VOIP man Loosely translated, Comamigo means “call a friend” in Spanish. So, thousands of customers across North America who are saving up to half off their monthly phone bill should call to thank Brent Magnan. He is president and founding partner of Comamigo Canada, a distributor of Voice over Internet Protocol—VOIP—technology, which, according to Forbes Magazine, is one of the [...]
Serendipity Managing the sizzle According to Ruth’s Chris Steak House, “Sizzle is a state of mind, an attitude, a personality…”—add a dash of ambition and you’ve identified the attributes of Sizzler Alicia Maxim. Serendipity. When the U.S. firm announced that its third Canadian location would open in the World Trade Centre Edmonton, it caught her interest. “Before I went for [...]
Purely motivational As the old saying goes, every dark cloud has a silver lining. For 25-year old Carissa Reiniger, her dark cloud was a lifelong battle to overcome shyness that eventually led to a million dollar business. It also happens to be the name of her company, Silver Lining Ltd. Due to her extreme shyness, Carissa remained home-schooled until Grade [...]
High performance Helping employees reach their fullest potential is job number one for Michael Sandaluk. As a human resources advisor with Shell Canada, he is responsible for finding and retaining the best and the brightest workers in upwards of 650 positions at the Scotford upgrader and refinery near Fort Saskatchewan. Growing up, Michael was undecided about what he wanted to [...]
The other blue train in town Move over Thomas the Tank Engine, there’s another blue train in town—Bluetrain Inc. to be exact. The brainchild of Bryan Smith doesn’t pull cargo or carry passengers like Thomas because, for this particular engine, it’s all about making connections.
Marketing “jewel” Most of us can only dream of escaping snowbound Edmonton for an all-expenses paid trip to the Caribbean. But, 22-year-old Krista Turko took a novel approach to making it a reality. Her mid-March trip to the small island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was not all sun, surf and sand: She headed-up a crew of six [...]
