
Colin Thomson
Accomplished strategic professional with proficiency in facilitating businesses and volunteer organizations to balance risk and reward. Diverse experience across utility, automotive, military, recreational, insurance, and financial sectors. Create business value and deliver solutions for aerial and underwater inspections, engineering inspections and information technology (IT) services. Leverage entrepreneurial mind set to proficiently manage portfolio of local and outsourced cross-functional resources, direct development of innovation, reorient company culture, support closing of sales, and meet annual targets.
Known for improving customer journey in fast-paced environments, adapting quickly to changes while generating efficient decisions based on data and metrics. Approachable leader who develops rapport with clients. Cultivate and mobilize strong teams through exceptional relationship building, mentoring, coaching, and leading by example. With focus on safety, teamwork, and professionalism, deliver classroom and on-water practical training for marine search and rescue (SAR) volunteers.
Open to contract and fulltime opportunities both in Canada and internationally. Ideally any position will harmonize my interests in location and imaging technology with my military, alliance management & enterprise risk management experiences to support the software development, IT Services, marine and utility industries
Leadership: Facilitative People Leader | C-Suite & Board Communications | Business Strategy & Planning
Business Growth: Account Management | Sales Support | Partner & Alliances | Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Oversight: Customer Service | Team Building | Intelligence & Data Management Solutions | Instructor