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JOHN BALL

JOHN BALL

Summary

John is a high-achieving and award winning leader bringing expertise in sales leadership, marketing strategy, business planning, strategic outsourcing and key partnership development. John is a high-achieving and award winning leader bringing expertise in sales leadership, marketing strategy, business planning, strategic outsourcing and key partnership development. John led his company to make #16 on Profit Magazines 100 fastest growing companies with a 5000 % increase in sales over 4 years.
John offers more than 25 years of leadership in the Manufacturing and Print industry as well as the Music, Software and Entertainment sectors.
John has also built and successfully ran a print and finishing business,and is armed with a hands on experience and perspective that proves to be invaluable.
John has extensive experience in Media, and Digital Media Communications.
John has a natural entrepreneurial mindset and has been referred to as an innovator and a forward thinking leader. One with a wildly demonstrated track record of accomplishments. There is an experience level here, not many have.
John has a proud history of being mentored by industry leaders and holds an Irish-Canadian dual citizenship that allows one the freedom to work, live and travel freely through all EU countries as well as the UK.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

President

BALL MEDIA GROUP
TORONTO, ONTARIO
1998.10 - Current
  • Founded Ball Media Corporation in 1998 and led the company to #16 on Profit Magazines 100 fastest growing companies.
  • Effectively managed teams of between 20 -40 employees in 3 different locations in Canada and US.
  • Manufactured millions of CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray, Audio and Video cassettes as well as Vinyl and even 3.5 and 5 1/4 floppy disks and diskettes for clients globally.
  • Produced and shipped over 3.7 Million CDs for J.C Penney and distributed to over 4 distribution centres.
  • Developed and set up an SR&ED program that was a standard for how local technical auditors measured a submission.
  • Conducted regular meetings with sales team and managers to audit activity and increase revenues and productivity.
  • Built an end to end and state of the art, Book print and Bindery plant as well as a General and large format print facility manufacturing plant, servicing publishers and customers in North America.
  • Bell Technology award recipient and responsible for unparalleled growth using technology in business revenue.
  • I have been featured in the Globe and Mail in “Tips from the top” and many magazines and articles globally.
  • I provided internet sign up software for the country of Puerto Rico.
  • Printed phone book's for the country of Iceland 4 years in a row.
  • Led full Marketing initiatives for many Fortune 500 companies.
  • Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
  • Created a custom PHP asset and graphic management database for a large food store chain. Allowing them to drastically reduce mistakes and wastage. Ordering signage for over 350 stores seasonally almost error free. Developed , Created and worked with a custom proprietary Warehouse and inventory management software.
  • Created and managed web based and proprietary software for endless clients across a broad field.
  • Manufactured FBI fingerprint software.
  • Internet sign up software for millions of users worldwide.
  • Provided End user license and safety manuals for mobile phone providers in North America.
  • Secured a contract for producing and managing the RIM/Blackberry software and documentation kits for North America for 4 years. At the time a very detailed audit, both financial and manufacturing process was done by the QC department at RIM/BLACKBERRY so my knowledge and usage of preventative and corrective actions is extensive.
  • Managed the procurement of Document kits in Texas, Markham and Mexico.
  • Kept the company alive yet dormant sincee pandemic

Public Speaker / Author

Jballpro.com
11.2022 - Current
  • Public Speaker/ Author
  • John offers two unique presentations "Just Look" and "The Intruder". With each presentation, there is also a companion book to be used as a guide. Just Look is designed to save businesses from falling victim to employee based fraud. John has presented to groups from 10 to 300 people
  • The Intruder is based on a journey to eliminate negative mind chatter or talk.
  • John also offers implementation as well as consulting to businesses and scalable audits to ensure safeguards are in place.

Sales and Marketing Manager

Benjamin Moore Retailer (Family Business)
02.2019 - 10.2022
  • Worked for a large scale, Family owned and operated Paint, coatings and sundry supplier.
  • Servicing both Retail and Commercial customers.
  • Advised and worked on key customer applications (epoxy, urethanes and specialty paints and coatings).
  • Installed a full inventory and EDI system.
  • Instructed sales staff on cross-selling and up-selling techniques resulting in increased net sales revenue by 20% in sales.
  • Designed fully operational online ordering system that included a custom proprietary colour choice engine for online orders.
  • End to end system with ecommerce option.
  • Managed sales promotions and marketing strategies on major social media sites.
  • Produced strong revenue numbers and continued promotional success with continued coaching of sales and marketing teams.

Senior Software Consultant

Order Control Systems (OCS)- Div Of BMC
  • Worked on this as a separate entity, concurrently while at Ball Media.
  • Software as a Service (SAAS).
  • Led the development team, both in house and sub contracted to Create a custom software program called Order control Systems. Staff designed GUI and mock-ups, wrote code and tested programs for optimal performance and accuracy.
  • Monitored industry trends to keep creative materials fresh and engaging.
  • Developed strategic communication and marketing plans.
  • Evaluated and contributed to creative team ideas and translated into actionable project plans and marketing ROI.
  • Worked closely with clients to establish specifications and system designs.
  • Directed software design and development to meet client needs for functionality and performance.
  • Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.
  • Developed tender, bid and proposal software for large scale commercial builder.
  • Developed Software for "Asset Manager" for a large scale Frozen food chain retailer. Managing the graphic and marketing assets for 350 stores.
  • Managed all signage , frames and outside marketing materials in two languages.
  • Developed software for retail shelving company. Allowing user to build the design to fit the needs and quantities needed to be on shelves.
  • Designed intuitive graphical user interfaces to improve user experience.

Education

Music - Jazz Harmony And Music

Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Hamilton, ON

High School -

St. Johns
Toronto, ON
09.1998

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Purchasing
  • Project Management
  • Business Strategy and

Adaptability

  • Risk Management Analysis
  • Practical application and planning of accounting
  • Effective Communication
  • Key Partnership Development
  • Critical Thinking
  • Business Operation
  • Strategic Direction
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Customer Acquisition

Accomplishments

  • John has written two books.
  • JUST LOOK!! is based on Johns first hand experience relating to employee based fraud
  • His company fell victim to a large scale, employee based fraud
  • In and out of court rooms, Crown, attorneys and Civil lawyers offices alike
  • Being involved in a case like this specifically gave him insight into the system and changes that need to happen to the system
  • His goal is to help someone out there someone who doesn’t know it’s happened to them yet or someone who is just about to find out
  • To help business owners understand where the early detection signs and red flags are.
  • We have an extensive checklist of procedures and actions anyone can put in place to mitigate and even eliminate fraud in their workplace


  • THE INTRUDER was created while John was searching for unrelated files at the end of writing his first book
  • He stumbled upon notes and research that was done years before on something that had been haunting him for some time
  • Negative mind talk or Mindchatter some call it
  • These notes turned into a presentation and similar companion book now called the INTRUDER
  • His journey into the battle against Negative self talk
  • How he thought something that had been said to him could effect his ability to lead, to run the company and even to sell
  • In the book, he goes down self admitted rabbit holes looking for answers to how negative mind talk begins
  • What is commonly done to treat it
  • Where does it come from?He even looks at old world and even ancient procedures
  • He looks at meditation, psychotherapy, pharmacological interventions, Buddhism and stress
  • He tries to bring forward anything that helps and leave behind anything else
  • In the end, he will showcase what could be a groundbreaking response to negative self talk
  • The Humanization of Negative Self Talk and Interruptive sequencing
  • A new book entitled “When ceilings become Floors” is coming soon.

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Public Speaker / Author

Jballpro.com
11.2022 - Current

Sales and Marketing Manager

Benjamin Moore Retailer (Family Business)
02.2019 - 10.2022

President

BALL MEDIA GROUP
1998.10 - Current

Music - Jazz Harmony And Music

Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology

High School -

St. Johns

Senior Software Consultant

Order Control Systems (OCS)- Div Of BMC

Hobbies

Writing Books / Public Speaking , Music, Irish Language and Fitness.

References available on request

JOHN BALL