Brian A. Kilgore
President

Brian Kilgore
President
Consolidated Diversified
 

Brian Kilgore has been a professional communicator—newspaper reporter, magazine editor, photographer, corporate PR executive, PR agency consultant, and independent consultant—for more than 40 years. He's a past president of the Toronto Public Relations Society (Toronto Chapter), and has written widely on public relations.

His new company's name, Consolidated Diversified, represents the bringing together—the consolidation—of lessons learned and taught for decades. This experience—diversified—is based on working with a huge range of clients and employers. Bagels to brokerage. Telephones to tourism. Lawyers to lobsters.

His role at Consolidated Diversified can be described as Communications-Based Management Counsel.

At First Principles, he usually plays a background role assisting with and reviewing plans and progress for most FPC clients. During client crises or for government relations, Mr. Kilgore takes the lead in salvaging clients' reputations through the media, or negotiating with federal, provincial, and municipal governments to advance the reputation of FPC clients.   

He is also a professional photographer, providing images for clients of Consolidated Diversified and First Principles Communication, and for other businesses. He operates “Dogs and their Humans,” a professional dog portrait business for private clients.

Website:  www.ConsolidatedDiversified.com (to be established)
E-mail:  BrianKilgore@BrianKilgore.com 

Tom Eansor
Management Consultant
The Alternative Board™

Management consultant Tom Eansor has experience and expertise in program and product management, operations, supply chain management, and international marketing. Mr. Eansor was a senior executive at Nortel Networks for 25 years; prior to that, he was at Chrysler Corporation in plant operations for seven years.

Mr. Eansor is president of TJE Solutions Inc., and uses The Alternative Board™ as a platform for his business. The Alternative Board is a business coaching and peer advisory board for business people in three areas:  Sales, Finance, and Human Resources. It connects those with vast amounts of real-life business experience to those who want to get practical advice, business introductions, and inspiration.

There are boards set up in 1,000 cities in North America, the United Kingdom, and internationally. Members of The Alternative Board pay a modest monthly fee and meetings are monthly. From a business standpoint, facilitators and coaches at The Alternative Board are franchisees, responsible for and having exclusive access to a certain geographic area. 

In 2008, Mr. Eansor was recognized as the top facilitator in client retention at The Alternative Board worldwide. He is based in Oakville, Ontario.

He has an MBA from Babson College (Olin School), as well as senior management diplomas from Harvard and the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario).

At FPC, Mr. Eansor is able to assist clients in determining the relationships between their manufacturing and other production and operations abilities and their reputations. This prevents false promises, and permits communications that reflects confidence that FPC clients can deliver what is committed to in reputation building programs.

Website:  http://www.tabnj.com/TabBoards/tabpages1/home.html
E-mail:  tjeansor@hotmail.com 

Tom Eansor
Operations and General Management Counsel

Brian Harrison Smith is an independent consultant -- a Business Growth Strategist -- who concentrates on analysis, advice and training directed specifically at determining sales priorities, increasing sales representative performance, and optimizing sales costs.

He frequently acts as a "virtual" sales vice-president for several clients concurrently.

Mr. Smith also facilitates meetings and planning sessions for businesses undergoing major change, using a modernized version of the "workout" concept pioneered by General Electric.

He works directly with Crown Corporations and corporate clients, and regularly teaches sales courses at York University's Schulich School of Business.

For First Principles clients, he offers advice on the relationships between our communications planning and sales policies, maximizing opportunities for our clients.

Website:  www.BrianHarrisonSmith.com
E-mail:  BrianSmith@BrianHarrisonSmith.com 

Ruth Gaskill
Copy Supervisor

Taking the dedication to detail and precision developed over decades in the financial services industry in both Canada and the United Kingdom, Ruth Gaskill has taken professional training in copy editing, and now works for a variety of clients, including major Canadian book publishers.

For FPC, she is frequently assigned to review the words in long, complicated documents. Her financial services background allows her to offer substantive editing insights on materials related to major business enterprises.

And her copy editing skills are based on years of financial industry awareness that just one missed typo can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.