Shannon Smadella
Avanti Corporation & Insight Global - Chief Executive Officer
For the past twenty years, Shannon has coached and trained thousands of individuals in sales, marketing, and business management. She is currently CEO of her own company, Insight Global, and consults executives on strategy, marketing, and business development. As a keynote motivational speaker and Emcee, Shannon has hosted numerous events on and off camera, interviewing celebrities, politicians, and athletes. She has appeared on various networks such as TSN, CTV, KTLA, and MTV.
She has worked extensively with various organizations and charities, raising over 3 million in funding while donating 3000 volunteer hours. In 2010, Shannon cycled 4000 km from Calgary to California to raise funds for the Red Cross.
Aside from Shannon's career in business, she has a love for the Arts. She has starred in 2 feature films, is a former Miss Canada, and hosts her podcast "Dialed In." Shannon is an Ordained Metaphysical Minister and Yoga Educator and has taught over 8000 hours of Yoga worldwide for the past fifteen years. Shannon will be completing her Ph.D. in Philosophy this year and has just been accepted to the MBA program. She is the proud mother of her ten-year-old son Ryder, who is the light of her life.