While our group of companies has been successful for 35 years in the construction industry, the acrylic stucco products of our Cano Coatings division is all new. New technology, new product, new process, new player in the market, and we launched during the worst recession in eighty years.

With the help of Jim Jenkinson from Owen Solutions we were able to build a marketing program, execute a product launch strategy and generate substantial excitement for the line.

We found Jim’s no-nonsense approach and understanding of client behaviour to be invaluable to us. We enjoyed the process too, and would happily recommend him to others facing similar challenges

Richard Dettbarn
President and CEO
Nascor International

Our organization is a fast-paced industrial organization. We found some of our vice presidents and their key reports needed some serious coaching in team-building and improving the effectiveness of communication internally and externally. I endorsed the use of Owen Solutions Inc. whose principal Jim Jenkinson worked directly with a number of our key people. His process was through, effective and helped us build skills we would otherwise be too impatient to wait for. We continue to use his services to add value to our people who are more effective serving our clients as a direct result of Jim’s influence.

Wayne Shaw
Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Services
Flint Energy Services Ltd.

Jim Jenkinson designed a process, then walked around our company completing a survey on everyone in our maintenance group from Toronto to Vancouver. He was our ambassador and fixer. We needed to know what was going on in our branches, with our employees and with our processes so we could fine tune our operation, retain employees, and bolster morale in the process. Done, on all accounts. Jim leveraged a discussion with me over a cup of coffee - about our primary Human Resource issue, employee retention - into an innovative and valuable process for our company. Jim worked with a number of our key management and front line personnel as he developed and tested his diagnostic tools appropriate to the task. Jim's skills and implementation tools brought us data, action steps and a roadmap we could follow to build and strengthen the best team we could get....the one we already had. The project became larger than we first thought it would be - our choice - and a good one. Jim completed the project on time, on budget and delivered a very tangible result that began making a difference long before he rendered his final report. Our relationship with Owen Solutions Inc. will continue on ongoing assignments, as needed, because we would happily use them again. I recommend Jim Jenkinson without hesitation.

Michael