Gameplan HR™ is committed to helping companies create strong, sustainable HR practices. Now, more than ever, HR is critical to an organization’s success. While the administrative role of HR is important, strategic planning is necessary to ensure the growth and development of the organization.
Recent studies have shown that optimized HR departments create an environment where individuals are happy and engaged, resulting in productive teams and a more successful business. At Gameplan HR™, we’ve leveraged decades of experience and expert insight to create a system that supports your HR team, setting your company up for success. We’ve done this with comprehensive offerings that support HR professionals, create new opportunities for organizations and their people, and train HR specialists who are looking to expand their knowledge base.
Bring HROS™ into your organization.
Core Values
Always Pondering
- Visionary
- Thinking of New Ideas
- Ask Lots of Questions
Be Authentic
- Be Yourself
- Work Within Unique Ability
- Be Vulnerable
- Humility
Collaborative Communities
- Network with Peers
- Teamwork
- Partnerships
People First
- Empathy
- Support & Encourage
- Help People Thrive
True Grit
- Tenacity
- Hustle
- Perseverance
- Ambition
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Jeff Calibaba, CEO
Gameplan HR™ is led by CEO, Jeff Calibaba. With over 35 years of experience, Jeff has earned a reputation as a respected corporate visionary, innovator, leader, author, mentor and coach. Recognizing the opportunity to create change in the field of HR, Jeff founded Gameplan HR™, a consulting practice that provides full-service support and solutions for corporate HR programs and professionals, and the HR Catalyst Academy™, where HR professionals receive training to obtain HR Catalyst certification.
A career with origins in Saskatchewan as the province’s first licensed paramedic, Jeff went on to author a best-selling medical reference guide. After quickly rising through the ranks to executive positions in Saskatchewan and Alberta’s health districts, he founded and led a medical supply distribution company, achieving recognition as a premier distributor and marketer of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). He subsequently published his next book, A Heart for the Community, and created a process called the “HeartSave Awareness Program,” which was patented and implemented internationally and earned him a Thomas Alva Edison Award for Innovation.
Jeff went on to build two property development companies in Alberta and B.C., as well as an Intellectual Property Packaging and Licensing firm. After graduating from MIT’s Entrepreneurial Executive Masters Program (EMP) in 2005, he also served as facilitator and instructor of the Program in Boston from 2006 through 2014. During this time, he also provided his expertise as a Business Execution Specialist to a variety of companies for Results Canada, before accepting the role of CEO for the largest traffic supply company in Western Canada in 2015 and leading them to become one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies from 2016 through 2018.
Following that, Jeff joined Optimum Talent (now Gallagher) as their Western Region Vice President of Talent Management, while also developing multiple thriving executive mentoring groups as a Master Chair for TEC Canada.
Through Gameplan HR™, Jeff brings his multi-disciplinary corporate and leadership background, passion for developing strategies, and extensive human resources experience to support organizations with attracting and retaining high-performing teams and staying current with the emerging trends in human resources management.
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Dawn Calow, Vice President, Client Solutions
Dawn Calow is the Vice President, Client Solutions at Gameplan HR with over 25 years of experience in HR consulting, spanning executive and professional search to career transition services. With a proven track record of forging strong business relationships and helping organizations realize their potential through their people strategy, Dawn brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to all the companies and professionals she works with.
Throughout the years, Dawn has demonstrated the ability to listen and identify the unique qualities and challenges of each of her clients, and to support their success by providing the expertise needed to realize and surpass company goals. She has worked in a number of industries such as forestry, manufacturing, executive search services, even game-planning at the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Dawn is passionate about working with HR professionals and their executive teams, and she takes pride in being recognized as their “go-to” support and trusted advisor. Dawn is dedicated to helping teams realize their people goals and to be one of the greatest places to work!
Dawn holds a BBA in Strategic HR and Marketing and has recently graduated from Gameplan HR’s HR Catalyst Academy.
Outside of work, Dawn enjoys working out at the gym, spending time with friends, and traveling.
Cindy
HR Catalyst
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Cindy, HR Catalyst
Cindy is a Gameplan HR Catalyst with more than 25 years of experience leading Human Resources functions for global organizations including DuPont, Johnson Controls, and Boeing. Combining deep HR expertise with executive coaching and facilitation, she helps leaders strengthen self-awareness, build confidence, navigate complex workplace challenges, and elevate their leadership effectiveness.
Cindy specializes in areas including organizational design, succession planning, employee relations, workplace investigations, conflict resolution, leadership development, and strategic HR leadership, bringing a collaborative, practical approach that helps both people and organizations thrive.
Daryl
HR Catalyst
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Daryl, HR Catalyst
Daryl is a Gameplan HR Catalyst with more than 27 years of senior Human Resources leadership and consulting experience across private, public, municipal, non-profit, and First Nations organizations. He specializes in strategic HR, total rewards and compensation design, executive and board compensation, leadership development, executive coaching, organizational effectiveness, and change management.
Drawing on leadership roles with international consulting firms including Ernst & Young and Hay Group (now Korn Ferry), Daryl helps organizations align their people strategies with business objectives while building engaged, high-performing teams. He is recognized for his expertise in compensation, organizational design, leadership development, and governance, bringing a practical, results-focused approach to complex people and organizational challenges.
Deb
HR Catalyst
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Deb, HR Catalyst
Deb is a Gameplan HR Catalyst and accomplished executive leader with more than 25 years of experience driving transformation, organizational growth, and operational excellence across the financial services, retail, technology, and cannabis sectors.
Having held executive roles including Chief Administrative Officer, Interim Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief People Officer, and General Manager of Sales, she brings deep expertise in strategy, operations, human resources, organizational change, leadership development, mergers and acquisitions, and business transformation.
Deb has led global teams, supported large-scale organizational change initiatives, and partnered closely with Boards and executive leadership teams to navigate complex business challenges. Known for her ability to build high-performing cultures, lead through change, and create sustainable business results, she helps organizations strengthen leadership, align strategy with execution, and achieve lasting organizational effectiveness.
Deborah
HR Catalyst
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Deborah, HR Catalyst
Deborah is a Gameplan HR Catalyst, executive coach, and leadership development professional who helps leaders build the mindset, skills, and confidence needed to navigate complexity and drive meaningful results. Grounded in Co-Active coaching principles and supported by extensive Human Resources leadership experience, she specializes in leadership coaching, culture and engagement, organizational development, change management, and team effectiveness.
Deborah has partnered with organizations across North America, LATAM, EMEA, APAC, and India, supporting executives and teams in strengthening culture, enhancing performance, and aligning leadership practices with business objectives. Known for her thoughtful, practical approach, she helps organizations create accountable, high-performing cultures where trust, collaboration, and results go hand in hand.
Heather
HR Catalyst
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Heather, HR Catalyst
Heather is a Gameplan HR Catalyst and Organizational Architect who brings firsthand experience as a founder and CEO in the retail and food manufacturing sectors. Having led diverse teams across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Mexico, she specializes in building high-performance cultures by combining operational excellence, quality systems, and people strategy.
Heather helps organizations transform legacy environments into disciplined, equitable, and scalable workplaces where both people and business performance can thrive.
Kalie
HR Catalyst
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Kalie, HR Catalyst
Kalie is a Human Resources Strategic Business Consultant with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations navigate the complexities of people, culture, and workplace operations. She is known for her compassionate, practical approach to human resources, supporting clients with employee relations, workplace culture, compliance, policies, and organizational strategy.
Kalie combines deep HR expertise with clear communication, sound judgment, and a people-first mindset to help businesses build healthy, productive workplaces where both leaders and employees can succeed.
Shawn
HR Catalyst
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Shawn, HR Catalyst
Shawn is a Gameplan HR Catalyst and senior People & Culture executive with more than 30 years of experience partnering with CEOs, Boards, and executive teams across complex, multi-industry organizations across North America. He is known for building high-performance cultures, modernizing people systems, and aligning people strategy with business outcomes, governance, and risk.
Shawn brings extensive governance experience through leadership roles with CPHR Alberta and CPHR Canada and combines deep HR expertise with a strategic, business-focused approach to helping organizations and leaders achieve sustainable results.
Alex
Operations Specialist
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Alex, Operations Specialist
Alex is an operations strategist and business leader with extensive experience helping organizations scale, navigate complexity, and execute with confidence. Drawing on her background as a founder, COO, and trusted advisor to executive teams, she specializes in translating strategy into action through strong operational systems, governance, and cross-functional leadership.
Alex works with organizations to improve clarity, accountability, and execution, enabling teams to move from ideas to measurable results. Known for her ability to see both the big picture and the operational details, she helps leaders build resilient organizations capable of sustainable growth.
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Vivianne Bridgeman, HR Catalyst
As an HR Business Executive & Custom Training Coach, Vivianne Bridgeman brings 20+ years of progressive HR & strategic leadership in the North American, Middle East, & Caspian regions in senior leadership positions in the Oil & Gas, Energy, Manufacturing, Construction, Security Services, Snow Sports & Not-for-Profit sectors.
She is also a sessional instructor at Royal Roads University in the MBA and MGM programs.
Vivianne is passionate about aligning people strategy to short & long-term business objectives so that businesses perform while guiding leadership teams in the transformation & culture shift of taking their HR operations from transactional to strategic: rebuilding, realigning, & reinventing HR to drive strategic change across people, processes, & structures.