Gerry Spitzner
Principal & Business Analyst @Pharmacysos.Ca
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WORK HISTORY
Principal & Business Analyst @Pharmacysos.Ca
CA
Business management consultancy focused on training and development of operations & marketing for Pharmacists and health care practitioners; helping them to develop business operations, marketing and customer/patient experience for their practice so they can focus on patient-centred care.* Instructor/lecturer/mentor UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmacy Business Management courses for entry to practice students.* Blogger, writer and columnist CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca, Pharmacy Practice+Business, PharmacyU.ca, CPhA and the Ontario Pharmacists Assoc.* Authored and delivered online business management education courses for the Canadian Pharmacists Assoc, OPA and CFP* Co-founder of Pharmacy Leaders of Tomorrow (PLoT); professional education and networking group* Reviewer for Pharmacy Management in Canada; a business management textbook for Pharmacy universities and practicing Pharmacists* Co-Preceptor, Undergrad Directed Studies Program, UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences* Developed original content and delivered teaching presentations for students to create a business plan and pitch presentation of their year end project for a sustainable patient service* Member of UBC PharmSci business competition judging panel for student presentations of patient services and business plan projects* Structured and conceived multiple Operations, Marketing and Financial business and financial plans for Pharmacy owners creating strategic goals to build patient/customer loyalty through operational execution and customer experience* Researched, developed and implemented business models with operations and marketing strategies for multiple existing independent retail Pharmacies. New store consulting before and after opening* Created and led a team to design and deliver a branding marketing strategy including a website for a Medical Clinic integrated with a Pharmacy and for a 3 store banner group of Pharmacies. Developed and wrote all content for websites and marketing materials
EDUCATION
RRC Polytech
Diploma, Business Administration, Management and Operations
Capilano University
Certificate Program, Entrepreneurship
Schulich School of Business - York University
Certificate Program, Division of Executive Development
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Diploma, Business Administration, Management and Operations
SKILLS
ABOUT GERRY SPITZNER
After a fifty-year career in the retail Pharmacy industry, I’ve worked in executive retail operations business development roles with Shoppers Drug Mart and the Pharmacy wholesaler Kohl & Frisch. I helped companies and individuals develop marketplace strategies to create, engage, and keep customers for life. I believe in helping people achieve leadership, professional, and business success using my skills as a business/analyst and teacher of business fundamentals.Strategic goal-setting is the compass that guides successful projects and business endeavours. I\'ve been a regular lecturer at UBC Pharmacy, a workshop/seminar leader at Small Business BC, Access and SUCCESS Immigration services; and as a business columnist/blogger for several national publications. My volunteer activities have included mentoring pharmacy students, medical students, and women entrepreneurs at The Forum.Staying curious and learning new things are important to me. I’ve always enjoyed doing DIY projects and woodworking, so I learned wood turning on a lathe. Over the past few years, it\'s become an absolute passion.Originally from Winnipeg, my wife and I were long-time residents of the North Shore. We have two married adult daughters who have gone through university and are now building careers and lives of their own. We are now living in White Rock: in my spare time I enjoy growing roses; we like the arts, live music and theatre, all sports, growing vegetables, and healthy cooking.I come from immigrant parents who worked hard to make a life here. They passed on to me the value of working hard and smart. How treating people with respect and being truthful is important.A fun fact about me is that I always had a secret idea that I’d like to be a sound engineer working the mixing board for a rock band.
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