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Alan Jones is vice-president of global sales at Atimi Software
Carla Figueiredo and Linda Quinn join ABBARCH Architecture as technicians
Brian Skinner and Sonja Muller join Bistro 101 at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts as restaurant chef instructor and restaurant service instructor, respectively
Christopher Hebb, Dwayne Melrose and Ronald Lang have been appointed chair, and board directors, respectively, at Cream Minerals Ltd. Hebb is president and CEO of Cavell Capital Corp. Melrose is vice-president, exploration, for Minco Silver Corp. and Minco Gold Corp. Lang is an independent mining consultant. Jon Starin k ha s been appointed non-executive director of Macarthur Minerals Ltd. He is a director of Gippsland Ltd. and was previously a consultant to SBC Warburg’s corporate finance department. Irfan Shariff has been appointed CFO of Cassius Ventures Ltd., replacing Savio Chiu. Shariff was previously corporate secretary of Cassius, an independent consultant and an accountant in the mergers and acquisitions group of Citigroup. Robert Brown, president, CEO and director of Calibre Mining Corp., has stepped down and Edward Farrauto, a director of Calibre, has been appointed interim president and CEO. Greg Smith and Adrian Newton have been appointed vice-president, exploration, and country manager, Nicaragua, respectively at the company. Smith is vice-president, exploration, at Edgewater Exploration Inc. and Newton was previously senior project geologist with Calibre. Ian Pirie has been appointed to the board of International PBX Ventures Ltd. He was previously vice-president, projects, and general manager, Latin America, at Inmet Mining Corp. Randy Reichert has been appointed COO of Yukon-
Nevada Gold Corp., replacing Graham Dickson, who has been appointed senior vicepresident, acquisitions and corporate development, at the company. Reichert was previously president and COO of Colossus Minerals Inc. andCOO of Oriel Resources plc and Orsu Metals Corp. Matthew O’Kane has been appointed CFO of SouthGobi Resources Ltd., replacing Terry Krepiakevich, who remains a senior adviser to the company. O’Kane was previously vice-president, commercial operations and investor relations, at SouthGobi and finance director and executive director of Volvo Car Australia Pty. Ltd. Luc y Zhang has been appointed CFO and secretary of Goldstrike Resources Ltd. She is CFO at Petro One Energy Corp. and was previously corporate controller at Kodiak Exploration Ltd. Stephen Gledhill and Leslie Haddow have been appointed CFO and corporate secretary, respectively, at MBMI Resources Inc. Gledhill is a partner in RG Mining Investments Inc. and a principal of Keshill Consulting Associates Inc. He was previously CFO of Borealis Capital Corp. Haddow is corporate secretary of Southern Andes Energy Inc. and was previously corporate secretary of Homeland Uranium Inc., Cornerstone Capital Partners LLP and Avotus Corp. and assistant corporate secretary of the Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust. John Icke, David McAdam and Christina Boddy have been appointed executive chair, CFO and corporate secretary, respectively, at Teslin River Resources
David Taylor, James Lang and Courtney Markle join Colliers International as associate broker, financial analyst and team leader, research, respectively
Irene Forcier and Rene D-Aquila, chair and executive director, Reach Child and Youth Development Society; and Ladner Rotary Club co-presidents Linda Ottho and Guillermo Bustos
Kris Bulcroft, president and vice-chancellor, Capilano University; Chris Catliff, president and CEO, North Shore Credit Union; and Ranae Miller and Cameron Dunster, Capilano University musical theatre alumni
Corp. Icke is president and CEO of Resinco Capital Partners Inc. and was previously president of Accenture Business Services for Utilities Inc. McAdam is CFO of Resinco. Boddy is corporate secretary of Resinco.
Slawomir Smulewicz has been appointed CEO of Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc., replacing Stan Lis, who was interim CEO. Smulewicz was previously director and vicepresident of the company.
TD Bank donated $250,000 to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation to support the campaign to build the Greta and Robert H.N. HOpe Psychiatric and Education Centre.
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The National Bank Easter Seals WAVES Regatta at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club raised $190,000 for Vancouver Easter Seals House.
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Angela Thiessen has been appointed art director of Red Rocket Creative Strategies. She was previously a senior and junior designer with the company.
•Technology
A la n Jone s h a s b e en appointed vice-president of global sales at Atimi Software Inc. He was previously an account manager at Apple Canada. Greg Bobolo has been appointed president of SendtoNews Video Inc. He was previously a strategic adviser to the company, vicepresident of sales and marketing for Seeker Solutions, managing director for the Mergis Group and founder of BPG – Bobolo Publications Group Ltd. and Dream House Publications Ltd. Chip Winslow has been appointed vice-president of field operations at Elastic Path Software. He was previously group vice-president at the Art Technology Group, director of sales at ADP TotalSource and vertical sales at J.D. Edwards. Daniel Ryan has been appointed to the board of Absolute Software Corp. Ryan is the entrepreneur-inresidence at Split Rock Partners and was previously CEO for Pareto Networks, executive vice-president and general manager for McAfee, CEO and director of Secure Computing, senior vicepresident of enterprise content management at Oracle and COO at Stellent.
comes submissions from local small businesses and large corporations alike that demonstrate examples of corporate philanthropy and community involvement in the Vancouver area. High-resolution images are also welcome. North Shore Credit Union donated $1 million to Capilano University to establish the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts at the school’s North Vancouver campus. The Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon raised over $600,000 in support of 40 local charities. The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation raised $386,500 at its annual golf classic to go toward the campaign to build the new Greta and Robert H.N. HOpe Psychiatric and Education Centre at Lions Gate Hospital.
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Robert Lee donated $50,000 to Junior Achievement of BC in support of strategic business education programs for B.C.’s youth. Deloitte and its green dot riders of the Vancouver office donated $45,000 to the Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting the BC Cancer Foundation. The Rotary Club of Ladner donated $20,000 to Reach Child and Youth Development Society in support of its work with children who have special needs. G&F Financia l Group Foundation donated $6,900 toward the Royal Columbian Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. Pizza Hut donated $6,179 to the JDRF Telus Walk to Cure
Diabetes through customer donations in the months of May and June. Plum clothing stores raised $3,500 for Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland during an in-store fundraiser. Semiahmoo Secondary School donated $2,083 to Peace Arch Hospital and Community Health Foundation. Funds were raised through the international baccalaureate art program’s art show in April. Natu’oil donated $2,000 to support SHARE Family and Community Services. The Tyee won the Edward R. Murrow Award for best news website. David Groves, director of project development in Tanzania for Canaco Resources Inc. was awarded the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits SGA-Newmont Gold Medal. •
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