And we are all looking forward to the future [part 2]
By Pierre Lamarche, CEO-CFO All Canadian
The sudden departure of three of our top team members did create a particular concern. How would we replace the three significant cogs of our organization? How could we ensure that parents and players, although alarmed, understand that we would provide the proper operational team to ensure program delivery and individual coaching? We found our answer by following Socrates' advice "The secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
Kyrylo Tabunshchyk, our Ace and All Canadian vice president, and Douglas Burke, my partner and president of Ace and All Canadian, addressed the issue immediately. We designed a plan to find qualified individuals who could implement our curriculum while bringing their experience to develop the Ace system further
The unfortunate situation in Ukraine gave us access to a quality coach who would never have been available in a different case. Dmytro [Dima] Ishtuganov, a graduate of Indiana University, played #1, a former ITF coach, and Davis Cup and Federation Cup coach for Ukraine and Kazakhstan, will become the Academy Director at Cedar Springs.
Dima and his wife Karina will be arriving at the end of June. He will work with tennis director Mike Hall to integrate himself with our existing and new players.
Daniel Rosenbaum, a resident of Sao Paulo and graduate of the University of Sao Paulo, will assume Brandon Alguire's responsibility, none more important than forming Ace coaches in our Ace system. Daniel founded and coordinated the Coaches Education Department for the Brazilian Tennis Confederation. He also directed the Achievement Program at the Israel Tennis Centers' Association.
Daniel will be arriving at the end of June and will work closely with Brandon Alguire in Milton during the summer. His family will be following him later this fall.
Laurent Garcin, a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, played #1 for the university's tennis team while serving as captain. Laurent is from France, where he was a national-level junior before joining the US university. He spent two years coaching in Australia before moving to Montreal and working with high-performance players for the last five years.
Laurent came to us through the recommendation of Marie France Mercier, Tennis Canada's Director of coaching education. He will be joining TTC Tennis Director Adam Dykes at the end of June to assume his responsibilities.
Our management team brought in all three coaches at the beginning of the summer to acclimate themselves to our players, families, operations and system.
