Mike is passionate in his efforts to help organizations meet their
true potential. His last 15 years have been in recruitment in the Technology sector, focusing on executive, senior management, sales, marketing, and technical roles. He has a deep understanding of the ICT sector and
his monthly reading includes MIT Technology Review, Computing Canada, Business Week, Business 2.0, Information Week, Harvard Business Review, and Strategy and Business among others.
Mike was a senior recruiter for one of Canada's largest recruiting firms (CNC Global) and was the top performer, out of 187 recruiting specialists, for each of his last five years with the company. He also spent 1.5 years working with Mandrake, an Executive Recruiting Specialty firm. Previous to that he worked with Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services, Hamilton Computers (which later became GE Capital), Vernon Computer Financing, and ran his own training company. He has been a sales representative, a sales manager, a product manager, and a fledgling entrepreneur. This provides a wide experience base from which to provide clients a perspective on the best candidates possible.
Mike interviews 200-300 professionals each year and brings a wealth of knowledge to provide you with information on best practices. He has been a speaker at 2 Conference Board of Canada National Conferences as well as the IHRIM (International Human Resource Management Association) National Conference. As well, he was a past Board Member of The Strategic Leadership Forum and now the MIT Schulich Enterprise Forum.
Mike is very active in the community and sits on a number of not-for-profit boards. He has a B.Sc. from the University of Guelph and spent two years in Nigeria as a High School Biology and Chemistry teacher with CUSO (Canadian University Service Overseas) before starting his business career.