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Garret Kowalyshyn on the TechTO stage

Garret Kowalyshyn

Commercial leader, Perkopolis

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Garret Kowalyshyn is a commercial leader at Perkopolis, the Toronto employee-perks company acquired by PerkSpot. He spent eleven years at Nielsen and seven at Staples before joining the product-sampling startup Sampler, where he was named chief revenue officer in February 2022 and hosted TechTO's retail panel.

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Who is Garret Kowalyshyn?

A Toronto commercial leader, currently at the perks company Perkopolis. He was previously chief revenue officer at Sampler, the Toronto product-sampling platform, having joined it after eleven years at Nielsen and seven at Staples.

What did Garret Kowalyshyn do at TechTO?

He hosted 'How our senses sell us', the retail panel at TechTO's January 2020 retail event, putting questions to Nielsen's Jenny Mabley, Sixième Son's Valentin Fleur and Braille in Fashion's Alexa Jovanovic on how brands use senses other than sight.

What happened to Sampler?

The Toronto sampling company filed for bankruptcy in June 2024. Kowalyshyn had been its chief revenue officer from February 2022, after close to three years there as vice-president of sales and client success.

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