Endorsements
Recommendations for Professional Placement Network (PPN)
Dr. Anita Davis-DeFoe
Formerly: Vice-President, Quality Assurance, WorkForce One (colleague)
“Vernon Bailey is an exceptional team member who is knowledgeable, self-directed, highly professional and his follow through is noteworthy. Vernon is well versed in workforce development, quality and process management and is a vital employee to any organization that seeks to deliver quality outcome based services. He is personable, has stellar communication skills, and interacts well with diverse groups and individuals at all levels of the organizational hierarchy. I endorse the quality of his work without hesitation!!”
Jana Kroop
Professional Placement Facilitator, WorkForce One (colleague)
“Vernon Bailey is our “get it done” guy here at WorkForce One. He transforms our ideas and concepts from raw form to detailed presentation outlining process implementation and selling ROI resulting in a done deal. PPN is a great program and with Vernon at the helm it will just keep getting better!”
Jay Block
Best selling Author, The Jay Block Companies (business partner)
“I have known Vernon for many years as a presenter to his PPN program in South Florida. I have worked with hundreds of Workforce professionals throughout the US - and there is no better than Vernon. His dedication to helping people secure employment is unparalleled and is the benchmark for all Workforce professionals to aspire to.”
Thomas Dougherty
CEO, Eclectic Collections (business partner)
“Vernon has assisted in many placements of Professional Managers (including myself) looking to better themselves with all types of background knowledge and experience. He is a great man to know and trust with anything you do, say and feel. A very wise teacher as well.”
Stewart Webster
Managing Director, The KIIRSTAN Group (business partner)
“I remain simply astounded at Vernon's level of professionalism and thoroughness in his craft. His impressively quiet demeanor hides an amazing level of competence and knowledge. I feel comfortable in assuming that he has guided thousands of persons – directly or indirectly – to success. He is the consummate gentleman, and we are all better for it.”
Harry DeBeziers
Workshop Facilitator/Trainer, WorkForce One (colleague)
Professionalism starts with Mr. Vernon Bailey. Experiences in life and business are thought daily to any or everyone who will have the privilege to cross his path. His friendship is unsurpassed since it is totally real and sincere. His coaching and counseling skills are of the highest caliber. Proud to be his colleague. Proud to be mentored by a consummate professional. Harry de Beziers”
Recommendations for Greater Ft. Lauderdale Broward Economic Development Alliance
Vielka Quintero
Client Manager, International, The Broward Alliance (colleague)
“This letter is my personal recommendation for Vernon Bailey. Until just recently, I had the opportunity to work with Vernon during his temporary assignment at The Broward Alliance. I found him consistently pleasant, very detail-oriented, tackling all assignments with dedication and good sense of humor. Besides being a joy to work with, Vernon is a take-charge person with initiative able to analyze situation and come up with creative ideas and optimal solutions. He is very knowledgeable in the area of workforce development and possess a strong business acumen. Vernon is a team player and would make a great asset to any organization.”
Recommendations for Broadview NP Acquisition Corp. / Network Plus
Joe Ryder
Vice President-Operations, Broadview NP Acquisition Corp. /Network Plus, Inc. (colleague)
“I first met Vernon during my initial tour of Network Plus’ Southeast Region. At that time he was the Switch Manager in Miami, FL. A few months later I promoted Vernon to the position of Operations Director for the Southeast Region. His new responsibilities included managing two #5 ESS End-Office Switches – one in Miami, FL and one in Norcross, GA; a Nortel Networks DMS-250 Long-Distance Switch in Orlando, FL; all serving 64,000 local access lines, and a staff of 38 employees. At my request, and on short notice, Vernon relocated to New York City for several months when the manager in that city quit on short notice. He performed flawlessly and while still maintaining control of the operation in the Southeast, Mr. Bailey consistently outperformed his peers in quality and reliability and set, by his own example, a very high standard for his entire team and his peers to follow. Among his staff and peers Vernon was well respected for his technical ability and sound judgment on issues of design, engineering, growth and management of the Corporation’s Switches, Local Access Lines, Collocation sites and Optical Networks. Vernon is the type of employee that can be counted on to “take charge” of a situation and see it through to a satisfactory conclusion. In fact, he has the leadership ability and respect for technical and administrative details that we look for in our leaders and manages. To sum up, I judge Vernon to be the best Manager I have ever had the pleasure to work with. I trust his managerial abilities completely. His inner work ethic and solid moral character are in my opinion first rate. He is an outstanding performer who always has the respect of his subordinates, peers and his manager, and was a positive factor in the Network Plus workforce.”
Recommendations for Nortel Networks (CALA)
George W. Terry III
Project Developer, Arthur Andersen Tax Technology (colleague)
“Vernon Bailey recruited me for the Supply Chain Management (SCM) team at Nortel’s Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) organization in Sunrise, FL. As the leader of this team he was able to broker agreements that represented relational and collaborative activities among the Lines of Businesses, the CALA Market Regions, and the Professional Business Units. In all cases the respective organizations were defining, developing, and identifying appropriate processes and systems that would position Nortel as a stronger competitor. The ability to address the needs and demands of these organizations into a global process, and at the same time also facilitate CALA’s specific needs, required diplomacy, tact, and above all, tremendous patience and fortitude. And the SCM team was fortunate to have Vernon as just the person to address these requirements. Vernon enthusiastically embraced these responsibilities and by his actions and behavior proved to be an essential member of the SCM team. He was a strong CALA advocate, petitioning on its behalf for the most favorable conditions in addressing its issues while brokering amicable agreements with the other SCM players. With his keen knowledge of the SCM process and the full support of his management and team, he was instrumental in ensuring that CALA would be positioned to function well with future processes and systems. Vernon used his past international experiences in project implementation to guide the CALA team into using a systematic approach to resolving and documenting issues, assigning appropriate roles, and providing feedback to the Nortel global SCM program. He always embraced the challenges that other team members shunned and would volunteer to lead the way. His relentless efforts and dedication was instrumental in ensuring that the CALA SCM implementation of Models was a success.”
Dr. Anita Davis-DeFoe
Formerly: Vice-President, Quality Assurance, WorkForce One (colleague)
“Vernon Bailey is an exceptional team member who is knowledgeable, self-directed, highly professional and his follow through is noteworthy. Vernon is well versed in workforce development, quality and process management and is a vital employee to any organization that seeks to deliver quality outcome based services. He is personable, has stellar communication skills, and interacts well with diverse groups and individuals at all levels of the organizational hierarchy. I endorse the quality of his work without hesitation!!”
Jana Kroop
Professional Placement Facilitator, WorkForce One (colleague)
“Vernon Bailey is our “get it done” guy here at WorkForce One. He transforms our ideas and concepts from raw form to detailed presentation outlining process implementation and selling ROI resulting in a done deal. PPN is a great program and with Vernon at the helm it will just keep getting better!”
Jay Block
Best selling Author, The Jay Block Companies (business partner)
“I have known Vernon for many years as a presenter to his PPN program in South Florida. I have worked with hundreds of Workforce professionals throughout the US - and there is no better than Vernon. His dedication to helping people secure employment is unparalleled and is the benchmark for all Workforce professionals to aspire to.”
Thomas Dougherty
CEO, Eclectic Collections (business partner)
“Vernon has assisted in many placements of Professional Managers (including myself) looking to better themselves with all types of background knowledge and experience. He is a great man to know and trust with anything you do, say and feel. A very wise teacher as well.”
Stewart Webster
Managing Director, The KIIRSTAN Group (business partner)
“I remain simply astounded at Vernon's level of professionalism and thoroughness in his craft. His impressively quiet demeanor hides an amazing level of competence and knowledge. I feel comfortable in assuming that he has guided thousands of persons – directly or indirectly – to success. He is the consummate gentleman, and we are all better for it.”
Harry DeBeziers
Workshop Facilitator/Trainer, WorkForce One (colleague)
Professionalism starts with Mr. Vernon Bailey. Experiences in life and business are thought daily to any or everyone who will have the privilege to cross his path. His friendship is unsurpassed since it is totally real and sincere. His coaching and counseling skills are of the highest caliber. Proud to be his colleague. Proud to be mentored by a consummate professional. Harry de Beziers”
Recommendations for Greater Ft. Lauderdale Broward Economic Development Alliance
Vielka Quintero
Client Manager, International, The Broward Alliance (colleague)
“This letter is my personal recommendation for Vernon Bailey. Until just recently, I had the opportunity to work with Vernon during his temporary assignment at The Broward Alliance. I found him consistently pleasant, very detail-oriented, tackling all assignments with dedication and good sense of humor. Besides being a joy to work with, Vernon is a take-charge person with initiative able to analyze situation and come up with creative ideas and optimal solutions. He is very knowledgeable in the area of workforce development and possess a strong business acumen. Vernon is a team player and would make a great asset to any organization.”
Recommendations for Broadview NP Acquisition Corp. / Network Plus
Joe Ryder
Vice President-Operations, Broadview NP Acquisition Corp. /Network Plus, Inc. (colleague)
“I first met Vernon during my initial tour of Network Plus’ Southeast Region. At that time he was the Switch Manager in Miami, FL. A few months later I promoted Vernon to the position of Operations Director for the Southeast Region. His new responsibilities included managing two #5 ESS End-Office Switches – one in Miami, FL and one in Norcross, GA; a Nortel Networks DMS-250 Long-Distance Switch in Orlando, FL; all serving 64,000 local access lines, and a staff of 38 employees. At my request, and on short notice, Vernon relocated to New York City for several months when the manager in that city quit on short notice. He performed flawlessly and while still maintaining control of the operation in the Southeast, Mr. Bailey consistently outperformed his peers in quality and reliability and set, by his own example, a very high standard for his entire team and his peers to follow. Among his staff and peers Vernon was well respected for his technical ability and sound judgment on issues of design, engineering, growth and management of the Corporation’s Switches, Local Access Lines, Collocation sites and Optical Networks. Vernon is the type of employee that can be counted on to “take charge” of a situation and see it through to a satisfactory conclusion. In fact, he has the leadership ability and respect for technical and administrative details that we look for in our leaders and manages. To sum up, I judge Vernon to be the best Manager I have ever had the pleasure to work with. I trust his managerial abilities completely. His inner work ethic and solid moral character are in my opinion first rate. He is an outstanding performer who always has the respect of his subordinates, peers and his manager, and was a positive factor in the Network Plus workforce.”
Recommendations for Nortel Networks (CALA)
George W. Terry III
Project Developer, Arthur Andersen Tax Technology (colleague)
“Vernon Bailey recruited me for the Supply Chain Management (SCM) team at Nortel’s Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) organization in Sunrise, FL. As the leader of this team he was able to broker agreements that represented relational and collaborative activities among the Lines of Businesses, the CALA Market Regions, and the Professional Business Units. In all cases the respective organizations were defining, developing, and identifying appropriate processes and systems that would position Nortel as a stronger competitor. The ability to address the needs and demands of these organizations into a global process, and at the same time also facilitate CALA’s specific needs, required diplomacy, tact, and above all, tremendous patience and fortitude. And the SCM team was fortunate to have Vernon as just the person to address these requirements. Vernon enthusiastically embraced these responsibilities and by his actions and behavior proved to be an essential member of the SCM team. He was a strong CALA advocate, petitioning on its behalf for the most favorable conditions in addressing its issues while brokering amicable agreements with the other SCM players. With his keen knowledge of the SCM process and the full support of his management and team, he was instrumental in ensuring that CALA would be positioned to function well with future processes and systems. Vernon used his past international experiences in project implementation to guide the CALA team into using a systematic approach to resolving and documenting issues, assigning appropriate roles, and providing feedback to the Nortel global SCM program. He always embraced the challenges that other team members shunned and would volunteer to lead the way. His relentless efforts and dedication was instrumental in ensuring that the CALA SCM implementation of Models was a success.”