Michelle holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and an Honours Bachelor, Mathematics from the University of Waterloo. She is also an alumna of Rotman’s Judy Project and Queen’s Workplace Mental Health Leadership Program. Michelle is currently on the Board of Directors of Ontario Great Lakes Goodwill Industries.

Bill has held a variety of senior leadership positions at Staples Business Advantage throughout his 15-year tenure with the company. Bill is focused on ensuring the company delivers exceptional products, services and expertise to its customers.

Margaret sits on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Office Products Association and is past Co-Chair of the Staples Associate Resource Group, Women Who Lead.

Dan brings his years of experience working in various roles including Sales, General Manager, Vice President and Managing Director for organizations such as Ralston Purina/Nestle, OMERS/Golf Town, and Staples Promotional Products Canada.

Dan holds a BSc from the University of Manitoba.

Sonia brings over 25 years of experience to her role at Staples Business Advantage and is responsible for the overall operations of the technology portfolio. She joined Staples in 1999 and has held various roles including Quality Assurance Manager, IT Business Process Analyst, IT Senior Manager, and Interim VP IT. As Senior Program Manager, Sonia and her team act as liaison between the business stakeholders and the technology engineering teams to ensure business needs and requirements are captured and translated to the technology teams for executing and delivering business capabilities.

Sonia holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Montreal as well as a numerous certification such as SAFe Scrum Master & ITIL V3.

Her educational background includes her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario, as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in HR from Humber College. Karen’s passion lies in volunteering and is a Member of the Board for The Women’s Centre of Halton.

Matthew’s career spans more than twenty-five years in the office solutions industry. He began his career with the Ontario Ministry of Government Services, followed by various senior management positions for a leading Canadian independent office products dealer. During his tenure, he was responsible for Customer Care, Procurement, Sales Support, Marketing and Logistics leading him to the position of General Manager.

Gina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Labour-Management Relations from the University of Toronto and has attained several professional certifications including her Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designations.

David has over 14 years of experience in the industry working in a variety of roles including sales operations, bids and business intelligence. This experience has provided David with key insights into how we can better serve our customer segments and support our sales teams to continue to grow our market share. Prior to this role David operated in a Senior Manager capacity, heading our Acquisition Pricing team nationally.

Joseph has been with the organization since 1998, serving in various technology focused leadership roles during that time.  Joseph was instrumental in launching the first developed-in-Canada, web ordering platform at Staples Business Advantage Canada and in building the infrastructure to seamlessly integrate with customers using third party electronic procurement applications.

During Mr Maan’s 12-year career at Staples, he held various roles from Sales Analyst, Compensation Manager to Financial Planning and Analysis.