ownership team

Mike McCarther – President, Director, Shareholder

A trusted sales leader in the technology and construction industry. With over fifteen years in the ProAV, Commercial Security and Communications Cabling space Mike has built a reputation on delivering results to his customers while leading his colleagues through aggressive growth phases. He is passionate about technology and its role in transforming organizations into more competitive and innovative workplaces. Prior to 2019, Mike led the ICS division of VistaCare Communications before initiating the management buyout of the group to launch Verge Technologies with his fellow partners.

Mike provides leadership and vision to Verge through their aggressive growth. Mike continues to drive profitable results and strategic direction to the company while having daily involvement with the sales and administration teams.

Phil Diochon – Officer, Director, Shareholder

Phil Diochon has spent more than a decade with the Barrington Consulting Group as a Senior Consultant. During his professional career, he has gained considerable consulting experience in government service delivery with a focus on business analysis, process mapping, leading project application testing and training delivery. Prior to his consultant experience, Phil led the operations of a large Service Desk organization, managing vendor relationships with telcos across the USA, acted as an incident manager and supervision of large teams of over 50. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from Saint Francis Xavier University. He’s certified in Prosci Change Management, Adult Learning Principles from Dalhousie and is a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma process improvement.

Phil is an active member of the shareholder team and advisory board providing advisory services to the business outside of day-to-day operations to shape future growth.

Ryan Corkum – Treasurer, Director, Shareholder

Ryan began his career in commercial banking at HSBC, where he worked for 7 years supporting customers in a variety of industries. He was then asked to join one of his customers and has gone on to hold various CFO roles over the past number of years. This has ranged from small startups where everything has been bootstrapped to large organizations with hundreds of employees. Throughout these engagements, he has established a track record of driving growth, developing improved systems & processes, and fostering an engaged team atmosphere.

Ryan is an active member of the shareholder team and advisory board in addition to providing financial leadership to Verge’s controller for routine operation and strategic financial advisement.

Paul Jenkins – Shareholder, Advisor

Paul completed his Pharmacy degree in 2000. He opened his first pharmacy in 2003 and expanded in several sites until the sale of the Friendly Pharmacy in 2009 to Sobeys Inc. Paul continued to work for Sobeys as their Director of Business Development for Atlantic Canada until April of 2021. In addition, he started The Mount Continuing Care Community. This is an intergenerational facility with nursing care, community care along with physicians' offices, a private school and a daycare all under one roof. Paul continues to be an active in the real estate development market throughout PEI and an active community member.

Paul enjoys partnering with and mentoring younger entrepreneurs to help them drive new business opportunities while coaching them through the various phases of the businesses journey. Outside of Paul’s very successful business life he is an avid road biker, golfer and enjoys spending time with his daughter Chloe.

Paul is an active member of the shareholder and advisory team providing leadership and coaching to the operational executive and broader shareholder team in shaping growth roadmaps.

Paul LeBlanc – Shareholder, Advisor

Paul grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He’s a serial entrepreneur having started up multiple successful companies over a 29-year span. At 19, he co-founded Coastal Communications with his father which he sold in 1996. He then founded the marketing firm, Arrivals+Departures (formally “Extreme Group”), now one of Canada’s largest independent marketing agencies with offices in Toronto and Halifax which he sold in 2021. Paul also co-founded other ventures like Karma Gaming, behuman clothing, Iconic Brewing and is a shareholder in VistaCare Communications. In 2017, he purchased Charlottetown Metal Products. CMP produces custom food processing equipment for major food producers around the world like McCain Foods. After doubling CMP’s revenue and profits in just under two years, in January 2019 Paul sold CMP to Food Process Solutions, a global food processing manufacturer. He recently invested in Verge Technologies of Halifax and Advatek Systems of Moncton.

Paul is a member of YPO. He is a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40 Award in Canada and has been awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young. He’s in the Top 50 CEO’s Hall of Fame and has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Influential Marketers. He is also a Mentor at the Wallace McCain Institute.

Paul is an active member of the shareholder and advisory team providing leadership and coaching to the operational executive and broader shareholder team in shaping growth roadmaps.