Professional Profile

Business Leader / Professional Engineer

I am an energetic and experienced business leader with a passion for excellence through teamwork and collaboration. I am a licensed Professional Computer Systems Engineer (P.Eng) with experience in acquisition, amalgamation and restructuring of business units across Canada. I have been involved in creating new products, services and brands that bring value to customers and shareholders. I believe that all businesses must have a focus on technology to remain competitive. I am looking for the next exciting career opportunity where I can apply my unique business and IT experience to help your company or organization be an industry leader.

When you apply fundamental engineering principles to business, such as an iterative design approach, you can achieve great things! Today's business landscape demands that companies be creative and try new things to provide superior service to their customers. Using a structured and measurable approach enables you to learn quickly and be agile. This is also a great way to engage and motivate employees to work toward a common goal.

Build. Measure. Learn.

Skills

Leadership

Nobody works FOR me. They work WITH me. I believe that everyone deserves to find value and feel rewarded in their work. I am passionate about building extraordinary teams that utilize the skills of all members.

Communication

Clear communication is key to success and I have worked very hard to hone these skills. From communicating a simple task to a large national corporate vision, I am experienced and excel in this.

Creativity

I am a very creative person and am always thinking outside of the box. I thrive on change and making things better.

Project Management

Through my career I have managed many projects, large and small. I am an effective project manager because of each of the skills on this list.

Problem Solving

No problem is to big when it is broken down into smaller more managable parts. I have honed this skill over my career as an engineer.

Logical Thinking

I am naturally a very logical thinker and I do not waste energy worrying about things that I cannot control.

Attributes

Positive Attitude

I am an extreme optimist and see positive value in almost anything. For me, this is the only way to go through life!

Self-Motivated

I am a very driven person and like to see results from my efforts. I will always drive a project to completion.

Hard Working

Growing up in a large family with a greenhouse company, I learned the value of hard work from a very young age. I am happy for those experiences because it has helped to shape who I am today.

Responsible & Reliable

I will always follow through on my commitments and communicate when there are challenges. When I am needed, I will be there!

Flexible

I understand very well that in real life, things can change quickly. I try to be flexible in all situations and adapt quickly.

Sense of Humor

Life is too short to not have fun! If we can't laugh at ourselves and with others then what are we doing here? :)

Terry Vermeer