Our Team

Terry has cultivated over 25 years of progressive experience in the field of talent management with expertise in attracting, retaining, managing, and transitioning talent in both private and public sector settings. He possesses an entrepreneurial spirit that has helped foster the growth of our consulting firm. Terry is also a certified professional coach bringing his expertise in executive & leadership coaching, career transition, leadership development, workshop facilitation, and organizational effectiveness. In 2021, Terry became an international best selling author with the launch of his book "Desuckify Work".

Terry is driven by his personal mantra of everyone deserves a great place to work. His passion is to transform work across London and Southwestern Ontario. His goal is to make this area’s workforce the best in Canada – one organization at a time – by increasing employee engagement, developing better leaders, and improving company culture.

Kelly is a strategic, values-based executive leader and certified professional coach with strong leadership, relationship development, and change management skills. She has a proven track record of leading organizations in the establishment of strategic directions, transformational change strategies, implementation of quality improvement initiatives, and development of new systems and processes. Kelly’s professional expertise and services include leadership coaching & development, team effectiveness, change management, strategy development & execution, and organizational effectiveness.

Michael is an innovative learning and human resources professional known for his consultative approach and success at delivering effective talent management strategies to solve complex business challenges, supporting legendary employee experiences and driving organizational business results.
As a certified coach, Michael is able to leverage his expertise to support and guide the career success of employees and business leaders. His professional expertise and services include talent management, strategic human resource planning, human resources compliance, team effectiveness, recruitment, and organizational culture.

Josh is a seasoned business professional and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and executive leadership. Through his diverse background in health care, real estate, and construction, Josh understands the importance of using an evidence-based approach to ensure alignment of skills, attitude and culture when matching the right people with the right companies.

Kristy is an accomplished leadership professional with more than 20 years' experience and a broad base of knowledge across both the public and private sectors. A lifelong learner, Kristy is an operational and strategic leader who has focused on leading teams to excellence through maximizing others' strengths to stimulate improvement and growth. Known for her wit and charm, Kristy easily adapts her style to meet the needs of participants, always ensuring maximum impact with the groups and teams she works with. Further, she easily develops relationships with others and is adept at independently integrate information from a variety of sources to achieve results.

Emily is a human resource, health and safety professional, and experienced Psychotherapist with extensive experience in all facets of employee relations. She is a Certified Human Resource professional who welcomes complex challenges in all sectors and enjoys aligning work site culture with business goals. Emily is solution focused and does everything with empathy. Emily’s vast and eclectic platform of expertise includes, HR Strategic Planning, Employee Relations, Policy and Program Development, Legislative Compliance, Health and Safety as well as Effective Communication.

Julia is an experienced Business and Human Resources practitioner with more than 30 years experience in professional, high paced environments. Julia’s strengths come from being an HR generalist, customer centric driven and a natural problem solver. Julia has a love for people, their well-being at work and thrives in areas that require problem solving, advice and counsel and strategic people decisions. Julia’s professional expertise and services include human resource compliance, health and safety, employee relations, employee engagement, change management and communications.

Marissa is a passionate and experienced professional with expertise and background in marketing, communications and strategy. She holds a B.A., a Post-Graduate Certificate in Communications/Public Relations and most recently, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management. Marissa has worked with both large and small clients across a number of sectors, including retail, non-profit, and B2B. She specializes in getting to the heart of client issues, building strong relationships, generating business-building strategies and detailed execution. Marissa is excited to utilize her marketing and communications background to provide a unique and progressive perspective on human resources challenges.

Darlene is an enthusiastic and energetic individual who oversees the administrative functions at Ahria Consulting. She handles financial matters such as client billing, accounts payable, and general accounting procedures. Darlene synchronizes all client information and is at our reception with her friendly nature to welcome any visitors to our office.

Penelope is a versatile, high-energy Human Resources Generalist with over 15 years of experience leading organizations through times of change. She has worked across many sectors, including tech, marketing, finance and not-for-profit and has a complete understanding of how to bridge business realities with organizational and employee goals. Penelope is hands-on and often finds herself as a key executor of varied projects such as Employee Benefits reviews, Employee Engagement programs, HRIS implementations, and Health & Safety initiatives. As a CHRP-certified professional, Penelope keeps a current and detailed understanding of legislative requirements and applies her professional knowledge to ensure organizational success.

Sarah is a marketing and career development professional with over 10 years of customer relations management experience spanning over multiple industries and disciplines. Combining Sarah’s marketing and communications background with her love of helping others, she helps individuals find what makes them stand out in a crowd and confidently and effectively market themselves during Career Transition. Sarah provides candidates with the tools they need to find new opportunities that match their values and skills.

Leonid is a graduate researcher and professional interested in both conducting and applying research with the goal of optimizing organizational functioning. Some of his current academic interests include morality and ethics in organizations, personality, motivation, leadership, and organizational change. Leonid is currently pursuing an MSc degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Western University.

Steve is an experienced business executive with more than 30 years in human resources management, coaching, change leadership and organizational development in the public, not for profit and private sectors. He brings a strong management and leadership background through his extensive experience in Health Care, Automotive, and Retail Service Sectors.
Steve was educated at McGill University and holds a CHRE designation (Certified Human Resources Executive, Rte.). He is also a Certified Coach through CTI International.

Eva is a workplace psychology graduate researcher. She holds a BA from the University of British Columbia and a MSc from Western University. She has worked in non-profit, public, and private sectors. Eva has co-authored industry reports on workforce inclusion in the Ontario manufacturing sector and worker satisfaction in the video game industry. Her areas of interest are in equity, diversity, and inclusion, workforce engagement, perceptions of competence, mentorship, and work in extreme environments. She is trained in quantitative data analysis and is currently pursuing a PhD in industrial/organizational psychology at Western University.

As an HR consultant, Kim has a diverse background in Automotive, Food and Agricultural Manufacturing being the face for HR in the corporate office and the field. With expertise in HR policy development, Compensation, Training and Development and recruitment. Kim shares her insights to help develop growing businesses that are customed to the client and sustainable.

Philippa is a seasoned business and education professional with extensive HR experience at local, national, and international levels. Combining a strategic consultative approach with operational implementation skills, she is able to deliver business solutions to address a wide spectrum of HR issues. Philippa is a certified coach who’s professional expertise includes career transition, leadership coaching & development, employee engagement, and workplace investigations.

Dania is a Human Resource professional with 8 years experience in Generalist Work, Labour Relations, Pay Equity and Collective Agreements with multiple bargaining units. Dania is people-focused, believing that people matter and that we manage people, not positions. Dania’s specialties are in supporting managers and businesses with HR generalist work, ensuring that Policies and Procedures are compliant, along with supporting employees with performance management, grievances, and KPIs.

Norm brings his business acumen, love of people, and broad experience, to provide a unique perspective to solve problems and provide solutions for our clients. His strengths come from building teams, growing organizations, and solving problems that require a different approach. Norm’s professional expertise and services include recruitment & hiring, team leadership, new initiative plans & execution, strategy development & execution.

Valerie is a seasoned HR professional with an impressive track record of success in HR strategy, team leadership, and operational execution. She has extensive HR experience in private sector businesses -- from small start-ups to larger, established companies undergoing structural and cultural change – as well as in the not-for-profit sector.

Valerie’s approach is to collaborate and partner with clients to design and execute HR programs and processes that are precisely fit-for-purpose with the organization’s goals and culture, resulting in much improved employee engagement, performance, and retention.