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You might call me a Serial Entrepreneur. I attended college to become an Electronics Engineering Technologist. Started out my career fixing gas pump instrumentation and then moved on to service manager for a photocopy company in the early '70s. From 1977 until 1983 I was heavily involved in the sales of Mercedes, Volvo and Subaru automobiles in Kelowna, BC. One evening my new wife and I were walking past a new retail space called ComputerLand. I instantly knew that this was something I wanted to do. I applied as a salesperson and quickly rose to store manager and then bought the store. I sold the stores in 1986 to Bell Canada, tried being an employee and quit that after 6 months to become the competition across the street. It wasn't long before I was the single-source supplier of POS systems to Play It Again Sports stores across North America. During that time I partnered with a genius programmer named Stuart Wyatt to create the first Digital Rights Management software that was used by McAfee, Microsoft, WallData, and Corel. It wasn't long (months) before big money showed up at our door in 1995 and we started a new company called Commerce Direct International to properly market this incredible product. We had everything under control with loads of cash in the bank to fund growth, hired some talented people and pressed forward. Shortly after that our large financiers such as Morgan Stanley suggested we hire a new high profile CEO to replace me. We did and it only took the bum 8 months to bankrupt us. Apparently, he was sent in by our competition to kill our company in 1998. I then started Retail Professionals Software, sold it in 2003 and started 101sitehosting.com.Now, as a result of solely focusing on automated recurring revenue services businesses we have grown to include Liveport, Access Wireless, Talktel, Hosting.express, Webbie.express and, Dropship Distribution Corporation. The future looks solid with multiple revenue streams. Recently we sold the Hotel industry assets under Liveport to a competitor and kept our MDU and government contract divisions to continue with the same crew and resources now named ArcWiFi.com. This recent change allows ArcWiFi to focus on what we love best - riding the wave of customer demand for our qualified services. Access Wireless continues to grow as we focus on our partnerships with network equipment brands that offer solid hardware products and Cloud-Based Dashboards that bring it all together in a single pane of glass when managing up to 1,000 client networks under a single management login.
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PresidentLocalleadsexpress.Com Jan 2020 - PresentResult-Oriented Marketing StrategiesOur agency has been based in Kelowna, BC, Canada, since 2003. With a team of creative developers and marketers, we have been providing cost-effective and result-oriented marketing campaigns for small businesses. Ultimately, everything we do on the web comes down to our ability to deliver new buyer leads for your respective businesses. You have two choices – waste your valuable time trying to do this all yourself or contact us to get it all done for you as efficiently as possible.Grow Your Business With Digital MarketingIn this era of the internet, every business needs to build and maintain a strong online presence along with multiple digital marketing channels. We can help you get your business in front of the right people at the right time, increase organic traffic, boost engagement, and ultimately increase your revenue and grow your business.Experience And CreativityAt our agency, we are passionate about our work. Our experienced and creative marketers stay ahead of the curve to provide effective marketing campaigns to make your business stand out.We are committed to maintaining the highest standards so that you can rest assured that your marketing budget is spent correctly. Website/Landing PageWe provide professional, fast and affordable websites that match your business’s needs.Local SEO - GBPGet a higher ranking on Google for local keywords and get in front of thousands of potential customers.Reputation ManagementOnline reputation is essential these days. We can help improve your online review for stronger credibility.Social Media MarketingWe provide result-oriented social marketing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses.PPC ManagementWe can manage your SEO or PPC campaigns to deliver the best results at the lowest price possible.Video MarketingWe provide high-quality videos that help build your brand authority and increase customer engagement.
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PresidentWebbie.Express Jan 2020 - PresentCreate Beautiful Websites in minutes.No previous experience is needed. If you're new to websites or a seasoned pro, you will appreciate just how easy we made it to succeed. Webbie is the all-in-one, easy-to-use website builder where you fully own and control your website data. Everything you need for one low price. When you get Webbie.express, there is no extra charge for your own custom domain name, web hosting and custom email accounts if you prepay yearly. All of this for less than dinner for two.Professional Website Easy to use, intuitive drag & drop website builder. Add subpages, fill them with pre-defined content blocks and just point and click to replace any text or images with your own.Shopping CartThere is nothing more to set up; Shop is one of many built-in modules; just add your products, set prices and start selling.Landing PagesMarketing campaigns? Create custom, distraction-free landing pages that convert more customers.The Easiest Way to Build Your SiteQuick Start Wizard, Drag & Drop Website Builder and Built-in Apps to help you build and manage your website, shop and landing pagesDid you know... this website is built with Webbie's Website Builder too!Easy EditingJust move your mouse over the area you want to update and click to start editing. Website elements are organized into content blocks you can drag and drop to a new location and easily edit content and settings like background or spacing.No HTML coding unless... you want it!Managing your website doesn't require any HTML knowledge, but for power users, not only the HTML editor is available: add custom parts of HTML, CSS and JavaScript - powered by Bootstrap, the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS library.Predefined Content Blocks & the best AppsChoose from built-in Apps to give more power to your website: Blog, Contact Form, Location Map, Photo Galleries, Slideshows, Form Builder, Restaurant Menu, Shopping Cart, Newsletter, Events Calendar, Community Forum, Landing Pages
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Co-FounderTalktel Communications Sep 2008 - PresentKelowna, CaNow, stay connected with your phone system that works from the office, home or on the road.TalkTel is business communication, simplified. Since the company started in 2008, we’ve focused on developing and supporting a great business phone system for our clients in the Kelowna and Okanagan areas. We’re proud of the relationships we’ve built with some of the area’s leading small and medium-sized business clients, ranging in size from one to 150 employees.Since the beginning, we’ve been pushing cloud-managed business phone technology further than ever and learning a lot in the process. With a class-leading hosted phone system combined with professional, prompt service, TalkTel has expanded services throughout North America, Australia and the United Kingdom.We love helping businesses like yours communicate better and save money. We provide a feature-packed, corporate-class business phone system custom-tailored to your unique needs. By combining a local or toll-free number with advanced, cloud-managed calling tools, PBX, Internet fax and voicemail, TalkTel reduces the cost and complexity of business phone systems by providing customers with precisely what they need and nothing they don’t.To learn more about TalkTel and see how we could help your organization, ask us for a free, no-obligation consultationKeep your phone number.Yes, you can keep your phone number. We can also provide new, toll-free, and international phone numbers.Support team to help youOur services provide free setup and installation with friendly, available support staff via email and phone.It's an all-you-can-eat system.Talktel provides a feature-rich VoIP system with no extra cost for advanced features, so fill your plate and come back for more.Let your phone do more.Providing more than just a dial tone, Talktel provides you with the tools, features and support you need.Feature-rich PBX systemNo installation or setup feesDesk phone includedUnlimited calling to Canada and the USA -
PresidentHosting.Express Aug 2016 - PresentI started and ran 101sitehosting.com and expiry.com for over 16 years. I was then offered a price to sell that equaled 10 years of net profit - I couldn't refuse. I thought I would retire but I was bored and have now started Hosting.express to get back in the web hosting game. I love it and the people I serve. I hope you'll consider us as your service provider for web hosting.
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PresidentDropship Distribution Corporation Jan 2018 - Dec 2022Looking for someone to market your product on the internet?You ship, we ship or Drop Ship for you. www.dropshipdistro.comWe are here to help you get online, setup your online e-commerce store and integrate all those things like inventory, pricing, shipping and payments so that it all goes automatically for you instead of you having to manage anything more than simply finding your product that you want to sell. We will find a place to warehouse it and ship it from at the lowest shipping rates possible.
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PresidentAccess Wireless Distribution Corporation Jun 2017 - Dec 2022We have now closed the company - I retired. Simple story.Access Wireless continues to grow as we focus on our partnerships with network equipment brands that offer solid hardware products and easy to manage Cloud-Based Dashboards that bring it all together under a single pane of glass when managing 1 to a 1,000 client networks under a single management login. This visibility in the networks from any web-connected device allows our clients to serve their customers with 95% fewer truck rolls for diagnosing and correcting any faults in those networks. The big boys have been doing that for years but now you have their competitive advantage in your own managed networks. Network management is simply easier with cloud-managed dashboards. We originally supplied Open-mesh products until Datto terminated the brand. We have since partnered with Engenius Networks for the recent launch of their new cloud-managed Elite product line and Cambium Networks for their cloud-managed cnMaestro dashboard and cnPilot and cnMatrix AP's and Switches. Both of these product lines provide solid value backed with large company resources that won't suffer the demise of products like Open-mesh experienced. We miss Open-mesh but love the newer generation of 11ax powered AP's and POE Smart switches which are managed by a new dashboard that is years ahead of what we previously supplied and supported. Check out our new online stores - www.engeniuswireless.ca and www.smartwifishop.ca - that make it easy to source exclusive products aimed at the IT channel.
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Co-FounderLiveport Corporation May 2007 - Oct 2019West Kelowna, Bc, CaI served as President and shareholder until Liveport was sold to Active Networks in October 2019.Liveport provided wireless internet support services to over 600 hotels across Canada and were expanding across the USA with hotels in most states using our services. I managed the business aspects of this enterprise - responsible for accounting, systems integration and product engineering. -
President101Sitehosting.Com Jan 2003 - Feb 2016I started 101sitehosting.com to allow me to work from home and to create a recurring revenue service with a real perceived value. Our company has grown to host 1000's of websites for over 10,000 clients from around the world and continues to grow on a nice gentle growth curve - very manageable and predictable. I have been blessed by this one.
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PresidentExpiry.Com Mar 2000 - Feb 2016Expiry.com is one of the oldest domain name registrars in Canada, operating continually since early 1999. We had the opportunity to purchase Expiry.com and continue that legacy of web hosting and domain name services as a natural expansion of our services in the business web hosting arena.
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PresidentRetail Professionals Software Oct 1998 - Jul 2003Created a Point of Sale and Inventory management system for Garden Centers. Sold throughout North America to over 200 garden centers. Quickly rose through the ranks at trade shows and became the one to beat. We were twice offered to be bought out. First by a Paul Allen funded company called Etera which was shut down due to lack of financing shortly after we had signed an agreement to sell and secondly by Monrovia a year later. That deal fell through on September 11th 2001 - the day when skyscrapers in New York trumbled and our suitors switched from purchase mode to survival mode recognizing that war was imminent.Two years later Windward Software, Penticton BC bought the company and merged our sales, support and development team with theirs. I retired from that business and started 101sitehosting.com
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PresidentCommerce Direct International Aug 1995 - Oct 1998I partnered with a genious programmer named Stuart Wyatt to create the first Digital Rights Management software that was used by McAfee, Microsoft, WallData and Corel. It wasn't long (months) before big money showed up at our door and we started a new company called Commerce Direct International to properly market this incredible product. We had everything under control with loads of cash in the bank to fund growth, hired some talented people and pressed forward. Shortly after that our large financiers such as Morgan Stanley suggested we hire a new high profile CEO to replace me. We did and it only took the bum 8 months to bankrupt us. Apparently he was sent in by our competition to kill our company.
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PresidentInsight Computers Oct 1986 - May 1997I was founder and president of the Okanagan Valley's largest computer retailer during those early years of the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh.Everything was going well until margins dropped as every big box store in the world decided to sell computers at a discount in Kelowna. I quickly adjusted and shrank from 25 employees to 3 while I looked around for new opportunities. It wasn't long before I was the single source supplier of POS systems to Play It Again Sports stores across North America. I eventually merged the assets of Insight Computers into Commerce Direct International.
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Franchise OwnerComputerland Jan 1983 - Nov 1986PlI was a ComputerLand Franchisee from 1983 until 1986.
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Mohawk CollegeElectronics
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