The Business Leadership Podcast

How do you manage a workplace during the pandemic now that everyone is working at home? In this is two-part conversation Edwin had with Jas Saraw. You will hear them talk about the Covid-19 pandemic for the first half of the interview. The second part will revolve on Jas’ journey from a sales executive to […]

Chantal served as a Department of National Defence civilian as a Strategic Planner for the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence response to domestic emergencies, including business continuity and pandemic planning among other things. After the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 (the first worldwide pandemic in 40 years by the way), she was tasked […]

As Canadian companies rush to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, many are dusting off their crisis communications plans and realizing they hadn’t accounted for a possible pandemic. Given how little time business leaders have had to develop their approach, responses to date have been admirable. But many would welcome some clear information to help guide […]

Kim has excelled as an enterprise sales executive in the technology sector throughout her career. After many years of selling into the global account marketplace, Kim decided to go out on her own and help small businesses learn how to generate exponential growth by selling big deals to big clients.  Her experience at TELUS selling […]

Darryl Praill is the Chief Marketing Officer at VanillaSoft, the industry’s most established Sales Engagement Platform. As an accomplished award-winning marketer, a Sales World Top 50 Keynote speaker, a 2020 top 10 SaaS Branding Expert, a Top 19 B2B Marketer to Watch in 2019, a social media influencer, a category-leading podcaster, and a serial entrepreneur. […]

Keren Moynihan is CEO of Boss Insights, a Big Data & AI platform that empowers lenders to measure businesses on their merit as opposed to their collateral. With a Joint JD/MBA and awarded a Top 25 Executive Leader in Lending, Keren has a diverse background as a commercial banker, wealth manager, and former founder of […]

Senior executive with a strong record of leadership in delivering timely, innovative and effective business and process transformation in the Canadian Federal Government over the past 20 years. Expertise in shaping strategic policy, conceptualizing, guiding and directing key programs, and overseeing operations in both service delivery and regulatory bodies. Highly experienced in process and organizational […]

Paul Vallée is the founder and CEO of Tehama and a serial entrepreneur who has spent his career at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies that enable the exchange of work over the internet. When founding Pythian in 1997, Paul envisioned a future that allows anyone to work from anywhere. Perceiving an opportunity for the Internet […]

Suzanne Grant, is CATA CEO. Grant draws upon 30 years leadership experience, including a background in traversing emerging medical technology, international entrepreneurship, philanthropy leadership and Canadian military engineering. Links Suzanne on LinkedIn 20 Leaders in 20 Days – Virtual Shift Canadian Advanted Technology Alliance Website Episode Sponsor Thanks to media sponsors IT World Canada and Startup Canada. Thank […]

Sophia Ruffolo is the Founder and CEO of femmebought, an online women’s business directory, community, and education hub that’s meaningfully connecting and inspiring women, giving entrepreneurs the tools required to grow their own businesses. An experienced executive, Sophia has worked in a variety of senior roles for a global financial institution, including Chief Compliance Officer […]

As the founder and EVP of Oracle Netsuite, the leading integrated cloud business software suite, Evan Goldberg has grown the company from a small office above a hair salon into a global organization that now works with more than 18,000 customers around the world.  Starting with only four employees, they have now scaled and grown […]

Shrad Rao is the CEO of Wagepoint, a simple payroll software for small businesses that are looking to simplify their payment process. Shrad always knew that he would be an entrepreneur. He has always been very passionate about entrepreneurship because it allows him the ability to influence change, make decisions and most of all, choose […]

Andrew Graham is an experienced leader who brings people and technology together to solve hard problems. He is co-founder and CEO of Borrowell, a financial technology company that helps Canadians make great decisions about credit. With its free credit score and report monitoring, personal loans, and financial product recommendations, Borrowell empowers Canadians to improve their […]

JP Chauvet is the President at Lightspeed, a hands-on, forward-thinking executive with proven ability to implement change and drive growth. He has this in-depth understanding of technology, product development, finance, and sales management. He has years of operating internationally across North America, Europe, and Asia. He’s got a proven track record of achieving targets and […]

Mike McDerment is the co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, cloud-based accounting software that is used by 160 countries around the world and is currently ranked second in America. Mike spent three and a half years growing FreshBooks from his parents’ basement. Outside of FreshBooks, Mike is a dad, a husband, a son and a brother. […]

Alfredo Tan is the chief digital & innovations officer at WestJet Airlines where he is responsible for building a culture of innovation. He is also an industry professor and keynote speaker who is very passionate about science and technology. He describes himself as “someone who got lucky along the way.”  When he’s not doing part-time […]

Carmine Cinerari is the President of Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. and guides the vision and strategic direction of the company’s operations in Canada. He has sucessfully steered the company through a number of strategic shifts in business domains, operating models, and corporate strategy. His hands-on, collaborative approach has fostered a culture of teamwork, customer […]

This is a special collaboration mini-series with Info-Tech Research Group co-hosted with Brian Jackson. Alan is responsible for spearheading the product strategy and vision Dealer-FX business architecture, field deployment and product management. Alan has over 20 years of executive experience in large global companies such as IBM and several software start-ups. He’s succeeded in driving […]

This is a special collaboration mini-series with Info-Tech Research Group co-hosted with Brian Jackson. Is it hard for a new CEO to transition both industry and role at the same time? That’s what Eric Wright, our guest in this episode, faced during his transfer from Info-Tech Research Group to LexisNexis Canada. Wright is Chief Executive […]