Mark R. Holland, MBA, died in an Oakville, Ont., hospital of cancer on April 12, aged 49. Mark is survived by his mother, Donalee Dunbar Forbes; his father, Ken J.D. Holland; his stepfather, Donalee’s partner, Daniel Gilpin; Ken’s wife, Aldona Tusas; siblings Daniel Dunbar Holland and Alexandra Holland; and his extended family. Mark served with the Royal Canadian Navy Naval Reserve, travelling to Cambodia as River Base Commander with the UN Peacekeeping Force from 1992 to 1993, and then moved to Calgary, where he consulted in the oil-and-gas industry and taught on behalf of the Department of Defence at the University of Calgary. Mark loved basketball and played on both the Guelph Gryphons and Queen’s Golden Gales teams and toured Europe with the Canadian Armed Forces basketball team.
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Mark Keating (BCom) has been appointed Vice President, Marketing at Toronto-based Prinova, a leader in the customer communications management market.
Published in: Summer 2012
Charles T. Kidd, EMBA, writes, “After two and a half years working in Tokyo as the resident director for Sika Japan, I have now moved to Singapore, still working for Sika, but now as a regional Asia-Pacific key account manager.”
Published in: Winter 2019
Charles T. Kidd (EMBA) is enjoying life with his family in Indonesia. His daughters Nila, Ashley and Aiysha (27 months) keep him young. Charles extends an open invitation and would love to have some of his great friends from class visit. He promises that “One day I will make our Class Reunion!” This picture was taken last summer while visiting his daughter, Ashley, in Pittsburg. Email kidd.charles@id.sika.com
Published in: Summer 2012
Charles T. Kidd (EMBA) is still enjoying the Indonesian way of life with his partner Nila and their 14-month-old daughter Aiysha. Charles writes that all his fellow EMBA alumni are always welcome to visit the Kidds in their garden paradise.
Published in: Summer 2011
Charles Kidd (EMBA) and his partner of two years, Nila Primasari, are the proud parents of Aiysha McLean Kidd, born Jan. 5, 2010. EMBA’95 friends are welcome to visit them in Indonesia and enjoy some good Canadian/Indonesian hospitality.
Published in: Spring 2010
Steve Lawrence (MBA) conducts informative and fun bicycle tours under the name 'Kingston by Bike!' that take visitors from around the world to see Kingston and area sites of natural and cultural beauty. He offers a 3-hour downtown bike tour at a leisurely pace and a half-day Kingston Mills Picnic Tour that visits Fort Henry and the RMC campus. Visit complexityawareness.com for more information about these tours and other projects that include Well Bred Fractals and Complexity Awareness. Email fractals@kingston.net
Published in: Summer 2012
Steven Lawrence (MBA) continues to work as a fractal artist and reports he is nearing the completion of a grand survey of complexity in our universe, comprising nearly 7,000 images. He’s taken 1,000 of these pictures to design image-driven seminars on various topics, including a survey of fine art from a fractal perspective and business strategies to suit a complex universe.
Published in: Spring 2010
Steven Lawrence (MBA) is still in Kingston and still active as a fractal artist under the name Well Bred Fractals, as described in the Summer ’08 issue of Inquiry (forerunner of QSB Magazine). He’s getting ready to add classes for adults to the Complexity Science presentations he’s already giving in high school math classes, but, with tourist season coming, he’s also gearing up for Kingston by Bike! These are his information-rich, three-hour, guided bicycle tours of historic Kingston.
Published in: Spring 2009
Scott Richardson (MBA) writes a mellow note about things he enjoys outside business: being married to Leanne, walking and training their miniature dachshund Mabel, and the prospect of visiting Bonaire and using his day skipper certification to go sailing on the Solent.
Published in: Winter 2009