Denise Donlon
Executive Director, CBC Radio and former President, Sony Music Canada

Highly regarded as a catalyst, creative leader and communicator, Denise Donlon is the executive director of CBC Radio. She is also a leader behind the scenes as producer of  live events and engaging television. During her tenure as President of Sony Music Canada, she directed the company and operations of 300 employees, delivering an average annual revenue of $200 million and overseeing Canada’s marketing, sales and promotion of some of the world’s biggest artists including Celine Dion and Bruce Springsteen.

In her conference presentation about engagement and retention of employees and customers, Denise will explain how a commitment to extraordinary talent and community issues will create an environment of innovation, celebration and success for engaging and retaining your staff.

Robert Herjavec
Star of "Dragon's Den"

Robert Herjavec has lived the classic “rags to riches” story.  The son of Croatian immigrants, he earned his incredible wealth by overcoming the odds with pure hard work and intuition.  During the initial stages of the dot com craze, he launched BRAK systems, which soon became Canada’s top provider of Internet security software, worth a reported $100 million dollars.  Robert sold his company to AT&T in 2000. But that was only the start.  He then helped negotiate the sale of another technology company to Nokia for $225 million dollars.  Instead of retiring with his cash, Robert now heads The Herjavec Group, listed as one of Canada’s leading and fastest-growing IT security and infrastructure integration firms.

As a star of the hit TV show, “Dragon’s Den,” Robert continues to look for unique opportunities to partner with entrepreneurs, while sharing his vision for what it takes to build a successful company.  His conference presentation will give you hope and confidence to overcome the next great hurdle in your life.