Why ThinkOn

As the Chief Executive Officer of ThinkOn, Craig McLellan is a forward-thinking business leader who has been at the forefront of technology innovation and data security in Canada and the U.S. for the past twenty-five years. Under Craig’s leadership, ThinkOn has grown both organically and through strategic acquisition, currently placing #19 on the Profit 500 list of fastest growing companies in Canada list. As a pioneer for cloud, his organization was one of the first companies in the world to receive VMware Cloud Verified certification, and Craig currently sits on several industry advisory boards including Veeam, Hitachi and VMware, where he helps to guide strategy. Craig is also a passionate advocate for Innovate Cities – a first-of-its-kind, cloud-based Community Hub that promotes Smart City innovation.

While there are three companies authorized to service the federal government for protected workloads, ThinkOn is proud to be the only Canadian company with this coveted designation.

A graduate of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Craig is a sought-after speaker on security, data privacy and cloud migration design for High Availability (HA) applications.

When he’s not growing ThinkOn, Craig enjoys playing hockey and spending time with his family, either in the city or at the cottage.

With more than 20 years of leadership experience in B2B sales, Chris has built a reputation for helping customers use technology to tackle their biggest challenges. Combining his business experience and technical expertise, he delivers streamlined, cost effective infrastructure solutions to help commercial and public sector clients collect, protect, and mobilize their data.

Chris understands that senior executives need to drive business outcomes, and he understands the challenges IT leaders face as they try to meet those needs. He excels at bridging that gap by nurturing strong relationships, empowering his customers to achieve their goals, and becoming a trusted advisor to his customers and his colleagues.

When not at ThinkOn, Chris likes to spend time with his family and enjoys reminding himself that he will never make the pro golf tour.

A performance-oriented individual, with an excellent reputation as a hard-working achiever and over 10+ years of experience in the IT/Engineering/Management industry, Ahsan oversees companywide technology solution strategy and implementation including product deliverables, releases and schedules as well as works with technical operations in architecting and ensuring that the deployment is scalable, redundant and monitored. He has an extensive employment experience in the Computer Software/Engineering and IT field having worked with some of the global leading businesses. His experience and engineering background has enabled him to possess strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills that help him grow our vendor relationships. Ahsan enjoys working on challenging cloud projects.

As a 30+ year sales and business development leader at top high technology, hardware, software, and 3rd party logistics companies, Dean has been integral to ThinkOn’s growth over the past 5 years. In early 2019 Dean moved to Ottawa and took up the mandate to lead our Canadian Federal Government business development efforts. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge along with broad industry experience in High Tech, Aerospace, Healthcare, Communications, Utilities, Automotive, Retail and the Canadian Public Sector, that are highly beneficial in working with the various departments of the Federal Government.

Dean has a passion for all forms of fitness including daily gym time, mountain biking and even owns a vintage single gear bike that he hits the road with regularly.

John is an accomplished senior executive with over 30 years of management experience in four leading Canadian multi-national Technology companies. His entrepreneurial mindset with hands-on experience in scaling startups has won him a lot of accolades and recognition in the industry. His executive experience boasts his caliber of taking two companies Public and steering numerous business acquisitions and divesting of businesses. He has worn several hats within sales, marketing and delivery experience in multiple IT industries like Telecommunications, Cyber Security, Software Development, Software Quality Assurance and Systems Integration. John is not only active in the enterprise and commercial space but also has experience selling and delivering projects to Federal, Provincial, Municipal and First Nations governments within Canada. At ThinkOn, John plays a pivotal role in our secret security clearance and other Government of Canada projects.