| Mr. Kerr is a seasoned executive and the product of a College Business Administration (marketing/finance), and Conservatory of Music - University of Toronto educations with 20+ years of progressive operational, supervisory, management, general management and executive level responsibilities. With well formed Senior Management level planning, leadership, communication and financial abilities, fine tuned through a number of increasingly responsible positions and board appointments, Mr. Kerr has gained a wealth of executive experiences creating an overall versatility that can be brought to any and all undertakings.
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
Led/directed/motivated team through re-opening of multi-million dollar facility by identifying requirements and creating a blueprint for implementation resulting in a re-opened facility on time, under budget.
Redesigned operational processes and repositioned high-end multi-disciplined operation along with a change of delivery method of product/services resulting in a successful company-wide implementation with a local 50% sales increase and quantitative service level jump from 80% to 98.5%.
Maintained direction/vision of multi/departmental operation while organizing/directing organization’s resurgence by identifying and creating milestone/long term goals and focusing personnel on short term successes resulting in a team that completed all required initial projects and quickly moved into second and subsequent phases of overall objective.
Facilitated single-handed shutdown of regional operation, and subsequent facility sale by expediting Head Office directed local concerns, maintained financial controls and expedited Head Office media/PR issues ending with a successfully completed low cost shutdown.
Directed theatre construction completion and non-profit re-alignment for arts organization by bringing a new level of credibility to Board of Directors, taking overall lead in construction needs, setting up initial policies and procedures all of which culminated in completion and opening of theatre on time/on budget, a new and stronger Board of Directors, strong volunteer participation, revenue producing programming in place, local City involvement of $1 million in addition to a number of operationally sustainable fundraising initiatives.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
The Osborne Group – Western Region – Principal
West Vancouver Arts Centre Trust – Executive Director
The Centre in Vancouver – Executive Director
Livent Inc., B.C. / North York – General Manager
Live Entertainment Corporation of Canada – General Manager
Pantages Theatre – General Manager
QUALIFICATIONS
Seneca College – Business Administration (marketing/finance)
Royal Conservatory of Music – Performance/musical direction
NLP Institute Vancouver/Denver – Practitioner/Master Practitioner
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