Meet the shepherds.
We can get you where you
want to go.
Who we are.
We are an interdisciplinary team of experts who are driven by the desire to help other business owners achieve success. We are passionate about our areas of expertise, eager to share what we know, and excited to see you win!
How we work.
We know that a one-size-fits-all approach to growth rarely works. Our team will spend time getting to know you and your business before building out a proposal that addresses your unique needs. We constantly refine our strategies and approach using analytics and team insights to ensure that your business is always putting its best foot forward and keeping up with the rapidly changing landscape.
Meet the team.
For each client’s needs, we custom tailor a team, bringing in appropriate partners.
Here are some of our core team members.
David Shepherd | Co-Founder
David Shepherd is an accomplished technology leader with over 30 years of experience in creating and bringing to market innovative products and technologies to the world’s largest financial institutions. He holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science - Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto and is passionate about creating innovative applications of new and emerging technologies. David co-founded and provided the leadership and technological vision to build two successful, high-growth tech companies in the competitive FinTech CRM market. Now, he provides fractional CTO and strategic management services for the technology and investment sectors. He helps companies create corporate, product and technology strategies that are aligned, and assists them in executing on these strategies, raise money, and position for a successful exit through the consulting company he co-founded, White Space Shepherds. David has also brought his technical expertise to the fashion industry, co-founding and serving as CTO of ReSuit, a peer-to-peer clothing sharing app that uses a proprietary fit-based approach that allows users to rent, purchase, lend or sell their apparel.
Nada Shepherd | Co-Founder
Nada Shepherd is an accomplished creative and business professional with an insider’s knowledge of the fashion industry. She spent 9 formative years studying in the performing and visual arts, achieving a B.Sc. Double Major in Neuroscience and Psychology from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business, where she graduated as an Ivey Scholar with Distinction. She also has a Diploma in Fashion Design from The International Academy of Design and Technology, and has spent 18 years in the fashion industry; 10 of those years she was running her own fashion line. Nada’s career is as varied as her experiences, and she has founded and run a number of businesses including ReSuit, an online fit-based clothing sharing app designed to address the myriad impacts of fast fashion, and White Space Shepherds Inc., a boutique consulting firm that provides creative and technology-driven solutions for clients throughout the North American market.
Ian Peters | Video Content Producer
Ian Peters is a senior media professional with substantial leadership and operations experience. Strategic with proven business acumen, Ian develops strategic and process solutions that deliver results and has done so at the corporate, client, and brand level. Achievements focus on improving consumer engagement, change management, client satisfaction and financial results. Ian is recognized as a problem solver with vision and is known across his areas of expertise as an expert communicator who forms quick and genuine personal connections. As a partner, Ian is highly regarded for insight, counsel and communication. As a leader, he has an excellent track record of talent development and team building.