Our Team

Ben

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Ben’s small business was hired by companies like GlaxoSmithKline, Nike, Merrill Lynch, Eli Lilly, 3M and Xerox to implement the use of personality assessment in predicting job candidate success. His clientele expanded across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

While Ben was applying for patents on his new inventions, he saw that small businesses (just like his own) couldn’t afford this technology, despite the fact that they were the ones that needed it the most. As Ben set his mind to solving this problem, he met Jamie and together they created ClearFit™.

Jamie

Jamie has a great resume, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming frustrated with his options. You’d think an MBA from Harvard, with Fortune 500 experience (including Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola) would be living the dream, but Jamie needed something different.

After trying his hand at big company life, Jamie worked at several small businesses and noticed that it didn’t matter how big the company was or how qualified the employees were, some people were a better fit for their jobs than others. Choosing to find the small business that fit him best, Jamie met Ben.

Jamie adapted Ben’s technology to help small businesses achieve dramatic improvements in the hiring and development of their employees – at a price any small business owner could love.

ClearFit™ was born.

Jerry

One day, Ben and Jamie presented Jerry an opportunity to use his experience in a creative way to help many, many organizations choose their people. Their challenge to Jerry was to help create an assessment process that was easy to use, useful for both the candidate and organization – including small organizations – and, at the same time, rigorously reflected the state of the art and science of selecting effective people.

Jerry as helped ClearFit™ transform the complex science of employment assessment into something that anyone can access on their laptop and easily use without help from an expert. Hmmm, when you think about it, Jerry has helped ClearFit™ give away this valuable expertise. Nice going, Jerry.

Robert

Robert, with his 15 years of expertise, leads the technical team. A seasoned entrepreneur himself, Robert has been involved with various Web 2.0 projects.

Whether it's managing information for Goldman Sachs or delivering enterprise-level Internet tools for management and reporting, Robert's skills, professionalism and drive are unparalleled.

Robert is responsible for bringing many of ClearFit' bleeding-edge innovations to life. His creativity and dedication to quality ensure we exceed your expectations. And if you get in his way, he's not afraid to "demonstrate" his mastery of Jiujitsu to you. Careful - we've seen him use it over the phone.

Rob

Rob M. or "the better looking Rob", as he's typically referred to around the office (don't tell Robert N.), brings to ClearFit a wide range of business development, strategy and sales experience.

Having worked in CPG and media for over ten years, at companies such as Proctor & Gamble, Rogers Communications and Astral Media, Rob appreciates the impact people have on a company when they "fit" their jobs.

When he's not in the office, Rob enjoys candle-lit dinners and long walks on the beach - although those are hard to find in Toronto.

Andrew

Andrew has been developing custom business software since 1995. He was part of the Groupware Practice at Origin Technology in Business in Columbus Ohio, between 1997 and 1999, and provided applications and support for a number of large corporate clients across North America. Andrew has built applications with Lotus Notes/Domino, Visual Basic, Java, and PHP, but almost all of his work is now done with Ruby on Rails ... ClearFit's "secret sauce" - well, I guess it's not a secret any more.

Growing up, Andrew (like any nerd) was interested in computers. He used HyperCard and some BASIC to do Science Fair projects in High School. Despite his being an English student, first at Oberlin College (Honors English, 1994), then at the University of Toronto (M.A. in English 1994-1995), he overcame his English addiction and started programming HTML. The rest is obviously history.

Paul

Paul, the favorite Beatle, is a Ruby on Rails junkie and Merb developer. He's been programming professionally since 1999, from all corners of the world, after graduating with a music degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. Paul is currently completing his Masters of Software Engineering at the University of Oxford. When he's not working, Paul enjoys traveling, fine wine and so-so food. He also doesn't mind a game of golf, tennis or a bit of sailing - but not at the same time.

Gloria

Gloria is our designer, which naturally causes her to make everything ClearFit look pretty. She has a BFA in Photography and Printmaking from Mount Allison University (with distinction), and a Graduate Certificate in Web Design from Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (with high honors). Gloria appreciates the little things in life, like shoes and the ability to move or align text and images pixel by pixel. On her days off, she attempts to hide her nerdy love for technology, but finds herself frequenting underground hard drive reformatting parties.

Chris

Chris is our "Icon Icon" - responsible for the cool little graphics you see on our site, including that little graphic we call our logo. He was the recipient of Ryerson University's TARA Award for Best First Year Digital Media Production. Chris is bilingual in English and Korean, but this hasn't stopped him from talking trash at the office.

Luong

Luong is our resident master of typography. He'll stare anyone down on a font challenge - and believe it or not - these occur frequently. Our "Font Cop" holds a GPA of 4.0/4.0 from his last two universities (Seneca, then Ryerson University) and was valedictorian for his undergraduate class ... so he can do a lot more than talk type. Little known fact: Luong practices accounting in his spare time. Wow.