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Shane Pounder is an experienced Operations, Strategy and Marketing professional with over 20 years of experience and a proven track record of driving successful results within organizations ranging from technology to healthcare.  He is a dedicated team leader that is happiest when coaching his teams through a particularly difficult problem.  

Currently, he is the Vice President of Operations and the interim Vice President of Marketing at Flipp, a leading retail technology company that works with North America’s largest retailers and brands. In his Operations role, he has spent the last five years scaling out the team and processes that operate Flipp’s platforms. This work includes overseeing multiple operations teams as well as the Outsource and Content Design functions (a total staff of 100). More recently, Shane has assumed the role of interim Vice President of Marketing where he is tasked with overseeing the growth marketing, consumer insights and marketing communications functions.  

Prior to joining Flipp, Shane has had experience in many different industries. Starting at University Health Network, Canada's largest research hospital, in a costing and process improvement role. A key accomplishment was a full costing of the transplant patient experience resulting in improved funding. From there, Shane completed an MBA before working as a consultant at Bain & Co. completing assignments in many different industries such as recreational vehicles, industrial goods, telecommunications and outplacement services. After Bain & Co., Shane moved to Maple Leaf Foods, Canada’s leading consumer-packaged protein company, progressing to a Director of Six Sigma through project leadership including a growth strategy for the bread division and a massive complexity reduction project in the protein business. After Maple Leaf Foods, Shane moved into a Director of Operational Excellence role at the non-profit organization, Heart & Stroke Foundation. In this role, he led multiple different initiatives including three restructuring projects, which drove significant savings for the organization.  

Shane holds a B.A.Sc in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the Rotman School of Business.