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PLEDGES TO DATE |
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Platinum:
FUSE Marketing, Sam Chebib (Nightingale Informatix Corp.), Anita Dong (McDonnell Haynes Ltd), The Granite Club, Rupert Brendon, Zoom Media
Gold:
Gary Slaight (Slaight Communications), Charles Phillips (Armtec), Bill Holland (Mandrake), Tom Davidson, Jim McKenzie, Greg Hogarth, Joan Brehl
Silver:
Phil Goodwin, Simon Rivard, Rosanna Arduini, Mike Robitaille, Brent Bernie, Tony Pigott, Mike Welling, Kevin Young, Michael Gates, Freda Colbourne, Robin Heisey, Mark Weisbarth, Troy Sedgwick, Peter Housley, Jeff Ginsberg, Stephen Miller, Leslie Strong (Strong Coaching),Patrick Sullivan
Bronze:
Shanna Landolt, Victoria Foley, Nancy McCain, Scott Armstrong, Peggy Clinton, Lili Shalev Shawn, Steven Rose, Colin Nanka, Josephine Chan, Sean Shannon, James Lin, John Myers, Jason Gilbert, Jim Warrington, Dennis Hewko, Sean Bergeron, Erwin Buck, Jane Langille
Friends:
Steve Peroff, Tracy Eckebrecht, Brian Pearman, Deb McKenzie, Pierre Saint-Laurent, Mark Nesbitt, Roz Baker, Rob & Nyla Sandler
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LOOKING FOR A JOB? » EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
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| Stefan Danis |
| 264 St. Leonards Ave., Toronto ON |
| B 416.922.5600x240 C 416.358.7833 E danis@mandrake.ca |
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| Lead service based company committed to grow and realize its potential |
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| Key Profile |
| Proven Strategic Skills |
Self-Starter, Entrepreneurial |
Action-Oriented |
| Quick Learner |
Exc. Judgement & Intuitive |
Creative Thinker |
| High Empathy |
Customer Centric |
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| Business Experience |
| 11/99 - Present |
Mandrake Group, Toronto (privately held company focused on human capital)
Executive of www.firsthcm.com, www.nexcareer.com, www.mandrake.ca, www.wwwork.com
CEO & Chief Talent Officer; prior President, VP
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| 1/87 - 1/89 |
Consultant |
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| 1/89 – 11/99 |
Perry Management, Toronto (merged with Mandrake) (privately held search firm)
President, Partner, Consultant
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| 9/85 - 1/87 |
Procter & Gamble, www.pg.com, Toronto (world’s leading consumer product company)
Brand Management
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| ASSOCIATIONS, MEMBERSHIP, LEADERSHIP |
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| PERSONAL INTERESTS: |
| Wellness |
I live a healthy lifestyle. I work standing and walk 6 miles a day in my office. I participate in most sports: Hockey (AA as a kid; leading scorer -09 True North League); Mountain bike (24 hours of Adrenaline); Downhill ski/Board (adult ski racer; snowboarding club vice champion -08), Golf (high handicap sadly); Windsurfing (20th World Championships -1984, National Vice-Champ, Olympic trials), now kite boarding, wake surfing. Training for 250K Gobi Desert Race 2009. |
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| Travel |
Travelled through Western Europe before first job; paid deep respect in Normandy just after 9/11; camped at Annapurna Nepali base camp; been inside the pyramids, Abu Simbal, and the Azzuro Grotto; was Down Under; visited India; city slicked in Southern Alberta; speed drove through part of the Baja; windsurfed in Hawaii; and got married outdoors in a blizzard in the back bowls of Blackcomb. Next on the list? Jordan, Israel, and Peru-input welcomed. And I love Toronto! |
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| Homes |
I have co-owned/renovated ten homes incl conversion to a triplex. Talk to me about contractors… Cottage on Lake Simcoe (Roches Point). |
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| Work |
I have been working since I was 10 years old. Had my own tax company when I was 17. |
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| Family |
Only son (I’m the responsible one…); married to Leslie (Executive Coach) and two quickly growing daughters, age 5 and 7. |
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| Language |
French mother tongue; bilingual; daughters in French School |
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| People |
I have a larger network than most people. I luckily meet a few hundred new ones a year. I read people better than average. I study people, why people do what they do, and what will they do next. I am advisor of choice on career and HR issues to many. |
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| Values |
Proud Canadian - the flag is on my home front door. Our family values are on the wall at home. I do not own a car – I subway, walk and bus and cab when I have to. Trying to be carbon neutral. |
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| Learning |
I invest 200 hours a year continuously ‘sharpening the saw’ (Covey); mainly through YPO. I have heard speak pretty much everyone, from Warren Buffett to Jack Welch. |
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| Others |
Reading, Spirituality, Kids, Parenting, Wine (collector), Art (collector – oil canvas), Laughter. |
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| EDUCATION: |
| B Comm. |
McGill University, 1985
Graduated with Distinction
T.A. (Stats 1 and Finance 1); led O.B. class and taught it for 6 credits as faculty staff
Started McGill Investment Club and Windsurfing Club
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| References |
(Please request my permission before calling)
The PowerPlant Nancy McCain; Chair
Mandrake Harold Perry; Chair
YPO Dennis Hewko; Chair
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