Thursday, 24 May 2012

May 24 - Chips - Ray Skochelas

Ray Skochelas - living in Etobicoke ON

"Hello Chipman Alumni. It's great to be back in touch with you all, especially after all this time. After leaving Zeneca, following more than 13 years of blood, sweat and tears, I landed at Rhone Poulenc (Sedagri) as a Marketing Manager, for a few years, then was off to the Shoppers Drug Mart Head Office, as Category Manger, for a period, followed by 7 years at ACCO Canada (manufacturers of Wilson Jones Binders, Swing Line Staplers, Kensington Computer accessories etc) holding various positions in Product and Customer Marketing Management.

For the last 4+ years, I have been working as a National Account Manager for a company called Northern Response. Google our website www.shopnorthern.com to get a quick overview of the products that we distribute in Canada. Most of them you may recognize as As Seen On TV products like ShamWow, Slap Chop, P90X, Insanity etc.  Basically, I take products, that our company has secured the rights for in Canada, and then take them to Walmart, CTC, Sears, Zellers, Forzani Group etc.'s, head offices, for sale across the country. It has, without question, been a lot of fun.

My wife Paula and I are still going strong, after 26+ years of marriage and still reside in our home in Etobicoke. We have 2 daughters, Karlee-Rae (23) and Kira (19). Both are great kids. Karlee just graduated from Brock University, in St. Catharine's, and has  begun her first full-time job at the TD Head office in Toronto. Kira just got accepted at the Schulich Business School at York University and graduated high-school with a 94% average (must have got her brains from the post-man). I am still playing hockey, 3 times a week, and actually have the honour of playing on a line with, ex-Toronto Maple Leaf, Rick Vaive, in my Wednesday night league. Believe me when I say, that the man (that's Rick, not me) can still really light-it-up.

Anyhow, that's it for now. I do look forward to catching up with you soon.

All the best, Ray" 

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