John Kerr (sailor)

John Kerr

Medal ceremony Los Angeles 1984. Medal presented by King Constantine of Greece
Personal information
Born (1951-08-09) August 9, 1951
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Sport Men's Sailing
Medal record
Men's Sailing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Soling
World Championships
1978 Rio de Janeiro Soling
North American Championships
1984 Kingston Soling class

John Kerr (born August 9, 1951)[1] is a Canadian sailor and publisher. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1973.[2]

Results

References

  1. 1 2 "John Kerr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ http://communications.uwo.ca/com/alumni_gazette/alumni_stories/western%27s_olympians_20080703442439/
1984 Olympic Trails, Kingston

Business career

Kerrwil Publications Limited logo

Kerr started his business career part-time with Howdens Electric (now Westburne (REXEL)) and then, after graduating from the University of Western Ontario he joined Canadian Chromalox. Kerr moved to Elvstrom Sails and Fogh Sails in Toronto working with Hans Fogh and John Eastwood and then held the position of Director of Marketing with North Sails Fogh after North Sails acquired Fogh Sails. Moving to the family publishing business Kerr joined Kerrwil Publications Limited in 1980 he has held various positions to his current role of President and CEO. At Kerrwil he founded and established numerous business-to-business and trade titles including CAD CAM & Robotics, Manufacturing Automation, Machinery Technology, Structured Cabling, Lighting and Plastics Business. In 1985 Kerr acquired Canadian Yachting and Power Illustrated from MacLean Hunter. In 1988 he led the formation of an international network of Plastics magazines and followed with an alliance in the electrical industry representing Electrical Construction & Maintenance and Electrical Wholesaling. In 1986 Kerr started the research of the Electrical Market with the Pathfinder Report. Kerr established Kerrwil Millennium in the United Kingdom with Geoff Ide to publish Structured Cabling Europe in 1998.

In 2014 Kerr established Electrical Industry.ca a network of electrical B2B web sites serving the electrical industry, including Electrical Industry News Week, Canadian Electrical Wholesaler, and Lighting Design and Specification.

Kerr has worked outside the family firm with LinkPATH and Web Offset Publications (now Ironstone Media), IP GROUP international ( an electrical industry consulting firm founded by Paul Eitmant) and advised Thomas Publishing.

Kerr in partnership with Greg Nicoll represents Sail-World and Yachts and Yachting On line in North America through KERRWIL-TETRA.

Kerr has chaired the Canadian Business Press twice (1990- 1992) and most recently 2012-2016 helping the association align with Magazines Canada.He sat on the board of BPA INTERNATIONAL from 1995-2001 and was involved in the merging of the Canadian Circulations Audit board with BPA.

Volunteering

1990–1996 Director Canadian Yachting Association, 2009–2015 Director Canadian Yachting Association/SAIL Canada, 2010 - A session Member, member Audit Committee, Canadian Olympic Committee,

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