Bryan Burns, MEC, President of HRO Core Inc. Bryan Burns, BComm, MEC, is founder and President of HRO Core Inc. He has practiced meditation for ten years and is a Shambhala Guide. His career is focused in group benefits, human resource services and non-profit fundraising and leadership. Through HRO Core, Bryan works with organizations on a range of issues related to employee management. He is a licensed insurance advisor, an accredited user of the Bar-On EQi measure of emotional intelligence (EI) and has consulted to organizations on benefits, EI and a range of human resource issues. Bryan was a member of Canada’s sprint canoe team and is an avid stand up paddle surfer.