Bruce Gregory Associate Specialist in Individual Career Transition Services
WHAT DO WE DO
Our specialty is knowing how to get to your career objective quicker than doing it yourself.
- One on one outplacement for managers, executives and professionals.
- Experienced Professionals & Executives needing to make a move
- Aspirational individuals wanting to move forward
- Mothers back into the work force
- Expats wanting to return
- Candidates wanting to move overseas
- Migrants & Professionals relocating to Australia
- Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners
Our Career Mentors, Executives Coaches and Transition specialists: Brian Kelly- VIC/TAS, SA WA Europe Senior Executive / C Level & Director Mentor & Executive Coach & Job Search Specialist, Victor Quiroz – NSW/ACT/ Americas Sales, IT, Financial Services and Business Development for IT, Telco and Financial Industries specialist. Carlo Stupar – NSW Sydney Newcastle Hunter & North Coast specialist in mobile phones, mobile devices, home phones and broadband internet, previously executive in Sport, Physical Education and Leisure. Sam Ponder- QLD NT APAC - SME, Business Start-Ups, Water, Organic Agriculture and Agri Specialist, Allan Gatenby CMF, JP MEd, Grad Dip Leadership, BA, Dip Teach, Cert IV TAE, Allan, is an internationally accredited Career Management Fellow. He holds a Masters in Education (Leadership and Management), specializing in leadership and change and change management. He also has qualifications in Investigation and Conciliation, OHS, Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and Lead Management. He has trained as a facilitator with Franklin Covey Foundation and the Glasser Institute. Combined they have 155 years of assisting achieving & aspirational job hunters get great results. The Bruce Gregory Associates email is info@cfscm.com
Our Associates have been achieving results with our clients for over 24 Years. A recent email from a client says “Working with Bruce Gregory Associates gave me the support and mentoring I required until the result was achieved”.
WHO ARE WE
Bruce Gregory - Chairman Emeritus and Founder,
Bruce retired in 2016 after 22 years. Since then Brian Kelly, Victor Quiroz, Sam Ponder, Carlo Stupar, and Allan Gatenby "the team" are the experts available to assist our clients achieve outstanding results in their careers, including moving upward, sideways, out or starting their own business.
Brian Kelly - VIC TAS SA WA Europe - Senior Executive / C Level & Directorship Mentor & Executive Coach & Job Search Specialist
Brian has an impressive senior executive career spanning the past twenty five years. He has worked at Chief Executive and General Management level with key roles in Business Operations, Customer Service and Sales and Marketing. A successful entrepreneur, Brian is currently Managing Director of Business Management Advisory. He possesses a strong background in retail and business operations enabling him to work with independently owned businesses and individuals, providing a full range of performance improvement services. Prior to this, Brian was Chief Executive Officer of Retravision Southern, a $500M retail business, which manages 150 independently-owned consumer electronics and durables stores in Australia. In this period he also occupied a position with the Executive Board of Retravision Australia.
Brian has also held senior management positions with significant local and international companies, including Schindler, Pioneer Electronics, Cadbury Schweppes and Myer. Throughout his career, Brian has demonstrated his skills as an effective leader and communicator at all levels. He brings an accomplished track record in business planning, HR management, budget management and change management to C-F-S Career Management. His portfolio of success includes mentoring individuals to increase revenue and profitability, reduce costs and exceed objectives.
Brian has worked with a number of private company boards, industry councils as well as public unlisted company boards as part of his corporate leadership role with Retravision. Having served on Board Committees covering areas of Finance and Audit, Remuneration and Nomination, Brian therefore brings with him senior experience in governance, guidance and advocacy as both a Board Member and as a senior executive working across a number of industries. Brian is an Accredited Associate of the Institute of Independent Business, an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, and is a member of The CEO Institute, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Centre for Retail Studies, Australian Marketing Institute and the International Institute of Directors and Managers.
Victor Quiroz - NSW ACT Americas Business and Operations Manager with 11 years’ diverse projects including an exceptional career in Sales - IT, Financial Services and Business Development for IT, Telco and Financial Industries. Through this time, Victor has also provided strong insights of financial and operational risk as well as planning and implementation of projects that reflect return of investment for stakeholders. His background is led by a major in Telecommunication Engineer with an MBA (IT and Telecommunication Management), his style as a leader, proactive, agile under pressure and managing multiple projects are pillars of his great value as mentor and advisor in day-to-day corporate and business culture. He is Member of Engineers Australia and recently joined to Australia Institute of Company Directors.
Currently, Victor combines his coaching career by working for a Fortune 500 company and Bruce Gregory Associates Career Foundation. His two roles provide his clients with extensive experience. His business activities include development and transformation of the Australian and APAC operation combining ITC and business processes in a complex multi-faceted environment and working with Australia and APAC teams to expand quickly and steadily throughout the regions with a free of risk philosophy merged with compliance and customer service..
Victor is well placed to provide mentoring, executive coaching and transition support to those wishing to enhance their career prospects in Australia. His role prior to immigrating to Australia was with Nokia Mexico, as a Services Solution Manager and other relevant experiences that were transferred easily to the Australian corporate and entrepreneur culture.
Sam Ponder - QLD NT APAC - SME, Business Start-Ups Water, Organic Agriculture and Agri Specialist
Sam is an experienced executive coach and career manager. A former Managing Director of an international accreditation organisation based in Germany and CEO of Australia's Agriculture Chemical industry accreditation service. He has over 20 years’ in senior management roles in corporate, non government and the not-for-profit sectors. He has consulted at senior level Internationally with governments and NGO's alike, Federal, Sate and Local governments within Australia and has directed a broad range of governance and strategic activities including financial, Board and Director management, marketing, operations, IT and cloud Systems development, quality assurance and HR functions within organisations.
His former roles include Managing Director of Accreditation Services International GmbH based in Germany, General Manager of the National Association of Sustainable Agriculture Australia, a founding Director of the Water Stewardship Initiative and General Manager of Agsafe Limited. Through his previous roles he is well versed in mentoring and providing career counselling to colleagues and employees. His commercial experience spans the agribusiness, regional development, financial, light manufacturing, property management and international accreditation and certification within the socio/environmental and natural resource sector. Currently Sam is working on a number of projects as founder and Managing Director of a consulting business offering bespoke integrity systems and a range of custodial services to internationally based businesses from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Sam has an MBA in Agribusiness from the University of New England, Armidale.
Carlo Stupar NSW Sydney Central Coast & Hunter Region - mobile phones, mobile devices, home phones and broadband internet specialist- previously executive in Sporting Clubs, Physical Education and Leisure.
Carlo has a Bachelor of Education (Major Physical Education), 17 years’ experience in Telco and 12 years in hospitality management and is a Track & Field Coach – Level 2. Carlo is a professional with a passion for delivering quality results and 20 years of experience in club management and Telstra. He has been congratulated by various of his senior managers for being innovative in the conduct of business when faced with challenges and ability to consult with relevant and necessary stakeholders as required to ensure a quality outcome. Carlo is focused on helping his clients to achieve their aspirations by using his vast experience and business expertise.
Carlo spent 17 years in Telstra rising to National Business Operations Specialist Telstra- National Broadband Network responsible for Customer Service in the complex NBN project of drawing together wired communication: copper, optical and hybrid fibre-coaxial; and radio communication: satellite and fixed wireless networks at 121 Points of Interconnect (POI) typically located in Telstra owned telephone exchanges throughout Australia.
Australian Corporate Supplies Group as Sales and Marketing Manager Central Coast NSW promoting office requirements (stationery, printers, copiers, toners, document supply, IT software and IT training solutions). ACS Group designs and delivers complete supply solutions for clients large and small including Australia’s biggest and brightest. Key responsibilities involved managing all the sales and marketing promotions. Successfully achieving outstanding sales growth over previous years by gaining the contract for Westfield Tuggerah
Carlo spent 12 years as Manager Mingara Sports and Recreation Club where he successfully created a very successful family based sporting & recreation facility for the residents of the entire Central Coast Region.
Allan Gatenby CMF, JP MEd, Grad Dip Leadership, BA, Dip Teach, Cert IV TAE,
Allan, a BGA adviser, is an internationally accredited Career Management Fellow. He holds a Masters in Education (Leadership and Management), specializing in leadership and change and change management. He also has qualifications in Investigation and Conciliation, OHS, Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and Lead Management. He has trained as a facilitator with Franklin Covey Foundation and the Glasser Institute.
Allan is seen as a leader among leaders. He is currently holds Directorships with ACPi Training, ICCI, Well-being Australia; Past President,Association of Career Professionals International (Australian Chapter), Past President of the NSW Division of the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA).He is currently a member of the Governance Committee of CDAA.
He is an international presenter and trainer. He has presented at conferences in India, Canada, UAE; invited by the University of Putra and the Malaysian government to present 3 papers at the International C.A.R.E. Conference in 2006. This was as a result of the paper he gave at the International Education Community Conference in Beijing 2 years earlier. He was asked to speak on behalf of all Australian presenters at the concluding session of this conference.
He was nominated for award offered by the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership in 2005. He recently chaired the 2nd Annual Conference on Performance Management and recently honored by being recognized by the Stanford Who’s Who for his contribution to training and development in change management.
Recently he co-wrote an article titled “Coaching Tips for Leaders” published the Leadership Review.
Specialties: Leadership, Change Management, Practice development, Mentoring. Education, Training