Areas Ruth van Vierzen is Knowledgeable in:
Business development and writing; bid proposals; communications
Techniques Ruth van Vierzen Uses:
- Effective and consistent communication; emphasis on mutual respect and recognition; presenting opportunities to bring out and maximize people's talents; attention to detail; big-picture thinking; minimize ego's to keep larger shared goal in mind. Knowing when micro-management is appropriate and when it's not.
Ruth van Vierzen's Problem Solving Skills:
- Business start-ups and development - consultant for business start-ups
- Sales experience - direct, B2B & retail
- Internet marketing
- Confident and competent trained public speaker
- Diplomacy skills - have chaired committees and facilitated workshops
- Advanced business writing skills
- Advanced Bid Skills for RFP's (tendering)
- Research
- Astute political analysis skills - degree in Political Science & government experience
- Strong oral and written skills
- Creating business plans
- Certified hypnotherapist specializing in stress management & anxiety
Ruth van Vierzen's Problem Solving Experience:
- - Chaired marketing committee that implemented tendering process for development of new branding and website for non-profit organization
- - Successfully completed a contract under tight deadline writing technical synopses of engineering firms and their specialties for a new marketing initiative for the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
- - Coordinated and developed proposal for federal government bid that involved multiple departments that were proposing a new operational methodology
- - Successfully established a new sales division in Toronto for a business client that resulted in doubling of company revenue for my client in less than 2 years
- - I acted as liaison between internal IT department and outsourced private company to mediate technical and relationship difficulties in bringing new technology into government organization
- - Established internal departments to support start-up land development company and ensure it completed its builds on schedule and budget. Departments established included IT, human resources, office adminstration and marketing.