Our Parmasters Team HQ Senior Management Team Read about our senior management team above by clicking on their name or photo, or scrolling below. President, CEO and Co-Founder Tom Matzen Chief Golf Professional and Co-Founder Scott Hazledine Chief Investment Officer Michael Levy Chief Operations Officer John Harrison Director of Key Accounts Andrew Winston Director of Business Golf Allen Bonk             Tom Matzen - President, CEO and Co-Founder  Tom is founder and past CEO of the Vancouver-based consulting firm, Entrepreneur Coach Inc – a company that specializes in strategic joint ventures with uniquely socially responsible businesses, primarily through franchise development. After launching Entrepreneur Coach Inc. in 1995, his first joint venture was with Puckmasters Hockey Training Centers, the world’s first one-on-one hockey training franchise, now operating in more than a dozen states and provinces, with an average 3-year growth of 71.2% per year. The growth in golf led Tom and the founding team from hockey to golf and in 1999, the concept of Parmasters was born. Over the past two decades Tom has helped more than 200 entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. An international speaker and best-selling author, he is considered by many to be an inspiration, motivator and a strong force in the push towards ethics in our modern business world. As President and CEO, Tom manages strategic growth and franchise awarding at Parmasters Team Headquarters. return to top Scott Hazledine – Chief Golf Professional and Co-Founder    Scott is a Class A PGA member, a Master Teacher, and a Master Player. Scott is recognized as the SAGE (Single Axis Golf Expert), and is the Chief Golf Professional at Parmasters Team Headquarters.    With his eighteen years experience teaching: LPGA Players, Australian Tour Players, Senior Players, Junior Programs, Weekly Clinics and his extensive knowledge in physics, anatomy, kinesiology and psychology, Scott is sought after as a public speaker lecturing on the science of the golf swing. He continues to conduct golf clinics nationwide.    As Co-Founder and Chief Golf Professional, Scott creates the training programs that allow Straight-Line Golf and our lessons to guarantee a 25% reduction in handicap to golfers of all skill levels, and coordinates the golf training certification at Parmasters Team Headquarters. return to top Michael Levy, CFE  - Chief Investment Officer            Michael is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England and Wales) and holds a Franchise Executive Certification with the International Franchise Association.   He was co-founder, President and C.O.O. of Uniglobe Travel International. He was with Uniglobe from before day one, and was key in its growth to over 1,000 franchised locations, over 6,000 staff world wide and combined sales of in excess of $2 billion. Uniglobe achieved its growth through a Regional structure similar to Parmasters Golf Training Centers.    Prior to Uniglobe, Michael was Vice President of Finance for Century 21 Canada, and was with that company from 6 offices to over 300 franchised offices in Canada. During the past ten years, Michael has run his own Regional franchise operation in the U.K. and provided support in raising financing for a variety of companies. Michael is a keen golfer and loves his new Straight-Line Golf swing!   As Chief Investment Officer, Michael coordinates the on-going financial support of our Regional Franchisors and Individual Franchise Owners. return to top John Harrison  - Chief Operations Officer  John is a skilled management professional with over 17 years direct experience in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. John has been involved with several chain restaurants such as The Keg, Earl’s, Cactus Club Café and the Hog’s Breath Café (Australia). He has also had the opportunity to train staff at several high-end, overseas hotel properties such as The Cairns International Hotel and the Gagudju Crocodile Resort. John has been involved in the opening of 5 different hospitality venues and has been responsible for training and development of staff complements up to 150 strong. In recent years, he took on the role of Regional Manager for the Vancouver Destinations Tourism Placement Program. “Destinations” is a unique partnership between Grant Thornton LLP, The Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia and the Ministry of Human Resources to connect people on Income Assistance with Tourism jobs across the Province of British Columbia. John is also an accomplished trainer having facilitated workshops and seminars for both the Vancouver School Board and corporate clients on such topics as “Effective Negotiations”, “Solving People Problems”, “Pursuing Service Excellence”, “Conflict Resolution” and “Dealing with Difficult People”. His direct and honest style, coupled with his work hard-play hard attitude always ensures lots of fun and excellent results. As Chief Operations Officer, John coordinates all system-wide training, product development, and franchise operations support at Parmasters.  return to top  Andrew Winston - Director of Key Accounts Andrew is a Management professional with a truly entrepreneurial spirit. He has achieved high levels of success in Marketing, Sales & Business Development, and web-based business strategies in a wide variety of fields including Hospitality & Tourism, Resort Operations, the Golf & Skiing Industry as well as Telecommunications. Andrew has been responsible for several successful start-up businesses from concept, through development and inception. Andrew currently oversees the operations of a small to medium sized business consulting company called People-link Communications. People-link Communications conducts full operational assessments to help business owners and their management teams, increase efficiency, improve internal and external communications, improve team training strategies and ultimately become more profitable.   In 1999, Andrew created a full-scale golf and travel website called Sea to Sky Golf.Com, Inc. Andrew was key in raising the initial seed funding for the start-up and developed six key national strategic partnerships to ensure the success of this concept.     Andrew’s diverse resume also includes exemplary performance as GM and Director of Sales & Marketing for a 50 million dollar golf resort in Calgary, Alberta called Tri-West Resorts, Senior Corporate Consultant for Rogers AT&T, Golf Professional for Predator Ridge Golf Resort in Vernon, BC and a Ski Instructor at Silver Star Resort in Vernon, BC. For the past 6 years, Andrew has also moonlighted as a professional Actor with credits in film, television as well as some very famous commercials. His bold intonations have lent themselves to multiple voice-over opportunities. With his boundless energy, enthusiasm and tenacity, we are extremely fortunate to have Andrew in the role of Director of Key Accounts for Parmasters Golf Training Centers.  return to top Allen Bonk - Director of Business Golf Allen has an extensive background with two global companies, Motorola and GE, and is a very creative and goal oriented professional with senior level management, sales & marketing experience. His 15 years major account sales and strategy experience and international large project and business experience led him to practice the art and science of great “business golf” for many years. In addition he was extensively trained in a great many technology and management courses ranging from Systems Integration & Project Management to Six Sigma Green Belt certification. A well rounded and diverse background in business and a strong work ethic combined with a commitment to excellence in all areas undertaken, Allen is a team player. As Director of Business Golf, Allen will develop, launch, and coordinate marketing and training for our Quantum Business Golf program. return to top