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Markus Giesler
Business Analysis, Marketing
CX Design Essentials
Business Analysis, Marketing
Markus Giesler is a consumer researcher and Professor of Marketing at the Schulich School of Business (York University, land acknowledgement). His research examines how markets dynamically shape human behaviour, often in the context of new technologies.
His work has been published in top-tier academic journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research and the Journal of Marketing and received extensive coverage in media outlets such as The New York Times, Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Time Magazine.
He is also an Editor at the Journal of Consumer Research (2021-2024), ERB member at the Journal of Consumer Psychology, Consumption, Markets and Culture, and Marketing Letters, and previously Associate Editor at the Journal of Marketing and Area Editor at the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.
Giesler has been named an MSI Scholar by the Marketing Science Institute, “one of the best recognized experts studying high-technology consumer behavior” by Wired, and a "40 under 40" professor by Poets & Quants.
At Schulich, he teaches marketing topics including a popular MBA program called Customer Experience Design. He works with companies on practical research and engages in executive training and advisory. He has been a visiting scholar at the Kellogg School and at Stockholm University.
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Marr Morgan
Production Accounting for Film and Television
Marr Morgan has been a Production Accountant in the Television & Film Industry for over 40 years. She is experienced with a wide range of Productions, including small independents, multi-million-dollar blockbuster features, and both Domestic and International/Co-Produced television series. She has worked both internationally and across Canada. Marr has been an active member of the Directors Guild of Canada since the Accountants joined the Guild. She was elected to serve on the DGC Executive Board as the Accounting Caucus Representative for both the National and the Ontario District Council Executive Board and served 3 terms (6 years) on each Board. Marr has been an integral part of the training of Accounting within the DGC. She has helped to develop many courses, including a 10-day course for DGC Quebec in collaboration with Netflix and L’Inis (a professional training institute for workers in the film, tv and interactive media industry). Marr is very passionate about the future of the industry and the role that Production Accounting has within it. She has been very active in recruiting new members into the DGC and taught an Introductory Accounting Fundamentals Course (specifically for Film & Television) for many years. She believes very strongly in “on the job training” and has acted as a Mentor to many DGC members, including those wanting to move up into the role of Accountant.
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Martin Jung
Sales
Certificate in Sales Management
Sales
Martin is a plan-and-execute sales professional experienced in managing customers with complex requirements. He is highly proficient at C-level conversations and has top-notch business acumen in all functional areas from sales to operations. His A+ communication skills allow him to give dynamic and engaging presentations on successfully planning sales programs and he has won several sales awards throughout his career. For the past 15 years, Martin has worked for Cisco Systems in a sales management role. In his current position he works with sales teams to develop and present sales proposals, executive summaries and financial analysis for technology clients. Prior to that, he worked in sales for 3COM Canada, US Robotics and TNT Express. He holds and MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University and a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Waterloo.
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Martine Durier-Copp
Leadership, Management, Public Sector
Leadership, Management, Public Sector
Dr. Martine Durier-Copp is a highly experienced educator, facilitator, researcher, and curriculum design specialist in public policy and management, with a strong focus on Public Sector Leadership. She has managed and taught in the Dalhousie University Master of Public Administration (Management) program for over fifteen years. The MPAM is a specially designed graduate program for mid-career public officials, offered in a blended model (online and in person), and is delivered in close consultation with all four levels of government. As such, she has strong insight into the specific needs and requirements of adult learners in the public sector. Martine teaches the capstone Public Sector Leadership and Ethics course in the MPAM. She initiated and designed the online Dalhousie Certificate in Public Policy and Management, which has attracted over 500 working professionals from all 13 jurisdictions in only three years. A published and award-winning researcher-author, she has presented her work on public sector leadership and virtual leadership at international conferences, government sessions, and workshops. Additionally, she is co-founder and Director of the CELNeT Lab, with Dr. Binod Sundararajan—a next-wave research hub and network specializing in e-leadership, hybrid work, and digital transformation. Having partnered with the Federal Government on a major partnership research project, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, they designed an innovative framework on e-Leadership [Connect Framework]. Training and development sessions have been successfully delivered to many federal, provincial, and municipal clients. Martine holds a PhD in political theory from McGill University, as well as certifications in leadership programs (Harvard Executive Education, McGill University, and IBM Leadership Centre). She has led several international projects focused on public sector leadership and capacity development in South America, the Caribbean, as well as in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and FSU countries.
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Mary Donohue
Coaching and Collaboration, People Leadership
Coaching and Collaboration, People Leadership
Named as one of the 18 Outstanding Women in Tech, in 2015, by RdigitalLife, and Diversity MBA’s top 50 under 50 in 2015, Mary Donohue, PhD, is a passionate advocate of revolutionizing today’s workforce training through technology and internal talent. She believes passionately in the art of conversation, the value of team and outcome based training. Mary is a world-renowned speaker and TEDX presenter, television personality and columnist. Her work appears in the Huffington Post and Financial Post. Her third book is The Power of Two. She also co-authored a best-seller with Jack Canfield, of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame, as well as Deepak Chopra. She currently serves as adjunct professor of business at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Through her work, Donohue seeks to inspire people to become ethical leaders, one conversation at a time.
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Mary Waller
General Management, People Leadership
General Management, People Leadership
Mary J. Waller is professor of Organizational Behavior in the Schulich School of Business at York University. Her work experience in the petroleum, aviation and software industries, which often involved collaborating in teams under crisis situations, helped motivate her 20-year research program in crisis team dynamics. Dr. Waller sits on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management as well as on the editorial boards of several academic journals, and is a recipient of the MBA Teaching Excellence Award at Schulich. She has served as a consultant for several organizations including Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), BP, Children's National Medical Center (US), Dominion Energy, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and NASA.
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Mary-Ellen Hynd
Coaching and Collaboration, Healthcare
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Matthias Kipping
General Management
General Management
Matthias teaches in the BBA and MBA Programs at Schulich as well as in the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA Program. He also teaches a program on cross-cultural management in the international week of the Kellogg-WHU EMBA in Germany, which is attended by students from all Kellogg partner schools. Since joining Schulich two years ago, Matthias has already been nominated twice for the Seymour Schulich Excellence in Teaching Award. Matthias has extensive international experience, having previously worked in the United Kingdom and Spain and holding degrees from Germany, France and the United States. He speaks four languages fluently (English, Spanish, French, and German) and also has a passive knowledge of Italian and Russian. Matthias has been invited as a Visiting Professor at several prestigious universities around the world, including Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, the Institute of Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi University and Meiji University, both in Tokyo, Japan and the University of Toulouse in France. On many occasions, he has taught or given seminars to executives during his time there. Before becoming an academic, Matthias has worked in the Paris and London offices of Braxton Associates, the strategy consulting division of Deloitte. During his previous academic appointments, he has developed and taught internal training programs for a number of European enterprises, including a large electrical engineering firm in Germany and a French pharmaceuticals and personal care products company. He is currently developing several projects with Schulich ExecEd.
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Maura Matesic
Marketing
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Megan Mitchell
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, People Leadership, Strategic Leadership
Schulich Mini-MBA: Physician Business Leadership Program, Certificate in Futureproof Your Organization, Masters Certificate in Innovation Leadership, Certificate in Innovation and Creative Leadership, Schulich Mini-MBA: Dentist Business Leadership Program, Workplace Wellbeing: Unleashing our Best Selves
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, People Leadership, Strategic Leadership
Program Director, Centre of Excellence in Innovation Leadership, author and founding partner of Mitchell Consulting. Megan is one of Canada’s top innovation practitioners with over 25 years of experience in innovation, marketing, sales, HR and leadership. Her passion is leadership effectiveness to build innovation capacity and better work environments to help people thrive.
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Melanie Cao
Financial Acumen
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Melanie Robinson
General Management
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Michael Chen
Big Data and Analytics
Big Data and Analytics
Michael Chen has been a highly-rated professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University since 2009. Prior to teaching at York, he did his post-doctorate at the prestigious IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre in New York.
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Michael Delis
Project Management
Project Management
Michael Delis is executive vice-president and director of training and methodologies at the Project Management Centre Inc. as well as coordinator of the certification and education program for the Project Management Institute’s Montreal office, and a board member of Agile Montreal. As a senior PM consultant, Agile practitioner, portfolio manager and certified PM instructor, Michael has applied more than two decades of diversified global consulting, training, project management and engineering experience in business, telecommunications and aerospace/transport industries at various international customer sites in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Michael has received the PMP and PMI-ACP certifications from PMI, the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certifications from the Association of Project Managers Group (APMG), the Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certifications from the Scrum Alliance, and also has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Concordia University in Montreal.
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Michael Ewing
Lean Six Sigma
Masters Certificate in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, Masters Certificate in Lean Black Belt
Lean Six Sigma
Michael Ewing brings over 35 years of expertise in general management, sales, and business strategy to the table. With a strong focus on coaching, negotiation, CRM, marketing, and P&L management, Mike's career spans various leadership roles. During his tenure of over 17 years at American Express, he held the position of VP and GM of Travellers Cheques Prepaid Services and Foreign Exchange.
It was during this time that Mike became deeply involved in Lean Six Sigma methodologies, serving as both a Champion and an Executive Sponsor for continuous improvement projects. Over the past 18 years, Mike has been at the helm of two training and consulting firms, where he has had a profound impact on business strategy, program design, delivery, marketing, sales, recruitment, people management, and P&L.
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