Strategic and visionary “end to end” global supply chain &O2C management executive. Over 25 years’ experience with world’s leading multinational/fortune 500 organizations including Pharmaceutical, CPG (Food & Electronics), Telecommunication and the Public Sector. A passionate leader who can drive change and build high performance growth mind set teams through coaching, mentoring and motivation. 

Brad Beauchamp, Director of Client Solutions for Bright Drop, has consistently been involved with alternative fuels and infrastructure projects for over 20 years. He has supported the automotive and vocational vehicle industries for more than 30 years.  His experience also Includes the introduction of telematics to help support the comfort of users in adopting to the new technology and infrastructure associated with alternative fuels. He really gets "the big picture".  In addition to his BrightDrop experience, Brad worked at General Motors, FCA, Roush Clean Tech and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Brad has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Technology Management from Central Michigan University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
 

Kelly is a trusted strategist and one of North America's most recognized and respected executive search specialists. With a passion for providing exceptional client service, and an unwavering focus on results, Kelly has partnered with hundreds of clients on complex and challenging searches.  In doing so, she has redefined the search process and the recruitment and placement experience. 

Kelly has led some of North America's most challenging consumer packaged goods and retail based supply chain searches. 

Chelsea has held several key positions within the fleet industry that have resulted in costs savings and efficiency. She started her career with Donlen, and has consulted with a wide array of clients to identify opportunities to lower costs and increase savings. In addition, she managed Donlen’s environmental initiatives and other strategic projects. Chelsea spent time as the fleet manager for Allstate Insurance Company. With over 3,000 units within the fleet, Chelsea was able to decrease overall fleet spend through the implementation of a strategic fleet policy. Her fleet management expertise led her back to Donlen, where she had responsibility for  the outsourced management division of Donlen. Currently, as a Client Solutions Manager at Brightdrop Chelsea is responsible for ensuring the operational success of the Brightdrop ecosystem of electrified logistical solutions.  

As Senior Vice President of Ecommerce for Sobeys Inc., Sarah Joyce has fueled transformational change at the grocery powerhouse and helped revolutionize the face of online grocery delivery in Canada. Sarah launched Voilà by Sobeys, a cutting-edge online grocery delivery service powered by Ocado Group's industry-leading technology. This first-of-its-kind service in Canada fills orders from a robotic fulfillment center and offers a superior, scalable ecommerce solution unlike anything else available in the market. 

When the pandemic hit in early 2020, Sarah mobilized thousands of employees, partners and suppliers to accelerate the launch to Canadians and meet the heightened need for a safe and dependable online grocery service. Under Sarah's leadership, Voilà continues to expand with the announcement of two new fulfilment centres being developed in Montreal and Calgary, and the introduction of Voilà Curbside Pick-up in hundreds of stores across the country in the coming years. Prior to joining Sobeys in June 2018, Sarah was General Manager of Saksoff5th.com and Gilt.com at Hudson's Bay Company. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University and an MBA from Stanford University. 

Gary Lalonde is Vice-President of North American truck sales with Lion Electric. After spending almost 10 years in the transportation industry, he sought out and eagerly accepted the opportunity to join The Lion Electric Co. 2 years ago. Gary has been key in developing the electric truck market at Lion making him an active participant in the electrification of transportation. He has often been overheard quoting a colleague in stating that "we're changing the world, one Lion electric truck at a time".

David leads Kantar’s insights into the current and future state of international retail, complex business processes, and technology. He covers a range of retail channels, including home improvement, consumer electronics, and food service. David is a provocative keynote speaker for events across the Americas and Asia. He is an experienced leader of international teams, a veteran executive consultant, and a retail solutions architect. Before joining Kantar, David was the global business intelligence lead for retail and CPG at IBM, advising retail clients on POS infrastructure, merchandising, loyalty programs, IT design, loss prevention, supply chain, and large data solutions. Before IBM, David spent 20 years working at every level of retail, from the shop floor to executive management, within discount, grocery, chain drug, and food service operations. He is a past member of the Efficient Consumer Response Category Management Standards Group and the Association for Retail Technology Standards. David’s publications include “The Store of the Future” (https://www.ccrrc.org/2019/04/01/the-store-of-the-future-an-exploration-planning-guide/).
 

Leslie Nicholson is currently the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Operations & Digital Business Transformation for Nestlé Canada.  She serves as a member of the Business Executive Team and reports directly to the President & CEO of Nestlé Canada.  In this capacity, Leslie provides leadership and insight across the Consumer Value Chain for Nestlé in Canada.  She is responsible for the following functions: Demand and Supply Planning, Customer Service, Logistics Operations, Procurement, Customer and Supplier Facing, Product Commercialization, IT and Digital Transformation.

Leslie is a highly skilled commercial leader with over 25 years of experience across multiple industries, business models, countries, channels, categories and distribution models. She is well known as an integrator and communicator who defines and transforms strategic plans that deliver results to shareholders.

Previous to her current role, Leslie was the VP, Procurement and Product Commercialization at Nestlé Canada.  She has worked in a number of cross functional areas spanning Operations, Product Management, and Sales and Category Leadership for a broad range of well-known brands and companies: Cargill, Canada Safeway, L'Oreal, CP Rail and Nestlé.

Leslie holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan.  

Sam is the Head of Strategic Initiatives for Gatik. Sam is an experienced leader with a 15-year track record of delivering complex projects across diverse sectors. He currently heads-up strategic initiatives for Gatik Inc a company offering AVs for B2B short-haul logistics. Prior to Gatik, Sam co-founded the Innovation Factory's Centre for Integrated Transportation and Mobility, a 5-year initiative to accelerate the development of CAV technologies. Sam started his CAV journey at the Ontario Centres of Excellence where he managed a portfolio totaling $215M in innovation funding.

Before entering the innovation sector, Sam spent his earlier career focused on education, health promotion, and international development at the MaRS Discovery District, the University of Toronto, and the United Nations.