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Michael McAvoyAfter 15 years at HP, Michael McAvoy has left the building as he’s taking on a new role at Toronto-based Horizon Studios Canada, a social marketing organization.

At Horizon, Michael will be the Vice President Client Development & Engagement and will be heading up client engagement and development.Previously he Hewlett-Packard Canada (HP) in a number of roles, most recently Director, Marketing within their Personal Systems Group (Computing Business).

While at HP he had also had roles including Director, Marketing PSG Americas, Director, Commercial Marketing, National Account Business Manager, Category Business Manager. He was also Director of Marketing at Pitney Bowes Canada and before that Manager, Marketing and Product Planning at Sharp Electronics.
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Dave Forde

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