: About Me

I have enjoyed a dynamic operations management career leading international organizations through start-up, accelerated growth, acquisition, change and revitalization. After 10 years in the restaurant business followed by 12 years in the corporate world, I have recently decided to redirect my life in a more positive and enriching way. I gathered my courage (and my savings), resigned from my job, and decided to try my hand at doing something I love every day...

I currently live in Montreal with my boyfriend of seven years and our eclectic menagerie of animals, where I am pursuing my lifelong passion for freelance writing and photography.

e-mail: creative_genius@sympatico.ca

My passion is ...

Travel, photography, animals, red wine, writing, reading...

I know too much about ...

... cleaning cat litter boxes!

My parents always told me ...

to eat my vegetables - and now I'm a vegetarian. Funny how that worked out...

My childhood ambition ...

To visit Machu Pichu.

My favorite memory ...

I have too many to name only one...

Why I write ...

I write because I have something to say that I think is worth saying.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

WATCHING: Lost, Prison Break, Grey's Anatomy, Men in Trees, Ugly Betty... READING: "How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci - Seven Steps to Genius Every Day" by Michael J. Gelb

My first job ...

The first job I ever got paid for was babysitting. My first "real" job was waitressing at Giorgio's.

My best moment ...

Standing at the top of Wayna Pichu with Gaby, covered in dirt and sweating profusely, looking down on Machu Pichu and realizing that I had attained my childhood ambition.

My inspiration ...

I am awed and inspired by strong women who successfully juggle a career, family and friends and who still find time to relax in a hot bath with a good book and a glass of Cabernet!

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As a director at a Fortune 500 company with 10+ years of management experience, I have promoted quite a few people over the course of my career. The most important factors that I have considered in my decision-making process are the following: (1) ATTITUDE: I look for a candidate who is positive about their current role, the team and the company. I have passed over qualified candidates for promotion because of a negative attitude - and by the same token have given opportunities to less qualified individuals who impressed me with their optimism. If you're aiming for a promotion, show your b...

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