Steve Whiteside

President, AOL

Mr. Steve Whiteside is the present owner, president and director of Academy of Learning, Broadway Station in Vancouver, Surrey AOL and the Burnaby AOL locations. He is also the owner, president and director of Zappa Media. Mr. Whiteside’s experience encompasses a wide range of sales, marketing, operational, and financial duties. He obtained his education at Grossmont College in San Diego, Los Angeles Valley College in Los Angeles, and Vancouver Community College in Vancouver. He has graduated his Master of Arts in Leadership degree at Royal Roads University. In 1989 Mr. Whiteside immigrated to Canada to accept a position with CompuCollege School of Business. In 1991, in addition to being Director, he took on the responsibility of Director of Sales and Marketing. During the next 5 years Mr. Whiteside became responsible for the operations, acquisitions, takeovers, renovations, and opening new locations. In 1999 Mr. Whiteside purchased the Academy of Learning franchise in Vancouver at Broadway station. Mr. Whiteside now owns three Academy of Learning Colleges. Using his skills and experience, he transformed these locations from some of the least effective schools in the country into some of the most successful locations in Canada. Mr. Whiteside also owns and operates Zappa Media Consulting Inc. Started in 1997, this advertising agency has created and bought advertising campaigns for local and national companies such as Canada Reconnect, Anchor Learning Systems and Launchlife.com, Edgewater Casino, Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club and the Vancouver Giants Hockey Club, to name a few. Mr. Whiteside is the owner director of the Franchise leadership Center and specializes in consulting in Organizational Development for franchise organization. During his career, Mr. Whiteside has served on numerous committees and boards. Some of those include marketing, student loan and governmental affairs for the Private Career Training Association, now known as the British Columbia Career College Association. He currently sits on the marketing committee and the public relations / membership committee of the BCCCA. Mr. Whiteside served as the Chair of the Private Career Training Institutions Agency. Steve also searved on the Royal Roads Academic Council as Graduate student. Steve also searves on the Board of Directors for the Entrepreneurial organization in British Columbia. Mr. Whiteside is also active in the community. He has been the Chairman of the Jewish Community Centre Sports Dinner Sponsorship and VIP breakfast committee for the past 14 years; he has served on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Center. Mr. Whiteside is also on the Board of Directors for the ALS Society of B.C. and is now the President for said society. He has been appointed to the ALS Society of Canada as well. Steve is also a member of the Shrines and is a Shrime clown and makes visits to Childrens Hospital and other venues as U-Whoo the clown. In short, Mr. Whiteside possesses an incredible amount of energy and has demonstrated expertise in business, marketing and team building. Mr. Whiteside can bring his over 21 years of business experience to the table. Mr. Whiteside prides himself on envisioning a concept and following through on all of its constituent details.