Bruce Patterson

Self-motivated professional successful in seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation in business. Background in increasing profits, reducing costs and transforming customer service standards. Experienced in leading and supervising operational and sales teams. Talented Owner with excellent marketing, customer service and facility oversight skills and more than 16 years of experience running a business financially and operationally. Highly effective and comfortable working with people at all levels in organization. Encouraging manager and analytical problem-solver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills. Proficient in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance.

I am a seasoned business owner who has hired and managed hundreds of employees during my time as publisher and owner of our media company. Our creative agency has built a luxury wedding brand called WedLuxe which is a print publication across Canada and the United States and a large social media and online presence with @wedluxe. Under my leadership the brand has grown from a small office in Vancouver, Canada to staff in Toronto and in the US and brand recognition that has our main social media channel @wedluxe at 346,000 followers. The impressions on our published images have been viewed over 1/2 a Billion times over the past year. I am skilled at operations, financial and business management including researching and managing new revenue paths while also mitigating and minimizing expense in order to ensure maximum company efficiency. Lifetime sales under my leadership for the magazine and media side have exceeded $16 million.

Creatively I was sponsored by Canon Canada as one of only 2 filmmakers in their "Explorers of Light" program.

I was a 1st Grade teacher for 4 years.

I am stepping away from the operations of the business to explore new opportunities where I can apply my vast business experience in leadership and operations.