Andrew Goodman

Marketing Strategy Advisor

Beginning his social media marketing career as a 19-year-old college student in 2008, Andrew was leveraging the Internet and social media to grow businesses before Facebook's paid ad platform had even taken shape. In 2013, he formed AGNC Media, Inc., a Philadelphia-based social creative agency specializing in helping small-and-medium-sized businesses shape their online presence, generate leads, and increase their bottom line. As of 2021 he has spent nearly $3,000,000USD in paid placements across Facebook's network for a mix of local, e-commerce, and professional service businesses, and has been an integral part of the growth of his clients in the dental field. 

Marty Niles

Business Operations Advisor

In 2001, Marty founded Cantega after realizing there had to be technologies available to design and manufacture better fitting cover-up to prevent the prevalent issue of bird and animal caused power outages in substations. Greenjacket is the precise-fit engineered solution that he developed for substations.  Carrying through with his passion, Marty knew that there were better solutions that could be carried through to prevent wildlife caused outages on the powerline and pressed for the formation of Reliaguard. 

As part of his building Cantega, Marty has been diligent in leading the protection of Cantega’s Intellectual Property.  Cantega has 6 Canadian and 12 US patents registered and additional patents pending.

Brendan Willey

Position: Founder & President

Brendan started his first business at the age of 16 with Junior Achievement, which is to-date the most successful JA Company that Memorial Composite High School has ever had. Not stopping there Brendan founded two more companies before graduating high school. The most successful of the two being The9to5Team - which was pitched on Season 10 of CBC's Dragons' Den in 2015. Afterwards he transitioned to social media marketing, securing an internship with Secret Entourage soon there after making the jump into freelance website development and social media marketing. Going on to found 'Viral Creative' aimed at providing Canadian businesses with new-age digital media solutions.

Jake Mercier

Position: Co-Founder & CEO

Jake, a marketing major from Nait started his career in business-marketing at the age of 16 working for Yardart Landscaping. Being put in charge of the marketing efforts, he successfully increased the companies profits and client list through strategic planning and advertisement campaigns targeted to various specific profitable sectors. Taking a job at Brandt Tractor Edmonton to sell heavy machinery in the Construction & Forestry division allowed Jake to sell and coordinate many deals ranging $1,000 to $2,000,000 to all the major development industries in Alberta. Working with a growing local business and a company that generates over $1,000,000,000 in annual revenue he knows what it takes to help you increase your profits and attract new customers.

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Jericho Jaque

Position: Ad & Client Strategist 

Jericho started work in ATCO Gas and ATCO Pipelines in 2017 as a Geographic Information Systems Drafter. Intrigued in the world of digital marketing, he took it upon himself to acquire skills and certificates that would prepare him on solving the current problems within this new age of marketing. Jericho is an expert in providing unique and structured Google PPC and Facebook Ads, drafting ad campaigns for clients across all industries. He has acquired a diploma in Engineering Design and Drafting from NAIT, and is working towards a Bachelor of Applied Technology Geographic Information Systems degree from SAIT.  

Austin Welch

Position: Content Manager 

Noah Welch

Position: Content Manager 

The Wilcia content management team is led by creative experts Austin and Noah Welch. The twin brothers have been delivering innovative content for 6 years. Their journey started when they founded and promoted their personal clothing brand, Lepathy. This was the twins first successful business venture. Despite the success of Lepathy, the duo realized their true passion is creating meaningful content that leaves a lasting impression on its viewer. Starting their photography career with exotic cars they then specialized in equipment and servicing photography. They are elite photographers and have been refining their photography skills every step of the way. Austin and Noah will provide your business the focal point of branding it needs to gain the creative edge over competitors.