TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – June 17, 2013) – The Wish Group, one of Canada’s largest diversified provider of business solutions through its several award winning high growth businesses, announces the appointment of Ezio D’Onofrio as President and COO. “I have worked with Ezio since 2001 while he was President & COO of Globalive Communications, a partner of Enunciate Conferencing. Having built and then divested of what turned out to be a true Canadian business success story, we grew to be close business associates and friends. Adding somebody of Ezio’s values and experience to an already strong team of leading entrepreneurs positions The Wish Group strongly for its next stage of business growth,” said Frank Cianciulli, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wish Group. Ezio will be based out of Toronto, Canada, and has a proven track record of increasing top and bottom line growth within an existing lean organizational culture. In addition, he brings over 24 years of international, operational, business development, finance, customer service and M&A experience that will be essential to The Wish Group’s future success. “I’m excited to be working with Frank again and to continue our track record, which is highly regarded, of building successful and profitable businesses. I’m also honored to join a professional team with talented and dedicated people, and look forward to working with them to continue expanding the company’s operational effectiveness, revenue and profits,” said Ezio D’Onofrio. Ezio joined Globalive in 2001 and during his tenure, Globalive was recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies from 2004-2009, ranked as the Fastest Growing Company in Canada in 2004 and was named to Deloitte’s prestigious Canadian Technology Fast 50 in 2005. Prior to Globalive Ezio was the Vice President of Operations at Novus Communications, where he oversaw start-up operations in both Vancouver and Toronto. Ezio’s telecom experience includes positions at Rogers Cable in Toronto, and Le Groupe Vidéotron, where he was involved in the start-up of their cable TV/telephony/Internet network in the United Kingdom and the U.S.
