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Azam Bhaloo and the business of showing up
A chartered accountant became the leader of a group built around children, classrooms and everyday services. At The Foray Group, Azam Bhaloo asks investment to answer to people as well as profit.
Elroy Gust and the business of coming back
An elevator needs another service visit. A water utility needs another day of reliable operation. Elroy Gust has built Newlook Capital around the work that keeps returning.
Matt Jamieson and the value of coming home
He returned to Six Nations to bring his children closer to their culture. His work since then has helped put the community on the ownership side of Ontario’s energy business.
Paul Tuzi and the value of showing up
A factory tour, a rebuilt foundry, and two days away from the laptop reveal how Zynik’s manufacturing chief approaches the businesses entrusted to his group.
Norman Hyde-Whipp and the mechanics of growth
Before leading Barrier Ridge Capital, Norman Hyde-Whipp worked in industrial finance. His public career offers a close look at the people, practical knowledge and construction businesses behind an investment strategy.
TJ Rinomato and the education of a late-starting rookie
He had spent decades in the family construction business before entering NASCAR’s Canadian series. For TJ Rinomato, becoming a rookie opened another chapter in a career that runs from Ontario property to a Sundance premiere.
Parasdeep Singh and the work behind a yes
Before a mortgage becomes an approval, someone has to make the numbers tell a coherent story. At HopeWell Mortgages in Mississauga, Parasdeep Singh brings a banking background to that patient, particular work.
whatcanitbe: A sign business that outgrew its walls
The public trail behind whatcanitbe leads to Gregory Signs, an Ontario fabricator whose work ranges from subway directions to retail branding. Its expansion story turns on a practical question: where do you put the next big order?
Altitude Accelerator asks the awkward question: who will buy it?
The Brampton nonprofit helps technology founders turn promising inventions into businesses customers will pay for. Its next move brings more investors into the room.
Guelph’s small-business help desk has homework for you
Business Centre Guelph-Wellington pairs local entrepreneurs with advice, training and a chance at grant funding. The bargain is straightforward: bring a real problem, then do the work.
Ursula Romeo Is Marketing for the Moment After the Driving Lesson
After thirteen years in mobile marketing, Ursula Romeo moved into driver education. At Young Drivers of Canada, her work sits where a 50-year-old training brand meets the phone-first habits of a new generation.
Greg Weston’s Practical Case for Marketing That Runs Like a Business
The Ontario fractional CMO has spent 25 years turning marketing from a collection of tactics into an operating system - one built around clients, numbers and the judgment to know what should never be automated.
Mark Childs Is Marketing the Ride, Not Just the Railway
After decades selling cereal, soup and smartphones, Mark Childs took on a harder brief: persuading a region to see public transit as part of a good day, not merely the machinery between two places.
James Jawanda and the Work of Making Heritage Move
At Moosehead, James Jawanda works where a 159-year-old Canadian story meets the next retail display, partnership and customer moment. His public trail suggests a practical marketer who keeps learning the machinery behind the message.
Rebecca Pinkus and the quiet architecture of quality
Inside regulated manufacturing, trust is built long before a product reaches the shelf. Rebecca Pinkus works in that consequential middle ground, where suppliers, systems and standards have to agree.
Kirk Peck and the Long Work of Keeping Things Moving
A naval career built across decades, a second track in hockey, and a working life organized around coordination rather than celebrity. Kirk Peck's public record offers a compact study in the people who keep large institutions moving.
Durham Region Runs the Business Nobody Can Opt Out Of - Here’s the Playbook for Making 780,000 Customers Feel Local
Durham’s real product is coordination: one regional layer for pipes, buses, health, housing and emergencies across eight very different municipalities. Its useful lesson for operators is simple - scale the hard infrastructure, then make the front door feel local.
Metrolinx Bet $13 Billion on One Toronto Rail Line - Here’s What Transit Builders Should Copy, and What They Should Never Repeat
The agency made regional integration feel ordinary with one fare card and free transfers. Then a 19-kilometre light-rail project took 15 years and roughly $13.1 billion to open - a case study in both the power and peril of building the connective tissue of a city.
Stacie Owen
Stacie Owen is Vice President of Corporate Relations at Microsoft, based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. With a legal background from her time as a lawyer at Kronis, Rotszain, Margles & Cappel in Toronto, she has transitioned into a senior executive role at one of the world's most influential technology companies - overseeing corporate relations functions for the tech giant that employs over 228,000 people and generates over $281 billion in annual revenue.