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About Us

Founded in 2000, ShiftCentral specializes in ongoing market intelligence services. We provide custom solutions that integrate information and communication technology with human analysis. We help our clients improve their performance in competitive marketplaces by tracking and understanding their external environment.

ShiftCentral is the perfect partner to help you transform data into actionable information. This provides you with a strong competitive advantage. ShiftCentral’s analysts understand our clients’ strategy. We edit and contextualize the essential information.

We serve leading North American companies including major players in industries such as law, financial services, healthcare and economic development.

ShiftCentral Advisory Board has assisted the Company in shaping its strategic direction and growth strategy for its continued expansion throughout Canada and the U.S.

Advisory Board

To better assist and advise our customers, ShiftCentral engages an Advisory Board to provide insight into product and market strategies. These expert external advisors ensure ShiftCentral always stays one-step ahead. To better assist and advise our customers, ShiftCentral engages an Advisory Board to provide insight into possible product and market developments. These expert external advisors ensure ShiftCentral always stays one-step ahead.

D. Scott Patterson

President and COO of FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ: FSRV; TSX: FSV.SV), a diversified service company with more than US$1.1 billion in annualized revenues and more than 16,000 employees worldwide. Mr. Patterson first joined FirstService as VP, Corporate Development, in 1995; served as CFO from 1996 to 2002; and prior to his current role was EVP of the Company where he focused on business integration and other operational projects, including acquisitions. Mr. Patterson is a Chartered Accountant by training and brings over 20 years experience in mergers and acquisitions, finance and operations.

Preston McKenzie

Preston McKenzie is Chief Executive Officer of MicroEdge, LLC, the leading provider of solutions for the grantmaking community worldwide. Mr. McKenzie previously held a variety of senior management positions at Thomson Reuters, which provides marketing and business development solutions for law firms, where he gained intimate knowledge of the legal information industry. Preston McKenzie recently served as Vice President and General Manager of Hubbard One, a division of Thomson Reuters that provides marketing and business development solutions for law firms. Under his direction, Hubbard One became one of Thomson’s fastest-growing business units.

Our Management Team

Mario Thériault
President and CEO

Mario founded ShiftCentral Inc. in 2000. It has grown to become one of...

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Mario founded ShiftCentral Inc. in 2000. It has grown to become one of North America’s leading independent market intelligence firms. Mario has overseen every aspect of its growth to its status today as a lead player in the information products and services business. Mario has close to 20 years of experience having started his career as a journalist followed by a stint as lead partner in a branding and marketing agency.

He is also an active member of his community serving on several boards in key capacities such as the Université de Moncton’s alumni, the Université de Moncton’s board of governors, the Fry Festival (International literary event), the IWK health Center and others.

He is also a published author having published two books of poetry (Écographie du nord 1992, Vendredi Saint 1996 ) and one book of short stories (Terre sur mer 1998).

Joeanne Thomson
VP, Client Development

Joeanne brings with her fifteen years of major account sales and...

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Joeanne brings with her fifteen years of major account sales and business development experience in the media and information services industry. Prior to joining ShiftCentral, Joeanne worked in the Toronto and Ottawa markets for ten years with companies such as CanWest MediaWorks, AOL Canada, Royal Bank Ventures Inc. and the Conference Board of Canada.

Joeanne's success in business development is attributed to the relationships she develops with her clients: Relationships built on trust and mutual respect.

Merrell H. Moorhead
Senior Research Partner

Merrell is responsible for conducting extensive client interviews, and...

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Merrell is responsible for conducting extensive client interviews, and generating insights and deep analysis for clients. He has two decades of experience providing strategic planning, decision making and policy support to business leaders and senior government officials. His skills include research, analysis, strategic review and planning, and communications in such diverse areas as national security, consumer products, legal services, knowledge products, economic development, organizational management and innovation. Before launching his own consulting practice, Merrell served as a senior advisor to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was responsible for strategic planning, high-level policy analysis and decision support. While at the CIA, Merrell served as the Director’s representative to the Strategic Innovation Group that researched, planned and successfully launched the Center for Mission Innovation in 2005. In addition, he coordinated an Agency-wide transformation program in response to the Intelligence Reform and Prevention of Terrorism Act and other internal and external reform measures. Merrell is a member of the Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals society, and he earned his degree in History from Yale University.