Our Team

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Get Ready has a team of over thirty professionals including: Physicians, Emergency Management, Police, Fire, EMS, Critical Care, Business Continuity, Business Development and Client Support experts. We also have our own inhouse team of software programmers to develop our proprietary ATLAS-LeadingthewayTM web application.

Get Ready is a team of critical care medicine, public health, policing, emergency management, fire fighting, military, crisis communications, and information technology experts.

 

Leadership

Incident Command System Toronto
Scott Ashley  CCP(f)

President and CEO

Scott is the President and co-founder of Get Ready. Scott’s strong belief is to separate policies from procedures and truly “operationalize” these often complex, policy-based programs into response-ready capabilities.

Scott has over twelve years experience in EMS from his early years as an EMT and paramedic in Banff, Los Angeles, and Toronto, and for eight years as a Critical Care Flight Paramedic on the Ontario Ministry of Health Air Ambulance helicopter.

While working for the Ministry, Scott’s entrepreneurial spirits kicked in and he founded companies providing First Aid, CPR, and AED training. Since 2001, these businesses expanded to include Emergency Management, Business Continuity, and pandemic planning for all levels of government, hospitals, school boards, professional services firms, and Fortune 500 companies.

Scott has worked with many different associations and groups to develop best practices for the healthcare and health & safety industries. Today, Scott is a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Business Led Recovery Council, and a founding member of the Safe Site Global consortium through CanDev, Niagara Spark Innovation, and the Ryerson DMZ.

As the President of Get Ready, Scott leads his team to deliver world-class custom programs with proven content and our proprietary cloud-based incident management platform. The ease of use, instant access to the right information, and real-time situational awareness dashboards have been industry game changers. 

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Scott Ashley  CCP(f)

President and CEO

cott is the President and co-founder of Get Ready. Scott’s strong belief is to separate policies from procedures and truly “operationalize” these often complex, policy-based programs into response-ready capabilities.

Scott has over twelve years experience in EMS from his early years as an EMT and paramedic in Banff, Los Angeles, and Toronto, and for eight years as a Critical Care Flight Paramedic on the Ontario Ministry of Health Air Ambulance helicopter service.

Since 2001, Scott has helped lead his team to develop Emergency Management, Business Continuity, and pandemic planning for all levels of government, hospitals, school boards, professional services firms, and Fortune 500 companies.

Ready First Aide™ is the latest program to help the members of the public prepare and respond to a medical emergency.

As the President of Get Ready, Scott leads his team to deliver world-class custom programs with proven content and our proprietary cloud-based incident management platform. The ease of use, instant access to the right information, and real-time situational awareness dashboards have been industry game changers. 

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Business Continuity Planning Toronto
Christel Hollinger Ivanyshyn
ABCP, CMM II (EMP), Dipl MM

Vice-President, Client Services

Christel designs and develops the content for Get Ready’s incident management programs. She is also a part of the implementation team, ensuring our clients needs are met.

Christel has over 20 years of emergency response and emergency management experience, working for the chemical industry, municipal government, fire service, and healthcare. She co-chaired the Province of Ontario Interoperability Task Group (POINT), and participated on provincial Critical Infrastructure Assurance Program working groups and national Technology Interest Groups to promote interoperability across Canada. She has created multi-tiered emergency management plans, and provided leadership for tornados, mass casualty incidents, ice storms, and H1N1.

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Risk Management Toronto
Glenn Gosling-Cannell 
RN, CNCC, ENCC

Specialty Programs Director

Glenn manages the on-site Get Ready Emergency Response Teams (ERT), and works directly with our clients to achieve their emergency response goals.

Glenn completed his training in Nursing at John Moores University. Since then, he has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in Critical Care, Emergency Care, Critical Flight Care, Emergency Management and Crisis Interventional Care. Glenn has worked in the Emergency Management industry for over 15 years, working closely with agencies operating in the field during an incident, and organizations during the planning and recovery of an incident. Glenn is also a paralegal.

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Risk Management Toronto
Craig Sumpter   

Client Solutions Director

As Get Ready’s Client Solutions Director, Craig works closely with clients to develop EM and BCP programs. He works with the Get Ready team assisting sectors such as big financial, pharma, health care, and transportation.

Because Craig has worked at the “tip-of-the-spear”, he understands the value of how the Get Ready programs, such as the Immediate Business Impact Assessment Tool, assists organizations in successfully navigating critical incidents.

Craig has 20 years of experience in Emergency Management. This experience was gained with tenures in the military, front line policing, Tactical and Rescue (SWAT), Bomb Squad, and experience with Operational Planning for major events and bomb threat/active shooter contingency planning for the public and private sectors. He has had the pleasure of serving the community as a Tactical Team Leader and retired from policing as the Officer in Charge of an Explosive Disposal Unit. Craig currently serves as a Firefighter with the City of Brampton.

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Risk Management Toronto
Tim Ivanyshyn   

Director of Finance and Administration

Tim has over 35 years’ experience in Finance and Administration mainly as an Executive Manager, working for municipal governments. Areas of expertise are financials, budgets, human resources, contract development, project management and strategic planning

Operations

Our dedicated team of Subject Matter Experts develops and manage our programs and services to deliver high-quality, compliant, and innovative solutions to our clients. 

Platform Development and IT

Get Ready’s software platform and innovation has been recognized by the Canadian Federal Government as a National Research Council of Canada – Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) funding partner.

Our in-house development team, with expertise across mobile, virtualization and server technologies, are a well-rounded team of tech professionals. Our team focuses on secure, reliable and scalable delivery of features and updates to the Get Ready ecosystem. Our approach provides effective user experiences through continuous QA testing and iteration on our designs.
Get Ready’s platform is domestically secured for our clients.

Testimonials

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    The professionalism, dedication, and exceptional services provided by Get Ready as we embarked on the journey to open our new Centre of care, was insurmountable. Get Ready's team went above and beyond in adapting to our requests, anticipating our needs, and providing tailored solutions that matched our unique operational requirements. From modernizing our existing procedures to providing comprehensive Code of the Month modules, each of which providing confidence as we approach Accreditation.

    Their personalized and engaging approach helped us harmonize our strategies and streamline our processes, enabling us to focus on what we do best – patient care. From conception to execution, Get Ready's team exhibited an understanding of our vision along combined with their hands on approach not only catered to our immediate requirements but also set us up for future success in our emergency management endeavours.

    We strongly recommend Get Ready to any organization looking to modernize their emergency procedures and improve their overall management skills. To the entire team at Get Ready, thank you for turning our vision into reality and making the process a seamless, rewarding journey.

    Serigo Angelucci

    Manager, Security, Locating, Parking & Emergency Preparedness
    West Park Healthcare Centre

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    "For more than ten years Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. has contracted Get Ready to develop Business Continuity Plans, the Emergency Management and Emergency Centre Operations (EOC) Program. In addition, Get Ready is contracted to provide the Toronto site with a dedicated Emergency Response Team (ERT) seven days a week. The ERT responds to emergency incidents including fires, hazardous material spills, medical emergencies and so, they also conduct emergency equipment checks and training to staff and contractors working on-site. Get Ready has developed a very practical and useful cloud-based application called ATLAS-Leadingtheway™. This application provides the ERT and Health Safety Environment Dept with emergency procedures and Job Action Sheets. This application is easy to access and use and has been extremely helpful for managing incident responses. I would highly recommend other organizations to use Get Ready and ATLAS to improve their response capabilities.”

    Alan Chan

    Head Building 200 HSE and Site Emergency
    Response Lead
    Sanofi Pasteur Ltd.

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    "As Canada’s First Digital Hospital, the adoption of the Get Ready Emergency Management Program and cloud-based platform is a natural step of our digital journey. Gone are the binders and outdated policies. Staff no longer need to panic when a Code is called to understand what to do and their role; all that information is available at their fingertips on their phone and desktop. They find the platform very quick and easy to use. The platform also allows the Emergency Operations Centre to track the progress of any activated Code and receive data from responders to better understand what is happening across the organization in real time. These two features, empowering our staff via their phones and central data collection, are making our sites, our staff, and our patients safer."

    Mike Heenan

    BA, MBA, PhD
    Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Services & Chief of People Services
    Humber River Health

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