IVO - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Communications and Marketing Specialist
Dennis is a senior communications and marketing specialist, with extensive experience in crisis communications, media relations and training, marketing, event planning, public speaking, training, and writing. As Senior Consultant and Executive Director of Strategis Consulting Group Inc., he leads a group of executive level professionals who specialize in marketing, branding, media relations, online marketing, as well as event planning and attendance marketing.
Prior to his position with Strategis Consulting Group, Dennis served as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for a multinational supplement manufacturer and wholesaler. His responsibilities included marketing, advertising, conference and tradeshow marketing, as well as promotional campaigns, new product launches, and supervision of the graphic design division.
Dennis has also served on various task forces and policy development committees for technology integration, procurement policies, and human resources. He has researched and written numerous procedural and training manuals, participated in the development of training programs for supervisors and managers, and instructed on corporate productivity, resource management and performance appraisal processes.
Dennis has extensive public speaking experience-both as a presenter and a trainer, as well as course conceptualization, writing and delivery. He is fully bilingual in Canada's two official languages.
Michael Denike has a lifelong history with fishing and the seafood industry. Mike's many years of experience as a commercial fisher and captain in the Pacific North West provided him with a solid foundation for his business venture. Mike is president and owner of Sundance Seafoods Ltd. He founded the salmon and seafood products company in 1989 in order to be closer to his then young family.
Since earning his Bachelor of Science degree (Marine Biology) from the University of British Columbia, Sean has pursued a varied business career in a number of sectors including retail, service, manufacturing and resource industries.
He has extensive experience in senior management for both private and public companies with a diverse range of responsibilities including Investor Relations, Business Development and Operations Management. Associated projects involved supporting various advertising and marketing campaigns; inventory control and supply chain implementation; establishing supply agreements (both international and domestic), developing intellectual property agreements and filings (both international and domestic); as well as consumer education and human resource related matters. Additionally, Sean has worked as a corporate agent, and served as a director and officer for a variety of boards in support of both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
He is currently Executive Director for IVO and is focused on auditing and certification processes, the international omega-3 industry, sustainable sources of omega-3s, quality control and improvement, consumer confidence-building, as well as exploring new areas for improvement, and consumer and retailer education. Sean is trained as an ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management System Lead Auditor.