IAN CHAMANDY co-founded and spent fifteen years running YOUtv, a company that developed, sold and managed format licences and marketing programs for broadcasters around the world. In this capacity, Ian created branding, marketing and sales strategies for national broadcasters and local TV stations including CBS, Fox, Post-Newsweek and Meredith in the US; Flextech Television in the UK; Venevision in Venezuela; El Tiempo in Colombia; Jyrki in Finland; and Citytv, MuchMusic, CBC and YTV in Canada. He also designed and executed branding, marketing and communications programs for Procter & Gamble, Bell, Warner-Lambert, Labatt, Molson, Loblaws and The Lung Association in Canada; and Kroger and the New York State Department of Health in the US. He has a BA in social psychology from the University of Waterloo.

Ken and Ian write regularly for The Globe and Mail and the Huffington Post.

KEN ABER has spent his career creating innovative strategic partnerships and media programs for blue-chip companies, and he has led marketing and communications programs in the categories of beer, fast food (such as McDonalds), packaged goods, financial services, automotive and tourism (such as Ontario Tourism). Ken has a MBA from Harvard University.