brianripley.com

I consider all forms of working relationships: employee, contractor, partner, or shareholder.

I expect a minimum of CAD$100/hour or CAD$1000/day plus expenses (travel, food & lodging) on a short or long-term contract  basis. I prefer to do in 4 hours what others might do in 8.

I would accept a commission on revenue generated by my actions, or I would be willing to offer you a fixed fee for a completed job. I am always open to negotiation where job location or creative input appeals to me. Contact me.

(1969-1974)  Performance and Public Expression
Leaving university I worked and studied as a musician playing popular music of the day in clubs and venues across Canada and occasionally in the U.S.
 
(1974-1988) Relationship and Consultative Sales
For 10 years I worked in residential real estate sales and then for 5 years I excelled at commercial and industrial real estate sales and leasing which included 2 years of acting as an Agent Nominee.
 
(1988-1995) Business Creation
I left the real estate industy and expanded my skills at planning, implementation, marketing, sales, purchasing, negotiating, inventory control and entrepreneurial activities. I bought a bankrupt retail video business and transformed it into a quarter million dollar a year success and subsequently sold it in 1995.

(1995-2000) Customer Accounts
My management skills grew as I took on record keeping, accounts receivable, collections, payroll, banking, loans, tax and licensing requirements; liaison and relationship maintenance with customers, suppliers, professionals, competitors, and business partners. I partnered with an existing low tech wholesale distributor and within two years transformed the business into a centralized system reducing expenses and hours of operation from 5 days a week to only 3, using very simple digital tools and systems. I sold this business in 2000.

(2000-2011) Individual Client Marketing
I continued creating value by providing business solutions on a contract basis for various clients as well as designing, building, hosting and managing websites which included helping clients to make better choices about their promotional efforts. During this decade I began to focus on the Financial Markets with great kudos and appreciation to a peerless mentor since 2001, Bob Hoye. I continue to market and manage the subscription accounts for Institutional Advisors as well as publish my commentary about the Canadian real estate market using original charts covering  market values against a backdrop of Gold, Oil, CPI, Interest Rates, the Canadian Yield Curve and the TSX S&P indicies for Housing, Financial Services, Energy and Gold. I also provide the current Canadian census population data, Stats Can employment earnings, mortgage affordability tables and a quick and easy spreadsheet for discovering real estate value. I update the commentary, the monthly price change summary, the housing and financial charts, the percentage price change scorecard and the Plunge-O-Meter every month.

(2012-Now) The Fouth Act 
I continue my relationships in the financial markets and am working on creating a new business model that will bring to bear over 4 decades of experience into a cloud based environment.

• Employee management and workflow scheduling.
• Retail sales and customer support.
• Wholesale distribution and control.
• Inventory, purchasing, and supply-demand decisions.
• Investment comparison, financial analysis and rate of return.
• Promotion and market share acquisition.
• Internet marketing and direct sales.
• Collections, contracts and record keeping.
• Online-offline research, analysis, and report writing.
• Office suite, file creation and time management.
• Website design, management and education.
• Relationship management and human potential solutions.
• Business creation, ownership, and partnering.
• Expressing the Muse and other life skills not limited to the
  above.

 

As a child I lived in France, Great Britain and traveled throughout Europe; as an adult I have traveled mostly in North America, Hawaii, Mexico and more recently in New Zealand, Switzerland and Italy.

I use the library (on and off-line), and am interested in a broad range of subjects usually autobiographical, historical or non-fiction in nature.

My interests are: financial investment, internet potentials, jazz and the science of reality.
 
I have essentially been self-employed since my early 20’s after dropping out of UBC to work as a musician, a realtor, a video retail/wholesale provider and a website and marketing manager. I am currently developing a new business model.

Along the way I completed the Xerox Sales Course (1975), the Pursuit of Excellence and The Wall (1985) and the John Kehoe Mind Power Program (2000) and I use these motivational programs everyday.

I have no criminal record. I am in good health, humour and financial standing. I work out on an elliptical trainer, treadmill, rowing machine or other aerobic and weight bearing devices everyday I can, as well as walk and use public transportation. I sold my last vehicle in 2008 and joined the Co-Operative Auto Network (Modo) here in Vancouver.

Born in 1946, I am a married man and my 3 progeny are living and working on their own. My spouse is a Psychoanalyst, Psychotherapist, Art Therapist, Instructor and Clinical Supervisor. She is available as a consultant. Contact Janet Oakes at her website janetoakes.com and view her published work at motif.janetoakes.com or view her art at art.janetoakes.com

We are incorporated; Oakes Ripley & Associates Inc. since Nov 25th 1988 and registered in the Province of British Columbia Canada.