After completing his BComm from Ryerson, Rhys began his career as a management trainee for the Hudson’s Bay Company in Toronto. He quickly realized that Sales was his true calling and joined one of the largest and most successful event management organizations in the world. Rhys worked his way up from an entry level sales representative to a top performing senior sales manager and eventually became the Director of Recruitment for North America prior to joining IQ PARTNERS.

Rhys is a tenacious, top performing senior sales and recruitment professional with 7+ years of experience that spans a variety of industry verticals including Sales/Marketing, Finance, Healthcare, Legal, Retail, Manufacturing and IT. His successful track record consists of prospecting new business relationships, client retention/renewals and building top performing sales and recruitment teams even in the most challenging environments.

Specialties:

New business development, lead generation & prospecting, client relations & renewals, negotiating/closing, full recruitment life cycle, onboarding and retention techniques, training and development, coaching and mentoring.

Strengths:

EXPERT in recruiting quota smashing, Sales and Business Deveolpment professionals. Mental toughness/discipline. Trusted senior management collaborator.

Weaknesses:

Coffee and hot sauce (but never together!)

Weekends:

Spending quality time with his wife and son, BBQing on a hot summer day, tropical vacations and cottaging…any cottage, anytime, anywhere!