Disruption & Transformation, Strategic Leadership, Technology

Ron Babin, DBA, is a professor of Technology Management and Innovation, and an award-winning instructor with many decades of IT professional experience. As a management consulting partner at KPMG and Accenture, he has provided strategic guidance to CIO clients across all industries.

Rozita Moazemi is a seasoned management consultant with over 14 years of experience leading change management, talent strategy, and large-scale organizational transformations across industries. She is the Managing Director of K&K Advisors and an Adjunct Professor at the Schulich School of Business. Rozita holds an MBA from Schulich, a Master’s in Organizational Psychology from King’s College London, and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Toronto. Her background includes senior roles at Deloitte and CBRE, and she is the founder of The Giving Hand, a not-for-profit supporting children in need.

Project Management

Sandra Martyn is president of The Martyn Group, a private consulting and training company specializing in project management. Managing her own successful project management business for almost 28 years has provided her with a unique perspective on the challenges experienced in almost all industries, including projects in manufacturing, construction, government, food, health, automotive, financial, transportation, pharmaceutical and biotech, among others. She has a reputation for planning and executing projects and building strong, cohesive teams. Sandra consistently receives the highest ratings from her clients for the value she provides in her courses. Sandra adheres to the framework set out by the Project Management Institute, but her own business experience enables her to make difficult project management concepts seem easy as she delivers her training in clear and understandable terms. She helps program participants avoid common project management mistakes. Her teaching aids and exercises are popular, and the group work sessions are critically important in applying concepts to real life projects. Sandra has developed and authored programs in project management fundamentals, PMP® exam preparation, implementing/operating a project management office, juggling multiple projects, and using Microsoft Project software. She has delivered programs to clients across Canada, as well as numerous management and project team members from other countries, including: China, Malaysia, Greece, India and the Philippines, among others. For several years Sandra has been on the Executive Development faculties of the Schulich School of Business at York University, Toronto; the Health Learning and Leadership Faculty at York University; Sobeys School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax; Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. In addition, she has delivered training at the University of Winnipeg, PACE, and University of New Brunswick, Saint John College. Sandra is an active member of the Project Management Institute and has obtained her Project Management Professional certification.

General Management, Marketing

Sanjay is a highly rated faculty member with the Schulich ExecEd, Schulich School of Busines at York University. He coaches and develops senior leaders in organizations including Four Seasons Hotel, Siemens, Hoffman La Roche, TD Bank, NN Group, Mercedes Benz, Samsung, Teva, and Sick Kids Hospital. He uses the ‘case study’ methodology in his teachings drawing on best practice approaches across sectors. Sanjay has developed a respected process and practical approach called “The Business Workout”, which enables business leaders achieve better performance and success. Sanjay is an adjunct member of faculty at the Schulich School of Business and the University of Salzburg Business School in Austria. Sanjay’s teaching focus includes sales, marketing and strategy. Building on his decade-long international teaching experience, and his expertise in developing cutting-edge experiential curriculum design, Sanjay has partnered with different universities to re-evaluate their pedagogy and enhance their new programs with current best practices including flipped classroom and online learning. In 2019 and 2020, Sanjay was nominated for a Schulich teaching excellence award as a top Faculty member. In 2018, Sanjay published his first book: Tool box for Performance Driven Leaders. He holds an Honours BA in Public Policy from Ryerson University and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Leicester, UK. Recently, Sanjay completed an advanced certificate in digital marketing from MIT Boston along with a train the trainer certificate from Disney on Quality Service.

Healthcare

Sapna Sriram is a leading Canadian chiropractor and registered acupuncturist with a focus on sports injuries, pre- and post-natal care, and chronic pain. She is also the award-winning co-founder and CEO of Integra Health Centre, Toronto’s largest and most reputable, collaborative full-service medical and health clinics. Sapna is a mentor and educator; having been a clinical and business mentor to clinic owners and clinicians across Canada. As a media personality, Sapna is Canada’s go-to injury expert and has been featured on multiple media interviews including on CityLine, The Social, Breakfast Television, Global Morning Toronto, HuffPost, CTV Morning Live, CTV News, City TV News, CP 24, CHCH Morning Live, 680 News, Rogers Daytime, The Globe & Mail, Global News, the Toronto Star and many more. In 2018 Sapna became the first Canadian featured on the cover of CEO Mom magazine.

Dr. Sarah Bay-Cheng is Dean and Professor of Theatre & Performance Studies in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) at York University in Toronto. Her research and writing focuses on the intersections between theatre and media including histories of film, social media, and technology in performance. She is the author or editor of 4 books, including Performance and Media: Taxonomies for a Changing Field (2015) and Mapping Intermediality in Performance (2010) as well as more than 100 academic essays, lectures and reviews. She also writes and gives talks on performance and media in popular culture, including film, social media, and sports. Prior to becoming Dean of AMPD at York, Bay-Cheng served as Chair of Theater and Dance at Bowdoin College (Maine, USA) and as the Founding Director for the Techne Institute for the Arts and Emerging Technologies at the University at Buffalo (New York, USA).

Technology

Dr. Shane Saunderson is an expert in the design and psychology of interactions with social machines. Shane also lectures on digital transformation and emerging technologies with Schulich Executive Education at York University. He has spent over a decade consulting for Fortune 500 clients on digital strategy, disruptive innovation, and technology projects. Shane has helped found several startups, has chaired numerous industry boards, is a prolific technology writer, and frequently gives talks on robotics, AI, design thinking, and the future of technology in society. He is a former Vanier scholar who holds a Ph.D. in Robotics with a specialization in psychology from the University of Toronto, an MBA in Technology and Innovation from the Ted Rogers School of Management, and a B. Eng. from McGill University.

Healthcare

Simone has dedicated her career to driving transformative changes in healthcare. Her unique blend of skills in strategy, project management, and policy change positions her as a driving force behind health system transformation, aiming to create a healthier future for communities and regions. Simone is a critical member of the team that developed, designed and then implemented the largest voluntary hospital merger in Canada at Trillium Health Partners (THP) – a world-leading, full system of care in Mississauga and West Toronto serving over 1.7 million patients annually. She has progressed through several critical leadership roles including THP’s first Director of Strategy & Project Management, then Associate VP of People, Strategy & Volunteers. Currently, Simone is VP at the Institute for Better Health (IBH), a national leader in health services research and THP Solutions, which will drive innovation and create new revenue streams for THP to drive sustainability in health care and lead THP as an Edge partner within the $30M Federal innovation network CAN Health Network. In her role at the IBH, she has been instrumental in bridging research and innovation ambitions with sound business strategies from HR to Finance to Project Management to build success. This culminated last year with THP’s recognition for the first time as one of Canada’s Top 40 Research hospitals. In 2022, Simone was honoured as one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women by The Women's Executive Network and in 2023, as a Distinguished Alumni by the Faculty of Science at the University. She also serves as a board member at Sheridan College, in the role of Vice-Chair since 2023. Simone holds a Bachelor of Science & Business from the University of Waterloo's Coop Program and an MBA from The Schulich School of Business at York University.

Solange Attwood is the CEO & Co-Founder of the independent and Canadian-headquartered content studio, Serial Maven Studios. Attwood is a highly regarded media executive with a track record of building global content businesses that deliver meaningful earnings growth. Supported by her deep relationships with premium buyers and producers around the world with a keen commercial and creative sensibility evidenced by her success as an international distributor, producer and content development executive. Previously, Solange was EVP, International and on the corporate team at Blue Ant Media from 2014- 2023, where she launched and then grew Blue Ant Media’s worldwide distribution arm into a global business. She spearheaded all aspects of the business including the overall strategic direction, financial management, and co-productions, pre-sales and worldwide sales activities while leading the business’ ongoing expansion and sales offices in Toronto (Canada), London (UK), Singapore, Australia (Asia-Pacific), New York (USA) and Los Angeles (USA). Under her leadership, the division built a slate of 4,500 hours of award-winning content. An active industry advocate, Attwood is on the Board of Directors of The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, serving as Vice-Chair. Additionally, she has participated as a juror in industry awards events including Realscreen Content Awards and the TBI Content Innovation Awards. Attwood has also sat on Realscreen Summit’s Advisory Board and contributed to Banff World Media Festival’s Diversity of Voices program. Over the last decade, she has been a featured speaker on dozens of industry panels at Realscreen, MIPCOM, Content London, Wildscreen and Banff World Media Festival. Prior to Blue Ant Media, she served as VP of international sales and development at Si Entertainment, where she headed up the development and launch of the company’s distribution arm and spent four years at Tricon Films & Television working across development, production and distribution.

As Director of the Wealth Learning team for BMO Wealth Management, Stephanie Tavitian-Guthrie is responsible for leading learning that enables BMO’s wealth professionals to be successful in their new and existing roles. Guiding a team of design, development and delivery professionals with a focus on learner experience first is evident in her approach – consultative leadership, human centered design and a commitment to elevate learning. She has over 27 years’ experience in the financial industry in various functions and roles ranging from sales leadership through to client experience and for the last 15 years she has led learning delivery, design and development teams within the company. Her personal passion for coaching is deeply entrenched in how she lives, works and volunteers as a certified Co-Active coach. When not working, you are certain to find her volunteering with her daughter’s swim club and cheering loudly so her daughter can hear her from the water!

Financial Acumen

Steve Weiss is an international negotiation specialist. For more than 30 years, he has delivered high-level negotiation training in academic and corporate settings. Steve is an award winning instructor, and his popular Schulich international negotiation program features “mega-simulations” to reinforce key negotiation techniques. Steve will be facilitating the dynamic Canada-China negotiation simulation at this special event. Steve's extensive clients to-date include American Express Canada, AT&T, Babcock & Wilcox, Celestica, Dassault Aviation, and Purolator.

General Management

Stephen specializes in teaching leaders and management professionals about various aspects of interpersonal communication, management skills and leadership development in the workplace. His extensive education experience includes online and live education. He is an award winning, Adjunct Professor of Organizational Studies at the Schulich School of Business at York University since 2000, where he teaches Organizational Behaviour, Team Development, Human Resource Management and Leadership in the BBA, MBA, Masters of Marketing, Masters of Management and Masters of Artificial Intelligence programs. Stephen has worked with groups and individuals across a broad range of industries Stephen’s casual and affable delivery style immediately puts his participants at ease and sets a unique interactive and engaging tone which has made him a sought after and repeat speaker, educator and coach for numerous organizations across Canada. His style is authentic, provocative, humorous and fun. He holds an M.A. and an Honours B.A. in Psychology. Additionally, Stephen Friedman is a skilled and recognized executive coach, facilitator and educator of leadership and management skills development, team development, organizational learning and human resource management for numerous organizations and individuals. His experience with in this area spans over 25 years.

Healthcare

Dr. Steven Bongard obtained his DDS degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry in 1986. His professional interest has been concentrated on all aspects of implant dentistry since 1995. He has extensive experience in implant placement, bone grafting procedures, and the prosthetic component of implant restoration. He has published and lectured nationally and internationally on implant placement, full arch rehabilitation and non-grafted immediate approaches to implant surgery. He presently maintains a dental practice in Toronto, Ontario, that is exclusive to the placement and restoration of dental implants. His recent focus has been on developing a community resource and training centre that can provide access to innovation, technology and advanced infrastructure, as well as support and mentoring, to the dental implant community.

Sales

Steven Rosen is President of STAR Results. Steven coaches sales executives and managers to lead with passion and ignite their teams to achieve outstanding results. Steven has more than 10 years of senior sales leadership experience in the healthcare industry.