All meals/entertainment/content are covered by commonsku.
Participants cover the cost of their flight to/from Toronto as well as 2 nights hotel.
Welcome to commonsku’s CEO Summit!
Catherine and I have always loved hosting customers who visit us in Toronto. Over the years, we have enjoyed many visits from customers where we get to know each other better, share our vision for the future as well as get the chance to show off our city.
So we asked ourselves what would happen if we invited 20 executives from our distributor customers to share in a day of learning, collaboration and fun with us and our executive team?
Our goal is to create an event that brings together some of the most successful business people in the industry for a day of learning, best practice sharing, peer learning, high level commonsku roadmap discussion as well as collecting feedback on ways we can continue to drive value for you.
The invitation only event will be led by ourselves and several members of the commonsku executive team.
We can’t wait to see you in Toronto,
Mark and Catherine
Catherine Graham is the Co-Founder and CEO of commonsku, a cloud-based CRM, order management and social collaboration platform that empowers entrepreneurial excellence. Designed for the promotional products industry by promotional products experts, commonsku makes it fun and easy to collaborate and connect with promotional products professionals. Distributors and suppliers use commonsku to share best practices, find great products, build closer relationships, and learn from industry experts and peers.
Catherine has over 15 years of experience in banking, management consulting, and growing businesses through her time at TD Bank, eBay, and A.T. Kearney. Catherine was also an owner and Managing Director at RIGHTSLEEVE, a leader in the online category of the promotional products industry, who sold to Genumark in 2019.
In her work with RIGHTSLEEVE, Catherine has been recognized as a PPB’s Best Boss and as an ASI Power 50 list honoree and she led RIGHTSLEEVE to multiple awards including ASI Distributor Entrepreneur of the Year, PPAI Web Award, and Counselor’s Best Places to Work. Under her leadership, commonsku has received two PPAI pyramid awards and twice been recognized as a PPB Best Places to Work.
Mark is the co-founder of commonsku, a business software application designed specifically for the promotional products industry. Mark is one of the founding chefs of PromoKitchen and is the host of the popular PromoKitchen podcast where he interviews industry thought leaders as well as business luminaries such as Seth Godin and Dan Pink. Recognized with multiple honors in the industry, including ASI's Distributor Entrepreneur of the Year, ASI’s Hot List, and PPAI’s Rising Stars, Mark has been featured in several major media publications (PPB, Counselor Magazine, Stitches, and Advantages). An innovative leader, Mark frequently mentors promotional entrepreneurs through writing, speaking, and training, and shares his technology expertise with promotional professionals across North America (PPAI Expo, ASI Chicago, ASI San Diego, PPPC, MAPPA, SPPA, Promo East, Partnering Group, NALC, ASI Power Summit).
Bobby Lehew is the Chief Content Officer at commonsku, a cloud-based CRM, order management platform designed for the promotional products industry by promotional product experts. Bobby was the CEO for 15 years at Robyn, a branded products fulfillment company that specialized in private-label, e-commerce company stores. A multiple PPAI Gold Pyramid Award winner, a PPAI Silver Technology recipient, an Addy Award recipient, and recognized (in his work with Robyn) three years in a row by Inc. Magazine as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., Bobby is co-host of the popular podcast, skucast, and a national speaker on topics related to B2B marketing, B2B selling, and storyselling. Bobby is an ardent bibliophile who loves to explore creative insights from entrepreneurs who bridge the world between art + commerce.
Recognized by PPAI’s PPB Magazine in 2016 as one of the industry’s most Powerful Partners and by PPB Magazine as a 2018 Rising Star, Aaron Kucherawy’s grace under pressure is legendary. Aaron began with commonsku in the early days and with the platform’s rise and success, he grew from Manager to VP of customer success, leading a team that’s always there when you need him. Aaron remains one of the most admired team members by customers. An expert in platform proficiency and systems integration, Aaron thrives on guiding new users and advising the pros on how to scale and grow their business using the commonsku platform.
Erin Burley is a Customer Success Manager with commonsku, a cloud-based CRM and order management platform designed for the promotional products industry. As a member of the Customer Success team, she specializes in onboarding new distributorships, building and maintaining educational resources for the platform, and offering ongoing support to commonsku’s many users. Erin takes pride in the close relationships she has cultivated within the commonsku community and prioritizes finding new ways to help users streamline and elevate their business.
Charlie Moscoe is the VP of Product management at commonsku, bringing over 10 years of business-to-business Product Management experience to the team. With a background in design and computer science, he has worked across a wide variety of industries, with a focus on marketplace applications. Charlie combines user-centric design processes with data-driven experimentation to help commonsku's customers grow and thrive. Outside of work, Charlie loves to get out in nature, hiking in the forest or out in the back country on his snowboard.
We will publish a detailed schedule with topics, sessions and outcomes in the coming weeks. In the meantime, here is what you can expect from a timing perspective. You can expect a good mix of "industry/business topics" and "commonsku application specific" topics.
In addition to the schedule below, you can also read about the highlights from our last CEO Summit to give you a sense for the experience.
The full schedule will be announced in mid-March. If you'd like to see last year's CEO Summit schedule, please click here.
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CEO Summit will be hosted at the Bisha Hotel, in the heart of Toronto’s downtown.
We have arranged for special room rates of $435 CAD/night (approx $305 US/night) + tax. We will be sharing a special booking link shortly.
This preferred rate applies to an extra night on either side of the room block if you wish to arrive early, stay later in Toronto.
All meals/entertainment/content are covered by commonsku.
Participants cover the cost of their flight to/from Toronto as well as 2 nights hotel.
Please arrive before 5pm on May 20, 2025.
You are welcome to depart any time on May 22, 2025.
A valid passport is required to enter Canada.
Please wear what’s most comfortable for you. We will be inside during the day and will be walking outside to get to the various restaurants during the evenings.
Not really. You can easily use your credit card in Canada. If you find yourself needing to tip someone, US currency is fine.
We will have nice spring weather by the end of April. Temperature is in the 50-60 F range. Bring your spring outerwear as we may be walking outside between venues in the evening.
Uber or Lyft are your best bets for traveling around the city. The Bisha Hotel is about 30-35 minutes from the main Toronto airport (Pearson).