Gogiro Advisory Board Established
Robert A. Biagioni
Robert A. Biagioni from 1986 to present has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corus Financial Group, which provides financial and operational consulting services in the United States and Canada, primarily in real estate, technology and manufacturing. Mr. Biagioni has held senior financial roles with the HTM Group, the First Merchant Group, CoreQuest Exploration Group, Canadian Bioenergy Corporation, Katie Gold Corp., MDU Communications International, Inc., TelSoft Mobile Data Inc. (now MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc.) and Sand River Resources Ltd. (now Fortune River Resource Corp.). Prior to forming the Corus Financial Group, Mr. Biagioni was a senior manager with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG) in the firm’s Vancouver office. Mr. Biagioni received a BComm from the University of British Columbia in accounting and management information systems in 1979 and was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia in 1981.
Simon Chang
Mr. Chang is currently President of Epic Point, an international marketing agency located in Vancouver, Canada with a client list that includes SEGA, Superstore, Escapes.ca, Costa Baja Resorts, Mayfair Properties, Startec and more. His recent accomplishment of securing the 30th spot in British Columbia’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies is a result of years of experience in internet technology and international marketing, and a reputation for being results-centric. Mr. Chang’s leadership stems through his own branded SMART solutions: Strategic, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely.
Mike Dahlstedt
Mike Dahlstedt is best described as a visionary, a builder, and a strategic leader. Previous to Gogiro, Mr. Dahlstedt established credibility with a group of venture capitalists as a Marketing Executive Specialist for their portfolio companies. His involvement brought vision, leadership, and the innovate mechanisms that resulted in brand reinvention, competitive leverage, and fast-paced international growth. Years prior, his business and marketing acumen was refined as President of Synergy Visuals, a small business marketing agency which was eventually acquired by a larger firm. As a graduate from both BCIT (marketing) and NEIT (communications), Mike’s marketing inventiveness has been forged from small business tactics to international corporate strategy.
Peter Schecker
Mr. Schecker graduated in 1976 from University Mannheim, Germany as a Diplom-Volkswirt (Masters Degree in Economics with Law as an elective). In Canada since 1977, he got his start as an entrepreneur in construction and development, building warehouses, strip malls and eventually specializing into long term lease buildings for the Province of British Columbia. As a distributor for Thomas International between 1991 and 2005 Mr. Schecker was trained and certified as a Psychometric Analyst on the Thomas DISC System. His successful career as an owner or major shareholder has spanned several decades and industries from construction to real estate, human resources development, trucking and courier and the internet field.
David Toyoda
Mr. Toyoda graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Law degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honours. He was called to the Bar in 1993. Mr. Toyoda practices in the corporate and securities law area, focusing on companies that list on Canadian stock exchanges. Mr. Toyoda teaches in the areas of corporate governance and public financing at Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Business Administration and the TSX Venture Exchange. He has also coordinated courses for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. He is the Past Chair of the Securities Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch) and was a member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee for the B.C. Securities Commission.
