Company Overview

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

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Legal Name: Paragon Consultants Inc.

Number of Employees: 3

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Services

• Business Plan
• Management Consultant - Computer Applications/Management Info Service
• Management Consultant - Corporate Management/Organization
• Management Consultant - Development Studies/Mgmt - Commercial Dvlmt
• Management Consultant - Development Studies/Mgmt - Technology
• Management Consultant - Financial Management
• Management Consultant - Market Analysis/Planning/Research
• Management Consultant - Production Control/Operations Research
• Management Consultant - Training
• Research And Development

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

• Technology Commercialization

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

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