Al Jeffery Social startup-entrepreneur, marketing strategy

2008-present: I help businesses navigate modern entrepreneurship to increase sales and profits by developing strategies to get clear on your business model, understand your numbers and best use social media. 2006 - 2012: Owner, Parlez Wireless, a TELUS Authorized Dealership. This was a bricks and mortar Retail Store selling mobile phones. The business did over 1M a year in sales and was successfully sold in 2012. 1997 - 2006: Regional Sales Manager, TELUS. I started working with Clearnet (later acquired by TELUS) in 1997 and was part of a pilot where six retail stores opened in Canada. I later worked with a small team to build out 30 locations across Canada in a six month period, and continued to work at a senior management level until 2006. My scope of responsibility was national, was responsible for attaining 100M sales budgets, forecasting sales, headcount and was accountable to the bottom line in our business unit. Strengths from this job include: fanatical understanding of business numbers, strong leadership skills, solid training abilities, ability to drive results and impact client experience, as well as strategic planning.

Speaker, author, mentor and seminar leader, J Loren Norris’ passion is to equip, train and mentor the next generation of leaders. Loren hosts workshops for private groups, conducts life leadership seminars and mentors students. Whether entertaining and engaging crowds of 40,000 or sharing “life lessons” with elementary students, Loren approaches every crowd with an open mind and loving heart. He has an uncanny gift for storytelling and can teach you how to effectively interweave your life story into any topic, subject or big idea. Throiugh this process he teaches, speakers, leaders and parents to transfrom their story and transform their lives. Loren is a Certified John Maxwell Leadership Coach. For years, he has coached Dale Carnegie Courses, has trained leaders, teachers and pastors for Gateway Church, The Kings University, and entrepreneurial leadership courses at Brookhaven College.

Founder VirtualU, startup advisor and doer, connector, passionate about hardware and anything 3D.