David Ian Gray Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, BC, CA

DIG360 is an amalgam of my professional background and personal beliefs coming full-circle. It reflects my strength in thinking holistically and making connections in all compass points around a problem. This also enables a structure under which my team and extended network can contribute their skills to solving client problems.

North Vancouver, BC, CA

This is a part-time role designing and delivering an undergraduate elective: Topics in Retail Innovation.

Auckland, NZ

Building on a long running professional relationship with NZTE and New Zealand exporters, am more formally involved as an advisor in two ways:1. A subject matter expert on retail and consumer product go-to-market strategies in North America.2. An Impact Session Facilitator - a trained role to help NZ executives validate or find gaps in North American.

Judge of annual ERA Award for Best in Class Retail and planning committee advisor to various RCC events.

Toronto, ON, CA

Took on a very special opportunity to refine and lead, on an fractional interim basis, a rebooted qualitative research division at the Canadian quantitative leader, Forum Research. Professional work focused on gelling a team in the aftermath of COVID work-from-home, introducing tools and approaches while coaching junior and mid-level staff through to.

Burnaby, BC, CA

Taught consumer behaviour at the advanced undergrad level. Developed own approach to integrating Customer Journeys with key concepts in consumer behaviour, culminating in a major end of term group project.

Toronto, ON, CA

Developed and hosted a twice a month shared discussion during the COVID Pandemic focused on better understanding of the rapidly transforming retail ecosystem, with four other thought leaders from diverse backgrounds in the sector. We often had high profile leading experts join the conversation.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Special advisor to ventures in retail and consumer innovation at Canada's largest tech accelerator and top-ranked University-based incubator in North America. Includes teaching a standalone seminar on Better Go-To-Market for Retail.

Burnaby, BC, CA

Mentored and advised selected founders in the RADIUS Ventures programme. Included teaching a course on How to Sell to Retail. RADIUS incubates and accelerates top emerging social ventures to scale impact, grow revenue and build the foundations for sustained success.

Have been honoured to be part of the advisory panel for the most innovative organizations in BC awards and special issue of BC Business in 2010-2012 and now again in 2013.

San Francisco, California, US

Participated with a select group of sustainability, consumer goods and brand experts on the Sustainable Brands 2010 Advisory Board to shape and conduct post-mortem on that leading event.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Generated the concept and built support with Globe Foundation for a link on green business through retail. Oversaw the design of the Spotlight, curated it, and moderated the CEO Panel at the prestigious Globe Conference in Vancouver, Canada Mar 24-26, 2010: the Spotlight on Retail. Info: http://bit.ly/auL0MU

CA

In follow-up to our successful Retail Executives Summit on Sustainability in February, the 2009 Retail BC Annual Conference theme was Green Retail.A stellar line-up of presenters included Peter Robinson (David Suzuki Foundation, ex-MEC CEO) and Gary Hirshberg (Stoneyfield Farm and Danone Europe.

Started a service firm and extended network in 1994 successfully dedicated to three things: 1) business intelligence with no silos, 2) shifting the Canadian retail sector toward strategic best-practices, enhancing experience & intuition with facts and analysis, 3) developing a community of like-minded professionals to create new approaches. Sixth Line.

Experienced a variety of interesting engagements from market researcher specializing in expert interviews with senior financial industry professionals (for Brendan Wood International), to helping develop first major operating budget for the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club, to providing marketing and business modeling suppport to an early touch-screen customer.

Toronto, ON, CA

Personal efforts to integrate Sustainability Issues in Business School education (MBA and BBA) were rewarded with an offer to administer the start-up of the first endowed chair in sustainability in a Canadian business school (Schulich). Handled initial budget and managed start-up period to hiring of first Chair, while on leave from IOL.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

Analyzed and reporting monthly earnings for Esso retail operations. Handled many special projects, some of which saved millions of dollars, and began liason programme between Financial Services and Marketing "clients". In charge of successful Continuous Improvement Programme (CIP) Pilot in credit card division. Exceeded goals and was given a rare (for IOL).

Mba, Marketing & Strategy

Mes, Business Sustainability

B Comm, Finance And Information Systems