Headquarters:
Kitchener, ON, Canada
Year founded:
2013
Number of employees:
190
Phone:
416 733 5600
Email:
marco@tulip.com
Website:
tulip.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/sephora
"We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork"
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CAAT Pension Plan
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Ali Asaria
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Tony Salomone
Chief Technology Officer
Graeme Grant
Chief Operating Officer
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Ali Asaria is the founder of Tulip Retail. Before establishing this business, he was the founder and CEO of Well.ca, Canada's largest online health, baby and beauty store. Most of his time is spent planning for growth, managing staff, and developing technologies. His goal is to create a company that is innovative, successful, honest, and compassionate.
Ali started his career at Blackberry (Research in Motion) where he had the opportunity to work with many teams as the company grew. Ali also worked on the hardware team that implemented the first reduced-key keyboards and cameras on Blackberry devices. He has a degree in computer engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Founder and Chief Executive OfficerGeneral Manager
Ali Asaria
Tony Salomone, the CTO of Tulip, previously helped grow Well.ca into one of the biggest online health, baby, and beauty retailers. He started his career at Blackberry (Research in Motion) where he eventually became an engineering development manager. He has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, specializing in computer science, from the University of Waterloo.
Chief Technology Officer
Tony Salomone
Graeme Grant is currently chief operating officer at Tulip, where he oversees sales, marketing, delivery, finance and human resources. Prior to this role, he was the CEO of Blueday, a retail analytics platform built to enable stores to be more efficient. Blueday was acquired by Tulip in August 2020. Graeme has also held executive roles in larger organizations, including Salesforce and Oracle. He has a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Chief Operating Officer
Graeme Grant
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TULIP
Jane Nugent
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Tony Salomone
Chief Technology Officer
Ali Asaria
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Leadership
Headquarters:
Kitchener, ON, Canada
Year founded:
2013
Number of employees:
190
Phone:
416 733 5600
Email:
marco@tulip.com
Website:
tulip.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/sephora
Ali Asaria is the founder of Tulip Retail. Before establishing this business, he was the founder and CEO of Well.ca, Canada's largest online health, baby and beauty store. Most of his time is spent planning for growth, managing staff, and developing technologies. His goal is to create a company that is innovative, successful, honest, and compassionate.
Ali started his career at Blackberry (Research in Motion) where he had the opportunity to work with many teams as the company grew. Ali also worked on the hardware team that implemented the first reduced-key keyboards and cameras on Blackberry devices. He has a degree in computer engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ali Asaria
Tony Salomone, the CTO of Tulip, previously helped grow Well.ca into one of the biggest online health, baby, and beauty retailers. He started his career at Blackberry (Research in Motion) where he eventually became an engineering development manager. He has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, specializing in computer science, from the University of Waterloo.
Chief Technology Officer
Tony Salomone
An accomplished, visionary executive, Jane Nugent has a track record of building high-performing teams and global brands in the prestige beauty industry. Her strategic insight and talent for identifying beauty innovations and trends has helped build Sephora Canada’s competitive advantage and unprecedented brand growth.
After graduating from the University of Western Ontario, Jane started a career path that led her from banking to beauty. She held leadership positions at powerful brands such as MAC Cosmetics, Telus, Living Proof and Benefit, and has global experience in all channels of beauty retail.
Jane has a passion for wellness and nutrition, is a certified health coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and is a certified Pilates instructor. She loves adventurous travel, a good athletic challenge and hiking in the woods. She is also known for her big laugh and fun-loving personality.
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Jane Nugent
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
“We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
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Tulip
Martin St-Pierre
Vice President, Supply Chain
Tony Salomone
Chief Technology Officer
Ali Asaria
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Headquarters:
Kitchener, ON, Canada
Year founded:
2013
Number of employees:
190
Phone:
416 733 5600
Email:
marco@tulip.com
Website:
tulip.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/sephora
SPECIAL REPORT
Home
Bio
Ali Asaria is the founder of Tulip Retail. Before establishing this business, he was the founder and CEO of Well.ca, Canada's largest online health, baby and beauty store. Most of his time is spent planning for growth, managing staff, and developing technologies. His goal is to create a company that is innovative, successful, honest, and compassionate.
Ali started his career at Blackberry (Research in Motion) where he had the opportunity to work with many teams as the company grew. Ali also worked on the hardware team that implemented the first reduced-key keyboards and cameras on Blackberry devices. He has a degree in computer engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ali Asaria
Tony Salomone, the CTO of Tulip, previously helped grow Well.ca into one of the biggest online health, baby, and beauty retailers. He started his career at Blackberry (Research in Motion) where he eventually became an engineering development manager. He has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, specializing in computer science, from the University of Waterloo.
Chief Technology Officer
Tony Salomone
An accomplished, visionary executive, Jane Nugent has a track record of building high-performing teams and global brands in the prestige beauty industry. Her strategic insight and talent for identifying beauty innovations and trends has helped build Sephora Canada’s competitive advantage and unprecedented brand growth.
After graduating from the University of Western Ontario, Jane started a career path that led her from banking to beauty. She held leadership positions at powerful brands such as MAC Cosmetics, Telus, Living Proof and Benefit, and has global experience in all channels of beauty retail.
Jane has a passion for wellness and nutrition, is a certified health coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and is a certified Pilates instructor. She loves adventurous travel, a good athletic challenge and hiking in the woods. She is also known for her big laugh and fun-loving personality.
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Jane Nugent
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Jane Nugent
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
An accomplished, visionary executive, Jane Nugent has a track record of building high-performing teams and global brands in the prestige beauty industry. Her strategic insight and talent for identifying beauty innovations and trends has helped build Sephora Canada’s competitive advantage and unprecedented brand growth.
After graduating from the University of Western Ontario, Jane started a career path that led her from banking to beauty. She held leadership positions at powerful brands such as MAC Cosmetics, Telus, Living Proof and Benefit, and has global experience in all channels of beauty retail.
Jane has a passion for wellness and nutrition, is a certified health coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and is a certified Pilates instructor. She loves adventurous travel, a good athletic challenge and hiking in the woods. She is also known for her big laugh and fun-loving personality.
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Jane Nugent
Graeme Grant
Chief Operating Officer
Graeme Grant is currently chief operating officer at Tulip, where he oversees sales, marketing, delivery, finance and human resources. Prior to this role, he was the CEO of Blueday, a retail analytics platform built to enable stores to be more efficient. Blueday was acquired by Tulip in August 2020. Graeme has also held executive roles in larger organizations, including Salesforce and Oracle. He has a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Chief Operating Officer
Graeme Grant
Graeme Grant
Chief Operating Officer
Graeme Grant is currently chief operating officer at Tulip, where he oversees sales, marketing, delivery, finance and human resources. Prior to this role, he was the CEO of Blueday, a retail analytics platform built to enable stores to be more efficient. Blueday was acquired by Tulip in August 2020. Graeme has also held executive roles in larger organizations, including Salesforce and Oracle. He has a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Chief Operating Officer
Graeme Grant
Martin St-Pierre
Vice President, Supply Chain
Martin St.-Pierre believes that leadership is about taking care of the people actually doing the work. Effective at mobilizing multi-functional teams towards a shared vision and goal, he creates a culture of accountability that ensures operational excellence. Since joining Sephora in 2012, he has led the creation of some of Sephora Canada’s key functions, such as logistics, store operations, loss prevention, and supply chain.
Martin has more than 20 years of experience managing different functions of the supply chain, and has worked for companies such
as Sanofi, Avon, and GENCO Supply Chain Solutions (now FedEx
Supply Chain).
He grew up playing multiple sports and had the privilege of representing Canada in Junior baseball. Martin has a business degree from Concordia University where he spent three years on a hockey scholarship. He loves spending time with his family, including blasting music at home and dancing with his two daughters.
Vice President, Supply Chain
Martin St-Pierre
Martin St-Pierre
Vice President,
Supply Chain
Martin St.-Pierre believes that leadership is about taking care of the people actually doing the work. Effective at mobilizing multi-functional teams towards a shared vision and goal, he creates a culture of accountability that ensures operational excellence. Since joining Sephora in 2012, he has led the creation of some of Sephora Canada’s key functions, such as logistics, store operations, loss prevention, and
supply chain.
Martin has more than 20 years of experience managing different functions of the supply chain,
and has worked for companies such as Sanofi, Avon, and GENCO Supply Chain Solutions (now FedEx Supply Chain).
He grew up playing multiple sports and had the privilege of representing Canada in Junior baseball. Martin has a business degree from Concordia University where he spent three years on a hockey scholarship. He loves spending time with his family, including blasting music at home and dancing with his two daughters.
Vice President, Supply Chain
Martin St-Pierre
Jane Nugent
Senior Vice President, Merchandising
Martin St.-Pierre believes that leadership is about taking care of the people actually doing the work. Effective at mobilizing multi-functional teams towards a shared vision and goal, he creates a culture of accountability that ensures operational excellence. Since joining Sephora in 2012, he has led the creation of some of Sephora Canada’s key functions, such as logistics, store operations, loss prevention, and supply chain.
Martin has more than 20 years of experience managing different functions of the supply chain, and has worked for companies such as Sanofi, Avon, and GENCO Supply Chain Solutions (now FedEx Supply Chain).
He grew up playing multiple sports and had the privilege of representing Canada in Junior baseball. Martin has a business degree from Concordia University where he spent three years on a hockey scholarship. He loves spending time with his family, including blasting music at home and dancing with his two daughters.
Vice President, Supply Chain
Martin St-Pierre
Tulip provides a suite of cloud-based solutions that enable retailers to overcome industry challenges and set a new standard for omnichannel commerce. Partnered with Apple and Salesforce, Tulip equips sophisticated retailers to build connections with customers, fulfill orders and checkout purchases, and optimize operations to create the end-to-end experience that modern customers expect.
Leading retailers like Mulberry, Saks Fifth Avenue, Kendra Scott, Kate Spade, Coach and Michael Kors use Tulip’s products to elevate the shopping experience, increase sales, and improve customer service across channels.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
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Laura Unger
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Paul Mayer
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Laura Unger
Vice President/
General Manager, .CA
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It
To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Laura Unger
Vice President/
General Manager, .CA
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart