Phil Cohen is the founder and president of Strategic Element. Phil has a long history of developing businesses, business concepts and products, dating back to 1993. With a career that began in the manufacturing sector, and grew to include new developments in technology and a variety of start-ups, Phil has progressively built up experience in the area of new business development with a focus on transforming ideas in to viable business models.

Phil has worked with large public companies such as Rogers Communications and Transcontinental Inc., as well as small and mid-sized start-ups and businesses.

Beyond the development of business concepts, models and plans, Phil has taken a hands-on role in the launch of several businesses and business initiatives. In so doing he has faced firsthand the realities and challenges faced by new businesses. This firsthand experience has provided him with the insight and real-life exposure necessary to develop businesses concepts that work.

The Strategic Element team has been hand-picked based on one thing: their love of business. A passion is not something that can be learned in school or forced with a bonus. Everyone on the Strategic Element team has been chosen because they can’t resist the lure of being involved in creating and building businesses. Our people read business books in their spare time and dream about spreadsheets; it’s just in their blood. This is how as a team, Strategic Element has come to gain a breadth of experience that spans several industries in different shapes and forms.