Michael Beckerman Net Worth

Michael Beckerman biography

Michael J. Beckerman serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Beckerman’s sales and marketing career spans over twenty years, three continents and several industries. During this time he has worked on both the client and agency side of the business. His experience has included senior roles in Canada, Europe and Asia, and culminated with responsibility for NIKE’s key U.S. retailers. Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Beckerman was responsible for the marketing of the NIKE brand across Asia-Pacific with a specific emphasis on advertising, promotions and sponsorship. He also served as Marketing Director for NIKE Germany and Director of Advertising for Europe and was at the helm when NIKE was named Brand of the Year. He later took over responsibilities for NIKE’s European retail efforts. Following NIKE, Mr. Beckerman served as Vice President, Marketing for Canadian Airlines. He led a comprehensive rebranding effort that touched everything from employee engagement, market research, product development and brand identity systems prior to heading up Marketing and International expansion for e-commerce site MVP.com. This was a high profile company that had Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and John Elway as lead investors. Mr. Beckerman and his team were some of the pioneers of on-line metrics around basket size, cost per acquisition and on-line customer experience metrics. The MVP.com brand and web-site design and development are still used as benchmarks in the industry. Mr. Beckerman is currently the President and CEO of MKTG Canada, a global lifestyle marketing agency. Prior to this role, Mr. Beckerman was the CEO of Ariad Communications and Bluespire Marketing. Ariad enjoyed record growth during his tenure. Ariad was an agency specializing in branding and on-line communications. Ariad won numerous domestic and international awards and was named as one of the Top Places to Work in Canada. Mr. Beckerman is a sought after speaker on marketing trends, branding and consumer behaviour.