We use a variety of highly skilled technical specialists on our matrix-structured project teams on an as-need basis. Brad Atchison, B.Sc. (Honours with Distinction), M.Sc., P.Mgr., CMC, is a career management consultant and President/Managing Director of ATCHISON McTAVISH Management Consultant Ltd., with 32 years in human resources management, including 24 years in management consulting, particularly in planning facilitation (e.g., directional, strategic, business, and operational), operational troubleshooting, management / organizational / operational efficiency and effectiveness reviews, financial "look-sees", organizational design, training needs analyses, course design and instruction / facilitation, training program evaluation, entrepreneurship and new venture analysis, small business management, and economic development strategies for "communities in distress".

He has been a university and college researcher and professor in Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, and Victoria. He started his business career by carrying out a large-scale restaurant feasibility study for the CEO of a construction management and land development company. Subsequently, Brad set up a new consulting division and, then, an entire management consulting firm for the management consulting affiliates of two chartered accountancy practices based in Edmonton.

For the past 20 years, he has been the President of ATCHISON McTAVISH Management Consultants Ltd., a management and research consulting firm in B.C. and Alberta. He has project-managed hundreds of diverse and significant assignments in the following economic sectors:

	private (particularly high tech, including biotechnology; construction; professional services; owner-managed businesses; tourism / recreation / hospitality; and education / training);
	public (such as municipal, provincial, and federal governments); and
	not-for-profits (including First Nations and social agencies).

Brad has founded and owned/owns the following entrepreneurial operations:

	a construction / project management, millwork, and interior design enterprise, which specialized in "one-of-a-kind", value-added projects in the commercial, residential, and industrial sectors. Until 1990, Brad served as the company's President.
	two management consulting firms.
	a hiking tour company for adults 50+.  [ www.makingtraks.com ]
	an outdoor recreational operation specializing in customized guiding for backpacking, paddling (ocean kayak, whitewater kayak, and canoe), and backcountry ski trips as well as the selling of selected outdoor gear.

Brad has instructed approximately 5,000 trainees over the last 33 years, and consistently obtains high reviews from his audience. Our "off-the-shelf" training topics, which can be customized to your organization's needs include:

	"The Fundamental of Project Management: Performance Under Pressure": (three to five-day format);
	"Advanced Report Writing": (two days);
	"Directional, Strategic, Business, and Operational Planning Facilitation and Technical Input";
	"New Venture Analysis and Development"; and
	"The Management of Growing Businesses".

He has authored the following books:

	A Manual of Project Management: Performance Under Pressure. Victoria: Trafford Publishing (2002) $125.
	A Manual of High-Impact Report Writing (2000)
	"Aging of Mammalian Cells in vitro." M.Sc. thesis. Cancer Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (1971)
	A Work and Study Manual on the Evolution of Cell Ultrastructure. Vanier College, Montreal (1976)