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Builders of Culture Diversity Reputation ALBERTA SCHOOL of builders of Culture Diversity Reputation U of A ALUMNI MAGAZINE SPRING/SUMMER 2012 events ’12 October 3 Henry Singer Award Presentation and Networking Dinner Shaw Conference Centre, Hall D, Edmonton Speaker: Karen Flavelle, Chief Executive Officer, Purdy’s Chocolates July 11 Calgary Stampede Breakfast Ceili’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Calgary October 18 11th Annual Report to the Community and Networking Luncheon MBA Alumni Speed Networking Event August 9 Enterprise Square Atrium, Edmonton Location TBC Eric Geddes Breakfast Lecture BAA Golf Tournament – The 2012 CMA Cup October 24 September 5 University of Alberta Calgary Centre Windermere Golf & Country Club, Edmonton Speaker: Joseph Doucet, Interim Dean, Alberta School of Business September 20-23 University of Alberta Alumni Weekend University of Alberta Campus, Edmonton November 6-7 Alberta Business Family Institute Signature Event September 21 Business Class of ’52 Dinner University of Alberta Faculty Club, Edmonton Hyatt Regency Hotel, Calgary, November 6 The Sutton Place Hotel, Edmonton, November 7 September 21 Business Class of ’62 Dinner Speaker(s): Richardson Family, James Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton Richardson & Sons, Limited September 22 Alberta School of Business November 22 BAA Annual Dinner Open House and Brunch Kick Off to the Year-Long Celebration Alberta School of Business of the BAA’s 25th Anniversary 5th Floor Stollery Centre, Edmonton Shaw Conference Centre, Hall D, Edmonton this issue Builders and Leaders n this issue, you may recognize buildings and skylines, both here at home and around the world. IMy personal favourites are the Duomo Milano - the fourth largest cathedral in the world - and most poignantly - HUB Mall. You will also read about your fellow alumni - builders of culture, diversity, networks, and reputation - leaders across campus - including an interview with our new Dean - and leaders in boardrooms across Canada, and globally in their fields. And you will read that “what a company stands for is becoming more important than what a company does”. Is reputation everything? Is ROI everything? ROI - Reputation, Opportunity, Innovation The spirit of a place allows innovation to occur, opportunities to unfold, and a reputation to flourish. The spirit of our people - our alumni, our faculty, our students - is why the Alberta School of Business continues to thrive. The return on investment of spirit is immeasurable. Monica Alberta School of Business Alumni Magazine is published twice a Interim Dean: Joseph Doucet year by the Alberta School of Business. If you would like an additional free Editor: Monica Wegner subscription or would like to send in a comment or update your address, Assistant Editor: Erica Viegas please contact us at: Design: Greg Miller Backstreet Communications External Relations, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta Printing: McCallum Printing Group Inc. 4-40 Business Building, Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2R6 Cover: Trevor Brucki e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.business.ualberta.ca telephone: 780 492-4083 toll-free in Canada and the US: 1-877-362-3222 fax: 780 492-8748 vertical logo ~ 4c green vertical logo ~ 4c black vertical logo ~ bw horizontal logo ~ 4c green horizontal logo ~ 4c black horizontal logo ~ bw contents SPRING/SUMMER 2012 2 building Culture - GREG BURGHARDT 06 building Diversity - JANET WOOD 4 building Reputation - 6 DAVID DEEPHOUSE & ROB JEKIELEK 10 BUSINESS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BAA 25th Anniversary - 2012/13 Building a Network - Tricia Cisakowski Local - National - International Events My Alberta Moment - Alexander Batchvarov 17 18 SCHOOL NEWS Q&A - Dean Joseph Doucet CBLA - Joe, Allan, Guy, Neil Leaders on Campus - Ralph, Doug, Ashlyn, Colton 24 PROGRAM & STUDENT NEWS Marketing Moves - Ashton Paulitsch Sowing Seeds - Paul Sinclair 32 CLASSNOTES ICD and ICAA Fellows Presenter Profiles - Doug, Max, Bruce Brian, Bryan, Evan, Court, Michelle, Tim 22 44 UPLIFTING THE WHOLE PEOPLE HUB Mall - Katherine Tsang WWW.BUSINESS.UALBERTA.CA 39 Alumni profile JIM EVANS building Culture GREG BURGHARDT WHEN GREG BURGHARDT, ’91 MBA, AND A SELECT GROUP hey shared a vision: to create a company where team members are treated with care OF PARTNERS FOUNDED ARROW Tand compassion, where work is fun and enjoyable, and where a positive work environment ENGINEERING INC. IN 2006, will foster a team-based, values-centred business THEY SET OUT TO approach. The objective: to be the best engineering services firm in western Canada for BUILD SOMETHING the “built environment.” For Arrow, being the best is not about being the biggest though they are well EXTRAORDINARY. on the way to achievement on both counts. ONE OF OUR UNSUNG SUCCESS STORIES: Growing up in Edmonton, relationships with colleagues, Greg had a passion for Gary Lamphier, Edmonton Journal – November 29, 2011 clients, family, and friends, tinkering and discovery, which which include his wife in turn sparked his interest LARGE companies GET LOTS OF MEDIA Kim, their four children, in learning about how things ATTENTION. SMALL ONES usually DON’T. and long-time friend and worked. He was also very colleague, Jim Evans, ’92 much inspired by his uncle, Today, LET ME take A SMALL STEP toward MBA. Those who have a civil engineer. He would go RECTIFYING that IMBALANCE BY TELLING selected Arrow as their on to graduate from the U employer of choice enjoy a YOU ABOUT JUST ONE OF EDMONTON’S MANY of A with a civil engineering work environment that is degree in 1988 followed by OVERLOOKED SUCCESS STORIES: ARROW designed around the values an MBA. Upon reflection, ENGINEERING. ITS portfolio INCLUDES of respect and responsibility. Greg sees that having this It is a place of work where THE AMA’S SLEEK Kingsway BRANCH, THE strong foundation, in two very people unite in their shared different vocations, helped to RENOVATED KINSMEN ARENA, PROCURA’S effort and commitment light the entrepreneurial fire OFFICE-TOWER RENOVATION ON JASPER – NOW toward meeting the needs of that drives his perseverance clients consistently and with HOME TO AIMCO – AND THE U OF A’S EAST and a strong desire to succeed. enjoyment. With 15 years in CAMPUS VILLAGE. Greg believes that construction and product “happy employees make development under his belt, for happy customers.” As Greg was able to recognize such, he strives to create an an opportunity when atmosphere where people it appeared. This is how are encouraged to share their Arrow Engineering Inc. was ideas, provide input, and take established with partners Paul the initiative to help make Burdett and Robert Prybysh. Arrow an exciting workplace. Since that time, Greg has Lifelong learning is also remained steadfast in Arrow’s an important aspect of the aspiration to become a highly culture at Arrow, where sought after engineering professional and personal firm within the building development tend to be the construction industry. norm. And, of course, staying Greg states that his personal in tune with advancements mission is to “provide a great in technology is a critical career experience for as many component to engineering great people as possible” and success. Arrow underpins that his role as President employees with financial and CEO is empowering reinforcement for learning in this regard. (Since to further individual and inception, Arrow has grown team development. exponentially with more than Greg, Arrow Engineering fifty individuals employed today.) The company has a proven Inc., and members of the Arrow team, are “dedicated to the track record for both performance and profitability in each year communities that we serve.” With this in mind, numerous of operation with an average revenue growth rate of over 40 charities, specifically where staff or clients participate, percent per annum, realizing a remarkable 69 per cent in 2011, are supported. and a less than three per cent turnover rate, which is well below When asked about what the future might hold, Greg is quick the industry average. to share that Arrow “is just getting started.” Greg, alongside his Greg credits this success to several factors including leadership leadership team and staff at Arrow, is looking ahead to the future, style, management discipline, a strong vision, and meaningful with optimism and great expectation. SPRING/SUMMER 2012 3 Alumni profile DEBBY WALDMAN building Diversity JANET WOOD OF ALL THE ADVICE JANET WOOD, ’82 BCOM, HAS RECEIVED DURING HER CAREER, THE MOST USEFUL hat has absolutely worked for CAME FROM A BOSS at “ me,” says Janet, who, in January, IBM WHERE SHE WORKED FOR Twas named SAP’s Executive Vice President for Global Strategic Service 16 YEARS: FOCUS ON Partners. The German-based multinational YOUR JOB, DO YOUR software giant (second behind Microsoft) has BEST, AND OTHER 60,000 employees, 190,000 customers, and OPPOrtunitieS WILL annual revenues of more than $17 billion US. COME YOUR waY. Janet is one of SAP’s top 100 executives and is responsible for Working for such a powerful company isn’t what Janet had leading the company’s largest global service partnerships. Based in mind when she arrived at the U of A in 1977. Back then, in Vancouver, she spends about 70 percent of her time travelling she was an aspiring phys ed teacher. By the end of her first year, to the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. Her however, she realized that as much as she loved sports, she didn’t main focus is ensuring that the company’s largest partnerships are necessarily want to teach sports. She preferred the flexibility of successful
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