Len Morissette, CEO
Len is a proud Mistawasis (Saskatchewan) band member that grew up urban Indigenous. His dad is Cree, and his mother has European ancestry. He moved to Grande Prairie in 2000 from Vernon, British Columbia with his beautiful wife and two daughters. In 2011 Len co -founded C.I.A Solutions, a majority Indigenous owned film and advertising company.
He joined the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary in 2011 and His company has worked with many organizations to help develop their brands and marketing strategies over the years.
Len was the President of the Alberta Native Friendship Centre Association and has spoken at events to bring awareness on Indigenous issues and rights as well as creating documentaries about and for First Nations across Canada. Over the past 10 years Len and his team have filmed and produced over 200 commercials and films, as well as music videos.
Len and his team have won awards for youth engagement and business innovation. During the past four years Len and his team have had two of their film projects, “Momentum: From Nothing to NASCAR” and “Lost” publicly voted on and selected to win funding to be created for TELUS Story Hive. Lost went on to be viewed around the world in film festivals, winning multiple awards. Their latest documentary, Resilience: The Aseniwuche Winewak Story, screened at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco.
Len created and is currently working on the first underwater exploration show with an Indigenous perspective that will air on the Aboriginal Peoples television Network and he was recently inducted into the Royal Canadian Geographical Society where he will continue to represent the Indigenous people of Canada.
Ryan Dalgleish, Co-Owner
Ryan was born and raised in Grande Prairie Alberta, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media from the University of Lethbridge.
Ryan joined Chamber of Commerce and Rotary when he became a partner in C.I.A. Solutions Inc, producing, directing, editing and co-creating.
Over the years Ryan and his team filmed and produced over 200 commercials and films, as well as music videos and documentaries in northern Alberta.
His company has won awards for youth engagement and business innovation. C.I.A. Solutions has worked with many companies to help develop their brands and marketing strategies.
Over the years Len, Ryan and their team have filmed and produced over 200 commercials and films, as well as music videos and documentaries.
C.I.A. Solutions has won awards for youth engagement and business innovation and have had two of their film projects Momentum: From Nothing to Nascar and LOST publicly voted on and seletced to win funding to be created for TELUS Storyhive. Both films are now available on Telus on Demand.