As a Marketing Manager for the Home Depot Canada, Jonathan leads and develops category specific annual, seasonal and monthly marketing plans utilizing consumer insights, industry research and key business metrics. With experience on both client and agency side, Jonathan is a retail, automotive and luxury marketing specialist having previously worked for such brands as Holt Renfrew, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Shoppers Drug Mart and General Motors.

Jonathan holds an MBA from Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management as well as a Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson. He also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) accreditation from the Project Management Institute and is a Certified Social Marketing Associate (CSMA) from the eMarketing Association.

Jonathan loves to share his marketing knowledge and collect new pieces of marketing research and insight from reading books, blogs and listening to podcasts. He is currently a Career Mentor in Ryerson’s Tri-Mentoring Program, a Council member on The Canadian Marketing Association's Branding & Strategic Planning Council and blogs at DIGITAL oPEN cONcept at digitalopenconcept.com