1) PICKWASTE

1) PICKWASTE

After Dillon finished high school, he co-founded a community organization with his buddy Sam to help clean up our planet called PickWaste (featured on CBC, CTV, and CityNews). The group makes an impact by hosting clean-ups and inspiring students across Canada to do the same. It started in July of 2017 with four friends but has quickly spread throughout the community and country.

From 2017 – 2021, PickWaste hosted over 320 community clean-ups collecting over 3100 bags of litter in the City of Pickering and expanded to two other cities across Canada. The community organization has provided an estimated 6000 meaningful volunteer hours to local high school students.

2) OUTDOOR FITNESS CIRCUIT

2) OUTDOOR FITNESS CIRCUIT

For the work Dillon and his co-founder, Sam, did in the Pickering community with PickWaste, they were rewarded a $10,000 grant! Dillon and Sam wanted to leave a lasting impact on the youth in their community, so they decided to fund the build of an outdoor fitness circuit. Dillon strongly believes that strength training and callisthenics are not only useful to one’s physical health but are significantly beneficial for one’s mental health and stress management. However, he understands that not everyone has the financial resources to purchase a membership to a gym facility, that is why this park is available to the public free of charge. The circuit includes parallel bars, plyometric boxes, a balance plank, knee lift, joint use-station, push-up bars and hurdles. Feel free to view these articles to learn more about this project: durhamregion.com & pickering.ca.

3) STRATEGY & BRANDING

3) STRATEGY & BRANDING

Over the years, Dillon has been involved with several strategy and branding projects with organizations in various industries spanning from consumer goods to ed-tech. Most notably, he was engaged in a project with A&W Canada where he was invited to a strategy engagement with their CEO, Susan Senecal (pictured above), as well as other C-Suite’s from the organization. The purpose was to assess and provide input on their 5 year sustainability strategy, as well as promote the launch of their Change is Good sustainability campaign. Feel free to view these articles to check out this project: Forbes & Global News.

4) DELOITTE

4) DELOITTE

When Dillon previously worked at Deloitte, he worked on several different social impact advisory projects including benchmarking (in the financial services, computer software, and automotive sectors), data analysis and visualization (with several international donor organizations), and created a sustainability strategy for increasing stakeholder engagement (multi-national coffee retailer). Two of Dillon’s engagements have been made public and can be accessed here: Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean with the World Bank Group & the Economic Study of the Canadian Plastics Market with the Federal Government.

5) KPMG

5) KPMG

Dillon joined KPMG in the heart of COVID-19 and during his time at the firm Dillon was apart of the Supply Chain and Enterprise Architecture group. He worked on a demand model to ensure a large Canadian province had an adequate amount of PPE for 18-months during the pandemic. His reporting and forecasting was used by the Ministry to make PPE purchasing decisions to ensure individuals were safe during this time.