THE TEAM
John O’Brien
Corporate Lead
John O’Brien started his working life as a nuclear weapons engineer in the Royal Navy in the submarine service where he gained his qualifications in marine engineering. Following his service he started his sales career with Bourne leisure on resorts in the UK. After quickly moving through the management ranks he ran several large resorts as General Manager. With one eye still on sales John spend two years building and running sales teams on seven resorts across France.
In 2005 the opportunity arose to move to North America and run the large sales operation at Sherkston Shores one of North Americas top resorts. After 1 year he found himself as General manger of the resort. This was a role he would stay in for 8 years until Sherkston shores was acquired by Carefree RV resorts, He was then given the role of Vice president of Canadian operations.
During his time in Canada the demand for John’s knowledge was growing and he found himself consulting, coaching and guest speaking to various companies in and out of the leisure industry.
In 2016 John decided that it was time to dedicate 100% of his time to his passion of coaching and developing teams and business- es. John did not want to be a conventional consultant and decided to create Fresh set of I’s.
Naomi Desmarais-O’Brien
Customer Service Lead
Bill Godkin
Health & Safety Lead
Bill Godkin has over 30 years of experience in the Health and safety industry. Bills experience covers all sectors and his reputation is legendary with all government bodies. His meticulous attention to detail and customer support make Bill a sort after commodity in the H&S world.
Christopher Haynes
Marketing Lead
The owner of an advertising and marketing firm, Chris brings to the table over 30 years of marketing experience. Having worked in many different business sectors, Chris’s main focus has been in new community development, land development and in the leisure industry throughout Canada and the United States. Having created many award-winning advertising campaigns, corporate business packages and websites, his keen eye will shed light on the issues at hand.
Business Integrity
The success of an organization is built off of the trust of the customers, employees and the general public. The best way to gain that trust is to demonstrate ethics and integrity in business practices. Not because of legal requirements – but because it is the right thing to do.