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A business is a lot like a face. They both need the same things.
For example, every face needs eyes. For vision. Well, businesses need vision too. Without vision, businesses wouldn’t be able to anticipate their clients’ needs. They wouldn’t be able to see around corners and plan for tomorrow. They wouldn’t be able to invent and create and imagine a better future.
Faces also need a nose. So do businesses. So they can sniff out opportunities and smell when an idea really stinks. They need to be able to sense fear and danger and pick up on subtleties. Some call it intuition. We like to think of it as a nose for survival.
Finally, every face needs a mouth. That’s because communication is an important part of what makes us human. Communication is just as important for businesses. After all, what’s the point of having a great product or service if you don’t tell anyone about it? In the global economy, businesses rise and fall on their ability to communicate with their clients, their partners and the world.
We’d like to invite you to look into the faces of our leadership team members and see what they can do for you. Each one of them contributes a unique mix of talent, skill and experience. Of course a great team is more than the sum of its parts. That’s why we want you to go beyond face value. Keep clicking on our pictures and you’ll start to get a sense of the seemingly endless possibilities we can create for you when we put our heads together.
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Doug Girvin, President
If you’re looking for insight into a company, the best place to start is with its founder. So it naturally follows that if you want to learn more about us, the best place to start is with our founder, Doug Girvin.
Doug’s father was a neurosurgeon and research scientist and his mother was an emergency room nurse, so he grew up immersed in the worlds of academia and health care. And while he chose to pursue a career in business, his passions for academic and health care innovation and research have guided him every step of the way.
For example, Doug was drawn to Kingston in part because of the city’s reputation for research and innovation. Between Queen’s University, the Royal Military College of Canada, St. Lawrence College, the Canadian Forces School of Communications and some of the country’s most active medical research facilities, Doug recognized Kingston as a dynamic hub of research and thought and an ideal home for his business.
Doug’s academic and health care background has also taught him the value of using a collaborative approach to building partnerships. These partnerships include his unique relationship with SunMicrosystems and the HPCVL, one of the world’s biggest computer research projects funded jointly by the public and private sectors.
When he’s not working, Doug continues to explore his passion for collaboration through volunteer work. He has served on the Boards of the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund and the President’s Advisory Council of the Royal Society of Canada. He served on the Industry Canada Roundtable on Canada’s Science and Technology Strategy and he serves as a Governor of Kingston General Hospital.
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Linda Ross, Manager, Marketing & Administration
When you’re in the business of helping other businesses find solid ground, it’s important to be on solid ground yourself. That’s why Linda’s talents are so important to our organization.
Linda’s background in technology, management, education and marketing leaves her uniquely qualified to manage two such disparate departments.
She has designed and taught courses at the college and university levels, developed successful cost-recovery programs for Queen’s University’s Faculty of Education and established the Faculty’s foundation for the Queen’s Capital Campaign.
Because she believes in training as an organizational competitive advantage, Linda is spearheading our internal training and orientation programs, leveraging the talents of our customers and partners to develop our skills and prepare us to meet your challenges.
When she’s not at work, Linda is active in the community, volunteering for an impressive range of cultural and health care-related causes, including Governor of Kingston General Hospital.
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Michelle Sherbino, Sales Manager
What does 20 years of marketing and business management experience mean to you?
To Michelle, it’s meant the opportunity to learn about people and organizations and develop the ability to look at a situation from multiple perspectives. She knows what it’s like to work at a small start-up, a multi-national firm and everything in between – because she’s done it all. She’s worked in the financial sector, health care and in technology serving clients of every size, shape and sector.
Our clients trust Michelle to listen to them, figure out what they need and deliver creative, custom recommendations that truly meet their needs.
When she’s not spending time with her clients, Michelle is busy pursuing her love of travel – it borders on addiction – and developing her skills as a photographer.
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Gary Braida, Services Manager
Gary has lots of tech experience. Lots and lots and lots of tech experience. He’s worked in telecommunications, microelectronics, computer networks consulting and professional services delivery to high performance computing sectors. He’s managed multi-million dollar research projects at the national level and played a key role for us in designing, implementing and managing the HPCVL project.
Gary knows technology, but around Kingston, he’s known for his ability to make complex systems easy to understand.
When he’s not working, Gary is spending time with his kids and pursuing his passion for digital photography.
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