Management

Senior Management Team (Bio’s Below)

Giles Crouch – President & CEO (Co-Founder)
Robert Snell, B. Sc. – Vice President (Co-Founder)
Mike MacKinnon, Ph. D. – Vice President, Public Policy & Research 

 

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Giles Crouch - CEO / Co-Founder

Giles has had a diverse, 20-year career in international business, government relations, and entrepreneurism. He has effectively helped small and start-up businesses go from no revenue or low sales to multi-million in revenues.In his career he has participated in raising over USD$35M in capital for public and private companies from angel, institutional and venture capital sources. Most recently he was co-chair of the Halifax branch of the Canadian International Council where he served for five years.He is co-creator/founder of the Ice Awards creative advertising awards for Atlantic Canada and a ten year advisor to the Entrepreneurs’ Forum.

Giles has presented on international trade issues to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Sub-Committee on Trade and at the EU Parliament. He has worked with senior government members in South Africa, UAE, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, and parts of Latin America. He sits on the Board of Directors for FMH Ltd. and the Atlantic branch of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He has been interviewed on social media issues on radio and television across Canada and written articles for The Philanthropist and The Mark News.Giles has lectured on social technologies and international communications at Saint Mary’s University, Mount Saint Vincent University, Witwatersrand University, and Kings College School of Journalism.

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Mike MacKinnon, Ph.D. – Vice President Public Policy & Research / Co-Founder

With a Ph. D. in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and on the ground experience working in Sudan with the UN for the UNMIS operations, Mike brings extensive knowledge of the peace operations, international relations and fragile nations market to MediaBadger. Mike’s focus is on the development of the noetiQ product and our consulting work in the Peace Operations and Risk Management Assessment Market. Mike has lectured at Dalhousie University, Saint Mary’s University and Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. He has been a Research Fellow at Dalhousie’s  Centre for Foreign Policy Studies since 2004. He is also past Co-Chair of the Halifax Branch of the Canadian International Council (CIC).

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Robert Snell – Vice President, Co-Founder
As a co-founder of MediaBadger, Robert brings over a decade of international experience in the technology sector covering the technology, marketing and sales. He’s built software and delivered Search Marketing, Social Media and Technical solutions for Fortune 100 companies in Europe and North America.

As an avid entrepreneur, Robert has built and sold a software company and executed marketing campaigns and technical projects in Canada and the EU.  Forward thinking and progressive, Roberts global perspective is invaluable to clients.

Some highlights over the last couple of years, Robert has been nominated to the Top 40 Under 40 (Canada – 2008) and the Shell Livewire Entrepreneur of the Year (UK – 2006).