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.”
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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
Vijay Bathija, MBA, has been appointed President and CEO of John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. He started his career in the airline industry shortly after graduation and has worked in 15 countries on five continents. Vijay arrived in Canada just two days before starting his MBA, which, he says, gave him a lot more than just a top-quality education. He thanks Queen’s, the school’s faculty and his classmates for putting him on the right path.
Published in: Winter 2017
Megann Willson, MBA, and her partner Steve Willson have recently relocated from Halifax to Toronto. They continue to run Panoptika, a consulting business that helps companies use customer understanding to build a better strategy. Megann also runs a social start-up, DZYN (weDZYN.ca — pronounced “we design"), which sells unique Canadian gifts and art, including UpSatchel upcycled handbags. A portion of every sale is used to fight hunger, homelessness, or illiteracy.
Published in: Winter 2016