Executive Search & Recruitment Leader. Founder / Managing Partner of IQ PARTNERS Inc.At IQ PARTNERS I lead a team of 37 of Canada's most passionate, dedicated and resourceful Executive Search & Recruitment specialists.We help companies hire better – and our company has grown steadily over the years. Even during COVID, we continued to help companies attract and upgrade their talent and last year we had our best year ever. We deliver a disciplined recruitment process, direct-contact ‘headhunting’ and better qualification and assessment than most of our competitors. And we must be doing something right as 69.8% of our business comes from repeat clients (FY17-22).We build management teams in Mar/Com, Media, Technology, Fintech, Consumer and Financial sectors and are the most recognized recruitment firm in Canada in Digital, eCommerce and fast growing ScaleUp’s. By function we have specialist recruiters in Sales, Marketing, Operations, HR, Finance, IT and Executive Leadership. We also run AugmentHR - a contract HR and HR services business for clients seeking more flexible and ongoing solutions.Personal: Passionately entrepreneurial, strategic and results-driven. Deep understanding of business issues and requisite solutions. Extensive P&L experience.Known as a business builder and problem solver. Has built management teams in mar/com, media, digital, ecom, telecom, technology and financial services companies. Has facilitated numerous merger, acquisition and partner transactions.Regular speaker on talent and employment topics including Talent Attraction, Talent Assessment, Compensation Negotiations and Employee Retention.Specialties: One of Canada's best known recruiters in Digital, Digital Media, Fintech, ICT, eCommerce, SaaS, Emerging Tech and ScaleUp’s. Possesses deep knowledge of Canadian tech communities and leaders within. Well respected headhunter with 25 years of experience. Unique specialization building management teams for entrepreneurial growth co’s.