Trainers

Allan Cutler
A well-renowned trainer, consultant and speaker, Mr. Allan Cutler has advised various organizations in all aspects of procurement including the preparation of proposals in response to bid requests. He also advises on organizational ethics.

Mr. Allan Cutler is a principled and excellence-driven professional with over 30 years of experience in procurement, contract administration and supply chain management in public and private sectors.

A diligent problem solver and trouble-shooter, Mr. Cutler assists organizations in enhancing their capacity to achieve performance objectives on the basic of ethics and sustainability. He is skilled in troubleshooting with a demonstrated capacity to achieve results.

Known as the “Whistleblower” for his role in exposing the “Sponsorship Scandal,” Mr. Cutler has received several awards Allan Cutler is a frequent speaker and media commentator on ethics and governance issues.

Andy Kusi-Appiah
Andy Kusi-Appiah is a demographer and co-founder and CEO of Canada Education Management Agency (CEMA). He is also a diversity instructor/consultant for numerous organizations including Algonquin College and Heritage College.

Andy’s success as an instructor is based on a strong theoretical foundation, as well as many years of experience in areas very relevant to the disciplines in which he trains and coaches. As Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Ottawa on Diversity issues (2004-2006), Andy led many multi-disciplinary teams to solve complex diversity issues in a timely and sensitive manner.

Andy has also contributed voluntarily to numerous organizations focusing on socio-cultural and integration issues affecting citizens of Ottawa. He served on Ottawa’s Equity & Diversity Advisory Committee, Homelessness Task Force, Task Force on Somali Youth, Tsunami Relief Committee, and Interfaith Ottawa. He has also spent over 17 years developing life skills for young ladies in an athletic setting.

As CEO of CEMA, Andy works with community colleges in both Ontario and Quebec to provide educational exchange experience for both Canadian and international high school students.

Andy teaches part-time at Carleton University and Algonquin College.

Bill Clarke
Bill Clarke has been a trainer throughout his professional life; first, as a water ski instructor with visually impaired people and then a 20-year career as a High School Mathematics teacher.

Since 2001, as president of Clarke Communication, Bill has designed and delivered classroom and e-learning courses on business communication, effective meetings, and leadership. He has had affiliations with Caswell Coaching, e-Zsigma Canada, Growth Coach, and Cutler and Associates. Clarke Communication has supported clients such as: Library and Archives Canada, Insurance Brokers' Association, MWK Law office, Exegenix Canada Inc, Bell Canada, and Industry Canada. His training mission: to provide content and action steps to meet your objectives.

David French
David French B Eng LLB is a senior Canadian patent attorney with 35 years of experience who helps ensure that Intellectual Property will finally advance the interests of your business. David is a graduate of McMaster University in Engineering Physics (1965) and of the University of Toronto Law School (1969). Having worked with Gordon Henderson after qualifying as a lawyer in 1971, David spent six years with the Canadian government working on law reform and international patent issues.

Thereafter he has been practicing Intellectual Property law, eventually with the firm MiltonsIP in Ottawa, Canada. On January 1, 2010 David retired from regular practice. During his career, David has helped numerous firms and inventors obtain patent rights, trademark and design registrations, providing guidance on not only understanding Intellectual Property but appreciating how to make IP work effectively to serve a business’s interests.

Stuart Grant
Stuart is a Recreation Supervisor for Parks, Recreation and Culture, where much of his 24 years of service have been spent serving Ottawa's economically underprivileged communities. His experience includes spearheading many successful partnerships with the non-profit sector. He has been an active union steward in CUPE Local 503 since 2000. His community activity includes serving as Vice-President of Canadians For Accountability and current President of Constellation Toastmasters. Stuart is an experienced grant proposal writer, copywriter, and facilitator.

Youssef Youssef
Dr. Youssef is currently visiting Scholar to Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University and Associate professor at Unisul Business School, Brazil since 2003. Dr. Youssef is an active researcher, and has consulted and taught in a number of countries in Latin and North America. His main research and teaching interests are in the areas International Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Management and Sustainability, Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning, executive leadership; global leadership and cross-cultural management and his work have been published widely.

Dr. Youssef has active research agenda on sustainability and International development between Europe and Latin America being co-investigator of two major European Commission grants that totalize the amount of 3 million Canadian dollars and involving six countries: Germany, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Guatemala and Latvia.

On the other hand, Dr. Youssef has been able to lead a cross-cultural entrepreneurship and innovation initiative between Canada and Brazil by founding and presiding the Federation of Canadian-Brazilian Businesses (FCBB) head quartered in Ottawa, Canada as the first cross continental organization that aims to foster cross cultural entrepreneurship and innovation between Canadian Entrepreneurs and their Brazilian counterparts.