WHO WE ARE

NavigateSTI Consulting Inc. (NavigateSTI) was established in 2017 as a boutique consulting firm to provide advisory services in investment attraction, business development and economic development strategy.

  • We work with foreign companies helping them to expand into the Canadian market
  • We provide communities in Canada with advice and a roadmap to attract foreign investment, diversify their economy and create jobs.

Our Study Team

The NavigateSTI study team is made up of Gerald Pisarzowski and Tony Romano who have a long history of working together and bring over 50 years of economic and business development experience and insight to their consulting assignments. Gerald and Tony worked together for over 15 years as senior executives at two leading investment attraction and business development agencies, and both have held senior positions with the Ontario government.

During their respective careers they developed and carried out over 150 investment attraction missions, that focused on key target markets and aligned with priority sectors. They introduced the concept of pre-qualified meetings and developed a soft-landing program that continues to be used by local and senior governments to help attract new investment.

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Gerald Pisarzowski, Managing Director MCIP, RPP

Gerald Pisarzowski Managing Director engages in research, strategy and investment attraction. He brings a wealth of both public and private sector experience to his consulting assignments, Over the last 50 years he has worked for large consulting companies, the federal and provincial governments and not-for-profit agencies. He focuses on economic development, attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and helping companies to increase exports and expand into new markets.

Gerald has organized and successfully led over 150 FDI Attraction missions to markets such as Europe, U.S.A., South America, and South-East Asia covering industries like advanced manufacturing, food and beverage processing, robotics & AI, information technology, digital media, and clean energy/technology. These missions attracted 130 companies to the Toronto region, generated 5,000 new jobs, created a demand for 3.0 million sq. ft. of commercial space and on an ongoing basis contribute $9.0 million in property taxes and over $547.0 million to the GDP. During his career he also developed and implemented several award-winning strategies for municipal and regional development agencies that continue to successfully attract investment and create employment.

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Tony G. Romano, Senior Consultant

Tony Romano is a results-driven international business development executive with over 25 years of experience consistently delivering impactful business solutions for global and domestic clients.  He brings leadership and experience in evaluating and delivering value added services to clients. As a senior executive for two major foreign direct investment attraction agencies in the Toronto Region, Tony successfully developed the European market, led over 25 international business missions across 11 countries, establishing high-performance in-market lead generation infrastructures and securing trade and investment opportunities for clients.

His experience as a senior advisor to the Premier of Ontario and a Member of Provincial Parliament equipped him with deep insight into Ontario’s governmental protocols and practices. This hands-on expertise enables him to design investment attraction programs that are strategic, targeted, and immediately actionable, giving communities the tools they need to diversify their economies, increase employment, and strengthen their tax base.

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TESTIMONIALS

I worked with Gerald on a bid for attracting a large industry to our city. Having  done numerous of these,  Gerald was very familiar with how to structure the proposal to answer the needs of the bid request. We fed him information and he put it together and asked the questions that needed to be asked to fill out more pertinent information to make the bid proposal easier to understand and be most thorough so the document flowed well. Also advised on public engagement so that we could inform the public and local First Nations about our bid. Helped on the organizing and conducting of open houses. All in all a great job.

TD Murray, CEO (retired) Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission

 – Thunder Bay, Ontario

“Navigate STI has been a valuable partner in Halton Hills’ FDI strategy development and implementation. Gerry and his team have a wealth of knowledge and experience in international markets. They are also attentive and provide exceptional client service.”

Graham Lowe, Senior Economic Development Officer – Halton Hills