Ron Johnson

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ABOUT RON JOHNSON

Ron Johnson is an educator at heart, connector in spirit and a problem-solver by passion. He is an international best-selling author, entrepreneur, podcast host and consultant for professional career development. Ron loves to promote the power of community, conversation and collaboration through his work. Highlights of his career: Launched his career in a Startup, scaling the firm by hiring 125 new employees every month, later moving to middle - senior level recruitment. He was then hand-picked to scale the Morgan Stanley team from 15 to 75 members in 6 months as an operations manager, bidding for a new contract from the London office, while maintaining the KPIs of a 24/7/365 operation. When he left the startup to move to Canada, it had over employees, 10 global locations and was sold for $250 million to R R Donnelley, Fortune 500 company. Founding member of the Bank of Montreal branch in the same building Madonna launched her first North American gym in Toronto. Personally booked over $25 million of business for the branch and scaled customer acquisition from 0 to revenue generating clients. The bank booked over a $100 million in business. Worked on Bay Street (Canadian Wall Street), and was promoted to lead one of the largest branches of the bank with a lending book of over $1 Billion and an investment portfolio of $500 million. As an entrepreneur, he is currently building a safe and supportive startup ecosystem for professionals and students entering Canada through the Wisen Up! Podcast and platform. Ron leverages his recruitment and management experience to teach students and professionals various strategies of hiring, job placement, networking, recruiter engagement and career advancement. Ron believes in order to change the world we have to change ourselves, focusing on the importance of integrated mind, body and spiritual wellness in alignment with our personal and professional goals. He is trained in Taekwondo and won two provincial gold medals. His Yoga Teacher\'s Training Certification enables him to magnify focus through breathwork and a range of meditation and therapeutic wellness techniques- WisenUp! Canada Podcast is ranked globally in the Top 10% with a presence in 115+ countries. Available on Spotify, Apple, Google and over 10 other platforms WisenUp! Canada Podcast,#1 on Google Search