On Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 bestseniorsinfo.com® was launched publicly for Greater Victoria BC Area residents and visitors who are better than 50.
We realized the needs of this more mature demographic were simply not being met by current internet services: on one recent Google search, for example, typing in only Victoria received 947,000,000 results, with Victoria’s Secret, Victoria Texas, and Queen Victoria topping the list. Probably not what you were looking for?
bestseniorsinfo.com® is a website committed to building the most comprehensive Directory for our members, and with Search results that deliver usable information from local sources whenever possible!. We have re-written the rules and brought together a team of Internet techies to build the finest, most intuitive and accurate site available. In fact, we believe that our members will make bestseniorsinfo.com® their home page!
Our Team:
Peter Dale, Chairman and Founder: With a background in real estate development and investment and international re-insurance, Peter is currently a registered mortgage broker in British Columbia and a Member of the Trust Institute of the Institute of Canadian Bankers. contact Peter.
Fiona Campbell, CEO: Fiona played a key role in the acquisition of Invis from HSBC in 2008 and also in the purchase of Invis’ largest competitor in 2008 from GMAC. She also developed a strategy for two brand ownership campaigns and was the highest contributor to profitability for seven consecutive years. contact Fiona.
Geoffrey Davidson, Operational Effectiveness: Geoff is responsible for identifying and securing key talent and ensuring that our organizational culture is unequaled. He is president and founder of the sales.org Inc group and is a recognized leader in the design, development and implementation of performance based sales, organizational and learning effectiveness strategies. contact Geoff.
Charles Dilba, CFO: Chuck has been in public practice for twenty-eight years and focuses his practice on tax preparation for Canada and the United States, accounting and auditing for small companies and financial planning for commercial enterprises and individuals. He has lectured on commerce, financial analysis and budgeting for the University of Victoria and the Bankers’ Institute. contact Chuck.
Kevin Alexander Kevin was Chief Technology Officer for Lanux Ltd. He led a team developing a Linux Command Console solution and helped to take it to market. The console supports both local and international deployments for Lexmark and other Fortune 500 companies. His patents on several technologies will play a significant in our ability to manage and maintain a distributed regional, national and international roll-out of our applications.
Jack Shore:, Strategic Planning Advisor: A twenty-eight year veteran with CIBC, Jack served as Senior Vice-President, Small Banking Business (Western Canada and BC Region) and is fully familiar with the challenges faced by small business. He remains very active in professional and charitable organizations such as Advisory Board Member, University of Victoria School of Business, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity, Victoria, Executive Director of Leadership Victoria and Board Member, Camosun College.
Thomas G. Lockart, Chief Information Officer: Tom started as a data analyst and systems developer for the VLBI correlators at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a NASA facility in Pasadena, California. He designed and built the systems used for data collection, transmission, assembly, and integrated data management for NASA’s GPS Tracking Network implemented in the 1990’s. Tom has substantial experience with MIMD parallel computers, finite-element model partitioning, and Kalman least-squares fitting. Most recently he led the evaluation and adoption of CORBA technology into fundamental hard-real-time control systems used for astronomical optical interferometers at the JPL. contact Tom.
Anne Daniels, Editor in Chief: Writer, researcher, wordsmith and editor, Anne Daniels has been contracting in Victoria since 2002, when she moved from Vancouver to enable her twin sons to attend St. Michaels University School. She is a Director of the Board of the Victoria Tall Ships Society, and a Founding Board member of Daniel Lapp’s House of Music Society. She also served on the Board of the Victoria Symphony Society, and the Foundation for Arts Sustainability in Victoria. contact Anne.
Lisa Jorgensen, Sales Manager: Victoria-based Sales Manager Lisa Jorgensen brings a wealth of background and experience in Sales and Marketing to the team. She takes pride in her impeccable customer service and is dedicated to the success of our clients and their individual business goals, as well as meeting the needs of our members. Lisa’s chief aim is to provide the best possible solution for each client. She offers knowledgeable advice to all our clients and acts as liaison between them and Team Cedric. Lisa’s prior experience includes many industries including government, technology, small business management, real estate, mortgage brokerage, and hospitality. contact Lisa.
Hugues Belanger, System Administrator: With over 20 years experience in information technology design and implementation, Hugues brings his skills and his unconventional way of thinking into leveraging the power of Open Source technology to improving customer value and ultimately bringing value to all stakeholders. Hugues has played key roles in the development of custom systems architecture design for companies such as Lexmark international, Canadian Navi HQ, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. contact Hugues.
Heather Kohler, Communications and UX Manager: Ms. Kohler is a marketing & communications professional with better than 15 years of experience and success starting as an Art Director with Chicago advertising firm Kennedy and Associates. She is a member of The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada and owner and Creative Director for Art and Science Design and prior to that was Director of Media and Marketing for Victoria BMW, responsible for all the firm's advertising and marketing campaigns. contact Heather.
