Combining seventeen years as a marketing professional with training and education in both business and the arts, Carolyn Keesh, president of Powered by i, has focused her company on helping her clients improve their performance by applying creative and innovative thinking in relevant ways and for enhanced results.

Within the fifteen years of running her own company, Carolyn has evolved her business from her initial roots in marketing consulting, branding, new product development, and integrated marketing communications to being a specialist in creativity and innovation. She has worked on strategic development and new product concepts of numerous brands across a wide variety of industries and product categories including Unilever, The Loyalty Group, Labatt Breweries, Warner Lambert, Oliviera, Cadbury (Canada and UK), Irving Tissue, Kellogg’s, Sunkist Growers (US), Novartis, Sprint, Concord Confection, MT&T, Royal Bank, Southam, Bank of Montreal, Pharma Plus Drugmarts, and Davis + Henderson. Her early days in business began in the advertising world, working for J. Walter Thompson on the Pepsi account and prior to that, for PIR Advertising on various tourism accounts, such as The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Thai Airways, and Thomson Vacations.

	"...Carolyn brings the right perspective on new and innovative approaches that are designed to achieve business success, while bringing out the best in our people as a lasting legacy."  [read more] Geoff Craig, Vice President and General Manager Home and Personal Care, Unilever Canada

	"Carolyn has a broad and deep understanding of the innovation process, which I and my team had a chance to witness when we tackled a particularly difficult investigation."  [read more] Luke Pollard, Vice President, Enterprise Development, The Loyalty Group

	"Carolyn is enthusiastic, incredibly creative, and gifted. She has a strong desire for people to "get it" and is continually on the look-out for what else can be done or included. She teaches by doing." Tara Seon, Human Resources Business Partner, Enbridge Gas Distribution

	"Carolyn Keesh is inspirational, motivational and creative in ways that honour the lives of everyone she meets. Carolyn is able to take you beyond your comfort zone in a safe environment that will allow you the space to grow and learn. Her ideas are brilliant!" Pam Koekebakker, Co-Founder, Shelterwood Photography

Upon specializing in creativity and innovation, Carolyn expanded her service offerings as a principal designer of corporate programs, a professional facilitator, and an expressive art coach. She has a B.Comm degree with a triple major in Marketing, Finance, and General Business, is trained in a variety of creative problem solving models and techniques, has a Certificate in Expressive Arts, and is a Certified Advertising Agency Practitioner.

When Carolyn takes time out from helping her clients discover their creative potential, she develops her own through her hobbies of watercolour painting, writing, exploring nature, and attending workshops outside her comfort zone for “the experience”. Carolyn has built a canoe, written a book, and is currently attaining her Certificate in Dance Studies.