Work:
CEO of Five Star Painting
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; franchise industry
January 2003 – Present
-One of North America’s largest painting franchise systems. Operations in Canada, USA and Mexico.
Founder of Franchise Foundry – Management Consulting industry
January 2008 – June 2009
-Franchise Foundry works with existing businesses to expand their business through franchising
Verasage
Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry
September 2005 – September 2007
-Verasage is a group of individuals committed to burying the billable hour among professional firms.
Angel Investor – Unidigm
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
August 2005 – August 2007
-Unidigm is a software develpoment company targeted to the government and non profit sector including universities. The software creates fully relational databases in a non technical manner that allows for the dissemination of information to a wide user base.
Director of Marketing – BDO Dunwoody LLP
Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry
January 2003 – August 2005
-Responsible for the rollout of the “firm of the future initiative.” trained partners and senior managers in business development and marketing.
Education:
Brigham Young University
MBA Entrepreneurship, Marketing
2005 – 2007
University of Manitoba
Bcomm Marketing and Finance
1999 – 2003
-Very active in the entrepreneurial community, participated in several business plan competitions
