John’s experience spans a 25-year background in Sales and Marketing
in both the private and not for profit sectors.
As Director of Sales
and Marketing for Dependable It, the company was recognized as one of the 50
fastest growing companies in Canada by Profit magazine.
John has brokered sponsorship packages amounting to over half
a million dollars, involving companies such as Procter and Gamble, Bell
Mobility, American Express, Acura, Ford, Jackson Triggs, Columbia Sportswear
and Molson.
John has had the opportunity to direct or manage over 25
major events including golf tournaments, celebrity galas, and national figure
skating tour for some of the following clients - Bell, Toronto Maple Leafs,
Covenant House, Canadian Athletes Fund.
John was a founding Board member of Lake Ontario Waterkeepers,
a licensed member of the New York-based Waterkeeper Alliance, led by Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.Lake Ontario
Waterkeeper trains other individuals and volunteer groups to be local water
guardians and to report pollution concerns.