Paragon Consultants Inc.

Paragon Consultants Inc.

PARAGON CONSULTANTS INC. is a Winnipeg-based management
consulting firm. Established in 1990, the Company provides
professional services to a range of clients spanning many
industries. The strategic service focus of the Company lies in
providing practical business solutions, supported by a high
degree of business theory, knowledge, experience and research,
to its clients. Emphasizing expertise in the management of
business processes that are relevant across a broad range of
industries, the Company prides itself on its comprehensive
knowledge of all of the functional areas of management and its
ability to integrate these functions in its client assignments.
Specialized assignment needs are met by engaging industry or
other experts to assist as part of the professional team.

PARAGON CONSULTANTS INC. provides services in the following
areas:


TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION
Technology Commercialization Studies for knowledge-based
corporations or entities, to identify knowledge-based strengths
and assets available for commercialization, identification of
relevant market opportunities for knowledge-based strengths and
assets, identification of alternative corporate structures to
facilitate the commercialization of the identified knowledge-
based assets
Technology Commercialization Coordination and Planning
Services to assist with the conceptualization of projects,
specific identification of project objectives and compilation of
relevant documentation
Funding Strategies to assist companies in securing funding for
technology commercialization and following through by preparing
and submitting reports and applications


RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Funding Assistance Services to enable companies to secure
Federal and Provincial tax credit eligibility for research and
development expenditures, under Revenue Canadas Scientific
Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit
program. Services offered with respect to the SR&ED program
include:
assistance in the project planning process
identification of eligible SR&ED projects
documentation of eligible project activities and relevant
financial data in preparation for a formal submission to Revenue
Canada.
determination of an appropriate application strategy to ensure
that all of the program requirements (technical and financial)
have been considered
coordination of financial statement and income tax return
preparation
preparation of SR&ED claim to Revenue Canada
liaison with Revenue Canada regarding any technical or
financial audit questions or issues.

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Strategic Planning Services to new and existing businesses
facing decisions regarding new product or service introduction,
expansion, restructuring, unionization, succession, expense
rationalization, diversification and company or division sale
Facilitation of Strategic Planning Sessions, including
development of outline and discussion framework, moderating and
leading the session, organizing the information into a strategic
profile and developing alternative strategic solutions with
operational action plans
Corporate Structuring Assistance to new and existing
businesses, including facilitation of international/global
corporate structuring
Macro-Level Analysis by way of identifying pertinent
psychographic and demographic variables, designing methods to
collect this information, framing this data into econometric
predictive models and drawing relevant conclusions from the
results
Concept Development of product and service offerings through
to management of strategy implementation for a variety of
corporate clients
Management of Business Start-ups, including strategy
development, market identification, business plan formulation,
coordination of applications, information and reporting process
of various Provincial and Federal government assistance
programs, commercialization and critical path implementation
Operations Management including process selection, facility
planning, operations scheduling, materials planning, materials
management and quality control


MARKETING STRATEGY
Market Analysis involving the identification and extent of
market opportunities both national and international in scope;
in the past, these studies have incorporated both secondary and
primary research activities and ranged from preliminary
marketing assessments to full blown, statistically valid market
surveys.
Marketing Strategy and Planning assignments including product
portfolio planning, target market segmentation, product life
cycle and marketing tactics incorporating all the basic elements
of a comprehensive plan
New Product Development services related to the development
and marketing of new products into existing markets or existing
products into new markets


CORPORATE FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial Planning Services to corporate clients, in the
capacity of Chief Financial Officer, in six main areas:
business plan related assignments (to identify, obtain,
negotiate a viable financing structure for clients)
on-going business support (financial, capital, cash,
investment, budget management)
control system development and implementation
special one-time financial and feasibility studies
operations management, including efficiency and effectiveness
of processes, quality control, inventory control and management
taxation planning, dividend/salary mix, tax shelters, capital
gains exemptions, employee benefits, pensions and review of
termination options.


ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Background Industry Research, including surveys, interviews
and secondary sources to assess commercial business feasibility
Economic Trend Analysis, of relevant local, regional, national
and international economic trends in a wide variety of
industries to assess commercial business feasibility
Economic Model Development, for financial valuation
assignments for various specific valuation purposes; utilizing
capitalization, present value, marginal analysis, economic life,
annuity and other economic concepts with computer systems that
incorporate the ability to conduct sensitivity analysis of the
major independent variables
Litigation Support to legal firms and insurance companies
regarding complicated business and financial issues

Company Details

Year Established: 1990

Number of Employees: 3

Company Information

Donald Sobkow Ca
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Telephone: (204) 944-0207
Fax: (204) 943-6666
Email: Click Here

Services

Business Plan

Technology Commercialization Technology Commercialization Business Plan Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credits Financial Business Plan

Research And Development R&D Tax Credits Scientific Research and Experimental Development Technology Commercialization

Management Consultant - Corporate Management/Organization

Management Consultant - Computer Applications/Management Info Service

Management Consultant - Financial Management

Management Consultant - Market Analysis/Planning/Research

Management Consultant - Production Control/Operations Research

Management Consultant - Development Studies/Mgmt - Commercial Dvlmt

Management Consultant - Development Studies/Mgmt - Technology

Management Consultant - Training