Telarus is the largest privately-held technology solutions brokerage in the United States and Canada. This allows partners to source data, voice, cloud, and managed services through our robust portfolio of more than 90 leading service providers in Canada and close to 400 in the USA. As a partner, I work with the best support organization in the industry, which includes SD-WAN, Cloud, mobility, contact center, and ILEC specialty practices whose primary goal is to help partners identify and design the right technology solutions for our customers.

Marketing Shaw and Telus business products. Responsible for acquiring new business for phone lines, internet and fibre and working with customers to renew existing contracts. Also provided additional consulting services for clients expanding/replacing their enterprise phone networks and provided ongoing support as a liaison between clients and their telecom providers.

Responsibilities included promoting and selling, audio, web and video conferencing and maintaining a customer base across Canada. Worked with customers on account maintenance, onboarding new users and removing existing users when required.

Responsibilities included developing new accounts, needs analyses, sales presentations, and after sales customer care and service. Consistently achieved top sales recognition in Western Canada and in the top three Canada-wide. Customer base included over 1,000 active accounts. In 2007 Rogers terminated its contracts with all independent agents across Canada.

Responsible for running a complement of up to 48 representatives marketing Sprint’s personal and business long distance programs. Daily duties included motivating the reps, teaching sales techniques and product knowledge and calculating payroll. Achieved record sales for month of March 1995, which placed Vancouver as the number one volume producer nationwide.

This company, a relative newcomer to the optical industry, hired me to increase their sales volume in the prairie provinces. I introduced their line of optical accessories to a number of new clients throughout Northern BC, Saskatchewan and Alberta and more than tripled their active account base.

As an account executive for this eyewear manufacturer/importer I was responsible for marketing one of two major divisions to an active client base of 200+. My division comprised 13 different manufacturers’ lines imported from Italy, Germany, Japan and France.Responsible for introducing new products, repeat sales, product rotation, inventory management, head office/client liaison and occasionally account collections. Participated in several conventions and frame shows as the distributor’s representative.

January 1985 to February 1986: Named News Director for Cariboo Radio Network. Responsibilities included managing a seven member staff, daily prime time newscasts and coverage of city council, school board, Chamber of Commerce and provincial court proceedings.January 1981 to January 1985: Promoted to Sports Director (newly created position for growing market). Duties included regular sportscasts, play by play hockey for Junior and Senior A games; rodeo, golf and curling reports and B.C. Summer and Winter Games coverage. Also responsible for creating a sports variety show called Sports Contact. Looked after all coverage in Quesnel, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.June 1979 to January 1981: News and sportscaster reporting hourly.