Tyson A. Matheson

Tyson has been with WestJet since the airline started operations in January 1996. He began his career working in various operation positions, while completing a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Calgary. After completing his degree, he moved into the People Department (Human Resources) into a generalist role, but quickly specialized in the area of Performance Management. In his role as the Director of People, he has been accountable for the areas of employee relations, performance management, and HR administration. Tyson is now the Vice President of People Relations and Administration at WestJet.   Tyson's fingerprint will forever be on the DNA of WestJet.

 

Janice Webster

Janice Webster, Vice President of Talent Management for WestJet Airlines, has defined her career by being an innovative HR professional.  With over 14 years of experience delivering innovatory solutions for organizations such as WestJet, Nortel Networks and CNC Global, she has proven that success is not always written 'by the book'.  With Nortel Networks, Janice's responsibilities included the workforce planning and delivery of national and international recruitment projects, development of long term corporate recruitment strategies and leading large multidisciplinary teams. 

Now with WestJet, Janice's responsibilities include all matters related to recruitment, workforce and succession planning and all learning and development activities within the organization.  At a time when competition for human capital is at an all time peak within Canada, Janice's strategies and leadership help to ensure that WestJet is able to fuel it's tremendous growth through the hiring of over 1400 new employees each year as well as providing learning and growth opportunities for over 7000 internal employees as they continue to advance their careers.  It is this innovative spirit and passion Janice has for talent management that has helped WestJet Airlines successfully be awarded the title of Canada's Most Admired Culture for the third year in a row.

A graduate of MIT and Johns Hopkins University, Don Schmincke’s patent-pending offerings transcend typical industry programs via unique and refreshing alternatives to trendy theories, unproven methods, and phony “experts”. The industry agrees:

- CEO bestseller The Code of the Executive is now published in 10 languages
- Endorsed by leadership authorities and used in top business schools.
- Featured by CNN, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, MSNBC.com and over 60 industry publications annually.
- A Top 10 Speaker in the world’s largest CEO membership organization

Remarkable, thought-provoking insights and presentation style have made Don a leading global authority. Don founded The SAGA Leadership Institute to help companies accelerate business performance, has hosted the Executive Insights television series, has developed The Leader’s Code radio program, and has even helped the U.S. Navy evolve its Fleet Readiness strategy.

As an advertising and marketing consultant, specializing in strategic advertising , Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads®, has been using his secret formulas to create miraculous growth for his small-business clients since 1987. Many of his earliest clients are now more than 10 times the size they were when they began the relationship. A few are more than 40 times their former size.

Since the release of his first book, The Wizard of Ads (Business Book of the Year for 1998), Williams has been in constant demand to speak at major universities and Fortune 500 companies. Through two more books -- Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads and Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads ( Wall Street Journal and New York Times best sellers) -- his seminars, his Monday Morning Memos and the powerful curricula he created when he founded the Wizard Academy®, enthusiastic business owners are being introduced to powerful principles that expand their minds, re-invigorate their lives and reshape the way they do business.

Roy will be addressing his remarks particularly to senior executives - CEOs, COOs, and senior HR professionals. In this new age of transparency, Roy will be advocating that organizations need to take the long-term view in their business activities - to have, and be true to, a core set of guiding values - and then to do the right thing spiritually, morally and financially, and how their senior HR executives require the executive-level skills to provide the guidance to define, achieve and maintain these guiding core values.