Experience

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  The Bagpipe Place

  • Owner

    • Jan 1996 - Present

    * All matters of The Great Highland Bagpipe* Also Management Consulting across a wide range of disciplines - Creative Solutions to Difficult Problems.* Wrote and self-published Care and Maintenance of the Great Highland Bagpipe* co-wrote The Hal Leonard Bagpipe Method tutor with instructional DVD* Designed, built, and published www.thebagpipeplace.com* The Hal Leonard Bagpipe Music Book 1 (2019 release date)

  • Owner

    • 1993 - Present

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  The Gregory School

  • Tucson, Arizona

  • Director of Facilities and Security

    • Aug 2015 - Mar 2019
    • Tucson, Arizona
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  Massanutten Military Academy

  • Woodstock Virginia

  • Chief Operating Officer

    • Feb 2012 - Mar 2014
    • Woodstock Virginia

    MANAGED ALL ASPECTS OF RESIDENT LIFE, CADET LIFE, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, ADVANCEMENT, MARKETING, ADMISSIONS, AND ENROLLMENT. Created new and effective cadet orientation programRevised Cadet Handbook - replaced prescribed punishments with a dynamic performance matrixWrote weekly Heroic Imaginatio...

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  St. John's Northwestern Military Academy

  • Deafield, WI

  • Teacher

    • Jan 2006 - Jan 2012
    • Deafield, WI

    Created an iconic bagpipe program that excelled in customer acquisition, customer retention, and in leadership development. The program was described as "magnificent" by the ISACS evaluation committee. Instrumental in attracting a $2 million gift to build a Fine Arts building and theate...

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  Urquhart Investigations

  • Urquhart Investigations, St. Catharines ON

  • General Manager

    • Mar 2003 - Nov 2005
    • Urquhart Investigations, St. Catharines ON

    Managed a team of 10 private investigators and investigation assignments with our clients.

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  ACCO Brands

  • Niagara Falls, Ontario, Allentown PA, Willowdal...

  • Various Management Roles with Day-Timers and ACCO World

    • 1996 - 2002
    • Niagara Falls, Ontario, Allentown PA, Willowdal...

    ACCO Brands – 1994 to 2002 • Various management assignments with brand, product and channel management, new product development, sales and marketing, forecasting and distribution.* Co-founder of Productivity Sales Group as a business within ACCO creating a suite of knowledge-based consumer ...

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  The Royal Trust Company

  • St. Catharines, Ontario

  • District Manager

    • 1985 - 1993
    • St. Catharines, Ontario

    650% increase in profit in first year as branch manager with Royal Trust, Cambridge.Winner of National Commitment to Quality Award, Sales Management. Received an "A" performance rating and promotion to District Manager.Responsible for 12 offices with 1.3 Billion in assets under administ...

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  Canada Trust Company

  • Ontario and Alberta

  • Branch Manager

    • 1972 - 1985
    • Ontario and Alberta

    Held various positions in Trust and Estates Department, Assistance Branch Management, Branch Management.Received an "A" performance rating as Assistant Manager, Cambridge.President's guest at the 1983 Annual Meeting in recognition for Outstanding Performance as a Branch Manager.