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Leslie Oman – Strategic senior leader. 

Strategic senior leader with over 25 years’ experience leveraging technology and people to achieve transformational business results: Driving value through IT transformation, Cybersecurity Program implementation, AI Program Strategy development, M&A post-merger integration, and large-scale initiatives reducing costs, while increasing performance and optimizing client experience across wide-ranging industries.

 

Seasoned Mentor helping IT leaders make the transition from Technical Experts to Strategic Leaders. Effective positive change agent skilled at building executive sponsorship, implementing corporate governance, and leading change management for complex initiatives, including Cybersecurity and AI Program Implementation, ERP Selection and Implementation, Journey to the Cloud, IT Process Maturity, Business Continuity Planning, and IT Transformation.

 

Industry experience and exposure includes: Financial Services, Digital Banking, Technology, Hybrid Edge Cloud, Manufacturing, Distributon, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, Professional Services, Mining, Telecommunications, Airlines, Automotive, Grocery, Retail, Private Equity, Government, and Higher Education.

 

Former Partner with Deloitte's M&A Value Creation Services Practice.

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Nathan Aravidhan – Senior Organizational Effectiveness Consultant. 


Nathan Aravinthan is a seasoned business technologist and consulting leader with 25+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale transformation. A former CTO and Six Sigma Green Belt, Nathan brings a rare blend of strategic insight and hands-on execution.

He has led initiatives including a global HCM rollout for a 35,000-employee multinational and a 16-month Salesforce, SAP Business One, and MuleSoft integration program for a mid-sized enterprise. When called back by the CEO four months later, he led a 90-day stabilization effort that resolved systemic delivery challenges and restored business confidence.

 

Nathan’s core belief is that execution is strategy made real- and he develops frameworks grounded in alignment, accountability, and agency to help teams deliver on what matters most. CEOs, boards, and cross-functional teams trust him for his clarity, calm leadership, and results-first mindset. Whether solving operational dysfunction or mentoring leaders, Nathan consistently turns strategy into sustained execution.

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Sandra Stillwell – Executive leader.
 

Sandra Stillwell is a talented organization effectiveness consultant and Executive coach passionate about improving the organization systems, strategy, and culture, and working with executives to Accelerate their development and maximize their business impact. She is also keenly interested in working with HR leaders and their teams to transform the HR function and its capability to deliver practical business solutions.

In her most recent roles as an HR executive, she was a key member of the management team, responsible for

developing and executing the People and Culture
strategies and building high-performing HR teams. She was instrumental in leading the organizational restructuring, executive transitions, and change management and communications, and cultural change efforts during large
mergers and divestitures.


She brings a solid business background and perspective to her work and is known for her strategic systems thinking, ability to diagnose complex organizational issues, accelerate executive development, and co-create innovative solutions.

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Kira Balasubramanian – Associate – Specializing in Social Media Marketing, marketing administration and Business Writing.

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John Schwenk – has had a broad career, post-Western MBA, including owning a business, starting up a business, restructuring a business, and selling a business. His experience includes technology, importing, training, with a theme throughout of connecting and working with people for great success. He is currently working in the Data Management space, helping companies prepare their data for AI. He is also a father of 4 daughters, and an avid cyclist, skier, yogi, etc.

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Companies

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STRAAD

At STRAAD, we take pride in our service offering, supporting organizations through strategy, leadership, and culture challenges. We partner with leaders to design and build the necessary interventions, activities and metrics, including strategy development, leadership enablement and team effectiveness, organizational design, and culture alignment that enable the path forward.

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CY-ALPHA

CyAlpha is a leading North American cybersecurity firm based in Calgary, Alberta, with a global presence across five countries. Founded by Jinu Varghese, the company specializes in penetration testing, virtual CISO services, and compliance consulting for standards like SOC 2, ISO, HIPAA, and more.

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STYX Intelligence

Styx Intelligence is a Vancouver-based cybersecurity company specializing in AI-driven digital risk protection. Founded in 2020, the company offers a comprehensive platform designed to help organizations monitor and remediate threats targeting their digital assets.
Styx is provides unified platform that protects clients and companies with their Brand and Social threats.

What People Say

I have had the good fortune to know and work with Tony Balasubramanian for over 10 years. He is an exceptionally talented organizational consultant, coach, and teacher. Tony's long experience as a senior leader himself and trusted advisor to C-suite executives makes him an invaluable resource to any team with top-tier responsibility. But, it doesn't stop there. Tony's impeccable character, sage mentality, and caring nature allows him to connect effectively at every organizational level. Tony has my highest recommendation.

Dr. David Celmer

Owner at Celmer OD Solutions, LLC

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