User:MartyAvery

From CWC/Corus

Marty is Chief Catalyst and founder of What If?, a business development strategy company based in Calgary. What If? connects bleeding-edge and hard-to-understand organizations with the people and approaches they need to know to build profitable, flourishing enterprises. She is also one of the players in the Toronto-based FunkSisters which creates bespoke social networks.

Leveraging 20 years experience in sales and marketing and 6 years building 2 successful start-ups, Marty has created and implemented healthy, growth strategies for a diverse group of businesses leveraging social webs-including 2 currently in PROFIT's Top W100 Fastest Growing Companies.

She participated in the Prime Minister's Task Force on Women Entrepreneurs; presented at the Women Presidents Organization North American Conference, the Banff New Media Institute's Interactive Projects Lab and the Canadian Women in Communications/Corus Career Accelerator, and is faculty at the Canadian Film Centre's Media Lab. She is an advisor to the Creating Tomorrow Foundation, sits on NextMEDIA's advisory board and is Vice Chair on the board of Future Possibilities. Marty was recently a panelist on Digital Delivery at The Corporate State of Canada CEO summit and on the United Nations' World Summit Awards' Canadian jury. She was also featured in Fortune Small Business.

Marty at what-if.ca 403-670-5556 Call me anytime you need to connect to a fresh perspective or helpful person.