Business Administration

Doug joined the Faculty of Business Administration in the Winter of 2017 after teaching Continuing Education courses for 9 years. With an MBA from Montreal’s Concordia University and diverse experience in the world of business, Doug thoroughly enjoys helping students discover the possibilities that stand before them. Raised on a large dairy farm on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, one of his favourite things still, is a glass of fresh milk drunk right on the farm. After college he built a career around Customer Service, Sales & Marketing and Distribution for twenty years until entering the field of business financial management where he worked as a credit manager and business analyst. A stint with a charitable organization was a real “eye-opener” into the hearts and minds of Major Donors, a category of philanthropist that “lives-to-give” in a significant way. Spare time activities include fly-fishing, canoe camping, alpine skiing, and the seemingly never ending process of restoring an old automobile. He may even get to drive it one day…

David comes to John Abbott College with a background of product development, product marketing management and teaching higher education. With a BASc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Concordia, David has had the opportunity to work in various roles from developing and managing lines of hockey products with Reebok/CCM and Easton to implementing a national product marketing strategy for kitchen appliances with Sensio Inc. Prior to working at John Abbott College, David was a member of the Faculty of Management at JMSB at Concordia University (2016-2019) and has taught many continuing education courses in project management and entrepreneurship. When not teaching at the college, David tutors prospective business graduate students preparing to write the GMAT exam, coaches soccer and ultimate Frisbee, and enjoys the great outdoors with his family.