Frank Bourque

Landscape Business Growth Consultant – Greenmark

Website: frankbourque.com

Frank is an award-winning landscape professional, speaker, writer, consultant, and entrepreneur with an extensive background in business and hardscape construction. He has been a part of the Green Industry for over 20 years as a business owner, working in various sectors including retail, landscape management, and landscape design/construction.

Now, Frank coaches full time internationally and speaks at some of the largest conferences and contractor events throughout the US and Canada. He has been part of the speaker line-up and host at events such as Hardscape North America, GIE Expo, Landscape Ontario Congress - Hardscape Live and many more. He is also a certified ICPI & NCMA instructor and Certified Landscape Horticultural Technician.

George Uvari

President – Oriole Landscaping Inc.

Website: oriolelandscaping.com

As a co-founder of Oriole Landscaping, George started the business in 1986 with friend Peter Guinane, designing and building simple landscaping projects for Toronto homeowners to put themselves through university. He finds that his awe for trees and nature in general has grown over the years. After viewing gardens all over the world, he knows that when done well, gardens will appreciate as time goes on. He looks to bring this value to Oriole clients’ properties. George has a natural business acumen which helped to drive the development of the company from a small service venture to a company that now provides extensive and multi-faceted outdoor living spaces.

George is also a regular speaker, teacher and consultant for the landscape industry. Most recently, he has been travelling across the US, coaching other companies and helping them implement budgeting, estimating and planning software. He is a former President of the Toronto Chapter of Landscape Ontario. He has recently been certified as an LMN consultant to provide workshops across North America and to help many more achieve success.

George currently lives in the Don Mills area with his wife, Julie, and their two kids. He continues to pursue the elusive excellence in his tennis game.

Grant Harrison

President – Nextra Consulting

Website: nextraconsulting.ca

Grant possesses a unique combination of landscape experience and business knowledge. He can build a deck and build a budget. He understands Latin terms and financial terms. He can plow snow like nobody's business and he can help make yours more profitable.

Jacki Hart CLM

President – Consulting By Heart

Website: getcbh.com

Jacki Hart is President of Consulting By Hart, an innovative business coaching and consulting company. She has an impressive track record for shifting entrepreneurs into next level thinking and deepening the critical business skills of owners and management teams. She is a highly sought-after Business Improvement Coach, Speaker and Workshop Facilitator.

Jacki brings to her coaching the experience of a successful 25 year contractor Entrepreneur, founder of Multiple Award-Winning Water’s Edge Landscaping based in Muskoka, which she successfully ran and later sold with excellent ROI.

She develops and manages B2B Peer Networks plus many Landscape Industry business training programs in Canada. She continues to write monthly business columns for the Landscape Industry, published internationally.

Jacki is an effective mentor, coach and strategic thinker.

Nathan Helder

President – Southbrook Management Consulting

Website: southbrookmc.com

Nathan Helder is a third-generation owner and the President of Gelderman Landscape Services located in Waterdown, ON.

For over 60 years Gelderman has provided the Red Carpet treatment to the commercial maintenance & snow market and residential design build homeowner. Nathan is passionate in helping business owners realize their dreams by focusing on strategy, finance & HR. In 2014, Nathan created Southbrook Management Consulting which focuses on providing customized management solutions for business owners who have become frustrated & worried about the direction and financial success of their companies. Southbrook offers choices ranging from behavioral assessments to 1:1 consulting.

Neal Glatt CSP, ASM

Managing Partner – Grow The Bench

Website: growthebench.com

Neal Glatt, CSP, ASM is a managing partner with GrowTheBench.com. In his career as a snow contractor, Neal joined Case Snow Management, Inc. as an Account Executive in 2010. The company owned a single pick-up truck and had annual revenues of less than $1 million. Leading the sales effort and serving as part of the leadership team, Neal helped the company exceed $40 million in annual sales before beginning his own coaching practice in 2017. During that time, Neal discovered the power of focusing on strengths and the ability of strong leadership to influence amazing results. His passion is to help other people also find fulfillment and success in life. He is a Certified Strengths Coach through Gallup and a John Maxwell Certified Coach, Speaker, and Trainer.

Neal earned Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Marketing and Spanish from Northern Michigan University. He is a regular columnist for Snow Business magazine and lives in Hopkinton, MA. Neal ran the Boston Marathon in 2018 and is currently training for the 2019 Boston Marathon, both times for well-deserving charities. You can learn more about Neal at nealglatt.com.

Peter Guinane

CEO – Oriole Landscaping Inc.

Website: oriolelandscaping.com

Peter co-founded Oriole Landscaping in 1986 with his business partner, George Urvari, starting with designing and building simple landscapes for Toronto homeowners, in order to put themselves through university. Over the years Peter has worked diligently to build an award-winning firm offering landscape design, construction and project management. His personal mission is to make every client a “raving fan,” and Oriole’s success over the years undoubtedly speaks to this drive to impress.

An active and supportive member of the green industry, Peter has held multiple positions over the years, including past Chair of Canada Blooms, currently on the Board for Landscape Ontario, past Chair of the Contractor Sector group and Vice Chair of the Landscape Canada Committee with the Canadian Nursery and Landscape Association.

Peter has spoken at many industry events sharing his experience and knowledge to help advance the profession. He has recently been certified as an LMN consultant to provide workshops across North America and to help many more achieve success.