•Initiated use of pre-recorded music at Edmonton Oilers professional hockey games.
•Prepared a detailed franchise development plan to increase profitability for the Los Angeles Kings when asked by the King’s owner, Wayne Gretzky and his agent.
•Organized three Stanley Cup Luncheons as a service for the National Hockey League and produced record profits and attendance.
•Managed and mentored the established and emerging careers of numerous elite athletes including Olympic Medalists, World Champions, and NHL players who won over 30 Stanley Cups, including an MVP Hart Trophy winner Mark Messier, the NHL Man of the Year Kevin Lowe and numerous first round draft selections in Washington, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas and more.
•Individually prepared and presented the case for what turned out to be the highest salary arbitration award in the history of the National Hockey League.
•Arranged the final NHL rookie contract prior to the implementation of a salary cap for 6.7 million USD.
•Helped to discover master portrait artist Benjamin McCready who has now created official portraits of four United States Presidents.
•One of the leaders to first license limited edition sports art on behalf of world-class athletes.
•Created and financed a TV pilot; received a broadcasting contract.
•Created a sales management strategy and directed an increase in revenues for Canada’s largest video communications firm by 60% in two years.
•Provided initial creative input for Hockey Day in Canada and delivered an editorial titled “The Spirit of the Game” to a national TV audience on the inaugural CBC Hockey Day in Canada broadcast.
•Served on and chaired numerous charitable and professional boards of directors. Chaired the board of directors of Canada’s largest non-profit social service agency and was elected to represent Canada and served on the board of directors of the Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC.
•One of 100 Canadians invited to attend a national conference focused on the development of hockey
in Canada and directly contributed to writing three of eleven national recommendations for the development of hockey in Canada.
•Editorial writer for the Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal and Street & Smith Sports Business Journal.
•Created the ATHLEADERS hockey summit and invited 16 international expert panelists who attended. In conjunction advised the Publisher, Editor, Sports Editor and all sports reporters on the themes and inspirational intentions of 26 pages of editorial in the Calgary Herald newspaper, which received ASSOCIATED PRESS recognition for excellence.