David Campbell
Economic development consultant based in Moncton, New Brunswick; columnist.
Last Contribution:
Analyzing the Atlantic Canada Problem
Contributor Biography
Mr. Campbell is one of Atlantic Canada’s leading economic development consultants. He has worked with over 40 local, provincial and national economic development agencies as well as industry associations in six Canadian provinces and two U.S. states. He has particular expertise in several disciplines including: economic assets mapping, business investment attraction strategies, business retention and expansion, immigration attraction and strategic planning.
He writes a daily online blog, It's The Economy, Stupid, a weekly economic development column in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and is also a published author. He is a frequent commentator on radio and has been asked to guest lecture on related subjects at multiple Maritime universities. His professional career is based on developing an understanding as to why certain regional and local economies perform strongly while others decline and applying that knowledge to proactive economic development efforts.
He began his career in the early '90s working for the New Brunswick Department of of Economic Development on the New Brunswick Call Center team (responsible for attracting telecommunications-based services to the province). During his time on this initiative over 30 firms were attracted to the province, creating over 5,000 new jobs. After leaving the provincial government in 1996, he went to work for the New Brunswick Telephone Company and then accepted a role with the Greater Moncton Economic Commission leading initiatives to attract new industry to the Greater Moncton region.
In 2000, he accepted the position of Vice President, competitive intelligence (CI) and research services, for a small market reseach firm, ShiftCentral Inc., in Moncton, New Brunswick. While Vice President, he helped the firm increase its revenue by 500 per cent and quadruple its total employment. He also built an economic development research practice that was the top revenue generator for the company.
In 2008, David left ShiftCentral to found his own economic development consulting and research firm, Jupia Consultants Inc. – providing services for clients in the public and private sectors.
