Archives: Team Members

Group Leader & Mentor

A highly accomplished CEO, Dan was a Member of CEO Global Network for over 15 years and had a very successful career as the President, CEO & Partner of Pillar To Post.  Under Dan’s leadership Pillar To Post became the #1 home inspection company in North America with 600 offices in 49 states and nine Canadian provinces. 

Prior to Pillar To Post, Dan was Regional Vice President of Iron Mountain and Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Shred-it Group of Companies.

He is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University where he received his BA in Business and his MBA.  He is also a graduate of the Rotman School of Management Director’s Education Program ICD.D

Director of Finance

Britt has almost 30 years’ experience as a bookkeeper, accountant and financial controller. A member of the CEO Global Network team since 2012, Britt is responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, bank statements, general ledger, and financial statements.

Mentor

Glenn is a champion of organizational culture and operational excellence and has over 25 years of leadership experience in manufacturing, logistics, and operations across multiple industries.

As Regional Director, Operations (Country Leader) for Amazon, Glenn was accountable for all Amazon fulfillment operations across Canada, including long-term strategy development and deployment. In this role, Glenn directed over 8,000 employees and was responsible for capital projects of $350M/year and operating budgets of $730M/year. Glenn also served as an Officer and Board of Directors member of Amazon subsidiaries operating in Canada and represented Amazon’s Canadian operations at regional, provincial, and federal government levels. During his tenure, Glenn successfully scaled Amazon’s Canadian fulfillment operations through multiple consecutive years of more than 50% year-over-year volume growth.

Other leadership positions held by Glenn include Vice President, Manufacturing Operations and New Product Introduction (NPI) for Blackberry; General Manager, Manufacturing for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada; and Director, Operations for Honeywell.

At Blackberry, Glenn was responsible for over 2000 employees across production, engineering, planning, and procurement, and an operating budget over $160M. During his tenure, Glenn successfully transformed Blackberry’s high-volume manufacturing plant into a best-in-class New Product Realization Centre and led manufacturing and supply chain teams in the launch of new hardware products from prototype and development to full production.

At Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Glenn served as a member of Toyota’s global executive team and Canadian leadership team responsible for managing three automotive plants and over 7000 employees. Glenn’s direct responsibilities included the manufacturing and operations of the Lexus Plant, where he directed over 1000 employees and oversaw capital projects over $33M and operating budgets over $220M. Under Glenn’s leadership, the Lexus Plant was awarded the prestigious 2010 JD Power Gold Plant Award for the highest-level quality of any vehicle plant in North and South America.

At Honeywell, Glenn directed over 600 employees and led a $160M/year aerospace electronic manufacturing and repair services business—including manufacturing, operations engineering, product certification, new product introduction, and facilities and equipment engineering.

In 2019, Glenn made the decision to focus his time and energy to support the development of other business leaders and executives and co-founded High Performance Leaders Inc. Since then, Glenn has provided coaching and support to hundreds of business people across all organizational levels at companies of all sizes.

Group Leader and Mentor

As a longstanding Member of CEO Global Network, David has experienced the value of peer learning and CEO mentorship firsthand and is committed to our mission of significantly improving the success and lives of CEOs and executives, their families, and their companies.

As a CEO mentor, David is passionate about sharing insights from his leadership career in Sales, Marketing, Technology, M&A, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Board Governance.

As President of TELUS Enterprise and Partner Solutions, David drove a multi-billion dollar P& supported by the efforts of several high-performing teams including: Enterprise Solutions (TELUS’ largest public and private business customers), Partner Solutions (TELUS’ global wholesale telecom & cloud provider business), the very first President of GoCo (SMB focused channel for Security, UC and SDWAN solutions), TELUS Financial Solutions (TELUS’ Fintech & Payment solutions) and TELUS Employer Solutions (Global HR BPO solutions).

During his time as TELUS’ Chief Procurement Officer & SVP Supply Chain Management, David led a team that was accountable for more than $6B in annual spending.  And as the Senior Vice President – TELUS Business Solutions Marketing, David and his team led the overall B2B strategy, product management, marketing and communications, and professional services for all of the TELUS Enterprise, SMB and wholesale channels.

During his time at TELUS David also helped develop and served as a founding board member for TELUS International, a leading digital customer experience innovator & GenAI enabler. TELUS International became the largest technology IPO in the Toronto Stock Exchange history and was co-listed on the NYSE in 2021.

David’s commitment to ongoing learning includes the achievement of a professional Accredited Director designation with the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada (CGIC). His board experience includes Chairman of the Board for Optimus AI Labs and Board member of Hackworks, Ontario Brain Institute, 8Twelve (a fintech company disrupting the mortgage industry), Wingmate (a CRM tech company focused on the services industry) and HU/EX Labs (a Conversational AI company focused on the QSR segment).

An active volunteer, David has also sat on the boards of the Ontario Science Centre, WXN Canada’s Top 100 most powerful women, Canadian Aboriginal & Minority Supplier Council, CANARIE, and was the founding board member for TELUS Toronto Community Board.

David also supports multiple companies as an external M&A advisor.

David has been highly recognized for his leadership impact. In addition to being a 2021 TELUS Legend recipient, he was also recognized as one of the Top 40 under 40 Global Telecom Industry Executives and a Canadian Diversity Champion by Women of Influence.

Group Leader & Mentor

An accomplished senior executive, Mike spent 24 years of his career with Molson Coors Canada. As President of Creemore Springs and Granville Island Brewing Companies, Mike had full P&L responsibility for both organizations and led a team of over 200. During his tenure, he successfully led the transition of the Granville Island acquisition by Molson Coors and grew the brand’s market volume by over 5% during a time of overall market decline. He also led the development and launch of a separate division for Molson Coors Canada, named “Six Pints Specialty Beer Company,” to compete in the growing craft beer segment.

Previous positions with Molson Coors include Chief Market Development Officer—a position in which he directly managed 360 employees and had P&L accountability for $1.6 billion in net sales revenue—and Area Vice President, Market Development for Western Canada, during which time he successfully increased both profit and market share in Western Canada.

Mike also served as Chief Business Officer for Hockey Canada for eight years. A member of the executive and senior leadership teams, Mike was directly responsible for business development, corporate partnerships, licensing, broadcast and the Hockey Canada Foundation.

In addition to being a Group Leader and Mentor with CEO Global Network, Mike is also the President of Rosswest Consulting Inc. Since 2020, Rosswest Consulting has provided business development, partnerships, marketing and strategic planning support to organizations across Western Canada.

Mike graduated from York University with a bachelor’s degree in math for commerce and completed the Executive Program at Smith School of Business at Queen’s University in 2003. Mike and his wife Patti live in Calgary and have three adult children.

CEOs who have the opportunity to work with Mike will benefit from the depth and breadth of his experience and his commitment to helping CEOs succeed.

Group Leader & Mentor

Steve had a very successful 38-year career with Weston Forest Products where he was the President & CEO from 2016 to 2026. Under Steve’s leadership, Weston saw rapid growth, made multiple acquisitions and received numerous awards. 

Steve’s journey began with Weston Forest Products in 1987 as a teenager piling lumber in the mill. He went on to hold management roles in every part of the company, including turns as Mill Manager, Night Shift Supervisor, Hardwood Product Manager, US Sales Manager, Vice President of Finance & Operations, and as President & CEO. From those early days to the Executive office, he led with a relentless drive to learn, and a deep belief in the power of people.

He is a life-long learner who has participated in CEO peer groups for many years, and has been a Member of CEO Global Network since 2019.

He served as the Chair of the Mississauga Board of Trade from December 2022 – December 2023

Steve and his wife Ann, live in Caledon, Ontario with their two children.