Brian Canning Email & Phone Number

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Bethesda, Md

As a change management specialist and strategic communications lead, I play a key role in helping projects (change initiatives) meet business, schedule, and budget objectives, while focusing on the people side of change. Manage and direct the planning and distribution of internal and external communications, to include written, visual, graphic, and video content for web and social media distribution. Recommend new communication approaches, initiatives, and policies to improve communication and marketing program effectiveness. Collaborate and interact with other communication leaders and staff on both shared and crosscutting issues. Assist in setting priorities, providing advice, technical assistance, and leadership in planning, and developing change management strategies, communication and marketing strategies, and best practices for effective communication and marketing directed toward a diverse audience. Develop, implement, and manage communication programs, projects, and initiatives for various audiences, including facilitation and demonstrations. Managing employee communications and feedback through avenues such as Office Hour sessions, all hands meetings, suggestion programs, employee satisfaction surveys, newsletters, employee focus groups, one-on-one meetings, and other media. Conduct and community research and program evaluation for implementation of communication strategies. Provide guidance and expertise for developing, testing, and disseminating business and audience-based products, tools, and messaging. Certified in Prosci Change Management methodologies.Continuing on as Contributing Editor to Motor Age and Leading Today, writing articles that deal mainly with business process and all aspects of leadership. Write a blog on Shop Management for Motor Age.

Responsible for the development and implementation of a broad training process and in this the development and implementation change model that is designed to enhance both internal and external communications and broader use of system tools throughout the enterprise, supporting organizational growth and broad strategic themes.

Senior Leadership and business consultant and team leader providing full consulting services to a national client base and overseeing the performance of seven consultants. Areas of oversight would include fixed operations, profitability, sales, marketing, succession planning, staffing, budget development and implementation and in depth leadership training. Responsible for client fulfillment in the development and implementation of unique business model and process optimization.

Administration and management of full-service maintenance and repair operation in support of large taxi, limousine and commuter bus fleet. Staff consisting of general service technicians, bus technicians, body and paint technicians, administrative support staff and shop maintenance crew. Administered comprehensive preventive maintenance and repair program for fleet of more than 450 vehicles inclusive of regulation and oversight by government agencies assuring quality and process optimization maximizing fleet availability within budget limitations.

Administration and full P & L responsibility for seven captive branch locations for an automotive parts manufacturer and distributor having a combined annual budget of $9.2 million and approximately 65 employees. Responsible for all aspects of budgeting, operations, staffing and market penetration.