our team
Meet the members of our dynamic creative team
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Richard Garner - Co-Founder/Partner
Richard is a founder of ONE Network Productions and has worked in the Canadian media industry for almost 30 years as producer, director as well as holding VP of Programming roles for two different national TV networks. Richard produced and directed the documentary "The Healing of Nation: Rwanda Ten Years Later" in 2004 and later went on to live in Ghana in 2006 working with "Journalists for Human Rights." In 2020, Richard produced the award winning "Live Med Aid" for Underknown Media, a live 4 hour fundraiser in support of "Doctors Without Borders" featuring Peter Gabriel, Jane Goodall, Neil De Grasses Tyson, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, David Suzuki, Wade Davis with musical performances from Earth Wind and Fire, Queen's Brian May and The Barenaked Ladies. |
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Jack Laishes - Co-Founder/Partner
Jack co-founded and ran a successful marketing and communications company for 20 years that employed over 60 people and was sold and consolidated into a public entity. Jack oversaw the creative department and was involved in key aspects of marketing and advertising campaigns that included print, online, radio, video and television. Jack also oversaw a technology company that employed over 150 people and had the distinction of building the Canadian government’s 3rd largest internet initiative. Jack has been a partner in a number of small businesses/start-ups including an entertainment group and a couple of successful nightclubs. |
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Garvin Teelucksingh - Production Manager
With over 28 years of project management and customer relations experience in the digital marketing and technology sector, Garvin brings the ideal skill set to production management for ONP to meet the various needs of its clients. Garvin has been an indispensable asset for ONP is delivery for clients while keeping projects on time and on budget since the inception of the company in 2015. |
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Alex Mihailovich - Producer/Development
Alex Mihailovich is a veteran television journalist and foreign affairs expert. Born and raised in Toronto, Alex has a BA Honours degree in Political Science from Western University, and a radio-television broadcast diploma from Seneca College. Before becoming a journalist, Alex worked at a United Nations agency during the war in the former Yugoslavia, at which time he also attained an MBA. Alex continues to appear on television but has shifted his focus to green energy projects and documentary films. |
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Keysi Sayago - Digital Content Producer/Social Media Manager
What hasn't this woman done! Keysi was Miss Venezuela 2016 winner and finished 5th in the 2017 Miss Universe pageant. Keysi went on to get a degree in Mechanical Engineering while also forging a successful career as a highly sought after model and television host. Keysi's multiple skills in media, brand building and production are vital to ensuring ONP fulfills its role for clients in multiple ways, no matter the campaign or the medium. |
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Marco Digirolamo - VP Production/Financing
After graduating from Vancouver Film School in 1997, Marco paused his passion for film to pursue what became a very successful 25 year career in financial management for high net worth clients. Marco has advised some of the top family offices in the world as a Director/Portfolio Manager managing discretionary portfolios on an absolute return basis, and leading client development activities across Canada. But his passion for film has brought him full circle to becoming an integral part of the ONP creative team as well as an executive producer with a focus on financing. |
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Tony Del Rio - Supervising Producer
Tony Del Rio is a graduate of Toronto Film School and has been working in the Film/TV industry for 25 years firstly as an actor and then as a prolific producer and director taking him to ASIA, Europe and the US. Tony has produced content for various corporate clients such as Easyfinancial, AVIVA Insurance, Shutterstock Inc, and the Children’s Aid Foundation. He has also assumed the role of VP of Development for a feature film company in producing multiple features including most recently, "Fight Another Day" with Jim Belushi, Martin Love and Eric Johnson. |
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Stephen Tapp - SVP of Media and Business Development
What hasn't Steve done? From being one of the key builders of the iconic "City TV/Much Music brands" for CHUM Media to growing, launching and/or expanding leading media brands across every platform/medium imaginable including TSN, XM Satelite Radio and Stingray Digital. Steve has held C-suite roles with multiple major businesses and led both private and public companies. And if being one of the most influential and successful media executives in Canadian history isn't enough, he also brought his leadership skills and talent for growing companies to working for international brands like We Work, helping them establish their footprint in Canada. His talent, experience, network and vision are invaluable to everything we do here at ONP. |