Our Team

POET Group is a team of dedicated professionals that adds value to business by leveraging experience with Corporations, Entrepreneurs, and Owner Operators Non-Profits. We pride ourselves on being responsive to customer needs and proactive in preparing for potential needs while maintaining a strict customer focus. We support our confidential, non-technical style with years of business expertise. We utilize the latest business tools to strategize, organize, define and assist in driving business initiatives.

Kenneth G Edwards, MBA

Ken has over 30 years of experience with business analysis and strategic planning including extensive experience in management, marketing, investment and development roles. He has been involved with pioneering and building several organizations as a consultant and partner. He has been consulting in marketing, succession planning and strategic business analysis and planning since 1990. Clients range from educational institutions, associations, oil & gas technologies and software.

Hugh Gunn, BA

Hugh Gunn has a wealth of senior experience to draw upon. Over a 28-year career (that included senior positions with Imperial Oil within Marketing, Sales and Distribution), Hugh led integrations and several successful organizational renaissance and renewal projects. He has also directed North America wide sales and marketing organizations for entrepreneurial manufacturing and technical service companies. Hugh also has extensive consulting experience in various projects over the past 16 years. He has a strong understanding of the dynamics that underpin complex organizations. In addition to extensive practical experience his skills are focused on the areas of strategic market planning, market analysis / research, branding and developing successful programs for the execution of business strategy.

Allan Gray, BSc

Al has 24 years of successful experience in large and small business. He specializes in economics, finance, and investment management. He provides tremendous insight into business analysis and strategy for maximizing growth, motivation and teamwork dynamics. In today's volatile economic environment Allan believes that the foundational perspective needs to be conservative, hard working, ensure a greater attention to detail and be more flexible than ever before.

Susan Andre, BA

Susan is a senior professional journalist and analyst experienced in the academic and business areas. She has served as a writer and editor in several different technical arenas. She administrates, coordinates all analysis and edits reports. Her strong communication skills include a good eye for graphic design as well as copy writing and effective content presentation.

Henry Ewert, CA

Henry is a seasoned CA with CFO experience. He is very capable of assessing businesses, institutions and associations to associate performance with plans and uncover areas for improvement.

Dan Gaynor

Dan's expertise includes: strategic planning, senior and junior leadership training, organizational development, sales practices and management and marketing and media. Dan also speaks professionally on the topic of building results through workplace leadership.