1. George Keller, BComm, MBA, CPA, CA, CPA (Illinois)
georgekeller@rogers.com Mobile: (416) 276-5351
Professional and Personal Attributes
 Consummate business professional with over thirty years of comprehensive financial and operational business
leadership
 Demonstrated proficiency in spearheading and maintaining sustainable profitable growth, enhances
operational strength while minimizing corporate risks and costs, results focused
 Excels within change management
 Fosters personal productivity, accountability, empowerment and development
 Trusted persuasive leader, team player and decision maker
 Creative problem solver with a bias for action through strong communication skills
 Pillar of personal and business ethics, values and integrity
Professional Experience
CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE (PRIVATE GRADUATE EDUCATION, DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC DEGREE)
VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE FEBRUARY 2008 – JANUARY 2016
 Strategic and action oriented executive leadership always supporting the mission and vision
 Strategic and mindful treasury leadership and management which streamlined debt profiles reducing financial
exposure and interest costs, and, increased cash flow efficiency
 Led accurate and timely budget preparation and financial reporting
 Led and conduced enterprise risk management, due diligence and governance activities
 ERP leadership and change management for two systems’ implementations and integrations, completed on-
time and under-budget; Blackbuad (Education), OSCAR (Electronic Health Records)
 Led user centered Information Technology services, prudently managed capacity and capabilities to address
changing user and security demands
 Led and mentored Physical Facilities in effective and economic site maintenance, safety and energy
efficiency; led the development and completion of a Capital Maintenance Plan, and completed several capital
improvement projects on-time and on-budget
 Made clear and concise presentations to the Board, Annual General Meeting, third parties
 Conducted respectful third party liaison with all external relationship partners
BUSINESS CONSULTANT SEPTEMBER 2007 – FEBRUARY 2008
Contract assignment for Bell Canada - Acting Director Financial Reporting and Analysis, Controller Group
 Responsible for two business units’ accounting and financial reporting and SOX control (s.404) monitoring,
evaluation, reporting, administration
FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLP (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES - A PARTNERSHIP)
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FEBRUARY 2005 – SEPTEMBER 2007
 Directed and managed Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, Partner Care and the external audit process
in a diverse international partnership structure
 Directed the development and preparation of the annual strategic business plan
 Led the accounting and finance shared-services initiative to standardize and integrate best practices including
increasing the utilization of the Elite data management system
 Responsible financial person in two significant acquisitions, and their subsequent integration; one domestic,
one international
 Provided strategic and operational support, and sage counsel, to the Firm Managing Partner
 Presented to the Audit Committee, the Partnership Board and the Partnership as a whole
BUSINESS CONSULTANT NOVEMBER 2002 – JANUARY 2005
Contract assignments with health care, telecommunications, technology and manufacturing clients
 Conducted strategic business plan development, preparation and presentation
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2. George Keller, BComm, MBA, CPA, CA, CPA (Illinois)
georgekeller@rogers.com Mobile: (416) 276-5351
 Conducted operational and financial planning, and implementation
 Led process improvement identification and implementation
 Acted as Assistant CFO
 Conducted corporate governance determination and compliance (SOX, section 404 and certification;
OSC/TSX, Bill 198; Privacy Act [PIPEDA])
NOVOPHARM LIMITED (GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING, WHOLESALE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - A PRIVATE
TO PUBLIC CORPORATION)
CFO & SENIOR VP (ALSO DEPUTY CEO, APRIL - NOVEMBER 2000) 1999 - OCTOBER 2002
 Directed and managed Finance, Accounting and Information Technology to support comprehensive and
complex business and management needs through instilling enhanced business practices, entity risk
management, effective management and financial reporting
 Led the transformation from a significant private company to a foreign controlled public corporation (Nasdaq)
in a very tight timeframe; ensured accurate, thorough and timely due diligence, and SEC reporting
 As Deputy CEO, provided additional operational and strategic management leadership, increased operational
efficiency, profitability and customer relations, improved staff moral through open communication and
transparency
 Responsible person for the ERP (Oracle) migration; on-time, on-budget, business transparency
 Senior liaison with foreign parent company
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES CANADA LTD. (FLOORING MANUFACTURING, WHOLESALE - A 100% SUBSIDIARY
CORPORATION)
VP Finance & Chief Financial Officer (also Acting President, July 1997 - January 1999) 1994-1999
CENTURY INTERNATIONAL ARMS LTD. (SPORTING GOODS, WHOLESALE - A PRIVATE COMPANY)
General Manager & Chief Financial Officer 1992-1994
ACTIVE COMPONENT SALES CORPORATION LTD (ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL - A PRIVATE COMPANY)
Director, Financial Operations 1989-1992
Canadian National Railways (for this time period, a Crown Corporation) 1981-1989
 Controller - Real Estate Division 1988-1989
 Senior Director, Comprehensive Audit 1983-1988
 System Accountant, Internal Accounting Controls 1981-1983
Professional Accreditation
 Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant ( CPA,CA ), 1980
 Certified Public Accountant ( CPA ), State of Illinois, USA, 1998
Education ( McGill University )
 Master of Business Administration, Finance & International Business, 1988
 Graduate Diploma, Public Accountancy, 1979
 Bachelor of Commerce, Joint Honours Economics & Accounting, 1977
Recent Volunteer Activity
 Learning Disability Association York Region: Board of Directors, October 2012 – September 2015
 The Curtain Club (amateur theatre): Set Crew; Event Support, March 2016 – Present
Languages
 English, French
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