Alan Keith

My favorite quote in business will tell you what my business philosophy is all about, "culture eats strategy for breakfast" - Peter Drucker. I strive to create highly engaged workplace cultures to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

Experienced leader with a strong track record of driving profitable growth, leading Business Development, Customer Service, Human Resources, Operations, Product Development and Sales & Marketing in the fields of Consulting, Education, Hospitality and Retail. Annual Revenue up to $70M.

An innovative and tenacious problem solver with ability to connect-the-dots, risk taker and trouble shooter, with expertise in both development and execution of strategies to deliver to the bottom line. Unafraid of creative, disruptive change, with a collaborative leadership style working at all levels of the organization. Expertise working in a cross cultural, fast paced environment; ability to translate complexity to simple, elegant solutions. Extremely passionate, energetic, driven and motivated professional with proven strength in forming trusted partnerships with employees/clients/ vendors at various organization-levels utilizing superb communication and inspirational leadership skills. A ‘can-do’ attitude and a bias towards action that results in operational excellence and recruiting and retaining top performers

Currently I am President of Sunview College, HiTech Institute and Renaissance by the Creek. Sunview College helps students improve their lives by taking career specific education in the areas of Business, Healthcare & IT. It offers diploma & post grad diploma programs. HiTech offers training courses in areas of Business, IT & Project Management. It offers Open (scheduled) and Custom programs to clients across the globe. Renaissance by the Creek is Mississauga's top event centre, hosting social and corporate events. My role is to ensure that the organizations continue to grow and to offer the highest level of customer satisfaction while driving the strategic direction of the organization by engaging our people.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• MBA, General, Schulich School of Business, York University, 1993

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

• Compensation

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Communication
• Leadership
• Organizational Behaviour
• Revenue Management
• Sales and Marketing
• Strategy