As the former marketing director for Tim Hortons, a position he held for 24 years, Buist helped achieve retail success for this once unknown donut shop. Among his many inventive marketing tactics, he is credited as the creator of Tim Hortons' "Roll Up the Rim to Win" contest, and producer of the company's "True Stories" television commercials.

A confident, entertaining and motivational presenter, Buist takes audiences behind the scenes at Tim Hortons and shares the many valuable lessons about marketing, customer service and business that he picked up along the way.

Buist's success story is applicable to all businesses and services, from banking to baking, production to party supplies. His presentations deal with key issues all businesses face, and provide audiences with formulas to increase their own success.

Andy used to be best known as the co-founder and CEO of the world-renowned Just For Laughs Festival, which he helped grow from a two-night affair to its current status as the top event of its kind on earth, launching talent like Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey and Dave Chappelle.

These days, he’s celebrated as a pioneer in the burgeoning mobile media space. In 1999, Andy co-founded Airborne Entertainment with Garner Bornstein, and sold 85% to Japan’s Cybird for $110 million in 2005. As Airborne’s President and CMO, Andy has been instrumental in bringing superbrands like Maxim, Family Guy and the NHL to the mobile world. In 2006, Airborne was honored as North America’s 4th-Fastest Growing Tech Company in Deloitte and Touche’s Fast 50 ranking.

In his spare time, Andy is also an engaging speaker, oft-published author, inventive stage director, half-decent snowboarder, hot-and-cold hockey goalie, and prolific blogger on the art of Surprise. Other accomplishments include being named one of Canada’s “Top 40 Under 40” business leaders by the Financial Post in 1997, voted one of the “Top 100 Montrealers of the 20th Century” by the Montreal Gazette in 2000, and honored as a distinguished recipient of the McGill Management Achievement Award in 2004.

David is the author the national best-selling book, Simple Living In A Complex World: A Guide To Balancing Life’s Achievements, and co-author of the acclaimed book Accountability: Getting A Grip On Results (also a national best-seller), and the praised book, Becoming Real: Journey To Authenticity.

With degrees in Human Development, Science, and Social Work, and with over twenty years of experience as a family therapist, workshop facilitator, and executive coach, David has developed a unique, personal and practical approach to transforming leaders – at all levels of organizations. David’s focus is to work with those influencers in organizations who bring their whole self to their position and are compelled to make a difference personally, corporately and in the lives of the people they touch.

David has taught at three universities and has been a faculty member at the Banff School Of Management. He has been a successful marathon runner and trained with members of the US Olympic team in the 1970's. He lives with his family in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Western Canada.

A holder of the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award, Bill played rugby and professional soccer in his younger days, and is an interested observer of sports of all kinds. He has a strong but un-reciprocated affection for golf, coaches soccer, and has been a Director of organizations such as Saskatoon Youth Soccer and the Saskatchewan Ronald McDonald House.

Bill lives in Edmonton with his wife (Lynne), son (James) and daughter (Katie).