The ckdt consultancy offers business
development, marketing, and communications services to clients in
the hi-tech, industrial and clean-tech sectors. Specific strengths
are in B2B branding, online marketing, launch campaigns, and
stakeholder relations. Other core capabilities include on- and
off-line media relations, including social media, as well as
reputation management for public issues.
Stephan Burckhardt
Burckhardt has served clients in Europe, Silicon Valley and
Canada. He helped launch start-ups and supported major global, as
well as market leading mid-size firms. He restructured and spun off
five companies, and has handled small regional to large and complex
global projects.
Burckhardt was a member of senior management at Landis
& Gyr in energy management and building control (now
Toshiba and Siemens) where he was responsible for marketing
communications worldwide. He owned, ran and finally sold a large
marketing agency in Switzerland and has been consulting in BC for
the past seven years.
clean-tech consulting
When smart metering was in its infancy in California,
Burckhardt, helped launch some of its pioneering technology. He was
involved in a large public affairs campaign for major urban
waste disposal issues in Switzerland, which has some of the
toughest environmental standards worldwide.
ckdt has created environmental and social
reports for major industrial firms, and developed strategic
communications for an industry-leading 3BL (triple-bottom
line) project in Ghana.
clients
Clients ckdt has served include Canadian Forces,
Canon, Cebas, Ciba (BASF), Clark Sustainable Resource
Developments (Triton Logging), Discovery Technologies, Domestic
Automation Company (CellNet), Elections BC (sub-contractor),
Equinox Information Systems, Esso, Landis & Gyr (Siemens,
Toshiba), Laufen (Roca), Modcomp (AEG Electrolux), ON
Semiconductor, Oprius, Priam Systems (Prima International),
RevenueWire, Sika, StarFish Medical, Straumann, Sulzer, Sun
Microsystems (Oracle), Touchbase Systems, Unisys, WCG
International, Xerox, Ygnis