Juniper | Innovation, culture & strategy consulting

GROW.

JUNIPER is a boutique consulting firm specializing in innovation, strategy, and culture — We help individuals and organizations grow with curiosity, courage and empowerment.

WHAT WE DO

Innovation

We design and execute on new business models and innovative products and services

Strategy

We build robust yet flexible strategic visions, plans, and approaches

Culture

We help organizations to become more courageous, empathic, and creative

WHAT WE BELIEVE IN

Growth

Push your limits.

These days standing still means falling behind – to survive we all have to stretch ourselves and our organizations beyond the obvious and into our unique potential.

Curiosity

Question everything.

Each moment offers a chance to learn. Look closely at what others accept as true and ask why – that’s where breakthrough insights and unexpected connections are found.

Courage

Be bold.

Success lies in charting new territory and it takes courage to step into the unknown. Take action now to reduce risk, build momentum, and create a movement.

Empowerment

GO FURTHER TOGETHER.

People are the heart of everything we do. Humility, hard work, and fun are the ingredients to empowering environments that allow all of us to realize our future.

WHO WE SERVE

We help organizations of all sizes

From multi-billion dollar Fortune 100 companies to bootstrapped start-ups

We work across all industries

Innovation isn’t limited to Silicon Valley tech companies, and neither are we

All of our clients have one thing in common

A willingness to put in the work and take the risks necessary to implement change

WHO WE ARE

Mike Ross a fondé Juniper avec pour but d'aider les organisations et corporations à créer des commerces, produits et services plus innovateurs à l'aide du design thinking et autres méthodes d'idéation. Avant Juniper, Mike a travaillé en tant que directeur général d'une société financière privée, conseiller à McKinsey, spécialiste en produits et marketing chez eBay/Kijiji, et avocat spécialisé en financement. — Mike Ross founded Juniper with the goal of helping organizations and corporations become more dynamic, creative places to work. He also builds innovative businesses, products, and services using design thinking and customer-centric idea development methodologies. Prior to Juniper, Mike worked as a managing director of a private equity firm, as a consultant at McKinsey, as a product and marketing specialist at eBay/Kijiji and as an international finance lawyer.

Consultante senior chez Juniper, Jade Vaillancourt se spécialise dans les transformations culturelles. Elle aide ses clients à développer diverses capacités et leur permet d'embaucher et de former les talents nécessaires pour s'adapter et prospérer dans le monde volatile d'aujourd'hui. Elle a aidé ses clients à bâtir des équipes dynamiques, dotées de compétences en leadership et ayant le courage de remettre en question le statu quo, permettant ainsi des changements organisationnels durables et efficaces. Jade est passionnée par la conception de méthodes d'apprentissage, ce qui l'a amenée à cofonder une plateforme éducative en ligne en 2016. Elle agit également à titre de mentor auprès d'entrepreneurs en herbe et donne des conférences et des ateliers à divers organismes sur l'application des concepts du design thinking à l'entrepreneuriat et au leadership. — As a senior consultant at Juniper, Jade Vaillancourt specializes in cultural transformations. She helps clients build various capabilities and enables them to hire and train the talent needed to adapt to and thrive in today’s volatile world. She has helped clients build dynamic teams with leadership skills and the courage to challenge the status quo, enabling long-lasting and impactful organizational change. Jade is passionate about designing engaging ways of learning; this lead her to co-found an online educational platform in 2016. She also mentors aspiring entrepreneurs, and delivers talks and workshops to various organizations about applying design thinking concepts to entrepreneurship and leadership.

Andriy Strogan est motivé à découvrir l'inattendu et l'inconnu et à apprendre en continu. En tant que consultant en gestion et ingénieur professionnel expérimenté, il considère qu'il est essentiel d'apporter une approche structurée à tout ce qui l'entoure. Avec Juniper, Andriy s'est concentré sur l'aide aux organisations des secteurs financier et éducatif pour développer des stratégies de transformation et des solutions éclairées par des recherches approfondies sur les consommateurs, leur permettant de mieux servir leurs partenaires. — A life long learner, Andriy Strogan is driven to uncover the unexpected and the unknown. As an experienced management consultant and professional engineer, bringing a structured approach to everything around him is key. With Juniper, Andriy has focused on helping organizations in financial and educational industries develop transformative strategies and solutions informed by deep consumer research and insight, enabling them to better serve their stakeholders.

Catherine Rousseau-Saine a à cœur d'aider les leaders et les organisations à s'adapter aux nouveaux défis et à développer leur plein potentiel. Elle conseille des clients dans divers secteurs d'activité en mettant l'accent sur la réflexion et la planification stratégiques, le renforcement de leur capacité de négociation et la gestion de relations complexes. Avant de joindre Juniper, Catherine a travaillé au Cirque du Soleil au sein de l'équipe de stratégie et de développement des affaires, en tant que directrice des opérations de l'accélérateur de startups Ecofuel et comme avocate chez Norton Rose Fulbright. — Catherine Rousseau-Saine is passionate about helping leaders and organizations adapt to new challenges and develop their full potential. She advises clients in a range of industries with a focus on strategic thinking and planning, building/strengthening negotiation capability and managing complex relationships. Prior to Juniper, Catherine worked at Cirque du Soleil in the strategy and business development team, as the director of operations of the Startup Accelerator Ecofuel and as an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright.

Jared Lee s'engage à établir des relations de confiance et de collaboration qui aident les autres à réaliser leur mission. Il aime créer des solutions dynamiques à des problèmes complexes et innover. Avant de rejoindre Juniper, Jared a travaillé comme stratège chez Bombardier et comme ingénieur aérospatial chez Boeing et General Electric. Il a également aidé à bâtir PeaceGeeks, un organisme sans but lucratif qui déploie la technologie pour la paix. — Jared Lee is committed to building trust-based, collaborative relationships that help others achieve their missions. He enjoys creating dynamic solutions to complex problems and breaking new ground. Prior to joining Juniper, Jared worked as a strategist at Bombardier and as an aerospace engineer at Boeing and General Electric. He also helped to build PeaceGeeks, a non-profit organization that deploys technology for peace.

Nolan Becker a rejoint Juniper afin d'offrir sa créativité et sa propension à l'innovation aux clients désireux de mieux se positionner pour l'avenir. Ancien joueur de baseball professionnel, Nolan utilise son dynamisme, son esprit de pionnier et sa capacité à établir de solides relations synergiques pour amener ses clients vers des solutions efficaces et efficientes. Avant Juniper, Nolan a travaillé comme consultant en développement pour A. Larovere Consulting à New York. Il a développé une expertise dans le dimensionnement et l'analyse des marchés à travers des projets dans une grande variété d'industries, travaillant avec les clients pour construire et créer de nouvelles approches à des initiatives de développement complexes et pour obtenir du financement pour leurs plans. — Nolan Becker joined Juniper in order to offer his creativity and proclivity for innovative thinking to clients looking to better position themselves for the future. A former professional baseball pitcher, Nolan utilizes his dynamism, pioneering spirit, and ability to build strong synergistic relationships to drive clients towards efficient and effective solutions. Prior to Juniper, Nolan worked as a development consultant for A. Larovere Consulting in New York City. He developed expertise in market sizing and analysis through projects across a wide variety of industries, working with clients to build and create new approaches to complex development initiatives and to secure financing for their plans.

Alex Chénier believes that the key to a strong organization is putting people first. Having graduated from McGill’s Faculty of Management, he joined Juniper to support firms looking to improve their talent management strategies, structures, and processes. Prior to working at Juniper, Alex worked in channel marketing at Walter Surface Technologies where he was principally tasked with the creation of promotional campaigns and the management of an ecommerce website.

Say hello

We are proudly based in Montreal, Canada but we work everywhere. Send us a note or give us a call.

hello@jnper.com

+1 (514) 245 9079