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Brian has had a varied career which has provided
him with a broad base of experience at home and
abroad, but it is his passion and commitment to the
customer experience which is the driving force
behind piatto.
Brian received his B Comm. at Mt.A, his CA with
KPMG where he specialized in insolvency for 7
years before acquiring an insolvent manufacturing
company. After nurturing it back to financial health,
he sold the company and opted for a complete
career change and became COO of NTV, the NL
CTV affiliate, where he help the company achieve
record sales and profits. He later moved to the UK
to accept a managing director role with the UK’s
largest private radio network and helped establish its
Brian Vallis as a multi media industry leader.
ELP10Th After years on the road, he returned to St.John’s in
CEO 2010, where he started piatto, which is an authentic
Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca Neapolitan pizzeria. Piatto is a family business
where his wife and daughters work along side him
http://www.piattopizzeria.com in the daily operations, which Brian considers to be
brian@piattopizzeria.com his greatest reward.
Michael has managed small and large teams of
software developers on many projects. He spent 3
years in Amsterdam helping start a new
development lab. In 2006 he was pleased to
received the “Lab Leadership Award” from IBM out
of 200+ colleagues. After that he became co-owner
of Van Meekeren Farms Ltd. with his brother
Stephen. He focuses on Marketing and Sales along
with many aspects to running a business such as IT,
HR and general business efficiency.
In all things Michael feels that integrity and honesty
are key to building relationships that will form a
strong future.
Michael Van Meekeren
ELP8
VP
Van Meekeren Farms Ltd
Lakeville Nova Scotia
http://givethemawink.com/
michael@givethemawink.com
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