Craig White

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Business and technology innovation coach. Former executive leader at HP, Sprint, Bell, EA. Mr. Lube & GoCo. Principal - CDW Clarity Consulting. Lifelong learner, educator, mentor and transformational change agent. @ avantage
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Canada
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About Craig White

PROFILEA seasoned business builder and operator with over 25 years of success leading companies through periods of turn around and extraordinary growth. Key stakeholder in building companies that attracted new investors on 3 separate occasions. An executive who understands how to work alongside of the team to produce exceptional results. An accomplished senior leader with a track record of success in improving shareholder value in both public and privately traded companies. I believe in attracting and retaining employees and customers by practicing principle based leadership. I enjoy building bridges and leading people! EXPERTISE:• Digital/Business transformation leader: In managed services, retail, gaming and automotive sectors. • Strategy: Created and executed a vision & strategy for several organizations to drive exceptional growth & customer loyalty. • Business Builder: Builds cross functional teams into award winning performers resulting in companies being profitably sold on 3 separate occasions. • Executive Leadership: Experienced working with board members and executives to create increased shareholder value, new revenue growth of over $750 million and EBITDA of over $400 million in a publicly traded telecom company. • Sales, Marketing & Brand: Built and revitalized brands growing awareness from <2% to 10%.• New Product Development: Lead new product development in gaming, technology and telecom. • Franchise Leadership: In the automotive sales and service sector. • International Channels Sales: Built new sales channels from the ground up with integrators, software developers & technology resellers generating over $680M in 3 years. • Entrepreneurial & Intrapreneur Leader: Proven track record as both an Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur. • People & Culture Leader: Fosters diversity encouraging the mantra, "Help a teammate succeed today. Never let a teammate fail"

Craig White's Current Company Details
avantage

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Business and technology innovation coach. Former executive leader at HP, Sprint, Bell, EA. Mr. Lube & GoCo. Principal - CDW Clarity Consulting. Lifelong learner, educator, mentor and transformational change agent.
Craig White Work Experience Details
  • Avantage
    Partner
    Avantage Jul 2023 - Present
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca
    Avantage is a modern consulting, outsourcing and managed services firm that's hyper focused on great experiences and outcomes for our customers. We help organizations innovate, transform, and use technology to improve performance or develop a competitive advantage. Our customers are some of the most recognized multinationals brands and we leverage our Vancouver based Centre of Excellence to support them with great people, leading technology, and managed services.
  • Cdw Clarity Consulting
    Principal
    Cdw Clarity Consulting Sep 2019 - Dec 2023
    Providing strategic management, business planning consulting & coaching services to technology start-ups, mid-market tech companies in the telecom, retail, healthcare & the professional service sector. Extensive expertise in building and operating a managed services organization. We have engaged in organizational performance optimization, management consulting, succession planning, interim executive management, product & brand management & corporate turnarounds.
  • Goco
    Executive Vice-President Sales & Customer Service
    Goco Sep 2011 - Aug 2019
    Montréal, Québec, Ca
    (formerly Radiant Communications Corporation)As the sales, marketing and service leader, I re-built and led the Radiant team through a transformation from a connectivity reseller to a professional national managed service provider of networks, hosted cloud and VoIP services. As a member of the Executive Team at Radiant, I was a key stakeholder in selling the company to both Comwave in 2015 and to Telus in 2019. The market cap at Radiant grew 450% under my sales and service leadership. Responsible for sales, marketing and service results, it was my mandate to grow the revenue stream while maintaining an industry leading profit margin. Under my leadership, we achieved a 30% CAGR while maintaining EBITDA targets and customer satisfaction targets. As well, during that period, our monthly churn rate was reduced to .05% vs. over 4% in 2011. Over the course of the last 8 years, we attracted and retained many of Canada’s largest brands in Retail, Oil & Gas, Financial and Health Care.
  • Claritygroupwest
    Principal
    Claritygroupwest Nov 2010 - Sep 2011
    As a principal of Clarity Group West, Craig served as a contributing management consultant a coach to numerous private and public companies. Clarity focuses on corporate performance optimization, succession planning, interim executive management, new product development and market expansion.
  • Mr. Lube Canada
    Vice President Franchise Development & Real Estate
    Mr. Lube Canada 2008 - 2010
    Richmond, Bc, Ca
    Reporting directly to the CEO as his second in command, I had the turnaround mandate of a privately owned medium sized franchise company with revenues of over $150M. My responsibilities spanned national operations, franchisee relations, investor relations, real estate and construction. • Led in store lease negotiations, sale and ultimate store opening or ownership transfer of over 23 stores. They included new stores, competitor conversions and corporate sales to Franchisees. This accomplishment represented a franchise historical record breaking number of transactions for Mr. Lube.• Supported the CEO in the day to day operations of the business which led to the achievement of industry leading Same Store Sales of 27%, doubled EBITDA and increased shareholder value by over $20 million in three years.• Executive Sponsor for Mr. Lube with Canadian Franchise Association, International Council of Shopping Centres, the Imperial Oil Real Estate Division, Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Montreal. • Rebuilt the national franchise development and real estate team by recruiting accomplished franchise development, real estate, leasing, franchise marketing directors and many other individual support roles to work together cohesively.• Authored the annual Business Plan.• Rebuilt the compensation plan for development, real estate and leasing.• Attracted new investors based partially on my reputation from a previous company.• Led in the selection of 16 new sites and negotiated the leases.• Successfully built and opened 16 new stores in 3 years.• Project managed the General Contractors responsible for building the stores.• Sold 5 Corporate Stores for 6 times earnings. (typically 3 to 4 times)• On-going property management of100 leases.
  • Mr. Lube Canada
    Vice President Operations
    Mr. Lube Canada 2006 - 2008
    Richmond, Bc, Ca
    • Operated 100 retail stores across canada.• Authored the Strategic Business Plan for 2007 – 2009.• Led in the restructuring and management of operations, development, real estate, leasing necessary to establish a foundation for growth.• Renewed relationships with the Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada and launched a national financing program with Mr. Lube.• Launched a quarterly brand evaluation system for franchisees called “Go for the Gold” designed to improve brand standards of our stores.• Created a quarterly brand scorecard intended to communicate “Go for the Gold” results to franchisees.• Orchestrated and Hosted the Franchise Conventions• Achieved industry leading same store sales growth of 30% in 3 years. • Chaired the quarterly franchisee Regional Advisory Council.
  • Electronic Arts
    Senior Development Director
    Electronic Arts 2005 - 2006
    Redwood City, Ca, Us
    Reporting to the executive studio producer, I was given the mandate to lead in the development and production of a $350M video game titled “Need for Speed-Carbon 2006” As well, to improve the efficacy of the software development team, while reducing employee “burn-out” and improving staff morale.• Produced the game with an operating budget of $25M.• Successfully shipped the product on time, and under budget, to 24 countries in 54 different SKU’s.• Recruited and managed a team of over 200 software engineers through early concept creation through all stages of pre-production, production and “finalling”• Developed a process for production milestone reviews with the Senior Management team which reduced production time and bug fixing time by 15%.• Worked collaboratively with the studio producer to convert creative concepts into a final product which received record breaking industry reviews.• Maintained high staff morale during the difficult “finalling” process by introducing an element of fun and ongoing personal recognition.
  • Bell Canada
    Vice President Sales And Customer Solutions
    Bell Canada 2003 - 2005
    Montreal, Quebec, Ca
    Reporting to the President, I was given the “start-up” mandate for Western Canada. My primary objective was to generate over $500M in revenues from $0, in 5 years and gain a 30% market share from 0%.• Built the business sales and customer solutions teams in western Canada into a 350 employee organization generating $650M in revenue. • Grew revenues in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by 140%, 145% and 158% respectively.• Improved 2004 EBITDA by $63M and increased Customer Satisfaction by 3.5%.• Led in the acquisition of hundreds of new business customer wins in Western Canada. • Led the launch of new technologies and Alberta Super Net in the West including: GPS, 1X Wireless Data trials, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Location Based Services, and fixed broadband wireless. • Established and grew project management and consulting business division.• Achieved the highest customer value rating at Bell for all regions for 2004 & 2005.• Rebuilt all compensation plans in Western Canada ultimately targeted to motivate profitable new business growth.• Awarded “The Most Respected Place to Work” by Alberta Venture Magazine under my leadership.• Enjoyed the highest employee satisfaction rating in Bell for 2003 and 2004.• Performed as the Western lead in the strategic acquisition of Charon Systems and Group Telecom.
  • Bell Canada
    Vice President Operations
    Bell Canada 2001 - 2003
    Montreal, Quebec, Ca
    • Opened a 350 seat Western Canada Destination Call Centre in 2004• Successfully acted as 2nd in command in Western Canada for the President of Bell • Opened and operated over 50 wireless retail stores in Western Canada in 3 years.• Created and obtained board approval for the accelerated growth plan for wireless in the West.• Authored the 2003 and 2004 business plans for Western Canada • Developed the plan and led in the integration of all wireless, wire line, satellite and customer support teams into one unified solution provider for business customers in Western Canada.
  • Rogers Communications (Formerly Sprint Canada)
    General Manager
    Rogers Communications (Formerly Sprint Canada) 1998 - 2001
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    Led a cross functional management team comprised of sales, customer support, professional services, technical support, marketing management, partner programs and operations toward the achievement of a revenue and profit goal in a fiercely competitive e-business and next generation telecommunications service provider business.• Produced the top Branch in Canada for 3 consecutive years measured by Revenue and profit (1999, 2000 and 2001)• Grew revenues from $38m in 1999 to $65M in 2001.• Won many new accounts such as TCGI, CDNX, ICBC, BC Hydro, Info sat.• Created a professional services and technical support team focused on WAN and LAN planning, design, project management and ongoing support.• Increased profit margins by improving the product mix from 40% data solutions to 60%.• Turned around the morale and stabilized a region which had previously undergone many resignations by rebuilding 70% of a team of 80 staff over a period of 18 months.
  • Hewlett-Packard
    General Manager
    Hewlett-Packard 1986 - 1998
    Craig successfully progressed in areas of increased responsibility in Sales, Sales Management, Marketing and General Management in his career at HP (formerly Digital Equipment of Canada)

Craig White Skills

Cross Functional Team Leadership Strategy Start Ups Cloud Computing Business Development New Business Development Crm Business Planning Solution Selling Leadership Sales Management Management Account Management B2b Networking Integration Telecommunications Sales Selling Team Building Marketing Mergers And Acquisitions Project Management Budgets Product Development Training Recruiting Operations Management Executive Management Project Planning Consulting Professional Services Team Management Marketing Management Wireless Customer Satisfaction Direct Sales Retail Strategic Partnerships Sales Process Vendor Management Sales Operations Team Leadership Salesforce.com Enterprise Software Voip Product Marketing Competitive Analysis Saas

Craig White Education Details

  • Toronto Metropolitan University
    Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Brown University, Ryerson University
    Brown University, Ryerson University
    Information Technology
  • Brown University
    Brown University

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Craig White's current role is Business and technology innovation coach. Former executive leader at HP, Sprint, Bell, EA. Mr. Lube & GoCo. Principal - CDW Clarity Consulting. Lifelong learner, educator, mentor and transformational change agent..

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Craig White attended Toronto Metropolitan University, Brown University, Ryerson University, Brown University.

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