Why you should (or shouldn't) hire me; a personal pitch deck

This is my personal pitch deck, a visual and more personal replacement for a traditional (boring) resume/CV. I still have one of those old things, and there's a link at the end of the deck.

Sure, you can go ahead and scroll straight through to the end, but why not stop along the way and get to know me a little?

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!

1. JEAN-GUY
ROULEAU
FATHER, HUSBAND, OPS& PROJECTMANAGER,
CRAZYABOUTTHECUSTOMEREXPERIENCE, AMATEURCHEF
Not a fan of the personal pitch deck and looking for a
more traditional CV? You’ll find it at the end of this deck.

2. MYCV, INABOUT50 WORDS
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3. MYSTORY
•Like many, my life started when I was
born.
•My dad was a chef who instilled the
love of cooking in me at an early age.
•My mom was an administrative office
worker who taught me to work smarter.
•I have two wonderful children: Lucien
and Vivienne. They are my world, along
with my wife, Roxanne.
•When I’m not working, I like to play
games with my kids, create new things
in the kitchen, and host friends old &
new with a few good drinks & great
food.
•I know next to nothing about them but
enjoy a good glass of wine, whiskey, or
scotch.
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4. THREETRUTHSANDA LIE
GETTOKNOWMEA LITTLEBETTER
I Co-Founded a business at 16
Providing PC & Networking sales and
service to SMBs.
I hate following recipes
Preferring to cook using my senses.
I love cars
But am not mechanically inclined
whatsoever.
I was a Canadian Cadet
Rank of Able Cadet with the Sea Cadets, then
transferred as a Corporal to the Air Cadets.
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5. THREETRUTHSANDA LIE
I Co-Founded a business at 16
Providing PC & Networking sales and
service to SMBs.
I hate following recipes
Preferring to cook using my senses.
I love cars
But am not mechanically inclined
whatsoever.
I was a Canadian Cadet
Rank of Able Cadet with the Sea Cadets, then
transferred as a Corporal to the Air Cadets.
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GOTCHA! THEY’REALLTRUE.
GETTOKNOWMEA LITTLEBETTER

6. Workforce
EXPERIENCEOVERVIEW
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Including after-school and
summer student jobs, I’ve been
in the workforce since my early
teens, primarily in customer-
facing roles in various industries.
Supervisor/Leadership
Either as a Senior, Supervisor, or
Manager, with both direct and
indirect people management
responsibilities.
Project Management
Managing internal Ops and
external client projects. Mostly
related to digital assets, SaaS, or
continuous improvement.
18+
years
7+
years 5+
years

7. TIMEFORTHEMEAT& POTATOES
A LOOKINTOMYEARLYCAREERCHOICES
2006
Blue Line IT
Solutions
This is the SMB I
Co-Founded at
16 years old and
served for 2
years as CEO and
Project Manager.
2007
Citi Cards
Canada
Call centrefront
lines. Credit
Analyst &
Supervisor. Best
education
regarding credit
ever.
2011
2012
Toyota Canada
HQ
Contract call
centrerole.
Management
Review Team,
a.k.a. “let me talk
to your
manager”.
2012
2013
Techtronic
Industries NA
Customer
Service, repair
centrerelations,
employee
programs. For all
the tools.
2013
2014
Discount
Rentals
Senior customer
service for rental
operations.
Backing up the
Branch Manager
to help with Ops.
07
20112008

8. WHATHAVEI BEENDOINGLATELY?
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•This is the role that opened
my eyes to project
management.
•Reported directly to the CEO
& Managing Partner.
•Visibility into daily Ops
management, with my input
as well for launching &
growing new market: Quebec.
Project Manager
Windley Ely, 2014-2017
•Step down in title, but step up
in responsibilities.
•Larger projects with greater
scope, budgets, timelines, and
teams. Reported to PM
Director with ties to CEO.
•Worked closely with every
department to ensure project
delivery.
•Took ownership of P&P
documentation and
improvement.
Project Coordinator
•Reported directly to VP IT &
Ops for North America.
•Personally responsible for
largest projects in NA.
•Backed up VP in managing
PM, Ops, & Dev teams.
•Left due to lack of fit.
Project Manager
•Managed team of Educators
delivering coding workshops
to kids across Canada.
•Remote team of 15, grew it to
30 including 3 team leads.
•Loved it and did not want to
leave, but the role was a
maternity leave contract that
could not be renewed.
Delivery Manager
IC Axon, 2017-2019 Legal Suite, 2019-2019 Kids Code Jeunesse, 2019-2020

9. WHATAMI DOINGNOW?
It’s late 2021, but my last role ended in 2020…what‽
(incidentally, the interrobang is my favourite
punctuation mark, followed closely by the ellipsis.)
In August 2020, my daughter Vivienne (remember
her from earlier in this deck?) was born, so I decided
to take a few months of parental leave to help my
wife and spend some wonderful time with my kids.
Since then, I’ve been doing independent contract
work. With the pandemic, finding a new permanent
role has been a little difficult. Also, I don’t shotgun
applications and yearn to find that perfect fit.
So here I am; hoping to find that perfect fit with you.
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10. WHATDOI WANTTOBEDOING?
You know what I’ve done, and what I’m doing
now, but where do we go from here?
What I want, and hope to find with you, is
greater opportunity to help people. Not only
to help my customers, but to take all of my
experience and help others grow and
develop in their careers.
Having had some great leaders and mentors
in my life, I am at a point in my own career
where I not only want to be that same leader
and mentor for others, but believe that I have
the skills and experience to fulfill that role,
with direct or indirect influence in the
development of others.
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11. WHATDOI VALUEMOST?
•Deontology. Regardless of what I do, I align with the
PMI’s values of Honesty, Responsibility, Respect, and
Fairness. Through this I strive to make ethical choices,
build strong relationships, and achieve long-term success.
•Relationships. At some point in our lives, we must all
interact with someone else; human connection is how we
get things done and I value those relationships, both
personal and professional, that are forged along the way.
•Excellence. Perfection is never my goal; rather I aim to do
the best I can every time. When something is half-assed,
it will inevitably have to be fixed later; but if you whole-
ass it the first time around, everyone will be better off.
•Balance. I work to live, not the other way around;
everything I do is to enjoy life for myself and my family.
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12. WHATAMI MADEOF?
Sense of humour
MS Office/G Suite
Time Mgmt.
Risk Mgmt.
Client Mgmt.
Critical Thinking
Team Player
Leadership
Tech Savvy
Bilingual (EN/FR)
My Top
Skills
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13. MYWEAKNESSES
(OR,WHYYOUMIGHTNOTWANTTOHIREME)
UNDERNEATHITALL, I’MSTILLJUSTHUMAN…BUTI’MWORKINGONTHAT
I have a
hard time
saying “No”
I’m a people-pleaser, and this isn’t a veiled
humblebrag. In the past, this has led to me taking
on more work than I should have. I am actively
working on this, and I can say “no” when
required…I just don’t like to.
I have a hard time doing something without
knowing “why”. If I can’t see or understand the
purpose of my tasks, I won’t be able to complete
them to the best of my abilities.
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I like to know
all the details
of my work

14. I THINKI’MPRETTYGOODATWHATI DO
I've worked alongside Jean-Guy at Citibank and Canada Lifeand he's always been a team player who
learns the ins and outs of the organization quickly and efficiently. He's tech savvy and pays very close
attention to detail which is extremely useful when dealing with multiple financial products that can be
complicated. Whatever the task or project might be Jean-Guy is always excited to learn about what
needs to be done and creative enough to provide and execute solutions.
Jordan Cameron
Canada Life, Sr. Data Reporting Analyst
I had the pleasure of working directly with Jean-Guy on multiple projects as the Legal Suite Trainer for
the North American region. Jean-Guy is clearly an experienced Project Manager with a heightened
sense of empathy, pragmatism, and professionalism.
He offered our clients his expertise not only in leveraging technological solutions, butwas
instrumental in guiding them through implementation and organizational changes to ensure their
long-term. It is clear to me Jean-Guy is a talented individual across many fields and knows well how
to identify with the client and their challenges for best solutions. I am glad to recommend Jean-Guy
as an outstanding addition and influencer to any team.Julian Gay-de-Montella
Legal Suite, Head of L&D NA
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BUTDON’TJUSTTAKEMYWORDFORIT

15. THANKYOU!
Jean-Guy Rouleau
[email protected]
514-931-5014
I’d love to work with you
www.linkedin.com/in/jgrouleau
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