John Pezoulas

John Pezoulas

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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  • R
    Co-Founder & Managing Partner
    Ready Set Exec Inc
    Oct 2023 - Current (3 years)
    Passionate about connecting exceptional talent with visionary companies in startups and mid-market enterprises. Learn more at readysetexec.com 🌐

    📌 About Ready Set Exec Inc:
    We specialize in filling the foundational roles that drive organizational success in startups and mid-market companies. Our expertise encompasses Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, and Business Operations.

    📋 Our Services:
    🔸 Retained, Contained, and Contingent Recruitment
    🔸 Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for building large teams

    🤝 Our Approach:
    We are committed to being 100% partner-focused, fostering a collabor
  • A
    Director of Marketing Executive Search
    APEX CMO SEARCH
    Mar 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 7 months)
    Marketing specialists recruiting exceptional CMO’s & Marketing Executives in the U.S. & Canada for global clients seeking growth & transformation. We find & attract better passive talent, scientifically confirm profile & fit, and guarantee our results. We are a Peak Sales spin-off, a proven leader since 2006 with 5,000+ clients, a 96% success rate, and 90% U.S. recruiting.

    Year 1 - Successfully scaled up the company's revenue to 1M, demonstrating exceptional growth and business development skills.
    Supported the recruiting teams efforts to attract top-tier talent for global clients seeking growth and transformation in the U.S. and Canada.
    Developed and executed effective talent acquisition strategies, attracting passive
  • C
    Director of HR Executive Search
    CPO TALENT
    Sep 2021 - Sep 2023 (2 years 1 month)
    HR Specialists recruiting inspirational CPO’s, CHRO’s and HR Executives for Global Clients seeking growth & transformation in the U.S. & Canada. We find & attract better passive talent, scientifically confirm profile & fit, and guarantee our results. We are a PEAK SALES spin-off, a proven leader since 2006 with 5,000+ clients, a 96% success rate, and 90% U.S. recruiting.
  • Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
    School of Business
    Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
    Jan 2017 - Apr 2021 (4 years 4 months)
    Part time instructor in variety of business courses.
    Creating and modifying course materials.
    Mentoring and teaching class sizes up to 40 (hybrid, remote, inclass)
  • PeopleReady
    Regional Sales Manager (Market Manager)
    PeopleReady
    Mar 2014 - May 2021 (7 years 3 months)
    Managing a portfolio of up to 14 offices across Canada. Full Sales, P&L and HR responsibilities, day to day operations managing a team of 60+ internal staff.

    Hiring, mentoring and coaching all staff for performance KPIs, best practices and career development.

    High level negotiation and closing of large strategic accounts with Fortune 500 companies. Account management of national and regional accounts.

    Salesforce/Mapminer sales funnel management, strategic market planning and development. Creating sales targets, market forecasts, account management planning, market segmentation, large project coordination. Market expansion planning and business analysis.

    Creating training materials
  • PeopleReady
    Multi Unit Sales Manager
    PeopleReady
    Mar 2014 - Dec 2018 (4 years 10 months)
    4 time True Blue Inc. Circle of Excellence Winner - 4 out of 5 years. winning for sales, safety and recruitment.

    • Driving new business growth with advanced prospecting techniques. Sales utilizing CSP approach, developing and managing business relationships with clients in the Eastern Ontario market (Brockville, Ottawa/Hull/Gatineau, Cornwall/Merrickville, Montreal, Smiths Falls/Perth).
    • Creating staffing solutions for clients including daily temporary blue collar labour, short term temporary staffing and long term placements of skilled positions. Servicing international accounts for large scale renewable energy installations, sporting events and festivals with 200+ workers on site.
    • Managing 2 office locations wi
  • Launch
    District HR manager
    Launch
    Apr 2011 - Mar 2014 (3 years)
    Managing up to 200 staff at approximately 50 stores in Ottawa Valley.
    Ensuring high quality execution of in store marketing promoting Consumer packaged goods in multiple retailers: (LCBO, Loblaw's, Metro).
    Providing feedback to clients and Project managers.
    Creating and presenting ideas for staffing, training, etc, to reduce company costs.
    Part of project team developing national training plans, manuals and presentations.
    Holding national sales trainings for 100's of representatives.
    Conducting ongoing recruiting of field team, onboarding, administering all program requirements, inclusive of weekly payroll and expense submissions
    Managing in store relationships with store management.
    Tracking and m
  • Match Marketing Group
    Area Manager
    Match Marketing Group
    Jun 2010 - Jan 2011 (8 months)
    • Managing 10 Retail locations and approximately 50 Retail Employees.
    • Assisting Management team in order to successfully launch pilot program of 38 stores in Ottawa and surrounding region.
    • Creating retail best practices and developing store processes.
    • Reporting sales numbers, forecasting, competitive information and market intelligence.
    • Dynamic role including: HR recruitment/interviewing/staffing multiple locations, training staff in sales techniques, product knowledge, store processes, and point of sale systems.
    • Creating store schedules to match store traffic patterns and customer buying habits, use of online scheduling software celayix to manage payroll, multiple store locations.
    • Sales of telecomm
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    International Sales Manager
    Bank Vogue Ltd
    Feb 2009 - Mar 2010 (1 year 2 months)
    Account manager for B2B sales of textile commodities to customers in USA, Canada, Dubai, India, Pakistan, and U.K.
    Developed customer base with use of advanced prospecting techniques: online research, cold calling, and referrals.
    Assisted in the development of the supply chain, and CRM system for use across organization.
    On site auditing of suppliers products.
    Creating business proposals for supply chain integration, and contracting suppliers.
    Created innovative business processes to reduce company overhead.
    Visiting future/existing clients on site for sales presentations and improving long term business relationships.
    Coordinating the 10-15 employees in Purchasing, Logistics, and
    Accounting departmen
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    Co-Founder
    PA Block Entertainment
    Oct 2006 - Aug 2012 (5 years 11 months)
    •Business Development of Canadian Music talent
    Developed marketing strategy, market positioning and planning with use of online marketing (Google ad-words, banner advertising), contests, direct mail, and telemarketing.
    • Created business processes and best practices for use in the organization.
    • Managed the production of written lyrics, music, sampling, mastering, and recording for professional digital quality music.
    • Recorded live bands in a studio setting.
    • Responsible for tax accounting, basic bookkeeping and financial planning.
    • Managed over 15 contracted employees for business operation.
  • Mosaic Sales Solutions
    Satellite Radio Marketing Rep / Trainer
    Mosaic Sales Solutions
    May 2006 - Feb 2009 (2 years 10 months)
    Training of over 700 retail sales people
    Promoting product and maintaining retailer relationships.
    Developed new marketing ideas and contributed to national marketing strategy and development.
    Continuous store merchandising of 70+ stores
    Executed National marketing campaigns, performed marketing audits, and analysis.
    Presenting at Large retailers (Best buy/Future shop/Source) training conferences, and trade shows.
  • The Source
    Assistant manager / Training manager
    The Source
    Nov 2001 - Jan 2006 (4 years 3 months)
    Consistently ranked in the Top 1% of sales associates in Canada.
    Winner of sales awards for Total Annual Sales; ranked #1 in Canada for Credit card sales.
    Provide excellent customer service and keeps a high level of business ethics and integrity.
    Trained and managed store staff at numerous locations in Ottawa.
    Process daily sales, payroll, prepare deposit and responsible for delivery to the bank.
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  • Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
    Associate’s Degree, Certificate in Project Management
    Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
    Jan 2010 - Dec 2015 (6 years)
    1 Year certificate in project management, including exam preparation for the PMP final exam. Completed certificate program while working full time.
  • University of Ottawa
    Bachelor’s Degree, Honors Commerce with option in International Management
    University of Ottawa
    Jan 2006 - Dec 2009 (4 years)
    4 years honours degree in Commerce at the Telfer school of management. Focus on International management, human resources.

    Completed degree while working full time with multiple employers.
  • Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
    Associate’s Degree, Business Administration - Marketing 3 Year Program
    Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
    Jan 2001 - Dec 2005 (5 years)
    3 year program in Business Administration, with focus on Marketing. Completed diploma while working full time.
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    • Trueblue Inc
      Circle of Excellence Award 2018
      Trueblue Inc
      Feb 2019
      Triple crown winner for 160% YOY growth of my market.
    • TrueBlue
      Circle of Excellence Award 2017
      TrueBlue
      Feb 2018
      Safety leader award for reducing workplace injuries in branch by more than 60%, largest reduction in Canada.