Testimonials

“...an ideal balance of industry knowledge, leadership skills and business acumen aligned with a drive for success.”
July 16, 2010
Tony Perkins, VP, Sales and Operation for US and Latin America, QMI Inc.

“...firmly understands the value in knowledge transfer and how to decipher complex issues and effectively bring people up to a shared level of competence while solving big problems at the same time.”
March 26, 2010
John G. Keogh, Senior Vice President, GS1 Canada

“...gets you what you need, fast.”
December 22, 2009
Stephane Cadieux, Food Safety Manager, Gate Gourmet Canada Inc.

“...quickly understands what a business needs or is trying to conceptualize...gets the big picture.”
December 16, 2009
Chris Ball, Vice President, Reliance Insurance Agencies Ltd.

“...not only very professional but also a great partner in food safety assurance projects...energy and passion for the subject and an ability to be creative in finding solutions.”
October 11, 2009
Sara Mortimore, Vice President, Quality and Regulatory, Land O'Lakes Inc.

“...the uncanny ability to...keep congruence between long-term goals and short-term achievements...has an understanding of all facets of business to develop deep relationships with clients...knowledge and experience focuses on achieving positive results...eye on the bottom line and a creative and innovative approach to effectively implementing cost-effective solutions to business challenges.
“...dedicated and responsive to clients and diligently follows-up with them well after the job is completed—in my experience, an attribute not typically found.”
October 1, 2009
Malcolm Treger, Quality Assurance Manager, Corporate Brands, Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation

“...We sincerely appreciated your company's offer to organize and co-host this webinar with us so that we could bring our suppliers up to speed on GFSI certification. The webinar proved to be a powerful tool to reach our suppliers, particularly the smaller ones who were unsure of how or where to start on GFSI certification. It showed us that we need to do more of this type of outreach going forward.
“We also found you, Paul, to be most professional and competent in how you went about your work and a pleasure to work with from Wegmans's perspective. Thanks again....”
September 30, 2009
Gillian Kelleher, Consulting VP, Food Safety & QA, Wegmans Food Markets Inc.

“...instrumental in assisting our company with obtaining BRC certification at all of our plants that met our customer's requirements of the Global Food Safety Initiative...very knowledgeable in the area of the food industry's third-party audit schemes and his involvement in the certification process allowed us to meet very aggressive timelines set forward by our customers. I would consider Paul an expert in his field and a true professional.”
September 28, 2009
Joseph Woloszyn, Director, Quality and Product Quality, The Carriage House Group of Companies Inc.

“...instrumental in providing critical insights into the food industry’s needs with respect to food safety. With a background in quality management and food safety management systems...was able to guide our group/company along a path that saw the next emerging sectors as it related to food safety management.
“The drive by Wal-Mart to have its suppliers attain accreditation to one of the Global Food Safety Initiatives was directed by Paul. He also saw the uptake of the British Retail Consortium standard as the key management system that would outstrip all other requirements.
...insights and direction have proven invaluable to our operation.”
September 28, 2009
Devon Matthew, Senior Consultant, Business Improvement Group Inc.

“...an expert in food industry requirements, standards and certification...has provided sound advice and services to many companies as they navigated through the certification process...a great manager, an expert in the food industry.”
September 28, 2009
Harold Hodder, US Business Development Manager, QMI-SAI Global

“I am very impressed with Paul's knowledge of the food safety market. Paul is a solid person and I would strongly recommend the use of his services.”
September 28, 2009
Mark Curtis, President, Business Improvement Group Inc.

“Great skill set, highly customer focused and provided excellent results.”
September 28, 2009
Mo Aladin, President, Big Sky Hospitality Ltd.

“...provided the results that I wanted.”
August 21, 2009
Mike Byerley, Director, Quality Assurance, Compass Group Canada

“...very client focused and will tirelessly customize work processes to suit customer needs...leads a good team and always delivers projects on time and on budget. On behalf of all the Health Authorities in British Columbia, we greatly appreciate the leadership and hard work [of PVC] in the Provincial Safe Food Handling audits in 2006 and 2007.”
October 6, 2008
Mary Fok, Corporate Director, Alternate Service Delivery at the Provincial Health Services Authority

“...identifies the core needs of an organization and supports it to fulfill the needs toward a win/win deal for both parties.”
October 4, 2008
Mo Jessa, Vice President, Operations, Earls Restaurants Ltd.

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