Brad Poulos

Brad Poulos is a battle-hardened entrepreneur, educator, and researcher who has led companies in the telecommunication, software and, most recently, the cannabis industry. His experience has focused on running and helping companies with issues related to growth, business development, business optimization, and business strategy.

As an expert in lean start up, he has helped several companies - either as a board member, as an official mentor at several Ontario incubators, or as unofficial advisor.

Brad’s background runs the gamut from big company sales and marketing (15 years at Telesat), to Co-founder of a small company "mmWave" that grew to #8 on the Profit 100 list (in 2000) to helping build several companies from the ground up as an Angel or co-founder.

As a lecturer in the world-renowned Entrepreneurship program at Ryerson University he teaches courses in the business of cannabis, small business, and new venture startup.

He regularly writes on the subject of the cannabis industry in Canada, and appears in the media and at conferences on the subject of the cannabis business.

Brad has served on the boards of the CWTA, East Wellington Community Services and is past Chair of, Erin Radio, a community radio station.

For fun he plays keyboards in a rock band called Southpawz that plays clubs and festivals regularly in the West GTA.

Specialties

• Cannabis Business
• Design Thinking / Lean Start up
• Agile Development
• Customer Discovery
• Corporate Strategy development
• Entrepreneurial Business
• Corporate Development
• Operations
• Sales Programs / Sales Channels
• Customer Service
• Marketing
• Software Development

Education

• Ivey Business School at Western University - MBA, Business 1994 - 1996
• DeVry Institute of Technology - Electronics Engineering Technologist, Electronics 1981 - 1983