David Snell of the Chartwell Group provides high technology consulting in the areas of operations management, sales and marketing strategic and tactical planning, business development management and investments.

Welcome to Chartwell Group

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“I shall not attempt to answer the question regarding what your business should be. First, one should not answer such a question off the top of one’s head. . . . secondly, one man’s opinion, no matter how brilliant, is at best one man’s opinion. I can only ask questions. The answers have to be yours.”*

*what Peter Drucker urged the founders of the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette to ask themselves




​Thank you for visiting Chartwell Group. We are a private company founded in 2002 specializing in providing high technology consulting and services as follows:
  • Occasional equity investments in promising new category, disruptive technology, high tech companies like FusionPipe Software, RezMonkey, QuickMobile (bought by CVENT 2018), EasyRez (bought in 2014), MAKE Technologies (bought by Dell in April 2012), DEES Communications (bought by Nice Systems for $65M), and HotHaus (bought by Broadcom for C$414M in one of the largest tech acquisitions in BC at the time)
  • Speaking engagements (keynote, workshop, educational)
  • High technology interim executive assignments (executive, operating, sales, business and channel development, and marketing) and consulting
  • Longer term executive management contracts
  • Sales and marketing consulting, training, CRM, strategic selling and account planning seminars and tutorials
Why Chartwell? 
Whether your business is introducing a new product in a new category, starting-up, re-organizing, re-engineering or expanding, key elements to the success of the company are: planning and implementing your MVP (Minimum Viable Product) or as some refer to it now, your MAP (Minimum Awesome Product); strategic and tactical planning; business plans for investment purposes, team building, target market analysis; and, product marketing, and professional sales and marketing management. 

You may need a change agent to assist you in moving the company in new directions. You may need to investigate a new or existing market, potential channels and strategic partners, pricing, promotional initiatives and develop launch plans. You may want to develop a plan to build the business, improve profitability and find a buyer to monitize your investments. You may need to grow your business from zero software revenue to a trajectory of $100M (we have helped do this several times). You may need help in developing a business plan and position your company to raise additional capital. Chartwell Group can assist you in all of these areas with proven methods and processes which will enable you to ensure your success.

Our clients include small entrepreneurial and medium sized companies in various high technology and vertical market areas.  We have served organizations in: Chartwell Group is committed to providing each and every one of our clients with the best solutions for their business, conducted in a professional manner.

Advantage Magazine - Life Without Passwords

Advantage Magazine article overviewing FusionPipe's unique approach to end user authentication and David Snell's career leading to his position as co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors

TC3 Interview

Canada Startup Awards

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​Startup Canada Announces that David Snell is the BC and                               North Senior Entrepreneur of the Year.
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David Snell, CEO and Chairman of FusionPipe Software Solutions, accepts BC's Most Innovative Technology Company award, audience choice. The award was presented at the recent NextBC gala hosted by DigiBC at Vancouver's beautiful Science World. Fusionpipe was also selected for a second time as BC's most innovative tech companies.

                               Frommer's COMPETE CMO Conference, New Orleans, GA

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Jan Snell joins Chartwell as a Senior Sales and Marketing Consultant 

Testimonials...Please see "About Us"

Chartwell Chatter - Current Sayings

Steve Jobs

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“When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

Read more: Some Inspirational Sayings & Quotes By Steve Jobs 

Peter Drucker

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"People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year."

Read more at: Peter Drucker sayings 
                                        CES 2021 Announcements - Samsung's New "Neo" 8k QLED TV
Zuckerberg at Munich Security Conference - see announcement below
Apple CEO Tim Cook Delivers Keynote at WWDC June 22nd, 2020

                             Chris Krebs, Former CISA Director, DHS, Trump Admin
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Chartwell Headlines - Latest News

CES 2021 Announcements: 2021 TVs go new (and Neo) - CES 2021 is unlike any previous iteration. The biggest tech show is all virtual this year, so manufacturers are introducing their new TVs (along with everything else) at virtual events. There's still a bunch of 2021 models on tap, however, including new "Neo" 8K QLED models from the world's biggest TV maker, Samsung. How about a TV remote that has solar cell rechargeable batteries that work with basic interior lighting...more

SolarWinds hires former CISA director Chris Krebs to consult on hack aftermath: threatpost, January 8th 2021...SolarWinds is getting help on the massive hack that infected its software and spread to thousands of its government and private sector clients. The Texas-based IT software company has hired Chris Krebs, former director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to consult on the breach...more

SpaceX Starship explodes spectacularly after successful high-altitude test flight: December 10th, 2020: Elon Musk's Starship SN8 prototype, reminiscent of something Buck Rogers might have piloted, fell serenely and silently through the Texas sky for almost two minutes on Wednesday. Then its Raptor engines roared to life, righting the rocket into a vertical orientation in preparation for landing, but it was too little or too late -- or maybe some of both. A few seconds and one spectacular explosion later, SpaceX's latest next-generation rocket prototype followed its first successful high-altitude flight with a hard landing that's sure to be an instant member of the GIF and meme halls of fame...more

Here comes the Google Chrome change that worries ad blocker creators: December 9th 2020 c/net: With the next version of Chrome, Google is moving ahead with a plan to improve privacy and security by reining in some abilities of extensions used to customize the browser. The move had angered some developers who expected earlier it would cripple ad blockers. Manifest v3, the programming interface behind Google's security plans, will arrive with Chrome 88 in mid-January, Google said Wednesday at the Chrome Dev Summit. Extensions using the earlier Manifest v2 will still work for at least a year...more

Nvidia to acquire Arm for $40B: Chipmaker Nvidia recently confirmed the planned acquisition of UK-based chip designer Arm for $40 billion in a combined stock-and-cash deal. The purchase sees the Japanese telco Softbank part with an asset it only acquired in 2016. This acquisition is one of the largest takeovers of 2020 so far as reported by Computerworld..more

iPhone 12 drop test results are in: Ceramic shield is as tough as it sounds: Apple has covered its new iPhone 12 with a brand-new type of glass called "ceramic shield", which it says is the toughest glass ever on a smartphone. Every year Apple makes a similar claim about its glass, but this time may be different because this is no ordinary glass. While it may look and feel exactly like glass, the ceramic shield covering the screens is, as the name suggests, a combination of glass and ceramic (which is harder than most metals). It's a totally new cover material for the iPhone and it's unlike anything CNET has ever tested before. Perhaps now we won't have to pay $200 every time we drop our phone..more

NASA uncovers evidence of water (life?) on the moon...October 26th 2020: Two studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, rewrite the moon water story once again.  In the first study, scientists examined the moon's face in infrared, zeroing in on the source of the chemical signature in exquisite clarity. They determined it's predominantly H2O that exists on the lunar surface, rather than hydroxyl. Although you won't be packing your Speedos and towel for a day on the lunar seas anytime soon, the pair of studies demonstrate the moon is more damp than we once believed and highlight the potential to utilize lunar resources in human and robotic exploration...more

Apple releases a public beta version of iOS 14, which is the newest version of the iPhone’s operating system: Apple on Thursday July 9th 2020 released the first public beta version of iOS 14, the latest version of the iPhone operating system. The software allows anyone with an iPhone that came out in 2015 or later to try out the software that will launch with iPhone models in the fall. It’s not the final, fully polished version of iOS 14 — that’s usually released in September...more

IBM Acquires Assets from Spanugo: ARMONK, N.Y., June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spanugo, a US-based provider of cloud cybersecurity posture management solutions. To further meet the security demands of its clients in highly regulated industries, IBM will integrate Spanugo software into its public cloud...more

​CNET February 16th 2020 Zuckerberg: "Facebook content should be regulated, but under a new model At the Munich Security Conference, the Facebook exec reportedly pitches a system of regulating harmful content that's somewhere between a newspaper and a telco."​​

IBM Closes $34B Acquisition of Red Hat: The acquisition of Red Hat, an open-source, enterprise software maker, marks the close of IBM’s largest deal ever. It’s one of the biggest in U.S. tech history. Excluding the AOL-Time Warner merger, it follows the $67 billion deal between Dell and EMC in 2016 and JDS Uniphase’s $41 billion acquisition of optical-component supplier SDL in 2000...read more
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Apple iOS 14 Redesigned Home Screen With Widgets - Sept 2020
The 5 biggest tech trends from CES 2021:
  1. Covid Tech...disinfecting robots and digital health
  2. Future TV...bendable and transparent
  3. 5G Redux...5G is finally here?
  4. Future of Work...you guessed it, home office tech and the move to the suburbs (more space for Dad/Mom)!
  5. Smarter Cars...voice activated "Hyperscreens" (MB) and seat massages

Top 10 travel tech trends for 2021

Travel Daily January 9th 2021:   There are none!! 
                                 
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                                            Lindsay Willms - Snell, Finalist (Top 5) 
                      Canada's CBC Television Countrywide "Champions of Change"

Selected News Items 

Jan Snell Joins Chartwell, Vancouver: With over 20 years of sales, marketing and staffing experience, Jan Snell has joined Chartwell to help its clients in these areas of her expertise...more

Vancouver BC: Chartwell Group announces that its Pricipal David Snell, has spoken, or is scheduled to speak, at several major events and meetings as an expert speaker on end user digital authentication, mobile trends, the integration of mobile solutions with travel programs and social networking as follows:
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- Association of Travel Executives annual meetings Singapore, New York, Paris, London and Berlin
​- Panasonic Strategic Partner Conventions, Manchester UK & Alicante Spain
- Start Up Canada Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient 
- Annual meeting of Accenture's Top World 100 CIO's,Hyatt Regency Florida
- Global Business Travel Association's "Mobile Revolution - Why Should You Care?"
- BCTIA Most Promising Start Up award presentations, Vancouver Canada
- cruise3sixty Fort Lauderdale - Mobile 101 Workshop
- ​Panasonic Europe GmbH Annual Management Meeting, Wiesbaden Germany
- TC3 Telecom Council Mountain View, CA
- ACTE Singapore - Integration of Mobile Solutions With Travel Programs Workshop
​- Disney DREAM Earmarked Conference  - Mobile in Travel and Entertainment Workshop
​- Motorola Start Up Day Schaumburg IL
- Vancouver Board of Trade with Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield
- B-Sides Security Conference Vancouver BC
- BCTIA Technology Impact Awards
​- Canadian Financing Forum
- RAMP Chicago,IL
- Green Meetings Industry Council, Montreal Canada
- IMEX "Mobile Revolution" Frankfurt Germany 
- IMEX America "Mobile Revolution" Vegas
- COMPETE CMO Conference "Mobile Travel Apps with Frommer's Success Story" New Orleans 
- IMEX Frankfurt - Mobile For Events mobile industry workshop
- MTS Beaver Creek CO - Mobile 101
- BTMS London UK - Panel on Social Networking 
- Various other industry events and conferences

                           

Whoopie Goldberg introduces Tribeca Film Festival mobile iPhone app:

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David Snell of the Chartwell Group of Vancouver BC, provides high technology consulting in the areas of Executive management; change agent; strategic selling and training; target market, territory and sales development and management; channel and strategic partner relationships; online marketing. David Snell's experience includes: founding, expansion and sale of a vertical market software solutions company; leading Regional, National and International sales, services and marketing; and, the building and sale of two small high technology companies into worldwide leaders in their markets.