shish kafta, shawarma, hummus, spinach pie, kabobs and more) and employs seven to eight full and part-time employees. Owner Wadi Hadad states, “I chose Essex because I like small towns and we have lots of clients from Essex already coming to our other locations.” To view a menu and find locations are in the region log on to: Kabobgy.ca. Baby Envy Boutique, opened by Phong Nguyen in September 2018, is a new small Canadian retailer with big dreams and even bigger goals. With a strong belief in hard work and kindness, the boutique’s selection of product is growing weekly with high quality brands for pregnancy, newborn and beyond. You can register with them; custom design/ order your dream nursery; purchase hip and safe new baby gear; or just browse for a special one of a kind gift! Nguyen and her team believe all customers should we receive knowledgeable, trustworthy and honest answers so be sure to visit them in the heart of Olde Riverside at 5850 Wyandotte Street East in Windsor, or check them out online at: BabyEnvyBoutique.com.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO . . . Congratulations to Lomar Machine Repair Inc., 1885 Moro Drive, Windsor, celebrating over 25 years of serving the tool, die, mould and machine shops across the region. Frank Cirino, Lomar’s President, established the company in 1993 to provide maintenance and repair services for manual and CNC industrial equipment. Since then, the company has evolved to include the sale of CNC machines and automated systems. It has built a solid reputation in the region by caring for each customer’s success while providing prompt and highly skilled technical support. Find out more on the web at: LomarMachine.com.
ON THE MOVE The Town of Tecumseh is pleased to welcome Marg Misek-Evans as the new Chief Administrative Officer as of April 8,
Marg Misek-Evans, the new Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Tecumseh. Photo courtesy of Marg Misek-Evans.
2019, following the retirement of Tony Haddad. Misek-Evans was most recently the City of Sarnia’s Chief Administrative Officer and she has spent the last 30 years in municipal government. Prior to her work with Sarnia, she worked in Victoria, British Columbia with the Capital Region District and with the County of Oxford. “I am excited to begin my new role with the Town of Tecumseh,” MisekEvans says. “I am happy to support Council’s strategic direction working in collaboration with an experienced and knowledgeable team who has been recognized for their regional work.” Information on this and all town news and events is available at: Tecumseh.ca. Next Dimension Inc. is proud to announce Andrew Ford as the company’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing who will enhance their sales performance and overall business growth in central and southern Ontario. “I am excited to join Next Dimension at this transformational time in the company’s history,” Ford states. “Adam Davis (CEO of Next Dimension Inc.), with the support of Peter Needham (VP, People & Performance) has assembled a strong management team around a mission; to provide Next Dimension’s current and future customers with a strategic partner delivering technology services and innovations that support business results. After 13 years of sales performance management consulting with a wide array of technology entrepreneurs, Next Dimension is the right opportunity to bring all that experience together to accelerate our success.” In 2006, Ford successfully launched Sales CoPilot, a sales performance management consulting practice; has held roles from Account Executive to
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President, and is a recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement” Award for his contributions to TechConnex in the GTA. Next Dimension Inc. (NextDimensionInc.com) is a premier North American IT Service Provider, headquartered in Windsor, with offices in London, Waterloo, Markham, and Detroit.
Andrew Ford is now Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Next Dimension. Photo courtesy of Next Dimension.
HALL OF FAME St. Clair College hosts their 27th annual “Alumni of Distinction” Awards dinner on Friday, May 10 at the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts. The awards honour the 2019 recipients who have graduated in the areas of Health Sciences, Business & Information Technology, Skilled Trades, Media, Art & Design, Community Studies and Recent Graduate (in the last five years). The “Alumni of Distinction” Awards were created to celebrate outstanding commitment, passion, and dedication, not only to their respective communities, but also to their families. The 2019 “Alumni of Distinction” honourees are: Chantelle Bacon-Macri, Co-Founder, Fight Like Mason Foundation; Christopher Bozzetto, Lead Texture Artist, Soho VFX in Toronto, Ontario; Barb Brown, Executive Director, Connections Early Years Family Centre, Windsor; Larry Koscielski, Vice President of Process & Technology Development, CentreLine (Windsor) Ltd., Chair of Windsor Essex FIRST Robotics; Justin Lammers, Deputy Chief, EssexWindsor EMS; and Nicolas Seguin, Business and Information Technology Application Architect, Domino’s Pizza corporate headquarters, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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