Shannon is a renowned entrepreneur with expertise in consistently linking strategy, execution, and cash with high performing team coordination to achieve sustained success.
She co-founded, served as CEO for, and led the sale of two companies less than six years apart: Subserveo Inc (founded in 2008 and sold 2011) and Paradata Systems Inc. (founded in 1995 and sold in 2006). She is highly regarded for her ability to lead teams and implement a replicable strategic execution system, which she first created in her own company and later validated in her second company by achieving rapid growth and a successful exit. Shannon now coaches CEOs who aspire to replicate this success using her strategic execution framework, which is known as Metronomics.
Shannon is the author of four books: “The Metronome Effect: The Journey to PredictableProfit”, “3HAG Way”, “Metronomics”, and her latest book “The M Game: The Metronomics Monograph”
She was recognized by the Universal Women’s Network “Game Changer” award in 2022. She was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2018, 2020, and 2022 and was awarded Canada’s Top 40 under 40 in 2001. She received the Sarah Kirke Award for Canada’s Leading Women Entrepreneurs in 2006. Shannon was named Deal Maker of the Year in Vancouver in 2011 and was in the top three midmarket deals on Wall Street that year.
Shannon has Bachelor’s degrees in Commerce and Computer Science from Saint Mary’s University and a Master’s in Computer Science from the Technical University of Nova Scotia. She is married with three children and resides in beautiful Whistler, British Columbia.
