which he successfully grew and sold to a competitor in 1993.
In 1994 he founded Bedford based InfoInterActive Inc. (IIA), a telecommunications software and enhanced services company. In the capacity of CEO, Bill led the company from its inception to its acquisition by America Online for $43.3 million in July of 2001.
Bill worked for America Online until December of 2004. From January 2005 through July 2006, Bill spent time providing consulting and mentoring services to a number of local organizations.
In August 2006 he returned to his entrepreneurial roots and began developing the business plan for TrueCheck, which he launched operated until its technology was acquired under exclusive license in June 2009.
While running TrueCheck, in 2008 he established ServicePoint Inc., the company and brand that does and will manage a range of convenience-oriented facilitation services, including the forthcoming ViewPoint Realty, a technology-driven real estate brokerage.
The following is a list of activities, transactions and accomplishments that highlight Mr. McMullin’s experience:
- Grew InfoInterActive (IIA) from two to over 80 employees, attracting and retaining superior management and staff that remain with the company to this day
- Raised over $25 million from a variety of sources including $7 million from Intel. Completed many private placements of equity to other strategic, institutional and sophisticated investors.
- Developed partnership and customer agreements with large companies such as Verizon, Telus, Aliant, Intel, and many others. Bill was a key part of the sales process in most transactions working in tandem with the IIA sales team on the front lines.
- Took the company public via the Alberta Stock Exchange’s capital pool program in 1996 then lead the process of evolving from the ASE to the MSE, then to the TSE and ultimately to the NASDAQ where IIA would become the first and only company in Nova Scotia history to be a fully listed NASDAQ company.
- Inventor and patent holder on United States and foreign patents related to online call management.
- Managed relationships with strategic, institutional and retail shareholders. During IIA’s period as a public company, Bill was the main investor relations contact. IIA had an estimated 5,000 retail shareholders.
- In the capacity of Chairman, Bill managed the Board of Directors of the company which included the responsibility for quarterly reporting and compliance activities.
- Achieved community respect and recognition from his business peers. Mr. McMullin and InfoInterActive received numerous awards over the years. The most notable awards were the 1999 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and in 2000 Business Person of the Year by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to the above business activities, Bill has given both his time and resources freely to the community. In 2001 and 2002 Bill was the Chairman of the Nova Scotia Chapter of the IWK Hospital Capital Campaign. He was a member of the Premier’s Advisor Council on Innovation and has held numerous volunteer Board and committee roles over the years.
Bill lives in Bedford, Nova Scotia and is married to Cheryl MacLeod. They have two children, Mitchell 15 and Amanda 13. He is an avid golfer and recreational hockey player.