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• Position: NEWS

Name: Robert Poulter

Title: President, COO

Company: Genesis Genomics

Residence: Thunder Bay

Q Where's your favorite place to travel, and why?

Our favourite beaches in the world are in Thailand. Phuket, Phi Phi, Lanta, and other islands on the Andaman Sea are absolutely incredible.

Q What's the best advice you've ever received?

We are all familiar with the saying "make new friends, but keep the old".

Q What quality do you look for in an employee or business partner?

Excluding the requisite experience and skills, the qualities I look for include initiative, motivation, creativity, integrity, and honesty.

Q If you weren't in this line of work, what would you be doing?

Missionary work in Southeast Asia and coaching amateur hockey in Canada.

Q What's the toughest business decision you've ever had to make?

My most difficult business decisions was to leave the comforts of a corporate...