My passion for hockey, mentorship, and development of a strong community provide the skillset to work with the teams that I do. I look forward every season to developing programs, processes, and systems in the best interest of our players, coaches, families, as well as the broader community.Hockey and community are my passion and focus in life. While my path may not be conventional for this role, it provides the perspective on how and why this role is critical to the development of the players that we are able to work with.I grew up in Toronto playing AA and AAA hockey in the GTHL and then continued on to play 3 years of Junior hockey. When my hockey playing career was over, I settled back in the neighbourhood I grew up in to raise my family. In that time, I have had the opportunity to coach children within our community, including my own kids, for over 12 years.My career path included 18 years building and leading sales organizations within multi-national technology consulting companies. My focus included building High-Performance Sales, Recruiting and Operational Teams from full lifecycle Customer Relationship Management through Sales and Recruitment Leadership. With the goal of building teams with strong core values, a high level of integrity, and a true commitment to develop strong client relationships. This approach continuously allowed us to accomplish powerful results including increased revenue and sustainable growth.Building and motivating high performance teams is the essence of what I love to do regardless of the industry. The idea to shift more and more of my daily focus within hockey became very apparent to me when my dad passed away in 2019, which was quickly followed by a global pandemic. During these challenging times, I had the opportunity to reflect on where I wanted to spend my energy and skills and the example I want to be for my two boys as well as the community.Hockey provides opportunities to grow, develop lifelong friendships, and create experiences that shape how you show up everyday. And this is why I want to move into a larger role supporting the growth of hockey and our community.I choose to believe that by taking the steps to raise my hand and help people as best as I can, it opens up the opportunity for something wonderful to happen within a sport that we love.Thank you.Markhealym@hotmail.com647-539-1826