Experience

Athenian Group

• Canada
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  (Edmonton & Calgary, Alberta) • Responsible for the overall management of the Offices in Edmonton and Calgary • Supervise, direct, and train a staff of Recruitment Consultants, Associates, Partners, Administration and Support Staff. • Develop and maintain client relationships through business development and account management. • Hire and train new staff in recruitment, sales and administration • Supervise and monitor staff performance. • Staff motivation through performance reviews, regular meetings, positive reinforcement, etc. • Ensure strict adherence to corporate policies/procedures as well as Client policies/procedures. • Prepare RFI, RFP or RFQ for prospective and existing clients. • Prepare overall office budget for revenue and expenses. Ensure ongoing adherence to office budgets. Controls and monitor all costs and expenses for the branch. • Approve branch purchases and staff expenses. • Provide information, instruction and assistance to all staff in order to protect the health and safety of all our employees, both internal and external



Veteran Staffing Canada

• Canada
• Staffing and Recruiting

• Director

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  Veteran Staffing Canada is a Veteran Owned, full-service employment agency providing recruitment, placement and payrolling services to Canadian companies looking to hire Veterans and Current Serving Members of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve. Being part of the Athenian Group of Companies allows us the ability provide a deeper pool of candidates for our clients. We source both locally as well as nationally for the most qualified candidates. Working with various Veteran Organizations and Military connections we can match the best candidates with the best companies. Our main goal is working together for success. By focusing on building long-term relationships with organizations; and working with candidates looking to build upon their Military and Civilian experience we will lead the industry by placing Canada’s best with the best Canadian companies. With Veterans coming out of the Regular and Reserve Forces we can provide organizations with candidates with a full range of expertise from skilled and semi-skilled trades, engineering, administration, information systems, management and general labour.



ATS Reliance / Randstad Engineering

• Branch Manager

  • Oct 2002 - Dec 2010

  (Edmonton, Alberta) • Supervise, direct, and train a staff of Recruitment Consultants, Account Managers, administration and support staff. • Develop and maintain client relationships through business development and account management. • Prepare RFI, RFP or RFQ for prospective and existing clients. • Prepare overall office budget for revenue and expenses. Ensure ongoing adherence to office budgets. Controls and monitor all costs and expenses for the branch. • Approve branch purchases and staff expenses. • Hire and train new staff in recruitment, sales and administration • Supervise and monitor staff performance. • Staff motivation through performance reviews, regular meetings, positive reinforcement, etc. • Ensure strict adherence to corporate policies/procedures as well as Client policies/procedures. • Work in cooperation with Human Resources to provide information, instruction and assistance to all staff in order to protect the health and safety of all our employees, both internal and external • Understand and enforce the program outlined in the ATS Reliance Health and Safety Manual as well as the Occupational Health and Safety Act Legislation as it applies to all areas of the company operations. • Responsible for the overall health and safety of the employees in their branch and the workers who report to their branch.



ATS Reliance

• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Account Manager

  • Aug 1998 - Oct 2002

  (Toronto, Ontario) • Building and maintaining long term client relationships • Generating new business from both outside and inside sales • Ensuring client expectations are met throughout all stages of the recruitment process • Carefully match qualified candidates with client staffing requirements • Champion recruiting process and screen all resumes submitted • Identify qualified candidates through internal database, internet, web postings, referrals and head hunting. • Compile lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, industry ads, trade shows, Internet Web sites, networking and other sources. • Travel throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders, and talks with customers by phone. • Assists in preparation of marketing material as well as RFI, RFP, or RFQ’s. Present materials formally or informally at customer location. • Quotes prices and credit terms in accordance with established policies and practices. • Coordinate on site orientation of temporary workers. • Investigate and resolve customer problems. • Meet or exceed minimum standards, calls, submittals, interviews, new customers, job orders.



CORE Personnel

• Account Manager / Recruiter

  • Nov 1996 - Aug 1998

  (Toronto, Ontario) • Building and maintaining long term client relationships for Executive Search Business Unit • Generating new business from both outside and inside sales • Ensuring client expectations are met throughout all stages of the recruitment process • Carefully match qualified candidates with client staffing requirements • Identified and qualified potential candidates for both contract and permanent positions within the technical field • Interviewed candidates to determine fit with client requirements



Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes

• Canada
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporal - Patrol Commander

  • Jan 1989 - Jan 1998

  Queen’s York Rangers, Canadian Military Reserves, Aurora, Ontario Patrol Commander • The Queen’s York Rangers are an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Forces Reserves. October 1994 – May 1995 Member of United Nations Protection Force – Operation Cavalier 4 – Bosnia Royal Canadian Dragoons, Battle Group Queen’s York Rangers, Canadian Military Reserves, Aurora, Ontario Patrol Commander • The Queen’s York Rangers are an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Forces Reserves. October 1994 – May 1995 Member of United Nations Protection Force – Operation Cavalier 4 – Bosnia Royal Canadian Dragoons, Battle Group



ATS Reliance

• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Manager / Recruiter

  • Jan 1996 - Oct 1996

  (Calgary, Alberta & Rochester, New York) • Building and maintaining long term client relationships • Generating new business from both outside and inside sales • Ensuring client expectations are met throughout all stages of the recruitment process • Carefully match qualified candidates with client staffing requirements • Identified and qualified potential candidates for both contract and permanent positions within the technical field (Calgary, Alberta & Rochester, New York) • Building and maintaining long term client relationships • Generating new business from both outside and inside sales • Ensuring client expectations are met throughout all stages of the recruitment process • Carefully match qualified candidates with client staffing requirements • Identified and qualified potential candidates for both contract and permanent positions within the technical field