I’ve worked as a professional mediator since 2001. I’ve successfully mediated hundreds of disputes, in-person and online. Over 2/3 of the disputes I mediate result in the parties signing a settlement agreement.
Most of the disputes I mediate are of a civil/commercial in nature. All involve relationship issues, business and/or personal. I’m very comfortable working with others who are supporting the parties in dispute, e.g., lawyers, supervisors, agents, family, friends… The types of disputes I’ve mediated include:
- business-2-business
- business-2-customer
- contracts
- construction
- workplace
- e-commerce
- elder
- employment
- fraud
- information technology
- insurance
- neighbourhood/community
- partnerships
- property
- real estate
- tort/negligence
I am a member in good-standing of the BC Mediator Roster Society.
I am currently a mediator and mentor (of new mediators) in the BC Court Mediation Program.
I work as a contract mediator, I’ve worked as a mediator with the community-based South Island Dispute Resolution Centre.
I conduct mediations privately, online and face-to-face.
From 2003-2006, I sub-contracted as an online mediator to SquareTrade, mediating e-commerce disputes on eBay.
I work as a consultant, to the BC Government, on various online dispute resolution initiatives. Here’s a recent initiative I was involved with.
I’m active in the professional mediation community-of-practice….
I speak and lead workshops on mediation-related topics. Check out some of my recent speaking events, here.
I’ve published 2 ebooks based on my mediation experiece; Collaborative Maxims : Principles for Working Together, and U Connect : The Art of Making Connections to Resolve Disputes. Both are available on Amazon, here. You can also download the PDF versions of these e-books, at no charge, from this blog.