Co-founders, Goliger's Management Systems Inc.

Dan Goliger is a renowned business leader and entrepreneur. Past President of the Canadian Franchise Association, his credentials include 30 years of exceptional business success, building highly profitable companies.

Formerly the President and Chief Executive of Goliger's Travel, Dan developed the chain across Canada, growing a $3 million dollar a year business to one that generated over $100 million in revenues annually. During the 1990's, he owned and operated CanAir, an airline which provided service within Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Caribbean.

Dan's specialties are building small companies to large ones, strategic planning, team building & development, as well as successful negotiation. Many have heard Dan's insights from his nationally syndicated radio travel segment, which was heard daily in Canada, while he was heading Goliger's Travel.

Mark Goliger combines outstanding communication skills and strategic management acumen with dependable business development experience. An MBA graduate from York University's Schulich School of Business, Mark was instrumental in creating very rapid growth and expansion which resulted in the achievement of #1 Producer Worldwide status for Goliger's Management Systems' management training distributorship.

A progressive team leader with a collaborative management style, Mark brings well-developed skills in the identification of business needs and the development and implementation of often innovative solutions.

Mark specializes in analyzing companies, creating strategic direction and business planning.

Our Expertise

Whatever the right business structure for growing your business, we have the expertise and proven successes. Here are some highlights:

Licensing & Distributorships

We have numerous investments including the Master rights for a worldwide management training company. Since we negotiated and purchased those rights in 2001 we have achieved rapid expansion and growth and have contributed to make Canada one of the largest and fastest growing countries in the company's franchise system. We have the distinction of achieving the   
#1 producer worldwide for that organization over the past years.

In addition, Dan Goliger plays an important role of advisor to the senior management team situated in Denver, as well as mentor to other Master Franchisees around the world. Mark Goliger oversees the business development and day-to-day operation of the Canadian-based operation.

Franchising

Dan Goliger was President of the Canadian Franchise Association and Canada's special representative to the International Franchise Association in Washington, D.C.

Formerly the President and Chief Executive of Goliger's Travel®, Dan took 4 established retail units with revenue of $3 million dollars a year and converted them to a national franchise system with chains across Canada generating over $100 million in revenues annually. He took a business renowned for being highly competitive and with marginal yields and grew it into a major force in the travel industry.

Goliger's Travel was one of the first travel chains in North America to franchise its operation, operating both franchise and company owned units. He initiated numerous innovations and had the business experience to make the company very successful. One of his greatest innovations was to recruit, train and motivate a national sales force of over 2,000 sales reps.

Business Expertise

Partnering with Air Canada® and Thomas Cook Travel® among others, Dan was previously a shareholder and on the Board of Directors of a half a billion dollar computer accounting company.

In 1989 Dan Goliger was brought in by Canadian Regional Airlines® to head up a new subsidiary cargo airline. He became president and CEO of CanAir and then purchased all of the shares of the airline. Against all odds in an extremely difficult and competitive environment he grew the airline to a notable size. The company operated both passenger and cargo planes throughout Canada, the US, Mexico and Caribbean. CanAir operated a fleet of Boeing 737s, Airbus A320s and a fleet of aircraft dedicated to the cargo operation. In 1997, the operation was merged with Royal Airlines and Dan stayed on as President of Royal Cargo as part of the negotiated transition.