John's professional background includes over 33 years of experience working with a variety of businesses involved in Distribution, Transportation, Research, Retail, Education, Engineering, and Oil & Gas. He has over 15 years of professional consultative sales and sales management experience working for major computer manufacturers (Hewlett Packard and Control Data). In addition, he has owned and operated five small businesses. John started his consulting business in 1994. He built a strong practice as a Project Manager and Systems Consultant, specializing in business process analysis and document management systems. He has facilitated strategic planning and change management sessions for companies of all sizes. John also spent time internationally as a Coach, Project Manager and Business Process Analysis for major international Oil and Gas companies. Throughout his career John has excelled in a mentoring/coaching role. From 2003 to the present, John served as a certified business coach working with well over 100 companies. He is presently the owner of both The Business Action Center, as well as The Business Training Hub. John currently is President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce and is Past-President of the Red Deer Executive Leads Association. In addition, John wrote a column in the Business Section of the Red Deer Advocate for 8 years.