About Star Marketing

Kyle Leslie

Kyle Leslie

President/Owner
Kyle brings 27 years of industry experience to lead our national team efforts. In addition to his duties as President, Kyle is also a Brand Manager at Star Marketing and currently serves as Past President of the Food Executives Club of Vancouver.
John Vuckovic

John Vuckovic

VP Sales & Marketing/Owner
John brings 15 years of experience. He manages key account customers including Costco, London Drugs and Buy Low Foods. John manages and
develops our industry leading analytics as well a Brand Manager at Star Marketing.
JP Lacroix

JP Lacroix

VP of Sales – East/Owner
JP has over 20 years of CPG industry experience from which 15 with tier 1 CPG companies. JP leads our Eastern Canada operations, manages the Key National Accounts and also act as brand manager.
Randy Gaudette

Randy Gaudette

Director/Owner
Randy brings 34 years of experience and has directly worked with every retailer in British Columbia. He manages the overall business, workforce and strategic planning. Randy is a Brand Manager at Star Marketing and manages the Quality Foods account.
Paul Hatlen

Paul Hatlen

Director of Sales
Paul brings over 33 years of experience including 21 years as Regional Sales Manager for McCain Foods. Based in Calgary, Paul manages business with Sobeys/Safeway and FCL. Paul is also a Brand Manager at Star Marketing.
Kurt McKenzie

Kurt McKenzie

General Sales Manager
Kurt brings 17 years experience from Coca-Cola. With an MBA from Sauder School of Business UBC, Kurt manages our Sales Force and key accounts including Whole Foods and is also a Brand Manager. Kurt is also on the Board at the Food Executives Club of Vancouver.
Justin Waites

Justin Waites

Business Development Manager
Justin brings 12 years of grocery marketing experience from one of Western Canada’s largest grocery retailers. Justin manages all of the Star’s brand partners marketing initiatives along with key western retail accounts and online retailers such as Amazon.
Kevin Lum

Kevin Lum

Business Development Manager
Kevin has over 10 years of CPG experience from a Tier 1 Manufacturer, Broker and Distributor. He manages key western accounts for Star Marketing including Save-On Foods, Calgary Co-op, Quality Foods, Choices, Nature’s Fare and Fairways.
Atif Ahmed

Atif Ahmed

Business Development Manager
Atif has over 6 years of CPG experience from Private Label and Branded Manufacturers. He manages key Eastern accounts for Star Marketing including Longo’s, Farmboy, Fortino’s, Denninger’s and Goodness Me!
Danielle Kroh

Danielle Kroh

Controller - Accounting
Richard Reseigh

Richard Reseigh

Warehouse Manager
Brenda Peakman

Brenda Peakman

Accounting

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