Dan Pontefract is a Canadian businessman and writer.

Early life and education

Pontefract is from

Stoney Creek, Ontario Stoney Creek is a community in the city of Hamilton in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was officially a city from 1984 to 2001, when it was amalgamated with the rest of the cities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth. The c ...

. He earned a

Bachelor of Education A Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) is an undergraduate professional degree which prepares students for work as a teacher in schools. In some countries such as Tanzania and Kenya, additional tasks like field work and research are required in order for ...

(BEd) in 1994 and a degree in Educational Technology in 1995 from

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

. He received an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

from

Royal Roads University Royal Roads University (also referred to as RRU or Royal Roads) is a public university with its main campus in Colwood, British Columbia. It is located at Hatley Park National Historic Site on Vancouver Island. Following the decommissioning of R ...

in 2002.

Career

Pontefract held senior roles at the

British Columbia Institute of Technology The British Columbia Institute of Technology (also referred to as BCIT), is a public polytechnic institute in Burnaby, British Columbia. The technical institute has five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region, with its main campus in B ...

(BCIT),

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, and

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. He then served as the Chief Envisioner and Chief Learning Officer at the Canadian national telecommunications company

Telus Telus Communications Inc. (TCI) is the wholly owned principal subsidiary of Telus Corporation, a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voi ...

. There he launched the Telus Transformation Office to improve workplace culture and the Telus MBA, "a customized executive MBA tailored for promising employees" at

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...

Peter B. Gustavson School of Business The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business is a business school at the University of Victoria located in the municipality of Oak Bay, British Columbia.

. Pontefract also serves as an adjunct professor at the business school. In 2018, Pontefract was named to the Thinkers50 Radar list of the "30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led."

Personal life

Pontefract is married to Denise Lamarche, a fellow alumnus of McGill. Pontefract has 3 children.

Publications

Pontefract is the author of four business books. His 2018 book, ''Open to Think'', won the 2019 Axiom Business Book Award silver medal in the leadership category. ''Open to Think'' won the 2019

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International Book Award. * ''Lead. Care. Win.: How to Become a Leader Who Matters.'' Figure 1. September 2020. . * * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pontefract, Dan Year of birth missing (living people) Businesspeople from Ontario Canadian business writers McGill University alumni Royal Roads University alumni Academic staff of the University of Victoria Writers from Hamilton, Ontario Living people