Medcan Health Management

John Vizzini

John Vizzini joined Medcan on November 3, 2008 as Vice President of Business Development. John comes to us with over 12 years of experience in the fitness industry, specializing in the growth of personal training sales, team building, service and operations. Most recently, John led 23 facilities with Goodlife Fitness, focusing on increasing personal training sales and overall operations. He was also instrumental in leading the successful merger of all personal training services with Goodlife Fitness from The Alliance Fitness Corporation where he worked for nine years and served as their Vice President of Health Centre Operations. John has serviced over 12,000 hours of personal training and was awarded “Personal Trainer of the Year” for 3 consecutive years from 2000-2003, while also producing record-breaking personal training sales and becoming an industry leader in retention. John conducted hundreds of presentations, speaking engagements, and motivational seminars on health and wellness, client service, sales & leadership, as well as client retention, and was featured on a national 16 week health and fitness segment with CTV. John has certified over 800 students through The National Alliance of Fitness Professionals which he has owned and operated since 2001. Prior to joining the health and fitness industry, he served with the Canadian Special Service Force, as a member of the Royal Canadian Regiment Infantry division. He was enlisted with the United Nations in Bosnia where he was awarded a medal of service commissioned by the Queen and served as part of the elite security team for the 1995 G7 summit in Halifax. John was honourably discharged from the military in 1995 with 14 certificates of military achievement and went on to serve with the Corporate Resource Group providing VIP personal security for the country’s top business leaders.