Curriculum Vitae
Cam Scholey, Ph.D., MBA, FCPA, FCMA
Adjunct Assistant Professor,
Royal Military College of Canada
- CPA, FCPA, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, 2014
- FCMA, Society of Management Accountants of Canada, 2008
- Ph.D., Rushmore University, 2006
- MBA, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1996
- CMA, Society of Management Accountants of Ontario, 1994
- BA, Administrative & Commercial Studies, University of Western Ontario, 1989
CERTIFIED OKR PROFESSIONAL, OKRsTRAINING, 2020
- January 2012 – Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Management & Economics
Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON - February 2015 – Present
Session Leader, Professional Education (PEP) Program
CPA Ontario - January 2013 – December 2015
Adjunct Professor, Smith School of Business
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON - October 1994 – June 2015
Moderator, Strategic Leadership Program (SLP)
CMA Ontario - January 2008 – December 2011
Sessional Lecturer, DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON - May 2001 – August 2006
Adjunct Professor, Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON - September 1997 – April 2001
Sessional Lecturer, Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON - October 1990 – June 1992
Substitute Teacher
Ajax High School
- April 2016 – Present
President
Sacred River Enablers, Inc. - July 2000 – September 2016
President
Advanced Management Initiatives, Inc. - May 1999 – May 2000
Manager, Global Marketing
Celestica, Inc. - November 1996 – August 1998
Manager, Strategic Projects
Bell Mobility - January 1995 – August 1995
Business Manager (Contract)
McGraw-Hill Ryerson - September 1992 – December 1995
Business Manager
Harcourt-Brace Publishing
- MBA505 (on-going)
Life-time summary (count) according to the following categories:
- Papers in refereed journals (16)
- Published books (1)
- Certificate program authorships (1)
- Technical reports/educational documents (24)
- Articles in professional journals (10)
- Papers in refereed conference proceedings (2)
- Practitioner Presentations (3)
- Other (workshops & field studies) (20)
- Scholey, C., Schobel, K.B. (2019) University Canada, Management Accounting
Guideline Case Study, CPA Canada - Schobel, K.B., Scholey, C. (2018) Habuela Springs Swim Club, Management
Accounting Guideline Case Study, CPA Canada - Scholey, C. (2018), “Seven Steps to Driving Breakthrough Performance with The
Balanced Scorecard – Management Accounting Guideline, CPA Canada (accepted,
under review). - Scholey, C. (2018), “Case Study: The Balanced Scorecard at Moksha Yoga Milton
– Management Accounting Guideline Case Study, CPA Canada (accepted, under
review). - Scholey, C., Schobel, K.B. (2016) The Balanced Scorecard as an approach to
performance measurement for non–profit organizations – Management Accounting
Guideline, CPA Canada. - Schobel, K.B., Scholey, C. (2013) Performance Measurement for Not for Profits –
Management Accounting Guideline, CMA Canada. - Schobel, K.B., Scholey, C. (2013) Habuela Springs Swim Club – Management
Accounting Guideline Case Study, CMA Canada. - Schobel, K.B., Scholey, C. (2013) University Canada – Management Accounting
Guideline Case Study, CMA Canada. - Scholey, C. (2013), “Strategy Mapping – APPLYING A SIX-STEP PROCESS TO
YOUR ORGANIZATION, CPA Canada Guidance. - Scholey, C. (2013), Strategy Mapping Teaching Case – SASKATCHEWAN GREEN
ROOFING, CPA Canada Guidance. - Scholey, C. (2013), Strategy Mapping Teaching Case – WIKI GEAR, CPA Canada
Guidance. - Scholey, C., Schobel, K.B. (2013), Performance Measurement in the Not-For-Profit
Sector – Management Accounting Guideline, CMA Canada. - Schobel, K.B., Scholey, C. (2012) Balanced Scorecards in Education – Focusing on
Financial Strategies, Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 16(3), pp. 17-28. - Scholey, C. (2008), Using Strategy Maps to Drive Performance in the Not-ForProfit Sector – Management Accounting Guideline, CMA Canada, AICPA, 2008.
- Armitage, H., Scholey, C. (2006), Using Strategy Maps to Drive Performance –
Management Accounting Guideline, CMA Canada, AICPA, CIMA. - Scholey, C. and H.M. Armitage, “Hands-on Scorecarding in the Higher Education
Arena”, Planning for Higher Education, Fall 2006.
- Scholey, C. A Practical Guide to the Balanced Scorecard (CCH Canadian, 2002).
- Scholey, C. Certificate in Driving Organizational Profit and Performance, CPA
Canada (2018)
- Scholey, C. Field Guide for Managing in the Public Sector: preparing and
Reporting a Cost-Benefit Analysis (component of CPA Canada Public Sector
Certificate Program), September 2017. - Scholey, C. Field Guide for Managing in the Public Sector: Linking Logic
Models to Performance Measurement (component of CPA Canada Public Sector
Certificate Program), August 2017. - Scholey, C. Field Guide for Managing in the Public Sector: Logic Models
(component of CPA Canada Public Sector Certificate Program), June 2017. - Scholey, C. (contributing author) Public Sector Certificate Program (Level 2
Part 2): Financial Management”, May 2017. - Scholey, C. Performance Management and Measurement at the Municipality of
Sometown (case component of CPA Canada Public Sector Certificate Program),
May 2017. - Scholey, C. Certificate (6 modules): Driving Organizational Profits and
Performance, CPA Canada, April-December 2016. - Scholey, C. Phoenix Risen: Practice Case 3, CPA Canada Capstone 2, March
2016 - Scholey, C. Phoenix Risen: Practice Case 2, CPA Canada Capstone 2, February
2016. - Scholey, C. Phoenix Risen: Practice Case 1, CPA Canada Capstone 2, January
2016. - Scholey, C. Group Exercise: Handling Q&A, CMA Ontario SLP IS-6, March
2014. - Scholey, C. Balanced Scorecard, CPA Canada Briefing Document, December
2013. - Scholey, C. Business Process Re-engineering, Briefing Document, December
2013. - Scholey, C. Corporate Social Responsibility, CPA Canada Briefing Document,
December 2013. - Scholey, C. Cost-Benefit Analysis, CPA Canada Briefing Document, November
2013. - Scholey, C. For-Profit Performance Indicators, CPA Canada Briefing
Document, November 2013. - Scholey, C. Individual Performance Measurement, CPA Canada Briefing
Document, November 2013. - Scholey, C. Lean Management, CPA Canada Briefing Document, November
2013. - Scholey, C. Management Planning and Control, CPA Canada Briefing
Document, October 2013. - Scholey, C. Product Differentiation, CPA Canada Briefing Document, October
2013. - Scholey, C. Not-For-Profit Performance Indicators, CPA Canada Briefing
Document, October 2013. - Scholey, C. Sensitivity Analysis, CPA Canada Briefing Document, October
2013. - Scholey, C. Strategy Mapping, CPA Canada Briefing Document, October 2013.
- Scholey, C. Supply Chain Management, CPA Canada Briefing Document,
October 2013. - Scholey, C. Theory of Constraints, CPA Canada Briefing Document, October
2013.
- Scholey, C. and D. Cianflone, “Driving Board Performance”, CMA Management,
May/June 2011. - Scholey, C., “Alignment – has your organization got it?”, CMA Management, October
2007. - Armitage, H.M., and C. Scholey, “Using strategy maps to drive performance”, CMA
Management, February 2007. - Scholey, C. “Measuring risk with the balanced scorecard”, CMA Management, June
2006. - Scholey, C., Strategy maps: a step-by-step guide to measuring, managing and
communicating the plan” (Journal of Business Strategy, May/June 2005). - Armitage, H.M., and C. Scholey, Hands-on scorecarding: How strategy mapping has
helped one organization see better its successes and future challenges, CMA
Management, October 2004. - Armitage, H.M., and C. Scholey, Mapping Mavens: How private and public companies
gain from strategy mapping, CMA Management, May 2003. - Scholey, C. and H.M. Armitage, Clear Trails: Strategy Mapping may be the key to
improving organizational performance, CMA Management, April 2003. - Scholey, C. Targeted marketing with value propositions: Leadership is all in the image,
CMA Management, October 2002. - Scholey, C. Grey Waste, CMA Management, June 1995.
- Schobel, K.B. and Scholey, C. (2019) Turning Strategy on its Head – A New Look at
Strategy Mapping, International Academic Conference on Business, Dublin Ireland,
June 2- 6, 2019. - Armitage, H.M., Scholey C. (2005) The Glacier Inn, AAA Winter Conference,
Scottsdale Arizona, January 2005.
- Certificate in Driving Organizational Profit and Performance, CPA Canada (2018)
- The new management control system for the Not-for-Profit landscape, CPA Canada –
Not for Profit Financial Executive Forum, March 2016 - The Balanced Scorecard, CMA Toronto East District Dinner Event (2011)
- Field Study – Strategy Mapping (outcomes focus) – Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario (through November 2020)
- Field Study – Balanced Scorecard – Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario (November 2019)
- Field Study – Strategy Mapping – Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario (May 2019)
- Field Study – Strategy Mapping – Canadian Aeronautical & Space Institute (November 2018)
- Field Study – Strategy Mapping – Jake’s House (October 2018)
- Facilitator RMC Strategic Planning (June 2018)
- Field Study – Balanced Scorecard Metrics for Mental Health Commission of Canada (Mar 2018)
- CPA Magazine – Interviewed for article on the balanced scorecard by Anya Levykh, January 1, 2018
- Staff briefing on the use of the Balanced Scorecard at MHCC, January 2017
- Field Study – Strategy mapping and balanced scorecard development, Mental Health Commission of Canada, May 2016
- Facilitator – RMC Strategic Planning, April 2016
- Facilitator – RMC Academic Wing Strategic Planning Session June 2016
- Facilitator – RMC Academic Wing Strategic Planning Session June 2015
- Scholey, C. Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit (Strategy Map on Page 357), (Sage Publications, 2012)
- Scholey, C. “The Case of United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area”, Appendix D in The Trainer’s Balanced Scorecard, (John Wiley & Sons, 2009)
- Armitage, H.M., and C. Scholey, “Strategy Mapping at Automated Tooling Systems” (2006).
- Scholey, C. Case: The SmartFilter (2006).
- Armitage, H.M., and C. Scholey, Case: The Glacier Inn (2005).
- Scholey, C. Case: Strategy Execution at MSL Transport Inc. (2005).
- Scholey, C. Case: Strategy Mapping at Milton Ontario (2005).
- Armitage, H.M., and C. Scholey, “Strategy Mapping: Avoiding Costly (and Unnecessary) Strategic Failures”, Chapter 7 in Handbook of Cost Management, (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2004)
- Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant of Canada, 2015
- Fellow of the Society of Management Accountants of Canada, 2008
- MBA: Graduation with High Distinction, 1996
2016-Present
Sacred River Enablers, Inc.
Toronto, ON
Principal Advisor
- Provide in-house training on strategic concepts such as strategy mapping, OKR and balanced scorecard creation
- Strategy mapping, OKR and balanced scorecard creation for organizations
- Speak at conferences and workshops devoted to enriching strategy formulation and execution (including human capital and culture)
- Provide advice on management concepts such as management controls and various costing methods
- Assist organizations with performance assessment and analysis
- Offer strategic planning services
- Performance measurement and management
2000-2015
Advanced Management Initiatives, Inc.
Toronto, ON
President and Primary Consultant
- Provided in-house training on strategic concepts such as strategy mapping and balanced scorecard creation
- Strategy mapping and balanced scorecard creation for organizations
- Spoke at conferences and workshops devoted to enriching strategy formulation and execution (including human capital and culture)
- Provided advice on management concepts such as management controls and various costing methods
- Assisted organizations with performance assessment and analysis
- Offer strategic planning services
- Offered advice and expertise on budgeting and financial statement analysis
- Performance measurement and management
1999-2000
Celestica, Inc.
Toronto, ON
Manager (Global Marketing Division)
- Managed annual budgeting process
- Managed on-going hiring and performance evaluation process for revenue and expense analysts
- Improved capital approval and expenditure reporting processes Managed special projects as necessary (e.g. Scientific Research & Experimental Development claim)
1996-1998
Bell Mobility
Mississauga, ON
Manager, Special Projects (IT Division) (1997-1998)
- Project manager for the Instant Activations Project Managed on-going hiring and performance evaluation process for systems analysts
- Established improved communications across departments and divisions
- Member of SAP implementation team
Financial Analyst – Capital Expenditures (Finance Division) (1996-1997)
- Provided divisions with monthly, quarterly and year-to-date approval and expenditure reporting and analysis
- Improved capital approval and expenditure reporting processes
- Managed annual budgeting process
- Managed special projects as necessary (e.g. Scientific Research & Experimental Development claim)
1995
McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Whitby, ON
Business manager (Contract; College Division)
- Worked with Finance Division to provide business advice to College Division that improved revenue generation and cost savings through process re-engineering and efficiencies
- Managed on-going publishing proposal process
- Created special reports as necessary (e.g. inventory mining)
- Managed special projects as necessary (e.g. activity-based costing)
1992-1995
Harcourt-Brace Publishing
Etobicoke, ON
Business manager (Finance Division) (1994-1995)
- Worked with Revenue Divisions to provide business advice that improved revenue generation and cost savings through process reengineering and efficiencies
- Managed on-going publishing proposal process
- Improved monthly, quarterly and year-to-date reporting process for Revenue Divisions
- Managed special projects as necessary (e.g. financial reporting acumen for non-financial professionals)
Financial Analyst (Finance Division) (1992-1994)
- Provided Revenue Divisions with monthly, quarterly and year-to-date budget variance analysis and reporting
- Improved reporting process
- Managed annual budgeting process
- Managed special projects as necessary