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| Regional Partner - Ontario Mike Fox 36 Lombard St., Suite 700 Toronto, Ontario M5C 2X3 Tel: 416-406-1777 E-mail: mfox@theyorkgroup.com |
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Mike has 20 years of recruiting and business connecting experience for small and mid-sized software firms. He has a deep understanding of what drives these companies and what it takes for individuals to thrive in them.
He is a voracious reader and follower of business trends, best practices, and software industry dynamics. In addition to finding great people he has worked with software firms on critical issues such as product marketing, competitive industry information and strategic acquisition and selling of companies.
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Manager - Western Canada Brian Pleet Suite 181 104-1240 Kensington Rd. NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 4X7 Tel: 403-286-0038 Fax: 403-286-0098 E-mail: bpleet@theyorkgroup.co |
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Brian is an effective, energetic senior sales and marketing executive
with over 25 years of experience in diverse organizations from Fortune
100 through technology startups. He has been consistently recognized
for leadership in identifying opportunities and delivering results in
dynamic, challenging technology intensive environments. Brian participated
in Xerox's President's Club and was often commended for achieved results
at Telus, Honeywell and Aliant. He has shared his expertise and insights
as a professional facilitator and instructor for over 15 years, both
within his corporate roles and as an instructor at BCIT, Simon Fraser
University, Saint Mary's University, Mount Royal College, SAIT and the
University of Calgary. Brian employs proven business acumen, organizational
and communication skills to resolve sales and marketing related issues
ranging from strategy development to tactical implementation. He is
highly disciplined in approach with an acute sensitivity to customers
and employees and energized by breaking new ground and taking ideas
from concept to reality.
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Manager - Atlantic Provinces David Gough Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Tel: +1-902-401-7474. Fax: +1.902.422.0666 E-mail: |
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A native Nova Scotian, Mr. Gough has spent his entire professional
career since the late seventies involved in the high technology and
information technology industries. For almost twenty years he has gained
valuable business development and leading-edge technical experience
and knowledge from world class organizations such as Xerox Corporation,
Sperry Corporation (later Unisys) and NCR Corporation (later AT&T
GIS). He specializes in delivering tactical technology consulting and
business development services to highly rated Nova Scotian companies.
Regional Spending on Information and Communications Technology
(Data provided by WITSA)
| Technology Sectors | Spending ($millions) |
| Hardware | 14,534 |
| Software | 8,327 |
| Services | 20,244 |
| Communications | 31,302 |
| TOTAL ICT Spend | 74,407 |
| Vertical Markets | |
| Agriculture | 461 |
| Manufacturing | 10,611 |
| Utilities | 1,137 |
| Construction | 1,693 |
| Wholesale & Retail | 7,897 |
| Transportation & Communication | 6,614 |
| Finance & Bus. Services | 13,817 |
| Other Services | 4,034 |
| Government | 12,462 |
| Consumer | 14,477 |
| Software Piracy | 28% |