Judith Kirkness (EMBA) has published her first book, The Traceability Factor, a practical guide for food and beverage manufacturers on how to implement traceability technologies. These include traceability ERP software, handheld warehouse management systems and GS1 barcoding. The book has led to speaking engagements and a new business, Traceability Matters, a consulting firm targeted at the food manufacturing industry. Learn about the book at www.thetraceabilityfactor.com and about the company at www.traceabilitymatters.com.
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Katie Kopansky, BCom, ArtSci’12, was promoted to Director of Enterprise Solutions at Welltok, where she unites artificial intelligence and behavioural economics in mobile apps to help users optimize their health. Katie is based in Denver.
Published in: Winter 2018
Aaron Lau, AMBA, and his wife are happy to announce the arrival of their second child, Freddie, born in October 2017. The new addition joins big brother Ethan, 32 months.
Published in: Summer 2018
Arthur Liu, MBA, and Travis Ratnam, MBA, founders of edtech-provider Knowledgehook, partnered with the Ontario Ministry of Education in May 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to deploy the company’s remote-learning platform across all 72 school districts in the province. The platform, called Knowledgehook Open Access, helped students from grades 3 through 10 to continue their math education while at home.
Published in: Spring 2021
Arthur Liu and Travis Ratnam, both MBA, founders of edtech-provider Knowledgehook, partnered with the Ontario Ministry of Education in May, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to deploy the company’s remote-learning platform across all 72 school districts in the province. The platform, called Knowledgehook Open Access, helped students from grades 3 through 10 to continue their math education while at home.
Published in: Fall 2020
Travis Ratnam, MBA, co-founder, with Arthur Lui, MBA’11, of Canadian EdTech start-up Knowledgehook, received Google’s Game Changer Award at the tech giant’s annual Demo Day in Silicon Valley on May 4. Knowledgehook helps math teachers adapt their lessons for optimal learning after reviewing predictive insights that the company's software generates for each student. (See Knowledgehook’s profile in the Start-Ups Snapshot feature in the Winter 2016 issue.)
Published in: Summer 2016
Craig MacTavish (EMBA) was appointed General Manager of the Edmonton Oilers in April. A former Oilers Head Coach (2000 to 2009), Craig returned to the club last summer as Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations. As a player, Craig logged 701 career games with the Oilers and was the seventh captain in the franchise’s history.
Published in: Summer 2013
Craig MacTavish (EMBA) has joined the Edmonton Oilers as Vice-President, Hockey Operations. This is a return to the Oilers for Craig; he was the team’s head coach in 2008-09. Most recently, he was Head Coach of the Chicago Wolves. Craig was profiled in issue #1-2012 of the Queen’s Alumni Review.
Published in: Winter 2013
Jeff Magnusson, EMBA, was named one of Vancouver’s “Forty Under Forty” for 2016 by Business Vancouver, which cited Jeff’s entrepreneurial prowess in having launched two successful start-ups to date.
Published in: Winter 2017
Arshbir Malandra, AMBA, joined OSL Retail Services as the vice-president of data strategy and business analytics. She has 15 years of analytics and management experience and her career includes working at XM Satellite Radio, Unilever and Rogers Communications. She says she’s looking forward to driving OSL's data and analytics strategy forward.
Published in: Fall 2021