Meet our team of professional management consultants and executive coaches.
Are you looking for expert solutions, bold strategies and innovative directions for your leadership or organization?
Shelly is a co-founding partner of Berlineaton and has over 25 years’ experience in management consulting in strategy, process improvement and leader development.
She’s worked extensively with public and private sector organizations, and she is a professional facilitator, expert in the design, development, and execution of strategy. She is a certified executive coach and a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants.
Shelly’s passion is to help leaders and their organizations achieve extraordinary success through bold thinking, courageous risk taking and disciplined action planning. Dark chocolate helps too.
Cathryn is a Senior Consultant with Berlineaton. She approaches all her work with curiosity, dedication and an analytical eye.
As a Senior Consultant, Cathryn leads and supports projects across all of Berlineaton’s practice areas with a particular focus on public sector work. She is skilled at deriving insights from data, and helping clients translate complex information into usable and effective solutions. She loves applying her skills, experience, and penchant for problem solving to help empower her clients and create sustainable business solutions.
Cathryn holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from UBC, as well as a Master’s of Management from UBC’s Sauder School of Business. She also has a Lean Six-Sigma Yellow Belt, and is working towards becoming a Certified Management Consultant.
Outside the office, you can find her spending time with her partner, Sander and retired sled dog, Clyde, swimming with the Victoria Masters Swim Club, and enjoying the outdoors with friends and family.
Richard Eaton is a co-founding partner of Berlineaton, a senior management consultant and a certified executive coach. Over the past 25 years, Richard has facilitated significant and positive productivity focused culture shifts within large and complex organizations.
He specializes in delivering a leader and team-focused approach to process improvement and is highly skilled in helping clients realize significant performance improvements.
Richard is passionate about adventures of all kinds, from parachuting, scuba diving and high-altitude mountaineering to a broad array of fascinating consulting assignments. He approaches everything he does with humility, wonder, deep engagement and sturdy footwear.
Communicator, Advocate, Tactician.
Mackenzie Edwards is a Consultant with Berlineaton, passionate about working with public sector organizations to achieve better outcomes for their constituents. Mackenzie brings a strong academic and professional background, holding a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, and a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs, where he ranked among the top 10 students in his class.
Before joining Berlineaton, Mackenzie served as a Policy Analyst at the Public Health Agency of Canada. In this role, he contributed significantly to the renewal of the National Immunization Strategy, a comprehensive, Canada-wide stakeholder engagement process designed to enhance the relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency of immunization programming across jurisdictions.
Mackenzie leverages his analytical skills, facilitation expertise, and strong communication abilities to support Berlineaton’s diverse client base. He is committed to helping clients develop sustainable solutions and drive positive change in our evolving society.
While originally from New Zealand, Mackenzie has lived in BC since 2015, and moved to Victoria in February of 2024. Outside of the office, he can be found on stage as a stand-up comedian, hitting the links on the golf course, and exploring nature!
Mackenzie is a Senior Consultant at Berlineaton, known for her experience in strategy development and execution. She brings an innate sense of curiosity, meticulous attention to detail, and a strong interpersonal focus to all aspects of her work. She works across all practice areas to support leaders in creating stronger, more effective organizations.
Mackenzie specializes in working with independent schools, helping them to navigate unique challenges and build stronger, more sustainable institutions. She has worked with over 20 schools across Canada.
With a deep-seated passion in helping organizations foster visionary futures for themselves, Mackenzie excels in guiding organizations through an engagement and people-centric approach on growth and improvement. Her strategic insights and commitment ensure that her clients achieve sustainable success.
Outside of the office, she can be found taking advantage of all the world-class access to nature that the West Coast of Canada has to offer, including her favourite past times, skiing, surfing, and hiking with her husband and dog Molson.
Inspirer, Innovator, Designer.
Julia is a Consultant with Berlineaton. Julia brings her thoughtfulness, emotional intelligence, and design-thinking mindset to all of her work. As a Consultant, Julia supports the team with a variety of client engagements utilizing her sharp analysis, synthesis, and presentation skills.
Drawing from her Master’s in Management and a background in organizational design, Julia approaches each business challenge cognizant of the complexities of an organization as a whole – not just a few of its parts. Julia is devoted to designing innovative, future-ready organizations with healthy cultures. Julia is also passionate about coaching emerging professionals and inspiring people to feel prepared for the constantly changing world of work.
Classically trained in Ballet, Julia was a dedicated student of the Royal Academy of Ballet with the Canadian School of Dance for fifteen years. A devotee of art and design – Julia enjoys creating art pieces of her own using a variety of styles, designing interior decor, and creating fine foods.
Policy Focussed, Strategic Thinker, Collaborator.
Kathy is a Senior Consultant with Berlineaton. Kathy has over twenty-five years experience in senior leadership positions managing complex projects, programs, and policy initiatives in the public and private sectors. She has extensive experience in achieving, negotiating, and developing partnerships through consensus building and conflict management amongst a wide range of groups in complex and changing environments.
Kathy believes that critical to the success of any project is the engagement of its people. Kathy’s approach is not only to adopt project management principles, but also to continue to foster a learning organization that incorporates systems thinking, a shared vision, and team learning so that organizations build for the future and see the big picture, not just what immediately lies ahead.
Kathy is an avid reader of historical non-fiction. She also enjoys refinishing vintage furniture and cross country skiing in the winter.
Optimist, Connector, Explorer.
Madeline is a Consultant at Berlineaton, supporting Partners, Engagement Leads and Senior Consultants across various practice areas. With exceptional communication, presentation, and critical thinking skills, she delivers insightful analysis and collaborates with clients to co-create innovative solutions. As a natural connector, Madeline builds strong, meaningful relationships that foster successful collaboration.
Madeline holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from UBC, as well as a Master of Management from UBC’s Sauder School of Business. Her interdisciplinary education shaped her well-rounded approach to problem-solving. Madeline’s curiosity about the connections between people, places, and experiences, informs her approach to tackling challenges.
Her background includes experience in marketing for small businesses, donor relations, and sponsor acquisition through previous projects and volunteer work. With optimism and open-mindedness, Madeline embraces uncertainty and transforms it into opportunities for growth.
Outside of work, Madeline enjoys cooking for friends and family, exploring new places, reading, and spending time at the beach. Originally from Richmond, BC, she thrives on new adventures and is passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of others.
Tobias is an Engagement Lead. He joined the firm in early 2019. He draws on his various academic and professional experiences in business strategy, market research and corporate sustainability to provide simple and elegant data-driven solutions.
Tobias discovered his passion for working with people from a diverse set of backgrounds and enjoys helping organizations confront complex challenges with simple data-powered solutions.
Originally hailing from Austria, he moved to Victoria in 2018. Tobias loves exploring the outdoors and loves Vancouver Island as much as he loves Austria. His newest love, though, is his daughter, born at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Storyteller, Critical Thinker, Brainstormer.
Yash is a Consultant Intern at Berlineaton. He brings a passion for working with people and a creative approach to problem-solving. As a Consultant Intern, Yash supports the team in client engagements by applying his skills in presentation and critical thinking.
With extensive experience in case competitions, Yash is excited about helping organizations build a strong image. He is passionate about developing well-constructed, forward-thinking strategies using his analytical and storytelling skills.
Yash is currently completing his Bachelor of Commerce at the Sauder School of Business in Vancouver, majoring in Business Technology Management and Marketing. Originally from Victoria, Yash loves exploring BC’s outdoors by through-hiking and enjoys experimenting in the kitchen with new recipes
As an executive coach, Danae partners with leaders to grow their impact, maximize their team’s effectiveness and create positive organizational cultures. She works with clients to courageously wade into any depth of leadership work, no matter how challenging, to achieve results.
Danae brings over 25 years of experience in leadership development, coaching and values-based culture change. Coming to us from her firm, Thinking Partners Inc., Danae has been an associate with Berlineaton for over 10 years.
Having served in a senior leadership role herself with a large organization, she has a deep understanding of and compassion for leaders wherever they are at and partners with them to create the impact they envision.
She coaches the whole person, recognizing the essential role of overall wellbeing and self-care. Outside the office, she can be found hiking, biking or paddle boarding to connect with nature and community whenever possible.
Listener. Creator. Fixer.
Mary is a seasoned international executive and consultant, CPA, lawyer, and mediator with proven ability and passion to successfully lead positive change and deliver results; she specializes in creating sustainable operational and financial growth. She has over 35 years of varied leadership, management, and business & financial consulting experience including successful turnarounds in Canada and the US in a variety of industries.
Mary was most recently on assignment in Saudi Arabia as an organizational efficiency consultant to a mining company. Mary started her career in audit (Richter, EY) and later consulted with Price Waterhouse in education, natural resources, and tourism. Mary was VP Finance at Vancouver Community College for seven years before spending two decades in the Engineering & Consulting, technology, and natural resources industries in CEO/CFO roles.
Mary has a Bachelor of Commerce (McGill), Diploma Public Accountancy (McGill), Juris Doctorate with an Environmental Law Certificate and Masters of Law in Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arizona State University). She has authored two books on key performance metrics within the legal industry.
Mary is an Associate of Berlineaton’s.
A highly regarded former public servant, Bert’s consulting practice over the past seven years has focused on executive mentorship, resolving conflict and strengthening teams.
Bert’s career with the Government of BC included four Assistant and Associate Deputy Minister appointments. In recognition of his Public Service career achievements, Bert was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Exemplary Service Medal.
The central tenet of Bert’s leadership in organizational restructuring and employee engagement is his belief that people desire relationships built on a foundation of trust and mutual respect.
Using his trademark humour and ability to build trust, cooperation and performance, Bert supports leaders to focus on strengths, address blind spots and build highly engaged workplaces.
