Director of Innovation at Grober Group
Ottawa, Canada Area
- Current
-
- Director of Innovation at Grober Group
- Chief Strategist at www.i2p.biz
- Past
-
- VP at Ciri Labs
- President at Gaia Energy
- Founder and Chief Strategist at Business Development Consortium (BDC)
- CEO at Neill Wyick College
- Education
-
- Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Recommended
-
7 people have recommended Ross - Connections
-
64
connections
- Industry
- Executive Office
- Websites
Ross Blaine’s Summary
Launched over 25 new products and services for both large corporations and small enterprises.
Lead the successful turn-around of four business ventures.
87% of Business Development Plans have resulted in full funding for clients.
Business Development Planning process has increased profitabitlity even in tough financial times.
Authored a major study on the hallmarks for success of the commericialization of new products and services
Authored (yet to be published) a book called "Turning Ideas Into Profits"
Listen and learn his strategies from the narrated seminars found here on Linkedin.
Ross Blaine’s Specialties:
Determining how a product or service can gain an advantage in market and helping develop the organization to do that and sustain that advantage.
Creating business development plans that gain funder support and provide business teams with an actionable framework for profit growth.
Ross Blaine’s Experience
-
Director of Innovation
Grober Group
(Executive Office industry)
May 2009 — Present (8 months)
This entrepreneurial venture is over 30 years old and has been a driving force in the nutrional protien business for both humans and animals.
Grober Nutrition is a major producer of milk replacement products and have had a significant impact on the health of young animals in the dairy farming industry.
Nutrablend is one of Canada's largest compounders and R&D centres for human whey protien supplments.
Veal is the best possible meat protien on the market, low in fat and high in protien and Delft Blue Veal has a signifcant market share in North America.
Delft Blue Farms have created concepts such as group housing for calfs and feeding systems that maximized the well being of these young animals. Currently Delft Blue Farms are establishing a Biogas system that will use manure from the farms, combine it with fats, oils and greases from restaurants and produce methane gas to run an electric genset that will produce 360 killowatts of power per hour.
As Director of Innovation my sole mandate is to help the Grober Group stakeholders commericalize ideas that will sustain the growth of all the companies. -
Chief Strategist
www.i2p.biz
(Management Consulting industry)
April 2003 — Present (6 years 9 months)
Ross is a Growth Facilitator...or Growth Catalyst... or a Growth Coach.
i2P and Ross help businesses achieve their goal faster, more efficiently.
i2P tools and Ross help business owners harness the internal and external resources they need to make growth possible at a faster pace -
That can mean technological and financial resources
This can also mean helping them understand the factors that drive growth from a customer perspective
What customers are looking for
Why the do business with them – and why others don’t
What they need to do and say to get more business
Positioning themselves credibly in the eyes of their current clients and
future prospects
Ross helps business owners see more clearly the path to success. They see the destination; you build the roadmap to get there. -
VP
Ciri Labs
(Executive Office industry)
2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
-
President
Gaia Energy
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years )
Was responsible for the launch of a new alternative to gasoline (alcohol/petroleum based) that was environmentally sound. Responsibilities included funding, negotiations with JV partners, marketing allies and government agencies.
Also lead the team that was responsible for dealings with the auto industry to gain warranty approvals for the use of the fuel in conventional engine configurations -
Founder and Chief Strategist
Business Development Consortium (BDC)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
1987 — 2000 (13 years )
This organization was founded to assist both large and small business to gain the market intelligence they needed to be able to compete effectively in their industry. Large client included the Big 3 Automakers, Honeywell Industrial Controls, Carlson Marketing, Region of Durham, National Research Council of Canada, Radian, and Industry Canada.
Small enterprises included software, alternative energy and robotically controled lighting systems. -
CEO
Neill Wyick College
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years )
The college was in financial trouble. After three years it transformed from having an annual loss of approximately $100,000 to having a "waiting list" and a profitability of $200,000 per year. Lead the turn-around team and the board of directions to find a new focus and the funding needed to rejuvenate the facility and improve the offerings made to students.
Ross Blaine’s Education
-
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
3 Yr Diploma , Business, Management Training Techniques , 1968 — 1970
Other education includes a degree in Social Anthropology
Leadership training programs
Design of over 50 business management, leadership and strategic planning
Author of "Ideas to Profits" a business leaders handbook to develop intrapreneurs
Additional Information
Ross Blaine’s Websites:
Ross Blaine’s Interests:
Have authored a book that will assist entrepreneurs and leaders of medium sized enterprises with the development of their skills to create intrapreneurial cultures that foster innovation and accept change as a matter of course.
Ross Blaine’s Groups:
-
Executive Suite
Ross Blaine’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
