PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Authentic Relating Facilitator (2022-Present)

Founder, Facilitator & Mentor Sidewalk Talk Victoria (2024-Present)

Business for Humans Mentoring Ltd.  Founder & CEO    (2023-2026)

• Workshops, Speaking & Coaching on Communication and Relating in Business Environments.

TheRingLord Corporation  (TRL)    (1999-2019)

• Co-founder, Owner, CTO, CEO … all the things. 

• Created a niche industry that hadn’t previously existed - manufacturing metal rings and scales for chainmail. TRL grew to become a multi-million dollar business with a worldwide customer and supplier base. 

• Began transitioning to CEO in 2017 and became 91.5% owner and legal CEO in 2018. With full leadership authority, re-systemized the company’s operations, going from doing to delegating to empowering, creating a scalable organization prepared for sale.

• Mechanized ring manufacturing for chainmail by designing and adapting industrial machines, including designing a custom ring-cutting system for the highest-quality rings. Systemized all manufacturing processes and procedures.

• TRL Inventory System - Designed, coded and implemented an extremely detailed and highly integrated system that electronically connected everything involved in the running of the company. Designed and coded a custom website and android app connecting the online ordering system including admin features, cyborg order picking (app assisted), shipping & inventory handling; kanban manufacturing and purchasing.  

• Valued truly understanding my staff’s roles before I systemized, mechanized, or trained staff and managers. This often meant developing hands-on expertise in doing each job myself - this level of understanding shaped how I built systems & processes and how I supported staff.

• Built & hosted a highly active online community, creating an online forum before social media (yes there was a before) - then transitioned to social media where we gained over 23,000 organic followers. In these communities,  staff, suppliers and customers shared connection and excitement about each other, the art and their projects. I gained the nickname of The Enabler because I loved helping artists by creating products that met their visions.

• Designed & built factory spaces to suit the human and business needs. 

• Created all graphic design, including customer facing playful product photos and notes. 

• "Survived" not taking more than a couple days off in a row for over 10 years. 

Avendesora Holdings Inc.    Founder & CEO    (2017-Present) 

President SCA Myrgan Wood    (2016-2018)

• President of a local chapter of an international not for profit organization, The Society for Creative Anachronism. This group was synergistic to TheRingLord. Under my leadership we tripled the membership.

Acquisition of Spathis Philp Inc.    (2014)

• I orchestrated purchasing a primary supplier to TheRingLord & bringing on their former CEO as COO

Co-Founder & Shareholder MailleTec Industries Inc.    (2011-2018)

• I orchestrated spinning off a product line from TheRingLord into a new company where I acted as a mentor, shareholder and silent partner.

TRL Holdings Inc. Co-Founder, Director and 50% shareholder    (2007-2018)

​R&D Design Engineer, Professional Engineer   Venmar CES           (~1999-2002)

HVAC Design Engineer     Key West Engineering                     (~1998-1999)