Ken Franczek was born in Toronto, Ontario in July of 1966 and was raised in a middle
class neighborhood in Stony Creek Ontario. At sixteen, due to family issues, Ken found
himself homeless in Toronto where he spent the next three years until the age of
nineteen. During that time, he utilized a number of different support services and was
able to progress past the subculture of the streets and with significant help from these
same support groups was able find his first meaningful employment with a company
called Ginger’s Bathrooms in Toronto Ontario. In his twenties, Ken took on a number of
labour related jobs while at the same time earning his Secondary School Graduation
Diploma through correspondence.
In 1994, Ken made the move to move Western Canada for a new start and new
opportunities. Once arriving in Alberta, Ken had found himself still only able to secure a
number of unskilled labour and junior sales type positions. In 1997 Ken began his
employment with Crystal Glass Canada Ltd as a Customer Service Representative. Ken
progressed rapidly thru a number of promotions and increasing levels of management
within the Crystal Glass organization. Ken’s current position is the General Manager of
the entire Crystal Glass Canada Ltd. group of companies.
Over the past 10 years, Ken has managed to leverage his success within the Crystal
Glass organization into a number of addition business opportunities and partnerships.
Ken’s list of addition business interests include; Owner/Partner of Around the Clock
Advertising; a successful digital billboard advertising company located in Edmonton
Alberta, Owner/Partner of The Firm Sports Management; an international sports
management company representing professional athletes from across Canada and the
United States as well as Excel Business Coaching and Mentoring, a professional
business coaching organization. Which focuses on One-on-One personal and business
development to young entrepreneurs.
Ken attributes his recent successes to “life lessons” and “street smarts” along with
“good old fashioned hard work”.