Gordon Skillen

CEO at iHonest.com

Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (Vancouver, Canada Area)
Industry: Marketing and Advertising

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Gordon Skillen's Overview

Current

CEO at iHonest

Past

Former Executive Director and one of the founders at Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada
Business Consultant at Skillen & Associates/Maximizerconsultants.com
Key Account Manager at Speedline Solutions

Network Manager at Corporate Travel Incentives
Membership Representative at Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association
Owner at Burger Haven

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“Very knowledgeable” entrepreneurial leader, “great strategist and a marketing genius” with extensive hospitality and non-profit experience. Noted for fast transformations of underperforming operations, increasing sales through strong individual or group presentations. Repeatedly developed effective business and marketing systems. Recognized for going the “‘extra mile’ with everything he does.”

Specialties

Marketing

CEO

iHonest

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

May 2011 – Present (1 year 1 month)

iHonest helps you establish instant trust and credibility through 3rd part verification of your criminal record, professional memberships and designations

Former Executive Director and one of the founders

Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada

Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Accounting industry

October 2006 – May 2011 (4 years 8 months)

I run the day to day operations, including marketing, sales, strategic planning and administration. IPBC became the largest bookkeeping association in Canada within the first two years of operation. It is with the experience I had with this industry that encouraged me to start iHonest.com , to help protect the public from dishonest bookkeepers

Business Consultant

Skillen & Associates/Maximizerconsultants.com

July 1995 – May 2011 (15 years 11 months) Surrey, BC

Trainer in Maximizer Customer Relationship Management Software.
Designed, structured and scheduled Maximizer training classes for small sales organizations and independent sales people. Taught courses in systematizing processes to close more sales. Provided
technical support, training and customized database design services. Hired and trained staff.
•Built client base of several hundred individual and organizational customers throughout North America

Key Account Manager

Speedline Solutions

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry

December 2008 – December 2010 (2 years 1 month) Abbotsford BC

Removed previous quotation discount of $500/station, increased profits. Travelled throughout North America selling custom designed POS systems to the largest Pizza chains, sales averaging between $25.000 to over a million

Network Manager

Corporate Travel Incentives

October 2002 – May 2006 (3 years 8 months) Burnaby BC

Hired to manage 30 computer network while also training sales and marketing reps on Maximizer.
•Reorganized office procedures saving about 2 hours staff time/day.
•Credited with increasing corporate sales by about 20-23%.

Membership Representative

Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association

June 1990 – May 1995 (5 years) Surrey, BC

•Broke every sales record in CRFA’s 52 year history within first months.
•Became highest volume sales rep and retained ranking for 5 years.
•Maintained 3 times average sales volume.
•Trained 15 cross Canada reps to achieve similar results

Owner

Burger Haven

1984 – 1990 (6 years) New Westminster, Surrey and Burnaby

The Burger Haven was a hole in the wall low volume burger joint when my Partner Glenda Monts and I purchased it. With in only 6 months, sales grew from 4 grand a month to over 48 grand a month. We won numerous best burger awards both locally and nationally. We then franchised the concept and opened a location in Surrey and Burnaby. Our best compliment was the huge line-ups of people from every walk of life. During our first year, I was instrumental in getting patio dining in New Westminster, after lobbying the local city Government for 6 months. It was this lobbying that brought us massive media exposure, and many new customers. Still in business today, it is one of the longest lived restaurants in the lower mainland.