About me

I’m a full-time, self-employed sales and communications consultant.

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I specialize in writing proposals, RFPs, bids and other technical sales documents. I onboard quickly and I can join a running sales team to support them with a large bid or proposal on short notice.

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Key skills:

• Adding marketing spin into technical answers

• Rewriting and editing material from different SMEs to create a single voice

• Helping clients position negative facts in a positive light

• Working with SMEs and multiple departments to source facts 

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Major clients:

• KPMG

• Samsung America

• CAE

• Bombardier

• BMO Capital Markets

• Acciona

• Standard Life/Manulife

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Key facts:​

• Industries served: 15

• Value of largest proposal written: $6 billion 

• Shortest ramp-up time: 24 hours to get familiar with a new industry

• Years of experience: 18, 6 of which as a self-employed proposal specialist

My CV

Experience

17 years, 5 jobs, many industries

Education

B.Comm, MBA

2008 - Present | Sales and Communications Consultant 
Self employed

I can help you with proposal writing, sales support, marketing, sales deck development, communications and business coaching.
 
2008 – 2011 | Assistant Product Manager, Canadian Market
Reader’s Digest Canada
P&L responsibility for 4 major continuous product lines: condensed novels, non-fiction books, music, and children’s books (including Sesame Street ABCs, Read with Pooh, and Disney Storybook Favourites). 
 
2007 – 2008 | Manager, Sales Offer Strategy

Yellow Pages Group
Created local, provincial, and national discount and value-added sales promotions to meet corporate sales objectives. 

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2006 – 2007 | Manager, Business Development

Yellow Pages Group 
Initiated, developed, launched, and managed non-core marketing products.

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1999 – 2005 | Various operations management roles

Apollo Microwaves Ltd. 
Production Planner, Project Manager and Supervisor, Production Planning & Procurement.

2005 – 2006  MBA, Marketing and Corporate Finance

“Great Distinction”
Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal
 
1996 – 1999  Bachelor of Commerce

Major in Supply Chain Operations Management
Concordia University – John Molson School of Business