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Toronto, Canada Area

• Mr Mow It All (www.mowitall.com) is a $3.1M Landscaping and Snow Removal company with clients ranging from high end residential to commercial and institutional properties.
• Worked with founding shareholder to grow company from an owner-operator with one lawn mower to a year-round Urban Property Care company with 8 vehicles and 10 employees before joining the company full time.
• Leveraged growth opportunities in the market to maintain top and bottom-line growth in excess of 30% year over year. Company has now grown to over 35 vehicles and 60 employees.
• Created financial reporting system and policies from scratch in line with shareholder objectives and vision.
• Established capital expenditure practices and policies which enabled company to continue on rapid growth strategy while minimizing risk.

Brampton, Ontario

• Remco (www.remco.ca) is a $50M LTL freight carrier and warehousing company specializing in the retail garment trade. The company operates freight terminals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver as well as 5 warehouses.
• Reporting directly to VP/GM of Transportation division; worked on a management team focused on driving change in financial and operating systems of the trucking division.
• Studied terminal operations and worked with line managers to develop and implement processes for monitoring and measuring worker productivity.
• Worked with various divisional and departmental managers to help them better understand their operational results. Developed standard and ad hoc reports which enabled them to better comprehend how their action.

Brampton, ON

• Reporting directly to the CFO; designed, built and implemented consolidated forecasting model that allowed management to better understand the impact of various financial and operating decisions on cash flow and.
• Improved accuracy of monthly financial reporting by implementing controls to ensure proper month end cutoffs.

Mississauga, Ontario

• Loadsurfer (www.loadsurfer.com) is a website that matches available equipment (trucks) with available loads (freight).
• Created detailed prospectus and operating plans that enabled the company to secure both seed capital and mid level funding.
• Worked with software engineers and web designers to take Load Surfer from idea stage to proof of concept through to commercial release.
• Created and implemented integrated marketing plan. Used various techniques incorporating both direct and digital marketing, tradeshows and events as well as industry media to create a recognizable brand in the market.
• Negotiated key agreements and partnerships with suppliers such as credit providers, mileage software, software developers, commercial landlords and insurance companies.

Mississauga, Ontario

• TransCore Link Logistics (www.transcore.ca) is a division of Roper Industries (ROP) that specializes in the development and sale of transportation software including freight matching, operations management software.
• Managed rapid change and helped company create a new identity as it grew from a highly successful family-owned business with 50 employees into a division of an American transportation solutions conglomerate with over.
• Developed and implemented marketing campaigns that helped subscriber base from 3,300 to over 4,700 over a 3-year period and increased sales in other areas of TransCore’s growing product line.
• Doubled revenues from alternative streams. Highlights include tripling of digital advertising revenues and introduction of a Quickpay factoring program which provided in excess of $200K annually without any significant.

• Recruited by founding shareholder to develop and market a viable business model. Cabit quickly evolved into a competitive software solutions company with an initial strategy to develop and leverage relationships with.
• Created effective marketing materials and sales promotions, firmly establishing Cabit as a recognized brand in the transportation solutions market.
• Successfully reintroduced The Internet Truckstop to the Canadian marketplace and established the service as a strong competitor and viable alternative to other services that were already well established in the market.
• Established financial controls, prepared cash flow forecasts, monthly and annual financial reports as well as preparation of annual company tax returns.
• Maximized the amount of funding received from various Government programs aimed at promoting scientific research and job creation.

Toronto, Ontario

• Promoted to Controller after 6 weeks as Assistant Controller. Played pivotal role in restructuring operations and restoring profitability of this $11M 3PL.
• Prepared detailed financial and operating plans and negotiated operating lines of credit with the bank.
• Optimized cash flow, enabling the company to repay its line of credit and reduce annual borrowing costs by 40%.
• Created much needed budgeting and forecasting processes enabling the owners to better understand the behavior of operating costs and to identify business trends on a timely basis.
• Played key role in designing and implementing quality standards leading to ISO 9002-94 certification.

Certified Management Accountant, Accounting And Finance

Ranked first in Canada on June 1991 exam in Advanced Financial Accounting

Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma