Marysia Czarski - Facilitative Consultant & Executive Coach

Marysia is the principal of the Velocity Partnership. She has worked with hundreds of business leaders and companies both in Canada and the United States over the last 18 years. Using her Inside Out BrandingTM framework, her clients are enabled to think about their own thinking, challenge established knowledge and assumptions, and create their 'innovation vision'. The result is her clients can lead change to diagnose their core problems and challenges much more effectively, welcome new ideas tolerantly and manifest opportunities in new and creative ways to ensure embedded innovation, breakthrough results and success.

Marysia's industry experience is both broad and deep. She began her career at Ralston Purina Canada as an Assistant Brand Manager, learning the critical components of how to run a business through the 'packaged goods' paradigm. Her career continued as a Brand Manager within the marketing departments at both Cadbury Chocolate and then Lavalife. It was at Lavalife she bridged her business acumen into Operations, Organizational Development and Coaching.

In 2003, she created the Velocity Partnership. Since the inception of the company, she has worked with banking institutions, insurance brokers and providers, promotion agencies, technology firms, fitness and health studios, chiropractic clinics, retail stores, design agencies, not for profits, printing agents, architects, engineering and manufacturing organizations, and real estate agents.

Marysia's business insight has been developed through the filter of her years participating in competitive team sports, on-going education and volunteerism. She brings a uniquely empathetic and energetic approach to her work with her clients, an approach that inspires focused and committed action.

She has a Master of Science in Creativity and Change Leadership from State University of New York, has graduated Dean's Honor from Ivey Business School in London (H.B.A), has a diploma from the Sorbonne in Paris, is a qualified transformational business coach, and is a graduate of the Spiral Dynamics training process. Velocity Partnership also has working alliances in New York and California with like minded organizations.

She currently lives in Toronto where she continues to lead fitness classes after 22 years at a number of prestigious facilities, and is the goalie for a women's hockey team. She is also the founder and co-producer of the annual Open Door Festival of Music which has raised over $35,000 for the Red Door Family Shelter and is the Team Leader for the Blessing of Animals at MCCT. She is committed to making a difference for all living creatures great and small.

Sandor Kovacs - Executive Coaching, Performance Consulting and Training

Sandor has his own company, Run Rhino Incorporated and brings over 20 years of business experience to executive coaching, performance consulting and training. Over the past eight years Sandor has coached thousands of people including entrepreneurs, leaders, senior executives, sales teams, and high-performance teams. He has worked with companies that include the Bank of Alameda, AT&T, Ireland SanFilippo, Premier Financial group, Hutchinson and Bloodgood, First net Mortgage, Imagine Media, Visual Networks, QAD and the Alameda Property Group. An experienced professional coach, public speaker, and team builder, Sandor Kovacs is a dynamic, passionate leader in developing human potential.

Sandor is a certified professional coach with Newfield Networks. He has a educational background that includes environmental engineering, behavioral science, human dynamics, organizational development, ontology and business consulting. He has attended trainings from Steven Covey to Zig Ziegler and is constantly updated on the latest training competencies, transferring that knowledge to his clients. Besides his current work, Sandor spent over 5 years training and coaching thousand of volunteers in telemarketing and effective phone conversations. Recently, he was invited to give a lecture to the student body at Stanford University.

Sandor lives in Santa Cruz California with his wife Joy and three year old son Phoenix. His hobbies include teaching freestyle skiing, Spinning, and competitive amateur tennis.

Melee Hutton - Presentation Coach and Instructor

Melee has been acting professionally for over 25 years. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and has appeared on the stages of the West End in London, England and on various stages in Toronto.

She holds a Masters in Acting and a Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Acting from York University. She teaches Acting at York University, and the Professional Actors Lab in downtown Toronto. Melee bridges her on stage training, and her abilities as an acting coach and instructor to the board room. She has been coaching and leading presentations on how to be a powerful speaker for the last two years to business professionals in organizations like the CIBC, the CBC and the Loyalty Group.

Whether in a corporate setting or in the acting studio, Melee receives outstanding feedback on her approach to ensuring her clients bring their best voice and self forward when in front of an audience or meeting room of any size.

These are just some of the benefits of Melee's work with her clients:

• Become focused before speaking -- with co-workers, clients or to a larger audience
• Decrease anxiety and increase confidence
• Expand your ability to connect with your audience with what you say
  • Impact how you present yourself through stance and posture

Andy Sharpe

Andy Sharpe is the founder and managing director of Song Division, the global leader in music-based team building. Song Division was the inevitable combination of his two passions, music and business.

Three years into a law degree at Sydney University, Australia, Andy's band was signed to ACDC's record label in the UK. The band consisted of school friends who began playing in their early teens, with Andy being one of two main songwriters, playing guitar and keyboards.

After four years in London the band broke up and Andy pursued his business interests at IBM for almost 10 years, where he was put through an MBA and held various roles ranging from financial analyst to corporate sales and business redesign. The whole time he continued to write for and produce various artists.

In 2003 he was asked to run songwriting workshops for Indigenous school kids in the far north of Australia, an enriching experience for both Andy and the kids. Shortly after a friend and business owner asked him to do the same as a team building experience for his sales team. Word quickly spread; his second client was Australia's largest bank, followed by Virgin Mobile.

Andy now oversees Song Division operations in the US, Canada, UK, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Song Division and Velocity Partnership have a working alliance to further the cause of team work, creativity and community.