PROFILE Experienced executive with a diversified education and administration business background in many areas of business. Established national and international business expertise in Canada and overseas. Knowledgeable on a wide range of public and business issues. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Recognized for outstanding achievement by government, business and labour to administer and resolve difficult issues. 1990 - Present Self-employed consultant to government, industry and labour to resolve commercial and labour disputes through the Alternative Resolution (A.D.R.) system, utilizing a diversified education, training and broad business expertise gained over many years of business in Canada and overseas. - Acted in the capacity of negotiator and mediator to help resolve labour, commercial and business disputes - Acted in the capacity of arbitrator, adjudicator and referee to resolve labour complaints under the Canada Labour Code - Acted in the capacity of sole arbitrator and chairman to a board of arbitrators to resolve labour grievances under the Ontario Labour Relations Act and business commercial disputes under the Ontario Arbitration Act and Federal Commercial Arbitration Act - Acted in the capacity of company and labour nominee to a Board of Arbitration to resolve labour and commercial grievances under the Ontario Labour Relations Act and the Ontario Arbitration Act - Acted in the capacity of sole arbitrator for the former Ontario Insurance Commission to resolve personal injury disputes under the Insurance Act of Ontario - Acted in the capacity of chairman to the Contract Dispute Advisor Board for Public Works Canada to resolve construction disputes - Acted in the capacity of arbitrator to the Contracts Settlement Board of Public Works Canada to resolve commercial disputes - Acted in the capacity of sole arbitrator to resolve household moving disputes for the American Arbitration Association - Co-advocate and sole arbitrator in resolving international construction disputes through the arbitration process which included the use of the New York Convention - Advocate in resolving Workers Compensation Personal Injury Claims form the Form 7 to the Appeal level (1969 - 1990) and Consultant thereafter 1969 - 1990 M.B.L International Contractors Inc., Assistant to the President and In-House Counsel M.B.L. was one of the largest heavy civil contractors in Southwestern Ontario, and a major Canadian and international heavy civil contractor in Canada and overseas, employing over 350 professional and skilled employees. M.B.L. completed substantial contracts in Canada, the U.S.A., East Africa (Tanzania), Southeast Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Greece), the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago) and Central Americas, financed by the World Bank, foreign and Canadian governments. Some of these projects consisted of the construction of roads, highways (401 & 402) and bridges, sewer and water lines, railway construction, dams, airport runway construction and paving, construction supplies such as asphalt and concrete manufacturing and paving, mining developments such as aggregate quarries and sand and gravel pits, environmental waste management and disposal services, real estate developments, marine construction and transportation, petrochemical and refinery heavy civil construction projects (Petrosar). CAREER HISTORY and COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES FINANCIAL - Responsible for negotiating, operating and term bank loans for companies with over ten national international banks. The conversion of foreign currency to Canadian and U.S.A. Dollars HUMAN RESOURCES AND LEGAL - Negotiated labour contracts for companies with ten labour unions - Responsible for the resolution of labour grievances and contract commercial disputes on a national and international level - Responsible for health, safety and environmental issues, and Workers Compensation Personal Injury claims - In-House corporate counsel to companies overseeing corporate legal matters which included commercial contract disputes and labour disputes in Canada and Internationally COMMUNICATIONS and MARKETING - Responsible for communications, public relations and labour management relations for companies at the national and international level, marketing company services at the national and international level EDUCATION Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Mediation 40 hour Completion Certificate Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada, Chartered Arbitrator Designation (C.arb) Pacific Western University, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Degree York University, Osgoode Hall Law School, Bachelor of Law (LL.B) Degree University of Windsor, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree MEMBERSHIPS - Mediator and Arbitrator, Infrastructure Ontario - Arbitrator, Canadian Transportation Agency - Mediator, Public Works and Government Services Canada - Roster Member, International Chamber of Commerce, New York (I.C.C. International Court of Arbitration) - Former
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