Shannon Ballard is the Chief Strategy Officer and part of the ownership team at Jan Kelley, one of Canada’s leading digital creative agencies.
Jan Kelley is celebrating its 110th anniversary in 2023 and is a fully independent, WBE certified, Canadian owned business. The agency is a proud two-time winner of the Waterstone Most Admired Culture Award and has also recently been awarded Canadian Business Excellence Award. Jan Kelley has over 70 team members and has been globally recognized for its work in performance digital, creative, and digital experience.
Shannon is a certified CXPA, with a proven track record for helping organizations position, develop and differentiate brands to inspire employees and drive growth. This includes a deep passion for building and driving organizational culture.
An active contributor in the community, Shannon was a volunteer with the Girl Guides of Canada for over 10 years as well as serving on the Board of Directors for Food for Life. Most recently, Jan Kelley launched its Humanology For Good Initiative donating agency services to advance the causes of deserving charities.
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Matt Skynner is the Chief Operating Officer at ventureLAB, a leading global founder community for hardware technology and enterprise software companies located in York Region. Matt is
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Matt has over 30 years of high tech experience, including leading a global $1B technology business as Corporate Vice President and General Manager at AMD Canada. Prior to joining venture LAB, Matt was the President and Chief Operating Officer at Braingrid Corporation, where he helped scale the company by assisting in raising more than $4M, growing the team from 5 to 20 people, and going public at the end of 2018.
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Matt has served on the Boards of Directors of the IT Association of Canada, the Information Markham and Volunteer Centre, and the Canadian Association of Energy Service Companies.
Matt is a Professional Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Manitoba.
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