Carol Darling
Senior Partner at Searchlight Partners Group- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Professional Engineer (Ontario)
Association of Professional Engineers in the Province of Ontario
Experience
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Searchlight Partners Group
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Canada
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Executive Offices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Partner
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Mar 2019 - Present
I am delighted to join Searchlight Partners Group as Senior Partner. Searchlight Partners is a leading Executive Search & Talent strategy consultancy practice with offices in Toronto, New York & London. Founded in 2005, Searchlight helps organizations identify and attract exceptional leaders across all functions for organizations in the Arts&Culture, Media, Sports & Entertainment, Digital & Technology and Social Enterprise sectors. Searchlight enables companies to create a sustainable competitive advantage through innovative talent strategies and programs including Recruitment, Executive Coaching & Workplace Culture. For more on Searchlight Partners visit www.searchlightpartnersgroup.com.
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Tbaytel
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Canada
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Telecommunications
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director, Tbaytel Municipal Service Board; Chair Strategy Cttee; Member Audit & Finance Cttee
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Jul 2017 - Present
Tbaytel is the largest independently owned telecommunications provider in Canada and offers extensive products and services that include faster Data, Voice, Wireless, Internet, Digital TV and Security. Ms. Darling is currently Board Vice Chair, Chair of the Strategy Committee, and member of the Audit and Finance Committee. Tbaytel is the largest independently owned telecommunications provider in Canada and offers extensive products and services that include faster Data, Voice, Wireless, Internet, Digital TV and Security. Ms. Darling is currently Board Vice Chair, Chair of the Strategy Committee, and member of the Audit and Finance Committee.
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Canada's National Ballet School
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Canada
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Performing Arts
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Director; Chair Dev't and Strategic Partnerships & Member Nominating and Governance Cttees
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2008 - Present
As Chair, Development & Strategic Partnerships Committee, has advised on precedent setting sponsorships at a level previously unavailable to NBS, raising over $7M for the NBS Sharing Dance program. Through Sharing Dance, NBS promotes public participation in dance, providing dance activity to public school children, adults and the elderly across Canada. Established in 1959, NBS is one of the world's foremost training institutions for aspiring young dancers and teachers. NBS is at the forefront of professional ballet schools in delivering a wide variety of community programs that improve the health and quality of life for people of all ages and abilities.
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Women Get on Board
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Canada
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Regional Ambassador / Advisory Board Member
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Sep 2016 - Present
Women Get On Board is a member-based company that connects, promote and empowers women to corporate boards. This is accomplished by hosting roundtable events, facilitating workshops and showcasing members' personal brands online. Women Get On Board is a member-based company that connects, promote and empowers women to corporate boards. This is accomplished by hosting roundtable events, facilitating workshops and showcasing members' personal brands online.
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Executive Advisory Services
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Apr 2014 - Present
Providing strategic business planning leadership with particular expertise in managing change through the transition to new technology solutions and business systems. Providing strategic business planning leadership with particular expertise in managing change through the transition to new technology solutions and business systems.
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Shaw Communications
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Canada
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President Engineering & Broadcast Systems, Shaw Media
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Oct 2010 - Apr 2014
As a member of the Shaw Media Management team provided strategic guidance to Senior Management on technology issues related to Media services and new technology related initiatives. Consistently delivered on Capital and Operating budgets of over $50M. Provided leadership to over 250 staff in the Media Engineering and Broadcast Systems Department supporting 18 Specialty TV Channels and the Global Television network which includes eleven local tv stations across Canada. Oversaw the following funcitonal areas: Media Systems Architecture, involving the design, standards and systems evolution to support the next generation of television; Platform Publishing comprised of Post Production and Playout for linear and non-linear services offerings; Technical Services, involving day-to-day technical support for all service offerings, systems and platforms for Entertainment and News programming; and Project Management including monitoring of Capital and Operational performance.
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Board Positions
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Maritime
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Previous positions as Chair / Director / Member
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1993 - 2012
United Nations ITU Council Observer; Director Industry Canada Communications Research Centre (CRC), Member of U.S. Advanced Televisions Systems Executive Committee; U.S. FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television (ACATS); Chair Advanced Broadcasting Systems of Canada Board, Chair, Canadian Digital Television (CDTV) Board and Technical Committee, Director, Canadian Satellite Users Association, Member Heritage Canada Task Force on the Implementation of Digital TV, Member Heritage Canada Task Force Committee on Digital Radio
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Canwest Broadcasting
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Canada
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Software Development
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Senior VP Engineering & Technical Services
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Oct 2008 - Oct 2010
See Shaw Media above - title change only to align with management structure of Shaw ownership. See Shaw Media above - title change only to align with management structure of Shaw ownership.
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North American Broadcasters Association
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Canada
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director
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Jan 2004 - Oct 2008
Managed a non-profit union of the most influential television and radio broadcasting networks in Canada, the United States and Mexico, and the World Broadcasting Unions, the coordinating forum for broadcast associations globally. NABA provides a forum for North American Broadcasters to share information and best practices, discuss common challenges and opportunities, and reach concensus of key issues for representation in international standards forums. Her role required coordination of legal, news media and technology standards positions for representation in world forums.
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Education
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1974 - 1978
Queen's University
Honours Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
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