Doug McKenzie is a 30+ year veteran of the Entertainment Media industry having founded and built one of Canada’s largest, multi-award winning television / film postproduction studios, and having co-founded an Academy Award and Emmy Award winning technology group based in Toronto and Los Angeles. In 1988 Mr. McKenzie received the Certificate of Merit in Canada’s Awards for Business Excellence from Industry Canada. Later Mr. McKenzie served as President of divisions of Maclean Hunter Ltd. and Rogers Communications Inc. respectively, and as Vice Chair of the Task Force for the Implementation of Digital TV as commissioned by Heritage Canada. In 1998 he created and forged a partnership with Sheridan College, Sony of Canada, and SGI in the establishment of Sheridan’s Advanced Television Program. In 2007 Mr. McKenzie was the Producer of the live, theatrical stage production, out of Israel, at Toronto’s Centre for the Arts called, THE COVENANT.
He is a former member of the Maclean Hunter Broadcast Executive Committee. From 1998 to the present, through Advanced Media Group Corp., Mr. McKenzie served as an industry advisor and as interim CEO to organizations such as Visual Bible International of Nashville, and Crossroads Christian Communications Inc. (NFP/Charitable) of Burlington. Among other charitable groups, he is currently a director on the board of governors of Amazon Focus (Chairman / serving Amazonian Tribal Peoples), Visionledd (Treasurer / serving victims of HIV/AIDs in Africa), and Tyndale University College & Seminary (14 years, now as Honorary Director).
More recently he has served as Strategic and Development Advisor in the establishment of the Christian Performing Arts Centre in association with Church on the Queensway, and as a Production and Strategic advisor to Trillennium Media Group at the CHCH TV studios in Hamilton, ON.
Late 2012: Appointed to position of CEO, The Voice of the Martyrs Inc., (Canada)