Brad Poulos

As a former profit 100 CEO and public company chair, Brad Poulos has taken companies from inception, through high growth, to exit. As a professor in the world-renowned Entrepreneurship program at Ryerson University, his teaching practice focuses on lean startup, small business and company strategy and his research focus is the cannabis industry in Canada and abroad. In Fall of 2018 he pioneered the first University course in Ontario on the Business of Cannabis at Ryerson’s Chang School of Continuing Education.

His career spans 30+ years, several continents, and a handful of industries including telecom, luxury goods, software and education.

Blending a technical background with an Ivey MBA, his unique insight and analysis are in constant demand from media, the industry and the educational community.

For fun, he plays keyboards in the rock band Southpawz in the Greater Toronto Area.

Brad Poulos in Ryerson Today – What cannabis means for Ryerson