Dan Fahey - President

Dan has compiled a lifetime of experience in the promotional marketing industry. Prior to founding Maraca in 1987, Dan served as The Director of Licensing and Properties for The Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club of The National Hockey League and as Director of Marketing for The Canadian Football League as well as the Vice President of Licensing for SkyDome in Toronto.

In all of these capacities, Dan's role was crucial to the inception, development and execution of countless nationally scoped promotional marketing programs with some of the countries largest Blue Chip corporations and organizations such as Canada Post Corporation, Schenley Canada, Labatt Breweries of Canada, Molson Breweries of Canada, Spalding Canada, McDonald's Restaurants Canada Limited, Coca-Cola Limited and Moosehead Breweries.

He also developed and implemented highly successful national Licensing and Merchandising Programs for all three organizations and directed planning and operations of The Grey Cup, and all related consumer and corporate events, for several years.

Dan's extensive experience in the field is the foundation of our business philosophy at Maraca Canada.

Brant Fahey – Vice President

A graduate of The Bachelor of Commerce program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Brant began his marketing career at Vickers and Benson Advertising in Toronto in their Sports Marketing Division. Brant's attention to detail was key to the success of the Gatorade (Quaker Oats) Grass Roots Summer Sampling Program and The University Campus Representative Program when the product was launched in Canada.

Brant then went on to work for Communique Limited, one of the countries leading Special Events Marketing firms. At Communique, Brant worked on the development and execution of several promotional marketing campaigns for companies such as Labatt Breweries of Canada, The National Hockey League, Warner Lambert, Lever Brothers, American Express Canada and Thomas J. Lipton.

As an assistant in Communique’s Sports Marketing Division, Brant also worked on the management and representation of several athletes including World Cup Skier Todd Brooker and Buck Martinez of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Brant joined Maraca in 1988 bringing with him a wealth of experience in the areas of conceptualization and execution of large scale promotional marketing and merchandising programs.

Bob Rowland – General Manager

After studying Business and Economics at York University, Bob gained valuable experience working at Ontario Place Corporation in Toronto for 13 years. While at Ontario Place, Bob had an opportunity to develop his project management skills in a number of different positions including Manager of Marine Operations, Manager of Business Development and Director of Events and Entertainment. In the latter position, Bob was also responsible for the Symphony of Fire, the Chinese Lantern Festival and the Ontario Place Offshore Challenge and In-water Boat Show.

Bob has also worked on the Bell Canadian Open, spoken at George Brown College’s Hospitality and Tourism program and in 2000 was one of 10 event professionals appointed to the Province of Ontario’s steering committee for the Ministry of Training, Colleges and University’s new Special Event Coordinator Apprentice program.

Joining Maraca in 2000, Bob is an effective management professional skilled in the areas of operational and project management, and event development, planning, and execution who exhibits a strong aptitude for comprehending new concepts, technologies and opportunities and utilizing them to their full potential.