Geoff Gay
CEO
Athabasca Basin Development
*With 2+ Entrepreneurs
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Discover Actionable Growth & Transition Strategies from Top Entrepreneurs
Since 2015, the Business Transitions Forum has been guiding entrepreneurs through comprehensive growth strategies and ownership transitions, including opportunities for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to enhance shareholder value.
Join top entrepreneurs and North America’s leading experts to:
- Increase market share and shareholder value
- Identify growth and scaling opportunities
- Understand the acquisition and sale process
- Assess if M&A is the right growth path for your business
- Implement actionable strategies to elevate your business’s value at any stage in your transition journey
Garth MacDonald
Former President & CEO
(Sold G-Mac’s AgTeam Inc.)
Jessica Cullen
Chief Ecosystem Officer
Raven & Dynamic Rescue Systems
Evan Doepker
President, CEO, & Co-Owner
Doepker Group Enterprises (Acquired Peerless Trailers, Precision Laser & Fab, and Edmonton Trailer Manufacturing)
Jared Mills
Managing Director – Founder
Mills Brothers (Sold Cross Borders Drilling)
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Featured 2026 Program
A full day of conversations for owners thinking seriously about growth, acquisition, leadership, and transition.
Hear how entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors approach the decisions that shape enterprise value and long-term optionality.
June 10, 2026 • TCU Place • Saskatoon
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Hear From BTF Alumni
As a first-time attendee, BTF was the perfect starting point. The forum gave me a clear understanding of the landscape and how to prepare early.
BTF connected me with the right advisor at exactly the right time. That relationship directly led to a successful sale of my business in 2025.
BTF was my first real deep dive into business transition and growth pathways. The insights helped me think differently about value creation.
You want to come to this conferences years in advance of wanting to sell, because you want to be thinking about how to build your business, you want to be meeting the strategic partners who may help you.
I think BTF does a great job of really setting the tone of community, connection and really making sure entrepreneurs feel supported.
It’s a very welcoming conference, and a conference that anybody can just approach anybody and strike up a conversation.
I wished I had of participated in something like this before we transacted.
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Todd Millar On Building A Business That Can Stand Without You
Todd Millar
President & CEO, TEC Canada
For many Alberta business owners, the challenge right now isn’t opportunity. It’s uncertainty.Geopolitical pressures, shifting trade relationships, labour constraints, and rising operating costs are creating decisions that feel harder to time and riskier to make. As Todd Millar, President and CEO of TEC Canada and Chair of BTF Alberta 2026, put it, owners are dealing with forces that sit well beyond tariffs alone.
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George Armoyan On Buying At The Right Time, Staying Power & Knowing What Matters
George Armoyan
Executive Chairman of G2S2 Capital
When George Armoyan, Executive Chairman of G2S2 Capital, sat down with Christine Pound for a BTF keynote conversation, he spoke less about growth curves and more about judgment. It was less about timing exits and more about surviving cycles. From immigrating to Canada as a teenager to building one of the country’s largest private investment companies, George’s perspective has been shaped by volatility.
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Joshua Simair On Discipline, Timing, & Building A Business That Lasts
Joshua Simair
Co-Founder & former CEO, SkipTheDishes
Some enduring businesses are built far from the usual centres of capital and attention. They take shape in environments where resources are constrained, execution matters and results speak louder than reputation. That perspective came through clearly during a conversation at BTF Winnipeg with Joshua Simair, Co-Founder and former CEO of SkipTheDishes.
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