Kevin Delano, as President & CEO and Member of the Board, is responsible for the overall direction of the company. Kevin has a strong entrepreneurial background, having created / co-founded a number of businesses in the sales & marketing disciplines.
Most recently, Kevin was the Chief Marketing Officer, Member of the Board, and an originating partner at CIM (Consumer Impact Marketing) (www.cimweb.com) . CIM started with a handful of people 16 years ago, today CIM has grown to over 2,300 employees across North America. CIM is the largest outsourced sales & marketing agency in Canada and has been “one of Canada’s 50 BEST Managed Companies” for the past 10 years. Also, for 2008 and 2009, CIM has been rated as one of the TOP 50 BEST workplaces in Canada.
Kevin also founded LAUNCH! Brand Marketing (www.launchthis.com) while at CIM. LAUNCH! Specialized in marketing services, and was a significant partner to CIM. After 5 years in operation, CIM acquired LAUNCH!, and now acts as one of the two main operating business units of CIM.
Over the past 23 years, Kevin has; set up and managed over 60 different National Sales Forces (clients such as: Quaker, Microsoft, Cadbury, Wrigley, Research in Motion, Olympus, Abbott, Walt Disney); has been intimately involved with many National Marketing programs (with brands like: Xbox, Pepsi, Gatorade, Telus, Johnson&Johnson, Labatt), and has recruited, trained and managed over 4,000 employees for his agencies.
Kevin is a graduate of Dalhousie University, B.Comm (Marketing / Management). A proud Maritimer, he’s married with three children.
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