Doug is the President & Senior Partner of the international consulting firm, HEG. As a former Head & Superintendent with more than 35 years of experience in the private school sector in Canada, USA & internationally, & understands the challenges school leaders face. HEG Is The Industry Leader For Private School Sales. HEG works in the private education sector & is one of the most active M&A consulting firms in the K-12 & post-secondary education field. HEG is a value-added advisory that leverages our operating expertise & knowledge of education businesses to drive value for our clients. We work with school & business owners & buyers globally regarding the sale, start-up, & operation/management of private schools. We work with an extensive list of qualified buyers seeking to purchase businesses in variety of markets & school types. Our firm specializes in: * Merger & acquisition advisory for the sale of private schools (K-12, Boarding, Language School, Career College, education-related businesses)* School start-ups* Management & operations (Strategic planning, board governance, school evaluation).Our clients are based in US, Canada, & Internationally & we're experienced leading major international projects up to US$150m. We’ve been engaged with starting K-12 schools; be it 1 school or part of a planned development project in a new city (e.g., Kapolei, HI, Masdar, UAE, or Songdo, Korea).Here’s a few links providing further information on our firm's school development services: http://bit.ly/hWKCuE & http://bit.ly/fLPF9h. Additionally, here is a link to recent work with clients we have worked with in Canada, United States, & internationally: http://bit.ly/2ptow7.Our services include:* Advising With The Sale of Private Schools (K-12, Boarding, Language School, Career College & Universities)* Private School Formation & Feasibility Studies * Strategic Planning* Institutional Assessments & Improvement Plans* Board Governance & Leadership Development

Project Leader working with multi-national team of education planners from AED to develop a transformational ten-year strategic plan and implementation for reform of the K-12 Education System in Saudi Arabia.

A for-profit privately held company that specialized in school formation, educational consulting, and management of independent schools. My position involved overseeing the Head of Schools and overall operations and budgets of the affiliated schools in Canada and USA, providing consulting services for two other schools, and supporting the development of new schools. This involved overseeing a combined staff of +300 staff and a budget of $50 million; setting and monitoring benchmarks for performance; HR; finance and budgets; strategic planning; facility planning and design; curriculum programming; professional development; recruiting; marketing; executive and supported search services; and student management.

QMS is a preparatory, independent Gr. K-7 co-ed school & a Gr. 8-12 all-girls day & boarding school, offering enriched programs & a world-class equestrian program. QMS is staffed by +90 staff & 300 students. Achievements include: * Balanced an operating budget of $5 million, using a zero-based model, moving the budget from a deficit to a surplus* Wrote and implemented the school’s first Strategic Plan * Upgraded academic performance of Graduates from the 20th% to 95th %. Juniors from 380th to 40th in Province (out of 1013)* Stabilized finances via a comprehensive financial master plan and introduced a competitive staff remuneration package* Increased boarding enrollment by 35% via active leadership of an aggressive international recruiting campaign in Canada, USA, Asia, Europe, Middle-East, South America, and Caribbean; increased enquiries by 40% and retention by 15%* Reduced staff turnover by 30%* Spearheaded the introduction of the preschool, Primary Year program, and AP courses* Developed a Fundraising plan allowing the school to set a record in its annual campaign and largest single donation* Pioneered a School-Wide Technology Plan that enhanced teaching and learning of IT skills * Introduced Handbooks for Parent, Students, Staff, Residence, Health Centre, and Crisis Planning* Orchestrated a new Day/International Student Recruiting Plan (Prospectives, TV Ads, Web Site, Mail Drop, Newspaper Insert, Billboards, bus stops, etc.)* Initiated a Campus renewal program and new residences* Developed a new Summer Language Institute as a positive revenue centre and recruiting tool

WPGA is Vancouver’s newest preparatory, private, co-educational PreK-12 school. Founded in 1996, it's staffed by a faculty of 80 teachers, 20 support staff, and 900 students in 3 facilities on 30 acres. Selected achievements include:* Pioneered the development of the new Senior School, preparing for Provincial Accreditations and overseeing daily operations for the Junior and Senior Schools, including staffing, admissions, budget, and student management* Propelled Senior School’s educational program; 1st graduating year achieved 15th in Province, then 1st overall* Orchestrated new state-of-the-art Admissions Package integrating three media (Print, CD-ROM, Web Page) * Led the development of the Strategic Plan* Added Grade 11 and 12 academic and elective programs to the school, including AP courses* Strengthened Athletic Program with new policies and coached Senior Boy’s Basketball team to 5th and 7th Provincially* Led the committee that reviewed and selected the school’s new comprehensive Staff Benefit Plan* Developed School’s Policy Manuals, and Staff and Parent – Student Handbooks

Fraser Academy, located in Vancouver, is western Canada’s largest independent, non-denominational, co-educational K-12 school specializing in students with dyslexia and language processing difficulties. It is staffed by a faculty of 40, 10 support staff, Board of Directors, and 200 students. Selected achievements include:* Balanced and administered an operating budget of $3 million* Spearheaded a major capital fundraising campaign (annual giving, capital campaign) of $500,000.00* Led the development of the Strategic Plan 8 Orchestrated school admissions process and developed a new Admissions Package and Web Site * Spearheaded school-wide technology plan to assist with integrated technology into classroom. Results included a new Design Lab and research-based computers in Library* Led a comprehensive assessment of educational and operational systems to - Optimized an effective school-wide prescriptive student management and behavior intervention program

British Columbia Ministry of Education - Curriculum and Resources Branch Selected achievements include:* Led the development from concept to rollout of an unprecedented 14 Provincial K-12 curricula in a 3-year span, including supervision of editors, writers, learning resource reviewers, and designers* Held a management portfolio representing the equivalent of 4 full-time coordinators, leading 6 teams with 100 associated professionals - Managed multiple project totaling $1 million* Developed Provincially-based Implementation, Training, and In-service Program for Applied Academics* Researched, designed, wrote, edited, and supervised the development of large-scale Provincial curriculum projects, including Grades K-12 Technology Education, Information Technology, Physical Education, Business Education, Home Economics, Law, and Applied Skills* Coordinated a one-of-a-kind Ministry Partnership Consortium that included K-12, Post Secondary, Industry, Labor, Business, and Publishers to develop national standards for Technology Education