Project Management

Doug is the program director, Western Canada for the Masters Certificate in Project Management program. Doug is an award winning trainer, coach and consultant. His background includes hands-on experience in projects such as construction, community development, procurement, business development and plant turnarounds. He is a seasoned instructor and engages his audiences with humor and real world advice. Combining his business experience with his training skills, he helps hundreds of individuals reach new levels of effectiveness and excellence. Doug holds a McLaughlin Masters Certificate in Project Management from Durham College and is a graduate of the Banff School of Advanced Management.

Doug is recognized for providing top notch experiential learning programs that enhance employee engagement and advance individual, team and organizational performance. His areas of expertise include Organization Development; Leadership Strategy; Talent Management; Executive Coaching and Change Leadership. A professional facilitator, Doug’s interactive, entertaining and thought provoking sessions have engaged thousands of individuals from around the world. Doug is a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders and his organization development work has directly contributed to the attainment of national and regional top employer awards. Doug is also a Practicum Advisor for the Masters Certificate Programs in Organization Development program at Schulich ExecEd.

Project Management

Douglas B. Boebinger, PMP, has spent the last 25-plus years assisting companies in various industries as a project manager, consultant and trainer to implement project management and improve their project processes. Doug received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Purdue University and is Project Management Professional® certified with the Project Management Institute since 1994. Doug is a past adjunct professor with various universities across the United States and Canada. At Michigan’s Cleary University, he was the Project Management Department chair where he created their original project management degree program.

Sales

Douglas Cole is an Enterprise Sales Leader at LinkedIn, a part-time university lecturer, and an adviser with start-up accelerators in Canada and the US. He is the author of a forthcoming book for B2B salespeople, founders, and those who influence strategic investments in their organization.

General Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Marat Ressin has led a 20-plus-year career as an internationally successful entrepreneur in business and real estate development. After completing his PhD in Economics with a specialization in "small business crisis management," Ressin gained extensive expertise in growing small businesses that attract investment, and has successfully reinvented and rehabilitated more than 30 businesses from a variety of industries. In 2013, Ressin became the first President of the York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI), a charitable university-linked accelerator whose mission is to provide top-tier, free business education and mentorship to innovative entrepreneurs from any sector or industry. YEDI’s goal is to build and accelerate successful businesses, and efficient not-for-profit organizations. In 2018, YEDI was ranked as the number one University Linked Accelerator in the world. "As president of one of York’s most ground-breaking institutes, Dr. Ressin's expertise in the development of small businesses and non-profit organizations make him uniquely qualified to guide our student entrepreneurs to success."- Mamdouh Shoukri, president and vice-chancellor York University

Healthcare

Michael is a healthcare leadership consultant and educator with Schulich Executive Education at York University in Toronto. He is a member of the Board of the Canadian Society of Physician Leaders, and the former Chief Executive Officer of the PEI provincial Health Authority and former Chair of the Board of Directors at HealthCareCAN.  He is a pioneer of using complexity science-based approaches to improve patient safety, system transformation, staff engagement and other complex challenges. Michael has advised organizations in Canada and internationally. Former leadership roles include Director of Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control and Public Health Ontario (2008-2010), Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee at UHN (2015-2017) and Chief of Staff at Humber River Hospital in Toronto (2018-2020). Michael holds Master’s degrees from McGill University (Biochemistry) and the University of Toronto (Health policy, management and evaluation), and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in infectious diseases.

Healthcare

Dr. Safieh’s clinical work includes a family practice and the emergency department at Humber River Hospital.  He is currently a Council Member of the CPSO and serves on the Quality Assurance Committee of the CPSO.  He is also on the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff Association of Humber River. Dr. Safieh has held various administrative positions including Chief of Family Medicine with an Academic Unit at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Chief of Family Medicine and Chief of Emergency Medicine here at Humber River as well as Chief of Staff at Humber River. He has four children and works with his wife Katherine who is also a Family Physician with privileges at Humber River.  He has always enjoyed his clinical and administrative work.

Healthcare

Emma Pavlov has recently retired from University Health Network (UHN), where she held the position of Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development. As one of Canada’s premiere academic health sciences centres, University Health Network is a multi-site, $1B organization with over 15,000 employees, physicians, scientists, volunteers, and students. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. Prior to joining the University Health Network, Emma has held various senior positions in both the public and private sectors, including Xerox, Levi Strauss Canada, and Imperial Oil Ltd. Her twenty-five-year career has included all aspects of strategic people management, including organizational effectiveness, labour relations, leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational change. Emma holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Concordia University and an MBA from Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C. She has completed numerous management education programs at Harvard, the University of Toronto and Queens and has her Canadian Human Resources designation. Emma has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences, and she has taught negotiations and labour relations to MBA students at the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Public Sector

Eric Champagne, Ph.D., is a full professor of public administration at the School of Political Studies and Director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. He teaches theory and practice in public management and governance, as well as public policy development, program evaluation, and risk management. His current research focuses on infrastructure financing and asset management within the context of multilevel governance, as well as public sector reforms in Canada and developing countries. Before joining the University of Ottawa, Professor Champagne spent a decade as a public sector reform specialist at the World Bank and as a senior policy advisor to the Government of Canada. He is Vice-President of the Performance and Planning Exchange (PPX/FRP), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing knowledge and practice in results-based management, and he sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA). In 2020, he received the Pierre De Celles Award for Excellence in Teaching Public Administration, presented jointly by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) and CAPPA. Eric Champagne, Ph.D., est professeur titulaire en administration publique à l'École d'études politiques et directeur du Centre d’études en gouvernance de l’Université d’Ottawa. Il enseigne la théorie et la pratique de la gestion et de la gouvernance publiques, l’élaboration des politiques publiques, l’évaluation de programmes et la gestion des risques. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur le financement des infrastructures et la gestion des actifs dans un contexte de gouvernance multiniveaux, ainsi que sur les réformes du secteur public au Canada et dans les pays en développement. Avant de rejoindre l’Université d’Ottawa, le professeur Champagne a passé une dizaine d’années comme spécialiste des réformes du secteur public à la Banque mondiale et conseiller stratégique principal auprès du gouvernement du Canada. Il est vice-président du Forum sur le rendement et la planification (FRP/PPX), un organisme sans but lucratif dédié à l’amélioration des connaissances et des pratiques en gestion axée sur les résultats, et siège au conseil d’administration de l’Association canadienne des programmes en administration publique (ACPAP). En 2020, il a remporté le Prix Pierre-De Celles d’excellence en enseignement de l’administration publique, remis conjointement par l’Institut d’administration publique du Canada (IAPC) et l’ACPAP.

Healthcare

Eric Pook has been consulting small businesses since the late ‘90s with an emphasis on revenue creation and cost mitigation. He grew up in a medical entrepreneurial environment and continued that passion by starting or growing businesses throughout North America. Eric advises Doctors each day on how to successfully leverage the dental office lease agreement to maximize practice value while reducing risk and liability.

Financial Acumen, Technology

Eugene previously held the position of Executive Vice‐President, Digital Excellence and Technology Advisor, for Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC). Eugene started his career in telecommunications and has worked for Nortel Networks Corporation, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., and Open Text Corporation. In progressively senior technology and business roles in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. he built his career by discovering and delivering ‘next generation’ digital capabilities within enterprise large and small. He holds a Master’s Degree in Administration, Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, is a Certified Management Accountant, and is a recent graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors program. He is a frequent speaker on “The Hyperconnected Digital World”. In 2015, Eugene was named CIO of the Year by RIS News and Canada’s CIO of the Year (Private Sector) by Information Technology Association of Canada. He is on the Board of Governors at York University. He is also executive in residence for AI at the Schulich Business School.

Evelina is an executive and systemic team coach, award winning executive educator, and an expert in vertical leadership development. She leads a thriving private practice partnering with senior leaders and founders and their leadership teams to transform the way they lead, team, and navigate through complex human and organizational challenges. Evelina integrates cutting-edge science and practice to tackle the areas that are most critical to sustainable success and business growth, yet most difficult to change. Throughout her career, Evelina has partnered with hundreds of clients in private, public and not-for-profit sector organizations to diagnose, design and deliver integrated interventions at the individual, team, and organizational level. She is known for her engaging, authentic, collaborative, and compassionate style and fostering high trust relationships that disarm people’s natural defenses so they can engage in deep development and sustain the change. Prior to starting her private practice, Evelina was a learning and organizational development practitioner at the University of Guelph, where she also served as Faculty in the Lang Masters in Leadership program, teaching an intensive 7-day leadership development program that garnered a reputation as being "transformational." Evelina has also served as a team coaching SME and global co-leader for the International Coaching Federation’s Team and Group Coaching Community of Practice.

Federico has 20+ years of experience as a business leader, specializing in designing, delivering, and developing strategic and operational plans. He is responsible for the development, management, and delivery of training programs related to Negotiation, Sales Effectiveness, Leadership, Behavioral and Communication Styles, Potential Evaluation, Persuasive Communication, Strategy, and Organization. His experience and expertise span diverse industries, business lines, and company sizes, from multinational corporations to medium and small organizations. Regardless of the environment he works in, he focuses on fostering negotiation and communication skills among individuals, departments, and entire organizations to cultivate an impactful communication approach and drive business results. Federico has extensive experience in Mobile Telecommunications, Digital, IT, IoT, Customer Care, Manufacturing, Construction, Luxury, FMCG, Energy, Automotive, Finance, Insurance, and Banking. He holds an Executive Master in Business Administration from Fondazione CUOA and is fluent in Italian and English.

Communication, General Management

Gail Levitt is an influential leadership facilitator, coach and mentor with a unique approach that engages and inspires participants to learn and apply both theory and practice for peak performance. Gail offers a wide range of influential leadership topics, including negotiating; productivity management; strategic and critical thinking; managing change; communicating without authority; transformational coaching and team collaboration. Gail’s extensive training and work experience as supervisor, manager and senior leader in both public and private sectors enable her to adapt easily and engage diverse audiences with relevant examples they can apply immediately. Gail’s highly acclaimed first book, Team Planning for Project Managers and Business Analysts, was published by CRC Press in 2013. Her forthcoming book The Truth about Collaboration: Why People Fail and How to Succeed will be available in June 2020.