Experience

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  Heavy Metal Equipment & Rentals

  • Fort McMurray, Ab

  • Contract Manager

    • Feb 2017 - Present
    • Fort McMurray, Ab

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  Babcock Critical Services

  • Regional Manager - Edmonton North

    • Sep 2014 - Mar 2016

    Recruited to lead a consistent approach to contractual adherence and client needs through 7 key geographical areas. Ensuring operations objectives align with financial requirements.

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  Zinger Computing Enterprises Inc.

  • Edmonton, Canada Area

  • Consultant - Business Development Advisor

    • Jun 2013 - Sep 2014
    • Edmonton, Canada Area

    BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR Approached Company Owner with the intent of expanding coverage to existing clientele and uncovering business opportunities amongst new & existing clients. Key Accomplishments:* Catapulted recurring revenue stream 74% in 2013 from 2012.* Boosted pre-existing October 2013 client base by 13% with no increase whatsoever in direct or contract labour — by evaluating and optimizing workflow & business automation process.* Initiated security & automation service offering.

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  Cervus Equipment Corporation

  • Edmonton, Canada Area

  • General Manager

    • Mar 2011 - Jun 2013
    • Edmonton, Canada Area

    GENERAL MANAGER - BOBCAT & JCB DEALERSHIPS (reported to the Regional General Manager) Recruited for this newly-revamped role to transform the leadership culture of a 9-person management team from a dictatorial style management to that of inclusion, empowerment and collaboration. Held P&L accountability for a $90M budget. Key Accomplishments:* Directed a 5-person sales force that attained record-setting 2011 annual sales of $57.6M.* Introduced a focus on whole goods aged inventory that lowered asset holdings 60% (from $5M to $2M).* Guided 3 branches to attain COR Safety certification in 5 months — faster than the typical 12-month period.* Improved overall employee satisfaction from 65% in 2011 to 78% in 2012.* Coached a veteran Manager who went on to earn a promotion to Branch Manager.* Reviewed, recommended, and executed the closure of a branch in 2012; as well, I implemented a Parts Runner for clients impacted by this shut-down.

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  Ledcor

  • Director of Operations

    • Nov 2004 - Oct 2010

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS - LEDCOR LEASING LIMITED (reported to the Senior V.P. of Finance) lured away from the mining industry for this newly-designed role & corporate entity to centralize all of Company's assets (collectively valued at $600M), finance, insurance, and licensing across 8 independently-operating divisions throughout Western Canada and the U.S. Key Accomplishments:* Developed strategy and tactical plans for roll out of new entity across all western Canada & US operating divisions.* Hired and developed the team to facilitate all entity delivered processes. * Refinanced the Mining Division's asset mix to free up $12M being redeployed to other projects.* Established all in-rates so that assets were properly funded for prominent and diverse industry projects.* Assembled a collaborative inter-divisional team consisting of all 8 transportation groups to manage National Safety Code Compliance. After 12 months of development and audits, Alberta's Transportation partner invited Ledcor Industries into the elite "Partners in Compliance" membership.* Was chosen by the senior executives to lead a team aimed at evaluating knowledge capture and share to guarantee that vital data would be distributed and retained across the organization when primary candidates retired.

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  Prairie Mines - Luscar

  • Maintenance Manager

    • 2001 - Nov 2004

    MAINTENANCE MANAGER (reported to the General Manager)Was promoted from the role of Maintenance Superintendent receiving vital cross-training in operations — while concurrently leading 8 direct, numerous indirect reports and overseeing an annual budget of $30M. In addition, I was deemed the alternate General Manager when he was absent. Key Accomplishments:* Was appointed Co-Chair of the OHS Committee for 3 years, where I played an active role in moving TRI (Total Reportable Incidents) rate to less than 1.0 — down from the previous 1.3. * Led Planned & Scheduled Maintenance initiatives across all western Canada mine sites.* Led a $12M major dragline upgrade project, which was completed on schedule and 5% under budget; this initiative included extensive electrical / mechanical upgrades and site facility design.* Structured a Preventive Maintenance program to bring total congruency to corporate assets.* Led the development of a 40-year long-range forecast for draglines and support equipment fleet; * Helped to reach consensus amongst union and non-union officials in signing a 2-year contract.

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  Luscar

  • Maintenance Superintendent

    • 1998 - 2001

    MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT (reported to the General Manager)Responsible for overall Mining Maintenance FunctionKey Accomplishments:* Amalgamated 2 maintenance groups into 1, which led to personnel, facility, equipment, and process synergies.* Slashed equipment financial reporting and forecasting module turnarounds from several weeks to mere days.

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  Manalta Coal

  • Maintenance Superintendent

    • 1990 - 1998

    MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT (reported to Mine Manager)Responsible for overall Mining Maintenance FunctionKey Accomplishments:* Promoted the Dragline Spoil Side Stripping and 360 Degree Swing to boost dragline productivity 8%.* Implemented ‘True Cause Tracking’, which resulted in a downtime reduction of 5%.