Highlights Of Qualifications
- Over 15 years experience training, managing and leading large employee groups, teams, and volunteer organizations
- Ability to mediate and deescalate personnel issues and manage conflict resolution
- Extensive knowledge on latest technology and use within a corporate environment
- Have served on Joint Health and Safety Committees both within the public and private sectors.
Related Skills & Experience
Managerial / Supervisory / Administrative
- Experience with all aspects of business and personnel management
- Have owned and operated two successful home businesses
- Manage employee scheduling and task assignments for mid-size companies
- Effective motivator and leader of people with diverse skills
- Proactively taking the initiative to identify and correct problem areas that may arise
- Creation and implementation of numerous policies and procedures that span a wide range of topics from Occupational Health and Safety to technical procedures for Federal Government contracts
- Attention to detail always with an eye to the larger picture
Dispatcher / Trainer
- 4 years of active dispatch experience in both the highway coach and school bus industries
- Certified Professional Instructor In Driver Education
- MTO Driver Certification Program Signing Authority
- Extensive knowledge of Highway Traffic Act and US DOT regulations
- Courses in principles of effective teaching as well as industry specific train-the-trainer courses
- Occupational Health and Safety experience (Both Provincial and Federal)
- Possess a Class BZ Driver’s Licence
Web Development
- Proficient in web-based project development utilizing databases (MySQL) and several programming languages (PHP, Perl, Javascript, XHTML, CSS)
- Focus on streamlining government and business effectiveness through development of custom web-based applications
- Extensive knowledge of social media utilization in marketing and advertising
- Highly competent in all current major office suites and their components
- Adept knowledge of LAN setup, installation and administration
- Software and hardware troubleshooting
- Have always quickly become the company expert in both commercial and custom computer applications
Work Experience
Owner / Webmaster & Developer
(1998 – Present)
OttawaWebHost.ca / GJ Internet Solutions
Ottawa, Ontario
Dispatcher / Trainer / Safety Officer
(2009 – 2013)
Charter Driver (Part-Time)
(2003 – 2009)
Delaney Bus Lines
Avonmore, Ontario
DAF Operator / Web Developer
(1998 – 2009)
Calian Technology Services – Contracted to NRCAN
Cantley, Quebec
Gatineau Satellite Station
Owner / General Manager
(2005 – 2007)
Countrystyle Water Gardens
Avonmore, Ontario
Volunteer Work Experience / Community Involvement
Firefighter
(2005 – Present)
North Stormont Fire Services – Avonmore District
Avonmore, Ontario
Stakeholder Member
(2012 – Present)
Cornwall Youth Advisory Committee
Cornwall, Ontario
Executive Director / Youth Worker
(2010 – 2013)
Firehouse Youth Ministry
Cornwall, Ontario
Youth Coordinator
(2005 – 2010)
Fountaingate Christian Assembly
Cornwall, Ontario
Big Brother
(2004 – 2006)
Big Brothers and Sisters of Cornwall
Cornwall, Ontario
Education
Distribution and Logistics Management
Presently Enrolled
Cornwall Career College
Cornwall, Ontario
Network Specialist Diploma
(1996 – 1997)
CDI College of Business and Technology
Nepean, Ontario
OSSD and Additional Business Certificate
(1989 – 1994)
Confederation High School
Nepean, Ontario
Specialized in computer and business courses.