Whitchurch-Stouffville Un-Conference: Meet our Champions
At the Whitchurch-Stouffville Un-Conference nine high-calibre business experts will come out from "behind the podium" to spend the day engaging with other business owners in attendance.
This is not your grandfather's networking club, but a whole new approach to solving business problems, stimulating your creativity and building a high-powered network based on the talents, skills and ideas that YOU bring to the table.
With no further ado, we would like to introduce our Un-Conference Event Champions!
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Gary Saarenvirta makeplain Corporation Gary is an internationally recognized expert in the profitable application of Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics who has achieved hundreds of millions of dollars in bottom-line results for his clients. The former head of IBM Canada's analytics and data warehousing practices, Gary now runs makeplain, a company that provides cost effective advanced analytic solutions. Business specialties: IT, technology, analytics, "big data" | |
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Rick Spence Journalist & Blogger Rick is a noted journalist, speaker and business consultant who specializes in entrepreneurship and high growth companies. He has a weekly column in the National Post and is well known as the former editor of Profit Magazine. Business specialties: journalism, entrepreneurship and the success of high growth companies | |
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Kathleen Redmond, PCC Centre for Character Leadership Kathleen is an executive business coach who wrote the Coaching for Leadership program. She specializes in working with leaders to help them improve employee engagements to create high performing organizations. Business specialties: leadership skills, coaching, employee engagement, building high performance teams | |
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Claudiu Popa Informatica Corporation Claudiu is a privacy and security expert who founded and leads Informatica, a Toronto-based management consulting firm specializing in sharing advanced security and privacy knowledge. Claudiu is the author of three books, a regular contributor to both IT Business and Profit Magazine and also can be seen most weeks on CTV talking about issues around privacy and security. Business specialties: IT, data protection, executive risk advisory, governance, privacy compliance | |
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Vern Cunningham Alutron Modules Inc. Vern is the president of Alutron Modules Inc, a 12-person strong electronics manufacturer based in Aurora that designs and manufactures custom electronic controls. With 14 approved patents and another 10 pending, Vern credits his company's success to its ability to innovate and develop new products. Business specialties: manufacturing, IP/patents, innovations, sales | |
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Sandra Eamor YRSBiz Sandra is a new entrepreneur who turned a local business book club into a new business network in York Region, YRSBiz. With a background as a database analyst and strong skills in social media, Sandra is helping other business owners understand how they can use social media to grow their businesses. Business specialties: social media, business networks, networking | |
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Cathy Nesbitt Cathy's Crawly Composters Cathy turned selling squirms of Red Wiggler worms into a successful company that has received a lot of media attention. Her company, Cathy's Crawly Composters, specializes in Vermicomposting and also offers educational workshops. Cathy is currently working on a book, Free Publicity Now - Simple Step for Super Exposure. Business specialties: growing a business, marketing, PR | |
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Pedro Pereira Fishbone Bistro Pedro Pereira is a young entrepreneur who runs the Fishbone restaurant, a bistro that celebrates the cuisine of Pedro's home country, Portugal. He has over 14 years of experience in the food industry and won the 2012 New Business of the Year Award at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Chamber of Commerce Business Recognition Awards. Business specialties: restaurant industry expertise, retail business operations | |
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