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OpenRoad welcomes Project Manager, Vince Pan

OpenRoad is pleased to announce the addition of Vince Pan, Project Manager to the company. Vince Pan joins the OpenRoad team as a Project Manager/Business Analyst. With a Mechanical Engineering degree from UBC, Vince began life as a Project Manager 14 years ago at an engineering consulting firm. The intrigue and allure of the software […]

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Spring at OpenRoad: New hires, projects, and ideas

It’s already the end of April here at OpenRoad and 2009 is going quickly. We’re pleased to say that we’ve added some great new employees here and watched one of our sites go live. (spring has sprung at the OpenRoad office. photo: gordonr) Welcome again to Selma Zafar, Mark Johnston, Jen Gerth, ThoughtFarmer’s Allie Henze […]

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Clicklaw portal launched

Clicklaw is a public website that aims to be a unified point of access on the Internet to diverse sources of legal information, education and help in British Columbia. The project is sponsored by the PLEI Network, is funded by the Law Foundation of BC, and is being led by the BC Courthouse Library. Clicklaw […]

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OpenRoad grows team

OpenRoad is pleased to announce the arrival of three new web development professionals. Selma Zafar (Senior User Experience Designer), Mark Johnston (Web Developer), and Jennifer Gerth (Quality Assurance Engineer) have officially joined the OpenRoad team. Selma Zafar has over 10 years experience in designing innovative and usable software and hardware. She ensures that the needs […]

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OpenRoad expands team

OpenRoad is pleased to announce the arrival of four new professionals. Bryan Robertson (Senior Analyst), Mona Mok (Project Coordinator), Stephen Calvert (Web Developer), and Bill Stilwell (Web Developer) have officially joined the OpenRoad team. Bryan Robertson has over 10 years of internet industry design and management skills, including a tenure as the Executive Producer of […]

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Work/Life Balance: Empty Promise or Key to Happiness?

This upcoming Thursday (November 23rd), Wil Arndt (Mod7) and myself will be moderating a panel discussion with other local interactive design types at the Vancouver Film School on behalf of New Media BC. Entitled, “Work/Life Balance: Empty Promise or Key to Happiness?” we’re hoping to tackle some of the hot topics on where stress is […]

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ThoughtFarmer in the Vancouver Sun

Peter Wilson of the Networks section of the Vancouver Sun came to visit us last week to discuss ThoughtFarmer, our wiki-inspired intranet platform, and how our clients at Intrawest Placemaking have benefitted from the software. Darren and I had a good chat with Peter and were pleased with the article that came out today. (Vancouver […]

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Hold on tight: It’s going to be a wild ride

OpenRoad’s work for the BC Supreme Court was recently featured in a Technology in Government article on project risks, published nationwide in the October 2005 issue. The Supreme Court Scheduling System (SCSS) was highlighted in the article as an example of a specific, custom-built solution that was created with the ability to communicate and share […]