CONSULTANTS
John Hierlihy
Founder & President
jhierlihy@athleteventures.com
John's long-time vision of developing and providing tailored career transition services to professional athletes is now a reality in the form of Athlete Ventures. With over 10 years experience in Career Management and Executive Search along with five years in Marketing, he has become an expert in personal branding, assisting individuals in identifying and marketing their unique assets to obtain career and business opportunities.
In addition to leading the team at Athlete Ventures, John closely monitors the job market through his work at Feldman Daxon Partners Inc., one of Canada's leading Career Management and Executive Search firms.
Terran Sandwith
Associate, Western Canada
tsandwith@gsholdings.ca
Terran was a second round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers in 1990 and went on to enjoy a 10-year career in professional hockey in the AHL, IHL, Europe, the Canadian Olympic Team and 8 games with the NHL's Edmonton Oilers. After successfully completing his Business Administration degree at York University in Toronto, Ontario in 2003, Terran is now the Managing Director at GS Holdings, a contracting company based in Edmonton, Alberta.
A participant and leading proponent of the Career Enhancement Program at the Professional Hockey Players Association (PHPA), he is a role model for athletes making the transition from the playing surface to the boardroom.
Katherine Vanderberg
Associate, Psychological Assessments
kvanderberg@feldmandaxon.com
Katherine has over 15 years experience in Career Consulting. She has her Masters in Counseling Psychology, and will oversee Career Assessments for Athlete Ventures. Passionate about her work, Katherine believes self-knowledge is fundamental to finding meaningful career and business opportunities.
In addtion to her role at Athlete Ventures, Katherine is currently the Director of Program Development for Feldman Daxon Partners Inc., one of Canada 's leading Career Management and Executive Search firms.
ADVISORS
Sasha Cucuz
Partner, Greybrook Partners Corp.
Sasha retired from playing professional hockey in 2004. He played four years in the ECHL after playing in the OHL and CIAU. Sasha attended the Ottawa Senators training camp in 1996.
Currently, Sasha is a Partner with Greybrook Partners Corp. (www.greybrook.com), a Private Equity firm that provides advice and capital to private and public companies. Sasha's expertise is in the structuring and execution of a wide variety of capital markets transactions for expanding businesses.
Richard Knock
Founder, F3 eBusiness, Inc.
richard.knock@f3ebusiness.com
Richard began his career 14 years ago at Mitsubishi Canada Ltd. negotiating and implementing multi-million dollar international manufacturing contracts with companies such as Magna International Inc. and Bombardier Aerospace. Because of his strong interest in information technology, Richard then went on to sell enterprise product development solutions with Parametric Technology Corporation.
His desire to help people succeed by providing them with the right information technology (IT) tools led to the creation of his own professional services firm in 2002 - F3 eBusiness, Inc. (www.f3ebusiness.com).