Customer Love, September 24, 2014 – Delta, Canada.
The Delta Chamber of Commerce presents “Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em.” It’s the glaring truth about our customers. How can we reconcile the conundrum and achieve the right balance? Learn the top three approaches to customer relations and discover how to unearth the real story buried within your organization’s perceptions and anecdotes. Choose your own optimum solution and learn the simple actions you can implement immediately to radically improve your customer relations.
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Canadian Aerospace Summit 2014, November 18-19, 2014 – Ottawa, Canada.
The 2014 Canadian Aerospace Summit is proudly hosted by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC). This exclusive event brings together Canadian and international companies of all sizes, government, and academia for two days in the nation's capital. Close to 1,000 participants–primarily C-suite executives and government officials–are expected to attend.
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Webinar: B2Bs and the Quicker Close: From joining the supplier list to closing
This webinar features live feedback from a prime contractor on what captures attention when meeting suppliers, advice from a seasoned professional who has first-hand experience with failures and successes, a description of the new and innovative tool of The OMX that puts you in contact with a community of like-minded companies, and connects you to primes looking for Canadian suppliers.
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Aflare Systems Inc.
Linda’s First Impressions Workshop presented in collaboration with OAC hit right on the mark with showing our weaknesses and strengths while clarifying our own customer value proposition. An eye opener emphasizing fundamental principles while enabling us to look in depth at our customer relationship building practices.
- Roman Ronge,
Owner and President, Aflare Systems Inc.
Aflare Systems Inc. is a privately held engineering company incorporated in 2005. Founded as a design and development company with emphasis on robust and reliable embedded and real-time systems for aerospace, defense and medical systems industries, Aflare Systems is dedicated to provide industry clients with reliable, cost effective solutions and systems.
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Aerospace Industries Association of Canada
Linda's work as co-Chair of the 2013 Aerospace, Defence and Security Expo (ADSE) resulted in an event that surpassed expectations and provided very high value to participants. The benefit to our industry was great, and Linda was instrumental in elevating ADSE to become an important event..
- Jay Teichroeb,
Aerospace Industries Association of Canada.
The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) is a member-driven, not-for-profit, national organization that promotes and facilitates Canadian competitiveness in the global aerospace industry.
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Cascade Aerospace Inc.Linda's assistance has been a key factor in building our strategies and plans for business growth. Her leadership and guidance in the development of significant bids has made a tremendous difference in Cascade's ability to prepare winning proposals. Her clarity of thought has been instrumental in addressing complex, multi-faceted issues and deriving workable solutions.
- Dwayne Lucas,
(Former) Executive Vice President, Cascade Aerospace Inc.
Cascade Aerospace Inc. is a dynamic, privately-held Canadian specialty aerospace and defence contractor focused on providing long-term integrated aircraft support programs for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), military, government and commercial customers.
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Epic Data InternationalLinda's in-depth knowledge of the Canadian defence business and sound advice has helped us in developing practical, effective sales strategies and tactics for this market.
- Rino Civitarese
Vice President, Epic Data
Epic Data, a division of Sylogist Ltd., has produced manufacturing execution and warehouse management solutions for nearly 40 years. Epic Data solutions synchronize supply chain and production activities to achieve real-time visibility of manufacturing metrics that reduces cycle times and costs, optimizes production planning and control, and boosts quality and efficiency. The solutions are easily implemented either by module or as a completely integrated solution suite across the global enterprise. www.epicdata.com
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Abbotsford International Airport
The business development strategy for Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) has benefited greatly from Linda's coordination support and overall knowledge of the aerospace industry. As a direct result of Linda's engagement, YXX now has a detailed written perspective of the industry complete with actionable plans for developing business in the aerospace sector.
- Jean-Paul Laube,
(Former) Business Development Manager, Abbotsford International Airport
The Abbotsford International Airport is Canada's seventeenth largest airport, and has a small but significant aerospace industry. The airport is home to the internationally-renowned Abbotsford International Air Show.
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Aerospace Industry Association of
Linda worked with the AIABC board during a period of renewal, building a comprehensive business plan for the organization. She was highly professional in executing the project, and was both responsive to the organization’s needs and creative in her approach.
- David C.Fox
Vice-Chair, AIABC
The Aerospace Industry Association of British Columbia represents companies involved in the manufacture and maintenance of commercial and military aircraft, as well as suppliers, distributors designers, training institutions and other ancillary businesses that contribute to the $1.25 billion annual sales revenues in this province.
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International Machine Transport Inc.
After taking the Proposal Seminar by Aerospace BizDev Inc., we now have the tools necessary to present a powerful and compelling proposal to prospective customers. Their method has given us a much clearer understanding on how to present our services that will place a stronger emphasis on bringing value to our customers.
- Mark Sorrey
President, International Machine Transport Inc.
Service providers to the Aerospace Industry.
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GasTOPS Ltd.
"Linda, I just wanted to follow up on your workshop 'Before the Proposal, Making the Customer Want Your Offering'. I found the workshop to be both very interesting and informative. We are a growing business and the workshop provided an insight into proposal preparation that will definitely help us in our efforts to acquire more business in defence and aerospace."
- Aiden J. Donahue, General Manager
GasTOPS Ltd.
GasTOPS is a leading supplier of advanced products and services for control and condition assessment of critical machinery in military applications.
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AwareBase CorporationLinda's process guidance was instrumental in formulation of our new company strategy. Our strategy was completed on time and on budget. The perspectives Linda brought forward were relevant, helpful, practical and addressed the real issues facing our company. We are delighted with the results and have received excellent value from engaging Linda on this project.
- Steven Gentles,
CEO and President, AwareBase Corporation
AwareBase is the leader in low cost web enabled document and project management centric software and a provider of complementary IT and Business Process consulting services. AwareBase products and services allow its global customers to organize, manage, distribute, search, securely access and control their data and information yielding significant productivity improvements and absolute corporate knowledge retention.