Michael Vogt brings his leadership experience to his role as facilitator on the Ignitor Training team. With more than a decade under his belt as a business leader and teacher, Michael has experience with every part of running a company. From day-to-day operations, to recruiting new talent, to skills training, to professional coaching.

Michael knows how important the skills of your team are to being successful. He believes there is a direct connection between how qualified your team is, and how much revenue your company brings in. He likes to encourage company leaders to not only grow their own skill set, but to also build skills within their teams so they can grow more successfully.

When he’s not at work, Michael enjoys spending time at home and traveling abroad with his wife and two daughters.

Noel is definitely what you would call a people person. Having worked with groups of all ages through local education programs, he’s developed a passion for making connections with strangers, learning all that he can, and helping people have meaningful experiences. These are just a few of the qualities that make Noel such a wonderful fit for our team.

When he’s not planning or coordinating his next great event, Noel spends much of his time outdoors, traveling and being active. Always up for a new challenge, you can often find him hitting the slopes, surfing the waves, climbing a mountain, or kicking a ball around on the soccer field.

On the rare occasion that he’s settled indoors for the day, Noel enjoys creating memorable experiences with his friends and family. This often means having a board games showdown, cooking meals together, and discussing politics.

Ruth is an international development coach for managers and business leaders. With over twenty years of experience, Ruth has worked with a variety of companies across all sectors and levels of seniority. She is passionate about helping leaders realize their potential to create positive changes and effects in their businesses.

Ruth offers empathy, flexibility, inspiration, and support for companies going through change. Customers appreciate her insights into their business, and her ability to think outside the box to help them create a lasting change.

Her development approach is practical, real-world, and effective. She has helped individual business leaders and entire teams reach their business goals with her practical consulting methods.

If you ask Chris what he`s most passionate about in life, he`ll tell you three things: people, nature, and travel.

To Chris, a work-life balance has always meant a work-travel balance. Ever since he was old enough to set out on his own, he’s been visiting countries around the world.

Growing up, Chris` favorite place to be was in the water. His love of water sports and recreation influenced his decision to travel to places that would let him play in the oceans, lakes, and other bodies of water. Because of this, he’s been around the globe to destinations such as Australia, Asia, and Europe.
After traveling the world for the better part of his 20s, Chris was able to combine his love of travel with his career aspirations when he accepted a job as a Tour Guide. Enthusiastic and social, Chris flourished in the role, which allowed him to interact with people, spend time outdoors, and travel.

Since joining our team, Chris continues to do the things he loves as he brings events to life all over the country. When he’s not out on the road running events, Chris is most likely visiting the ocean, jumping into a lake, or taking a quick dip in a river!

Shannon’s home is a nerd’s paradise. It’s filled with Star Wars, Pokémon, and Zelda memorabilia, as well as all kinds of artsy odds and ends. She’s also a huge Disney fan, which explains why she can usually be found at Disney World. That is, when she’s not traveling to places like Iceland, Ireland, and Thailand.

Shannon is passionate about providing solutions of all kinds, and often finds herself trekking across North America for work to do just that. She considers herself a puzzle master, a skill that allows her to solve virtually anything.

With her enthusiasm and keen attention to detail, Shannon is well-known for bringing her customer’s events to life.

Dave is an expert at infusing energy and fun into every learning experience. His advanced facilitating skills have helped him gain the trust and respect of his clients and fellow facilitators. He has a reputation for delivering fun and effective employee training events that exceed client expectations.

Dave has been providing leadership development consulting services since 2003 and has facilitated in the growth and improvement of many Fortune 500 companies. Dave holds a Masters Degree in Human Resource Development and Adult Learning, He loves to help businesses of all sizes improve their employee relations and increase company-wide morale through effective learning programs.

When he is not guiding businesses to success, Dave pursues adventure with fearless determination. He recently sailed with his family from Lake Ontario to the Florida Keys and back – a total of 7,000 kilometers.

After going on exchange to Europe at the young age of 12, Stephanie fell in love with traveling. Since then, she has prioritized visiting as many parts of the world as she can, as often as she can.

Aside from travel, another passion of Stephanie’s is athletics. Having participated in summer camps and various sports since she was a child, Stephanie has remained active throughout adulthood. She even worked in the athletics industry after studying recreation and sports management in post-secondary school. Although Stephanie enjoys many different sports and activities, a few of her favorites include curling and baseball – both of which she has played competitively.

Stephanie’s natural athleticism and sense of friendly competition are just a few qualities that make her such a great fit for our team. She loves putting together events for organizations of all kinds, but is especially excited when she gets to lead an active team building activity like The Amazing Chase.

When she’s not planning her next great event, you can find Stephanie reading at the beach, hanging out with friends and family, or playing ultimate frisbee.

You could say that Dina has been a curious person ever since she was little. Always looking for her next great adventure, Dina loves making connections with new people and places. At the heart of each of her adventures is Dina’s love of learning. She is always ready to pick up something new, and loves sharing her knowledge with those around her.

Her passion for reading and learning new things is most likely the reason Dina has degrees in education, anthropology, and museum studies. Individual social action and responsibility are very important to Dina, and she is most fascinated by peoples’ abilities to positively change themselves and the world.

In her spare time, Dina makes an effort to both “take action” and “dream.” You can often find her reading or visiting her young niece and nephew.

Grace has three big passions in life: traveling, event planning, and making people smile. When Grace realized she could make a career out of combining those three things, it quickly became her goal to become one of the best event coordinators in the business.

Having worked as a wedding planner, Grace has all the attention to detail and big-picture thinking that an event coordinator needs. She thrives on the high-stakes of a wedding day, and gets the same adrenaline rush from running team building events for corporate groups.

When she’s not coordinating events, Grace loves spending her time exploring the local areas, cooking meals for her family and friends, and sliding down enormous water slides.

Lyndon is the founder of Ignitor Leadership Training, and the lead facilitator on a variety of professional development programs. In the past, Lyndon has worked as a franchise owner, regional vice president, executive leader, and business entrepreneur. At every step of his career, Lyndon has recognized the importance of ongoing skill development and professional training for employees at all levels.

Lyndon believes effective training has three stages: first, by tailoring the program to make it as relevant as possible for participants. Second, including interactive elements so participants can practice the skills they learn. And third, including a post-training consultation to help ensure the training takes root with participants.

Lyndon’s passion for combining leadership, skills training, and successful business performance has been the underlying key to Ignitor Training’s success. His professional style and modern training methods come together to create effective solutions for teams ready to learn and develop.

Lyndon is also an avid hiker, mountain biker, and coffee enthusiast.