ABOUT SUSAN READ

Susan is a veteran HR professional and recruiter with strong business acumen.

SUMMARY of RESULTS and EXPERIENCE

  • Recruiting of 50 + Executives including: Presidents, VP's of Product Development (R&D), Sales, Marketing & CFO's as well as 100's of Director and individual contributor level candidates in: Sales, Product Management, Marcom, Finance, Software Development, Hardware Development, System Engineering, Bid Management, Professional Services...
  • Advising and coaching executive teams on VP, "C" level and Presidential profiles and requirements, compensation plans, stock option and stock ownership plans and employment contracts.
  • Start-up Board Member with experience in the full business cycle - multi-million dollar financings, periods of growth and periods of retraction, acquisitions and company closures.
  • Culture troubleshooting and improvement to ensure high productivity and low turnover. Previously established a technology culture as Director HR that kept turnover for technology professionals to an unusually low 1%.
  • Acquisition due diligence team member: evaluation of overall company value to acquirer, with special focus on the management and technology teams.
  • Evaluation of potential company viability: review of 100's of business plans and 100+ meetings with entrepreneurs / founders with focus on: financial viability and requirements, market positioning, business model potential for revenue generation, technological competitive advantage and barrier to entry, share capitalization, team expertise and team completeness.
  • Seamless and results oriented performance management system tailoring and implementation.
  • Initiating and overseeing Product Development process audits.
  • Leadership and Trainer Training given to over 3000 Managers and Trainers.

CAREER HISTORY

2005 - PresentSusan Read Talent
President
1998 - 2005Gestion TechnoCap - Venture Capital Investment
Vice-President
1992 - 1998Positron
Director, Human Resources
1984 - 1992Readplan Services
President - Human Resources Consultant
1982 - 1984Four Seasons Consulting
Human Resources Consultant

EDUCATION

1994M. Ed. Andragogy (Adult Training), Université de Montréal
1981B.A. Industrial Relations and Economics, McGill University
1978French Immersion course, advanced level, Université de Dijon, France