BOB'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - PRIORS

BOB'S PRIORS - Include - proudly being associated in cornerstone employment and in various direct ownership roles – Career Highlights

20 years Volunteer Services CESO
52 International Assignments. 

Recent (Mixed Focus) Projects: 
Africa, South America/Central America/Baltics/Grand Caucasus/Central Asia/South East Asia/Russia/Siberia/Middle East/Eastern Europe/North America

LOOKING INTO THE PAST

Western Canada Steel Limited/Cominco (Paymaster & Plant Security. 1,800 employees including Pacific Bolt and Vancouver Rolling Mills.

Hilton Hotels International (Management Training) Hotel Vancouver, Canada.

An “original member & incubator”
Delta Hotel’s (Corporate Internal Auditor {Head Office} and assisting Management - Openings of all new Hotels in British Columbia.) Part of the original team working directly with                       William (Bill) Pattison Founder and Chair and with Dick Farmer Company CFO.

Hotel Real Estate Development & Sales. (Abbot Realty) Harry Gofsky Hotel Sales Legend

“Original” #1-Sunflight/Suntour Holiday/Royal Bank liaison and travel marketing executive opening up Western Canada with Sid Young, Legendary Advertising Executive, and Dennis Gill celebrated CEO Suntours Canada.
Canada Manager-"Original" -Freddy Laker/Canada/British ABC Air Charters. Founder Freddy Laker, one of Europe's most notoriously innovative Air Carrier Cavalier's.

“Original”#1-All Fun Holidays/Silverwing Vegas/Reno Coach & Ward Air/PWA tours.
Marketing Director and Air Tour Development. First Canada Charters Las Vegas/Reno Nevada.

a)Originated first Canada air charters to Nevada. b)Largest land coach service weekly to Nevada. 

The “original” Western Airlines “Magic Weeks In Canada” Founder/Operator of 56 original FIT & Touring programs in Canada. Incentive, Adventure, Classic, Eco.“Original” Reel Fishing Adventures. First Canada-wide Sport Fishing catalogue and operation with 7 major airlines both domestic & international.

“Original” Travelvision/Mediavision – First Video Travel Brochures and development of
First fully integrated IBM Desk Top computer controlled Kiosk display and information systems (Highlighted) at
EXPO 86 – Developed content, video display and technology -*First World Display of multiple touch screen kiosk systems coupled with Slave Monitors portraying British Columbia Tourism. B.C. Pavilion. Government Project Director. Time forward to Internet. Unique proprietary technical projects morphed to Internet use.

Club Universe/Unitours Southern California’s most successful Tour Operator headed by shear genius Michael Alford (sold to Thompson Holidays) 5 years GSA and Canada Marketing Agent.

"Original" Incubator Member - Creation of the British Columbia Okanagan Wine Festival started in Kelowna BC with Bob Sheeley Tourism Okanagan and Brian Garden then Manager of the Pop Capozzi, Capri Hotel.

"Original"Global Travel Canada, Sunshine Travel, Agencies. Founding member/owner/operator.
Travelmaster Australia – High end Outback and Travel tours. Qantas/Continental Air.

"Original" MediaVision- Media-Videotex – Founding “pioneer’s of Touch Screen Kiosk’s” 1st. totally integrated, remote operated, independent managed screen node’s via one PC. - Forerunner to Internet development and deployment. (A PDA, Cell Phone, PC Screen is a "kiosk" in your hands.)Developed "Original" first Airline Kiosk Ticketing & Reservation Technology. First demonstrated as the feature technology EXPO 86 British Columbia Pavilion.

"Original" Imporex – Public Entity Interim CEO “Pioneer” Internet real time video streaming, Real time video distribution and quality high-speed peer point server network. SDSN - movies via Internet. CEO/Director.

"Original" GR - Technologies Co. Ltd. Korea - Alternative Energy Technology creating Heat & Power from agricultural & industrial waste plastics - North America - Director Development.

Urasenke Foundation – Official Tea Masters (Kyoto Japan) Hotel & Resort Development.
Managing Director - Canada

Managing Director Karate BC - 4,500 Member strong Provincial Organization, Internationally accredited.

Ravenhill Risk Control (High Level Security International)
International Operations Manager for an elite team of ex Canadian Military and ex RCMP working to train service personnel overseas and combat Oil & Gas Terrorism as well as Marine Services.

***BENTLEY PACIFIC INVESTMENTS INC. - operative contractor on all projects owned solely and operated consistently from 1978 until 2000. Retired Company.* Many other smaller projects are meshed throughout this period as well. ie: teaching Tourism - B.C.I.T.(British Columbia Institute Of Technology), lectures, Tourism course development, Marketing, etc. with senior secondary institutions and Universities over 13-year period.

Economic Development Seminars – Conducted Provincial Government Community Seminars in most all towns in British Columbia, helping pioneer Regional Tourism and Economic Strategies. Strategies included such areas as Tourism, Mining, Micro-Hydro and Solar energy solutions.

'First Nations Aboriginal Tourism' Tourism Projects - British Columbia, Canada. 'On Reserve' work in developing Business Fundamentals and Marketing Training related to Reserve economic focus.

AND many more…Luxe Saturno Italian Supper Club, Witchita North Night Club, Restaurants, Hotels, Resorts, Fast Food (Maza Bars -Mediterranean) franchises. American Diners. Medical Tourism & Spa Projects. 

Proven Performance -  “ The proof is in the proof."

Professional Associates World Wide. Want expertise, experience, learned advice? Call today. 

(PHOTO - Robert Tuss,  Winter in Satka Russia, Cliff Resort Rotonda, Southern Urals, Russia, Remote Philippines Island checking the sand bars) Cataratas Pulhapanzak Honduras. Chamber of Commerce Yantzaza Amazonia Ecuador.
San Pedro Sula Honduras Hotel Security Training and Policies. 

CREATIVE! EFFICIENT!

*CREATIVE * EFFICIENT * DYNAMIC

CRAFTING SUCCESS - Pivotal roles with notable young and name brand organizations. Personal Ownership, as well as numerous incubator, small, medium, large corporate and government assignments both domestic and internationally. Adviser and/or very hands on. Public Company know how? Absolutely!

PARTNERING NEW AND OLD ECONOMY

EXPERTISE – Marketing, both e-commerce and traditional. Strategies & Action Plans. Management. Communications. Liaison. Training. Coaching. - Private and Public Company’s. Government. Individuals. - Domestic and International expertise.
Short or long term projects. Day engagements are always welcome! Affordable too!

STARTUP * EXIT * EXPANSION * TURN-A-ROUND
Currently Activity in Small Business Development 2020

LIKE WHAT? – “TOURISM & HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT”

The convergence of economic, demographic and cultural trends will continue to revolutionize the tourism industry. It is expected the next two decades will see more lifestyle changes than in the entire past century. Three driving forces: baby boomers, the rise of the urban middle class in emerging, previously under-developed countries, and, the reality that travel aspirations are becoming almost a human covet. Accelerating the process is technology – both travel-specific technology, such as the introduction of newer and cheaper transportation modes, and numerous unrelated but important technologies. The convergence of Internet, telephone and television in a digital soup and the increasing capability of pending technology will continue to drive change in ways as yet unimaginable.Recently noted is the example quoted; “the velocity of information transfer, the ‘death of distance’ and the ability to reach out to consumers all over the globe – all consequences of digital convergence -- is empowering everyone in the travel industry”.Customers are today further driven with a plethora of choice and information. The consumer experience, the tourist experience, now begins long before they leave home.

Tourism - Business, Educational Institutes and Government Agencies ‘hands on’ operative. Creative development projects big and small, as both an owner, executive, and/or senior consultant. Hotels, Resorts, Restaurants, Nightclubs, Golf Club, Coach-lines, Cruise-ships, Airlines, Travel Agency’s, Tour Operations, Community’s, Municipal, Provincial/State, Senior Government Agency Tourism Development Worldwide. * Published Studies.

Instructor & Senior Advisor at post-secondary levels in Tourism, it’s component sectors, and related business action strategies. ‘British Columbia Institute of Technology’, ‘Simon Fraser University’ British Columbia, Canada, and most recently the “Foundation University”, Philippines. Architect of numerous Tourism white papers, instituted course development material, instructed, and participated at senior committee levels in integrating academic and practical venues into the curriculum leading to Professional degrees.

Major Services – Hotels & Resorts. Hospitality Services. Small Business and Public Company. Community & Government -Tourism Strategies - Marketing and Development.

Pioneering student courses in the study of Tourism Marketing & Development. Expertise was on loan (from private sector) to government, college, university and national strategy planners on post secondary implementation of Tourism into Urban Planning, Real Estate, Chartered Accountant, Law and Ecology born Degrees. Many of the original courses now embedded in degree programs, either in Tourism & Hospitality, or combined in traditional graduate studies were initially incubated by myself (primarily British Columbia), or, in standing committee (private industry, government & academic leaders) as Tourism & Hospitality clearly became a major consideration as a federal export in Canada's economy.

Helped craft the ‘original & still highly successful’ SUPER HOST, B.C. project (Service Culture Training) and researched/ wrote ASIA PACIFIC SUPER HOST for the Asia Pacific Foundation under - Mary Collins, Member Parliament, Canada

WIRED or NOT – ‘Internet Video Pioneer’. *Published Studies.
Advanced technologies, content development and e-business marketing consultation. eg: Project Leader & pioneer development of the first, World Exposition (EXPO 86), remote driven, interactive multi-node (8), full motion video, still photo, dynamic graphic overlay, telephony integrated, touch screen display systems, content development and installations coupled with data capture management, controlled with software on a single PC.

Department Store, Government, Travel Bureaus, Museum, Exposition, and similar Kiosk self-serve system firsts. The forerunner of‘ desk top’ ‘lap top’ kiosk (PC) or any external wireless access to web content-the (internet). Market driven solutions!

Pioneered in advanced wired/wireless public access systems, real time video delivery and content development. Multi-channel strategies pioneering in Rich Media, Real time video web casting channels -‘Convergence Studio’ Multimedia & digital distribution solutions. - Entertainment (movie) and Travel/Tourism applications. Website video production and marketing. Business Development for Pelicula Films, International Film Maker Oz Yilmaz.