Consultant takes business plan back home to the North.Fighting weekend traffic on Highway 11 up to North Bay just isn't going to cut it anymore for Jim Greig. The 34-year-old mining development consultant has decided to make the break from Toronto and return to his North Bay roots. "I spent every weekend in North Bay this past summer," sitting at least four to six hours behind the wheel, "and I thought, 'Why am I doing this when I could live in North Bay and start my own company?'" says Greig. By early November, he will be doing just that, with Northern Management Consultants, an Algonquin Avenue firm designed to serve the needs of small- to medium-sized startup businesses and companies looking to expand. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joining him in this venture are some friends and business colleagues: B.C. native Toby Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
He serves at Sun Hill for nine years and leaves Sun Hill rather than face the humiliation of being demoted back (human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. ). Greig first began working in the West Coast mining sector on the geological and technical side for several junior exploration companies searching for base and precious metals Precious Metals Valuable metals such as gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, and silver. Notes: Investing in precious metals can be done either by purchasing the physical asset, or by purchasing futures contracts for the particular metal. in Canada and Mexico. He later turned to the business end of the industry, completing an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the University of Calgary, before heading for Toronto, where he did consulting work for two juniors, Lateegra Resources and Breakwater breakwater, offshore structure to protect a harbor from wave energy or deflect currents. When it also serves as a pier, it is called a quay; when covered by a roadway it is called a mole. Resources Ltd. But the North began calling him home. "I spent quite a few years in bigger cities and now appreciate the advantages of being in Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it ," says Greig. It is not just in terms of being closer to family and friends, he says, but enjoying a more laid-back and affordable lifestyle. "Being in Vancouver and Toronto, you tend to put in longer hours of work and don't appreciate the better side of life, which is everything outside of work. And it's harder to enjoy that in a bigger city." Initially, he plans to assist startup companies The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. in their marketing and business planning and building up partnerships and his client-base across Northern Ontario. In the long term, he sees his company concentrating on his past strengths in project management, strategizing and financing in resource-based industries. As a repatriated northerner of sorts, he understands the region's economic swings, as well as the logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation , geographical and operational complexities of running a business here. But he also sees the area's great pool of skilled talent. "There's huge potential with some great businesses in the North with intelligent and qualified people. Sometimes, those businesses just need a third eye or another perspective to expand their business." www.northernmc.com NORTH BAY TOP PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS RANKED BY # OF EMPLOYEES Name Sector # of Employees Telespectrum Inc. Service 663 TeleTech Canada (North Bay) Service 569 Fabrene Inc. Manufacturing/service 321 ProNorth Transportation Transportation 280 Wal-Mart Canada Retail 234 Donald F. Miller Food Retail 200 Services A & P Food Stores Ltd. North Retail 197 Bay Sears (Northgate Square) Retail 187 Trans Canada Pipeline Resource 185 Para-Med Home Health Care Health/service 169 Dollar's Your Independent Retail 160 Grocer RaiLink Ottawa Valley 160 Canadian Tire Retail 159 Leisureworld Caregiving Service 140 Centre Sobeys Retail 137 Zellers (Algonquin Avenue) Retail 134 Boart Longyear Inc. Service 134 ETI Explosives Technologies Manufacturing/service 132 International Clarion Resort Pinewood Park Service 112 Palangio Enterprises (1982) Service 110 Ltd. By IAN ROSS Ian Ross is the name of:
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