Forming Baxter Bean in 1998 and working inside the Canadian Brian Tracy network, Chuck quickly grew the company into a leading Management Consulting company providing leadership, sales and strategic direction… training, coaching and guidance.
During the last 25 years Chuck will tell you he has had a great ride. Besides having worked with over 450 companies and over 22,000 individuals, Chuck has consulted and guided some of Calgary’s biggest stars including working as COO for what was one of the largest specialty energy service companies in the world.
Today Chuck specializes in developing strategies, and delivering training and coaching in leadership, sales, communication, business value building and teamwork. He is no-nonsense and pragmatic and has helped people and corporations succeed for over 40 years. He will call a spade a spade and work quickly to understand, address, and help fix problems, identify opportunities and identify challenges.
Chuck is a panel expert with ChinaGoAbroad, certified in Insights and PIAV, and Speaker and Lecturer for the Masters of Energy Program at the University of Tulsa, The University of Calgary and Mount Royal University.
He has developed business strategies for almost every geo-market and has worked extensively in oil and gas, general industry, IT, electronics, dental, paper, chemical, wood products and consumer packaged goods. He specializes in B2B and channel type organizations.
He has founded, commercialized and operated and/or exited 11 start-ups, and today is a founding partner of Active Witness www.activewitness.com, Fenoto Technologies www.fenoto.ca, Chronos Works www.chronos.works, Audaxex Inc. a tech incubator, and Purple Drip, a retail health services business.
Most recently he has formed the Play Del Carmen Business Training Centre. The centre will be providing 5 and 7 day training sessions on the Mayan Riviera with various specialists delivering programs on subjects such as time management, teamwork, sales, leadership, innovation, international business, supply chain management and more.
He has authored/contributed to books with Dr. Stephen Covey, Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Ken Blanchard, and is a regular columnist with Business of Energy Magazine.
Chuck has previously held positions as COO, VP Sales, Director and CEO of numerous corporations with revenues in excess of a billion dollars. He currently sits on five corporate boards.