Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Executive Director of Toronto North CAER group. A Retired Economic Development professional with 25 years experience demonstrating effective management of multiple offices.
Administering an industry association to facilitate the sharing of best practices on community awareness, emergency response, environment, health and safety.
Retired, but will entertain working on a short-term contract that is of interest.
Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer. Managing all economic development functions including retention, expansion, attraction, downtown revitalization, tourism, policy, marketing and research.
Facilitated office and industrial retention and expansion and commented on City policies and development applications. Developed sector based programs and implemented a corporate calling program. - Solved problems and facilitated expansions resulting in the retention of 22 companies, 2.4 million sq. ft. of building space and 6,650 jobs. - Managed project investments by working with industry, consultants and City staff to facilitate and accelerate development approvals resulting in investments of $382 million, 1.2 million sq. ft. of new building space and creating 1,125 new jobs from expansions and new business attraction. - Improved processing speed by developing a team based application approval process which is now branded as the Gold Star Investment Service. - Administered a successful brownfield industrial reinvestment grant program. - Overcame a lack of resources by developing and administering a program to hire volunteer students resulting in numerous successful research projects. - Formed strong relationships with sector associations and some of the City's largest manufacturers to identify policy related issues and develop solutions. - Prepared reports, presentations, briefing notes and policy statements in a timely and accurate manner. - Developed, administered and improved tracking systems for investment and project activities using Microsoft Access.
Reported to the President. Marketed and sold CD business directory and other interactive software applications.