A seasoned sales coach, leader and mentor who ‘retired’ 5 years ago after an over 40-year senior sales career and now 'retooling' and enjoying life! A Certified Sales Leader (CPSA) experienced in sales, business development, marketing & general management at the senior executive level. Adept at building solid client relationships; penetrating Regional, National & North American markets and delivering results. Born and raised in Halifax, with a BSc (Acadia) and an MBA (DAL) whose career progressed from various management roles at the City of Halifax, through to IBM (NS Manager), Corporate Communications (VP Corp Dev), Maritime Travel (VP Business Travel Management) and finally 10 years at Colliers Project Leaders (VP, BD). Today, I’ve been assisting various Start Ups and mentoring young professionals through a variety of avenues including as an ‘Expert in Residence’ at Innovacorp; at Acadia through their mentoring and networking programs; plus facilitating/coaching executives through the Forums at Triangle Strategies; as well as helping charities such Ronald McDonald House with their new facility campaign and chairing the QE Foundation’s Ride for Cancer.