SAINTS’NOTES
1988 • Aly Jetha and his wife, Shabnam Rezaei, are excited about launching their new business, oznoz.com, which distributes cartoons that teach children different languages. Oznoz. com recently acquired exclusive rights to all foreign languages versions of Sesame Street. Aly and Shabnam are over-the-moon excited with the birth of their daughter, Her Royal Cuteness Aliana Rezaei Jetha. Mom and dad expect Aliana to learn potty training from Elmo in five languages! • F or the past 10 years, David McKinnon has been living in Waterloo, Ontario with his wife, Jennifer, and children Heather (10), Robert (8), and Katie (4). He is an associate professor in the Pure Mathematics Department at the University of Waterloo. David mentions that St. George’s is very well known at Waterloo as he gets comments on his Old Boys tie when he wears it around the department. We thank David for advertising! •C lassmates Anthony Lee, Aly Jetha, and Rick Brooks-Hill managed to reunite at Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on May 24, 2011.
Aly Jetha, Rick Brooks-Hill, and Anthony Lee
1989 • In 2011, Paul Gribble was promoted to Full Professor at the University of Western Ontario, where he is a computational neuroscientist studying the neural control of movement and motor learning. Paul is jointly appointed in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and he runs a research lab in the UWO Centre for Brain and Mind. Paul teaches graduate courses in Computational Neuroscience, Statistics, and Scientific Computing. You can learn more about Paul’s work at http://gribblelab.org.
1992 • Doug Fry writes in from Toronto where he is living. He married Julie Oden on September 5, 2008. He was recently promoted from Director of Strategic Sourcing for Cara Restaurants (Swiss Chalet, Milestones, Montana’s, Harvey’s and Kelsey’s) to Vice President of Milestones. He reports to the President of Milestones, fellow Georgian Jeff Stipec ’79.
1993 • Rob Hernandez has started a new software company called gowerk solutions inc. (www.gowerk.com). Based in Vancouver, the company designs enterprise software for human resource needs at small and medium-sized businesses. Their flagship product, gowerk:perform, is being employed by companies across North America and Europe. They are excited to be adding new modules to their product suite in the
upcoming year and growing their workforce and their market reach exponentially. • David McPhedran is Managing Partner at Triliad Capital. He and his family are doing well and continue to live in New York City.
1994 • In October 2010, Mark Pinder started a new position as Media Systems Engineer for Pixar Canada in (not so) sunny Vancouver!
1995 • Ben Cooper has left his job as National Teams Video Coach with Hockey Canada in Calgary, and has moved to Victoria, BC to take a position as Assistant Coach with the Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey League.
1997 • Ryan Landels is engaged to Chelsea Armstrong, Crofton House ’00, and their wedding is set for December 31, 2011. How connected are they to St. George’s? All five Landels brothers attended Saints. In addition, Chelsea’s family association includes her great-grandfather Capt. B.O. Robinson, grandfather Geoffrey Robinson ’38, uncle Michael Robinson ’69, father Peter Armstrong ’72, and brother Tristan Armstrong ’03. Chelsea’s grandmother, Frankie Robinson, was actively involved in the Parents Association and her mother, Wendy Armstrong, served as Co-Convenor of the 2001 and 2002 Country Fairs.
1998 • Zul Kanji completed his Master of Science degree in Dental Science from UBC in December 2010. On July 1, 2011, he was appointed as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at UBC. • Warren Woo has become a partner and owner of Aspen Law Office in Calgary. He got married in Calgary in 2009.
1999 • C hristian Johannsen was appointed Board Chair of the Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce in July 2011. He invites his fellow Georgians to join him at one of the many networking functions the Chamber has to offer on Vancouver’s Westside.
THE SAINT • FALL 2011
• In May 2011, Raymond Wong completed a full Ironman race in St. George, Utah. It was a 140.6 mile race (swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, run 26.2 miles). In July 2011, Raymond also completed the Vineman Half Ironman Race in Windsor, California (swim 1.2 miles, bike 56 miles, run 13.1 miles).
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