Burnaby Business News November, 2013

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Alpha Technologies wins Business of the Year at the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards

November 2013

On November 14th, the Burnaby Board of Trade and the City of Burnaby hosted the 14th annual Burnaby Business Excellence Awards, recognizing organizations that have demonstrated outstanding business success and have had a positive and significant impact on the community.

The event, held at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, was emceed for the second year in a row by Steve Darling and Kaitlyn Herbst, hosts of Morning News BC on Global TV. Winners were honoured in nine award categories, plus Burnaby-based ABC Recycling was recognized as this year’s Con’t Con't on onp.5 p.4

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SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTMAS DINNER & DANCE All are welcome to enjoy a great Scandinavian Christmas Party!

Join us for a glass of glögg to warm you up on a cold evening and enjoy a traditional Scandinavian Christmas smörgåsbord.

Date: Saturday, December 7th Time: 6:00pm – 1:00am Location: Scandinavian Community Centre Wine on each table included with dinner.

After dinner, dance the night away to the music of S-Bahn.

Tickets On line: Visit http://www.sbc-bc.ca and find our Christmas Party listing on our events calendar. You can order your tickets and pay for them online with your credit card.

Email or phone: Contact Paul Andreassen by email at info@sbc-bc.ca or by phone at 604-484-7957.

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Burnaby's Teradici teams up with Amazon to eliminate the need for desktop computers Teradici, a Burnaby company specializing in desktop virtualization, has partnered with Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) to provide a new cloud-based Desktop as a Service (DaaS) called Amazon Workspaces that eliminates desktop processors.

While it won’t kill the personal computer for home use, Amazon WorkSpaces will eliminate the need for computer towers in many businesses and organizations.

Working with VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Teradici developed PC over Internet Protocol (PCoIP) software and a chip that, when embedded in computer monitors, eliminates the need for a desktop tower in businesses and organizations that have multiple workstations. Each workstation becomes nothing more than a keyboard and computer screen. Data is transferred between those work stations and a main server as pixels, rather than as binary data.

Because pixels, not data, move between office screens and the server, it is faster.

One of the biggest benefits, however, is portability. Users can install desktop virtualization applications that allow their desktops to be called up from virtually anywhere and on any number of devices.

“We have a lot of customers in the highend work station space – like movie studios,

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Dan Cordingley, Teradici

TV studios, trading floors, a lot of automotive and aerospace companies,” Teradici CEO Dan Cordingley, a former general manager for Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC), told Business in Vancouver.

Teradici chips that enable the transfer of pixels have already been embedded in one million computer screens and devices by most of the world’s largest computer hardware makers.

Paul’s Corner

On a mission with a clear vision Paul Holden, BBOT President & CEO paul@bbot.ca Recently, the Board of Directors and staff of the Burnaby Board of Trade undertook a task of great importance at our annual strategic planning retreat – to revisit, review and rewrite our Vision and Mission, and to create a tagline that in a few words sums up what we are all about. In order to remain relevant as a membership-based business organisation, we felt it was appropriate to ensure our stated goals and purpose continue to accurately reflect our service to the Burnaby businesses community.

I feel it is important to share the results of this process so that you have a very clear

Teradici, which was just named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 list in 12th place, has grown from a headcount of 160 a year ago to 210 today, and recently opened an office in Santa Clara, where it employs another 30 people.

In addition to eliminating the desktop tower, the Teradici virtualization also allows users to access their work computers from home, and nothing moves between their

See article in Business in Vancouver : www.biv.com/news/technology

understanding of who we are and what we do as Burnaby’s leading business association.

Vision: The Vision should describe what we aspire to be and how we hope to be seen by members, potential members and the community, and we wanted to highlight not just the work we do to help the business community prosper and grow but also to reflect our continuing focus on socially responsible and sustainable practices.

Our vision is defined as: To be the recognized leader in championing an innovative, sustainable, socially responsible and robust business community in Burnaby Mission: Our Mission should describe what we do as an organization to achieve our vision. The list of benefits, programs, events, member services etc. is huge, so our challenge here was to find a way to encapsulate everything we do in a few

memorable words. We feel very happy that this Mission Statement achieves this and speaks very well to what we do on behalf of our 1,100 members. Our mission: To improve business by providing our membership with insightful leadership, advocacy, education and a platform for collaboration Finally, we wanted to create a tagline that we felt covered all of the above and clearly and concisely describes our overriding reason for being: The Burnaby Board of Trade - Making Business Better I would like to thank the Board, the BBOT staff and our facilitators Susan Papadionissiou and Avril Orloff for their hard work and invaluable contributions to this process. I hope our new Vision, Mission, and tagline continue to inspire your trust and confidence in the Burnaby Board of Trade.

home computer and business computer but pixels – something that addresses a growing concern about data security.

“IT people love it because nothing’s leaving the data centre,” Cordingley said.

“That’s a huge selling proposition of virtual desktops.”

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Burnaby Business Hall of Fame inductee.

Taking home the Business of the Year award for the first time was Alpha Technologies Inc., a Burnaby-based leader in the design and manufacture of powering solutions for the Telecom, Broadband Cable, and Renewable Energy industries, among others. Alpha has been providing powering solutions expertise for over 35 years, and has been among the top High-Tech companies in British Columbia year after year.

“We have had a little bit of a Burnaby

advantage, maybe,” said Alpha President and CEO Mark Schnarr. “We grew up in Burnaby, went to school here, university … I have worked in Burnaby from the time I was fourteen [years old].”

Other highlights of the evening included the always witty (and slightly selfdeprecating) video introduction by Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan, a tradition of the Gala over the past several years, and the Champagne reception to kick off the night.

“The Awards Gala is the biggest night

on our event calendar, and one that I really enjoy a lot,” remarked Burnaby Board of Trade President & CEO Paul Holden. “It’s a special opportunity for us and the City of Burnaby to truly recognize the businesses and organizations that make this community such an exceptional place to live, work, and do business. I’m very proud, not only of the winners, but of all our truly deserving nominees.”

BURNABY BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNERS

Business of the Year: Alpha Technologies Alpha Technologies designs, manufactures, installs and services powering solutions for the global Telecom, Broadband Cable, Traffic, Security, Industrial, and Renewable Energy sectors.

Generating in excess of $600 million in annual sales and employing well over 2,000 employees, The Alpha Group has over three million powering solutions in operation globally.

Committed to their community, in 2012 alone, Alpha technologies donated over $1.2M to a number of deserving organizations, including The United Way, Habitat for Humanity, SFU, UBC and the Kaiser Foundation.

Business Person of the Year: Corinne Kessel - Greenscape Design & Décor As the Principal of Greenscape Design & Décor, Corinne has elevated the company from being a rental house to being design leaders that imagine and fabricate innovative products in-house, transform spaces and create memorable experiences. An industry leader with 15 years experience, Corrine and her team have won numerous accolades and awards, including Best Theme Décor from the BC Event Awards and Readers’ Choice Award for Favourite Event Suppliers from Canadian Special Events.com Magazine

Business of the Year (up to 50 employees): Everland Natural Foods Everland Natural Foods is western Canada’s largest manufacturer of certified organic, kosher, and vegetarian foods. Everland manufactures over 500 products in both their own brands and for private labels, spanning the categories of breakfast cereals, nut butters, confections and other groceries at its 34,000 square foot facility in Burnaby. Recently, in recognition of their sustained success and growth, Everland was named to Profit Magazine’s Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada list.

Business Innovation: Webtech Wireless Webtech Wireless is a leader in providing fleet management telematics, GPS and automatic vehicle location solutions that improve efficiency, accountability and reduce costs. Webtech Wireless’ fleet management solutions are used by more than 1,000 customers to effectively track and manage their mobile resources. With more than 250,000 units sold globally, 75,000 plus subscribers and tens of millions of records processed daily, Webtech Wireless’ innovative solutions have been adopted by some of the world’s largest, most sophisticated fleet operators.

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BURNABY BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNERS

Environmental Sustainability: False Creek Collision False Creek Collision is an independent Automotive Collision Repair facility that has made environmental sustainability a central tenet of its organization. The owner, a former chemical engineer, got ahead of Canadian regulations and industry standards by first implementing an European paint technology that uses water as a solvent reduce the emission of Volatile Organic Compounds by up to 70%, and then by implementing a water-based technology that further reduces harmful emissions.

Burnaby Community Spirit: Vancity Vancouver City Savings Credit Union is a values-based financial co-operative that has always taken pride in its commitment to the community. From redesigning its South Burnaby branch to provide free meeting space to community groups, to running financial literacy programs with local schools, to supporting local causes with sponsorship and targeted grants, Vancity has committed to making Burnaby a better place for all of us.

Entrepreneurial Spirit: Alture Properties Alture Properties is a real estate investment firm founded by three entrepreneurs who shared a vision to bring the wealth-building potential of real estate investing to all Canadians. Alture delivers both education and investment service that is often out of reach for the average investor.

Alture Properties received Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine’s 2012 Inter-Provincial Investor Award and has been featured in publications like Canadian Immigrant Magazine.

Family-Friendly Organization of the Year: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers started as a family owned business and has now grown into the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, selling more equipment to on-site and online bidders than any other company in the world. With policies like formal flexible schedules and programs like subsidized on-site child care, Ritchie Bros. has committed to making their organization a truly family-friendly one.

Hall of Fame Inductee: ABC Recycling ABC Recycling is a Canadian family enterprise with a 101-year heritage of serving and supporting communities and the environment through the recovery, processing and recycling of scrap metal. With eight locations, more than 200 employees across British Columbia and Alberta and a far-reaching network of strategic partnerships, ABC serves customers throughout Western Canada and around the world.

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Not-For-Profit Organization of the Year: Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society The Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society is an organization that is focused on the Burnaby community and ensuring that its citizens have a better place to live, work and play. With literally thousands of hours volunteered, and countless dollars fundraised, the organization has provided an unparalleled amount of support to more than 40 Lower Mainland charitable and community organizations – many of which are right here in Burnaby.

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BBOT only stop in Lower Mainland for Minister’s Provincial Budget Tour

By Cory Redekop cory@bbot.ca The Burnaby Board of Trade was the only Lower Mainland stop for Minister of Finance Mike de Jong on his province-wide Budget 2014 Conversation Tour when it hosted the Minister at a special reception on October 21st.

The BBOT event, supported by Presenting Sponsor Electronic Arts Canada, saw over 100 representatives from the Burnaby business community mingle with fellow professionals, various MLAs and the Minister before hearing an update on the fiscal position of the province from Minister de Jong.

Attendees heard about the strength of the provincial economy compared to both the rest of Canada and to the economies of the G8 countries. Minister de Jong emphasized the importance of keeping BC competitive and an attractive place for investment, pointing to the reconfirmation of the province’s strong credit rating by the Dominion Bond Rating Service that morning as evidence that the province’s fiscal

BBOT submits business priorities for 2014 provincial budget

movement of goods, people and services.”

The letter continues on to note that transportation has been identified by the BBOT’s Government Relations Committee as the key priority for the business community and encourages the government to build on recent infrastructure successes (such as the Port Mann Bridge/Highway 1 expansion and South Fraser Perimeter Road development) and transit expansion projects (like the current Evergreen Line development from Burnaby to Port Moody) and make the establishment of accountable, efficient and funded public transportation in Metro

By Michael Keller Vancouver a priority in the 2014 budget. michael@bbot.ca “Metro Vancouver, with a population of over 2.3 million, is BC’s largest urban area Each year the provincial government’s and an economic driver for the provincial Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services seeks input from British economy, with the region accounting for nearly 60% of all jobs in BC,” said Holden.

Columbians on priorities for the coming year’s budget. This year, building on previous “With the Metro Vancouver population expected to increase by one million over the advocacy positions, the Burnaby Board of next generation, the performance of this Trade (BBOT) made a submission to the committee calling for government to consider region will be crucial to the economic health of the province.” transportation and support of the high tech Turning to the subject of the High Tech & film industries as priorities for the 2014 and Film and Television Industries, the provincial budget. statement goes on to discuss the economic In a letter to the Standing Committee, impacts of the key sectors , noting that BBOT President and CEO Paul Holden states they employ 80,000 and 20,000 people in “the Burnaby Board of Trade maintains that British Columbia respectively. The High Tech little is more critical to the success of the sector is the third largest contributor to the Burnaby, Metro Vancouver, and indeed British Columbian economy, than the efficient provincial GDP, and Film contributes over $1

Hon. Mike de Jong, Minister of Finance

strength is being noticed. During a Question and Answer session the audience engaged with the Minister on questions of current government investment and possible future spending. Minister de Jong challenged attendees to consider how they would want future surpluses to be used, whether on new spending or on tax relief, and to decide what services should be priorities for provincial spending.

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Billion annually to the economy.

The Burnaby Board of Trade asks for more priority to be given to these key industries, as well as more investment and aggressive tax policy to help compete against neighbouring jurisdictions in Canada and south of the border.

To view the complete budget statement, visit bbot.ca/advocacy.

program called Working Together. The Working Together Program is funded by the Government of Canada’s Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities.

The Working Together Program connects job seekers with disabilities to employers by providing a wage subsidy for a minimum of six months. During this exciting opportunity, the Neil Squire Society will be partnering with the Burnaby Board of Trade; together they will help employers create a more diverse and inclusive working environment.

There is often an assumption that someone who has a disability is unable to participate in the workforce. By introducing this new program, and providing employers with a wage subsidy, employers will experience the benefits of hiring people with disabilities. This program will help eliminate stereotypes and myths that are placed upon people with disabilities and their ability to be employed.

If you are an employer and you would like to learn more about the Working Together wage subsidy program please contact the Neil Squire Society, or the Burnaby Board of Trade.

Wage Subsidy Program: Working Together to Connect Job seekers with Disabilities to Employers The Neil Squire Society is a national not-for-profit organization that uses technology, knowledge and passion to empower Canadians with disabilities. The Society has developed innovative programs and services and some of the world’s leading edge assistive technology for people with disabilities. Today, during its 29th year, the Neil Squire Society is pleased to present a new wage subsidy employment

Neil Squire Society 604.637.3577 lindal@neilsquire.ca www.neilsquire.ca

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Deer Lake Gallery hosts Metallicity SFU prof earns literary honour

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he Vancouver Metal Arts Association is holding its first exhibition at the Burnaby Arts Council’s Deer Lake Gallery.

Metallicity, featuring art jewelry by both established and emerging jewelry artists, is on at the gallery until Dec. 7.

“Our intention is to raise the profile of metal and jewelry art and to build a community of artists to share resources and support, as well as to promote and educate each other and the public,” explains a press release from the group.

The association meets throughout the year and holds special events such as an annual tool swap in the fall and ornament exchange in December.

To find out more about the group and its work, search for Vancouver Metal Arts Association at facebook com

A professor emerita at Simon Fraser University has won the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for nonfiction.

Sandra Djwa, a professor emerita of English at SFU, is known for her scholarly biographies of important Canadian literary figures.

A native of St. John’s, N.L., now living in West Vancouver, she won the honour for her latest book, Journey With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page.

A press release notes that the book is the first biography of Patricia Kathleen Page, a Britishborn and Canadian-bred poet and fine artist who died in 2010 at age 93.

Djwa’s biography draws on a 30-year friendship with Page and a decade’s worth of research into her work.

For more on the book, check out McGill-Queen’s University Press, www. mqup.ca.

City and Colour City and Colour fans, you’ll want to set aside

May 23 of next year.

That’s when City and Colour will be taking to the stage at Deer Lake Park for one of the city’s popular outdoor concerts.

City and Colour, a.k.a. singer-songwriter Dallas Green, will be taking to the stage with his new touring band, including Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs, Dead Weather) on bass, Dante Schwebel (Hacienda, Dan Auerbach) on guitar, Doug MacGregor (Constantines) on drums and Matt Kelly on pedal steel guitar and keyboards.

They’re touring in support of City and Colour’s newest album, The Hurry and The Harm. Sharing the bill will be Half Moon Run. The Burnaby concert is one stop in a 13-city Canadian tour. Check out www.cityandcolour.com for all the details.

Christmas music

Do you have a Christmas concert or performance coming up?

Be sure to let me know so I can mention it in my round-up of holiday events. Email the details to jmaclellan@burnabynow. com

Volumes of art

Art lovers, you’ll want to check out the next exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery.

An opening reception is set for tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 28) in the new exhibition Volumes: Works in Paper.

The exhibition includes installation and large-scale printmaking, as well as painting, ceramics and paper-cut. It features works from the gallery’s permanent collection by Pat Martin Bates, Myra Eadie, Bob Evermon, Margaret May, Teresa Ilene Redden, Douglas Quiring and others.

It also includes new works by emerging artists Maggie Boyd, Graham Landin, Nicole Ondre and Jennifer Rose Sciarrino.

There will also be some upcoming public events in connection with the exhibition – a free family Sunday program on Dec. 1, a Lunch BAG Day lunch and tour on Dec. 14, and walking tours in Mandarin and Korean on Jan. 11.

The Burnaby Art Gallery is at 6344 Deer Lake Ave. It’s open Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and

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Outdoor music: City and Colour, a.k.a. singersongwriter Dallas Green, is coming to Deer Lake Park next spring as part of a Canadian tour.

Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Entrance is by donation, with a suggested donation of $5.

For more about the exhibition or the gallery, see www.burnabyart

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Do you have an item for Lively City? Send ideas to Julie, jmaclellan@burnaby now.com, or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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