Author: tblpodcast

  • TBLP011 | Jim Love: The Artist and Generalist

    My guest on this episode is Jim Love. Jim is CIO and Chief Content Officer at IT World Canada. Over the past 4 years, working with his partner Fawn Annan, President of IT World Canada, Jim has worked to make IT World Canada one of the leading digital publishers in the B2B space and a…

  • TBLP010 | Mark Organ: Leadership using the Scientific Method

    TBLP010 | Mark Organ: Leadership using the Scientific Method

    My guest today is Mark Organ, the founder, and CEO of Influitive, helping companies mobilize their advocates to produce massive increases in referral leads, reference calls, social media participation and more. Mark first revolutionized B2B marketing as the founding CEO of Eloqua (ELOQ), the world leader in marketing automation software, which was acquired by Oracle…

  • TBLP009 | Malgosia Green: Leading with Honesty and Transparency

    TBLP009 | Malgosia Green: Leading with Honesty and Transparency

    Malgosia Green serves as the chief product officer at Top Hat and has been with the company since 2013. She leads the product management, user experience, and design teams for Top Hat’s web and native mobile products. Green is an entrepreneur with over 12 years of experience in edtech. Prior to joining Top Hat, she…

  • TBLP008 | Wayne Berger: Shadow of the Leader

    TBLP008 | Wayne Berger: Shadow of the Leader

    It is my pleasure to introduce Wayne Berger on this episode. Wayne is Executive Vice-President of Regus Canada, the world’s largest shared workspace and co-working provider. Regus is leading a workplace revolution in Canada and around the world helping people and organizations conduct the best work of their lives from where they want and how…

  • TBLP007 | Eva Wong: Advancing Women Tech Leaders

    TBLP007 | Eva Wong: Advancing Women Tech Leaders

    My guest on this episode is Eva Wong. Eva is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Borrowell, a Canadian fintech lender that offers personal loans, free credit scores, and personalized product recommendations. Eva’s career has spanned both the private and not-for-profit sectors, including leadership roles at The OTF, Maple Leaf Foods, UNDP and Oliver Wyman.…

  • TBLP006 | Greg Friesen: Learn from Your Suppliers and Customers

    TBLP006 | Greg Friesen: Learn from Your Suppliers and Customers

    Greg Friesen is the Vice President of Product Management at DragonWave. Greg is responsible for global product management across DragonWave’s complete portfolio of products. Greg has 19 years experience in senior product management roles, network design, planning, and engineering, including his current role at DragonWave and previous roles at Nortel Networks, Innovance Networks, and Fundy…

  • TBLP005 | Humza Teherany: Innovate by making other people successful

    TBLP005 | Humza Teherany: Innovate by making other people successful

    On this episode, I speak with Humza Teherany.  Humza has over 20 years in driving Technology and Business Strategy; while directly contributing to both top and bottom line results. Compass Digital Labs began as an innovation team within a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Attracting talent from many different industries and disciplines, the dynamics of the team…

  • TBLP004 | Paul Teshima: Company Culture Trumps Strategy

    TBLP004 | Paul Teshima: Company Culture Trumps Strategy

    Paul is the CEO and Co-founder of Nudge.ai, a modern sales platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide sales teams with actionable insights on their target customers. He is a successful technology executive who has run Services, Customer Success, Account Management, Support and Product Management teams. As part of Eloqua’s executive team, Paul helped lead…

  • TBLP003 | Bobby Umar: Business Leadership through the Heart

    TBLP003 | Bobby Umar: Business Leadership through the Heart

    My guest on this episode is Bobby Umar.  He is one of the most prolific, heart-based leaders in North America. Inc Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers, alongside such noteworthy giants as Richard Branson, Brene Brown, John Maxwell and Robin Sharma. Bobby is a 4x TEDx speaker, and one of the…

  • TBLP002 | Victoria Lennox: Building an Innovation Nation

    TBLP002 | Victoria Lennox: Building an Innovation Nation

    So happy to have Victoria Lennox on today’s episode.  She is the co-founder and CEO of Startup Canada, the national rallying community supporting and giving a voice to Canada’s 2.3 million entrepreneurs. Victoria is recognized by the United Nations Development Programme and the European Union as one of the foremost experts in entrepreneurship education; ecosystem…