Mark is passionate about guiding people and businesses through the process of digital evolution.    He is adept at strategic planning and implementation with more than 15 years of professional experience helping small and medium businesses achieve their goals. As a technology leadership consultant he uses a wealth of technical background paired with IT leadership skills to help companies in a variety of areas and industries.    His projects cover all stages of business growth and needs, including strategic planning, business transformations and major system implementations.     Get in touch with Mark:   Vancouver Technology Leaders Meetup Group: https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Technology-Leaders/#:~:text=The%20Vancouver%20Technology%20Leaders%20is,topics%20and%20great%20networking%20events.    Builders Without Borders: https://builderswithoutborders.com/   MacGregor-Olsson Consulting: https://www.macgregor-olsson.com   SOCIAL:  Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITServices/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT  Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-computers-ltd/?viewAsMember=true  Podcast: https://www.anchor.fm/umbrellaitservices   What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview? Email [email protected] to let us know!

Rob Malec is an author, consultant, active keynote speaker to the business community and business columnist. He is the President of Businessworks Consulting Inc. Based in Vancouver British Columbia he has been helping his clients increase the revenue their company’s generate while operating more effectively as an organization since 2001. His work includes management consulting, mentoring and facilitation. Rob has a wealth of teaching and facilitation experience, having travelled across North America teaching leadership, sales and coaching skills. He regularly addresses audiences such as TEC, EO and Women’s President Organization to name a few. Prior to starting his consulting practice Rob worked his way through the sales ranks, winding up his corporate career as a Vice President Business Development. Originally from Toronto, Rob spent four years living and working in the United States in a start-up environment, helping to build the US division of a Canadian transportation company from scratch. That enterprise grew to $18M USD over the course of that time. Get In Touch with Rob:  Email: [email protected] Website: Robmalec.com SOCIAL: Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITServices/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-computers-ltd/?viewAsMember=true Podcast: https://www.anchor.fm/umbrellaitservices What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview? Email [email protected] to let us know!

Marc is a brand strategist in Victoria, BC.  He created BrandDIY specifically to help entrepreneurs and founders market and brand themselves, and loves spending time helping young companies get their brands off to a strong start. He’s worked around the world - Asia, Europe, and North America - and worked on some of the biggest accounts around - McDonalds, Budweiser, Procter&Gamble, Unilever, etc.  Today, he works directly with CEO’s of SME's, helping them tune up their brand and marketing. Get in touch with Mark: Email: [email protected] Website: marcstoiber.com Website: BrandDIY.com SOCIAL: Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITServices/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-computers-ltd/?viewAsMember=true Podcast: https://www.anchor.fm/umbrellaitservices What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview? Email [email protected] to let us know!

This week's guest is Dominic Vogel from CyberSC As Founder & Chief Strategist at CyberSC, Dominic Vogel holds a proven track record within cyber security across multitude of industries (financial services, logistics, transportation, healthcare, government, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure). Dominic actively participates in the Vancouver security community and is a well-respected cyber security expert for Global BC, CKNW980, News1130, and the Vancouver Sun. Dominic is highly regarded as a cyber security thought leader and was recently appointed to the BC Provincial Cyber Security Advisory Committee. Dominic has performed his cyber comedian routine for BrightTALK Security Summits, MISA Spring Conference, Cyber Security Summit West, Blancco Security Days, NYIT Cyber Security Symposium, Calgary Cyber Security Congress, Youth Achieving Success, Delta Chamber of Commerce, Vancouver Enterprise Forum, Vancouver SecSIG, Vancouver ISACA, BC Aware Day, Launch Academy, Startup Canada (Startup Chats), World Mining Summit, ISACA CSX North America, Business-in-Vancouver Digital Privacy & Security Series, RSA Conference, and InfoSec World. Dominic focuses much of his energy on providing strategic security leadership to technology start-ups and small/midsize businesses to proactively solve their cyber risk challenges. He strives to provide practical cyber security advice to his clients and actively turning the security consulting world upside down. Get in touch with Dominic: Website: www.cyber.sc SOCIAL: Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITServices/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-computers-ltd/?viewAsMember=true Podcast: https://www.anchor.fm/umbrellaitservices What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview? Email [email protected] to let us know!

This week's interview is with Paul Sweeney from Flexxus.   Paul is an ERP Professional with 20 years of experience. Paul creates systems, defined processes and standardization to help businesses grow. He enjoys using technology to reduce mundane tasks and allowing people to spend more of their time on high value jobs. Paul blends software consulting, implementation and support with hands on experience in financial and operations system development.   Paul's background includes sales, complex report development, and ERP implementation. He helps companies build metrics and gather the data for the metrics so they can manage the key drivers for their business.    Get in touch with Paul:   Website: www.flexxus.biz   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sweeneypaul/   SOCIAL:   Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITServices/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT   Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-computers-ltd/?viewAsMember=true   Podcast: https://www.anchor.fm/umbrellaitservices   What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview?    Email [email protected] to let us know!

This week’s interview with Michèle Soregaroli is about Business Differentiation.   Michèle is a co-founder of Transformational Catalyst Corp., a Vancouver based coaching company serving SME founders, business owners and practitioners in Professional Services. She has over 30 years of entrepreneurship experience and creates high impact engagements that leverage her professional expertise in Differentiation Strategy and Value Propositions.Michèle is an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC), is certified as an Ivey LIFT Coach (The Ivey Academy at UWO), is the 2011 Women of Worth “Mompreneur of the Year”, and is the recipient of the inaugural 2013 International Coach Federation “Coach Impact” Award!   Get in touch with Michèle:   Web: TransformationCatalyst.ca    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1tJjrDO5WRP2cenJ-7RLVA/featured    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/msoregaroli/    Instagram: msoregaroli    SOCIAL:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7kFikN4nWXV83Yn4QVGr9A?view_as=subscriber   Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITServices/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT   Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-computers-ltd/? viewAsMember=true   Podcast: https://www.anchor.fm/umbrellaitservices   What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview?   Email [email protected] to let us know!

This week’s interview with Andrew Jackson  is about Search Engine Optimization and Digital Marketing.   Andrew Charles Jackson is an SEO and digital marketing professional with over 10 years’ specific experience. He teaches courses, such as Digital Marketing, SEO, SEM Fundamentals, and Google Analytics, at BrainStation, the global leader in digital skills training. Previously, he wrote and researched three digital marketing online courses for the University of British Columbia.   Originally from the UK, he has lived and worked in Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Korea, and is now settled in Canada. He has wide-ranging experience in the education, technology, event, and digital media industries, having fulfilled roles as diverse as Marketing Director at a high tech start-up, Digital Marketing Manager at an international boarding school, and Digital Media Specialist for GLOBE, the international symposium on the business of the environment. Andrew has a B.A. in German Studies and a Master of Science in IT, Management & Organizational Change from the Lancaster University Management School, one of the leading business schools in the UK.   Andrew breaks down the following topics with us during the interview:    - What is SEM, SEO and digital marketing?  - COVID-19 and digital marketing  - The future of digital marketing  - North Shore Digital's approach to SEO and digital marketing  - Tools and technologies business owners and marketers can leverage to improve their SEO and digital marketing strategies  - Much more!    Get in touch with Andrew and his team:   - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewcharlesjackson/  - Website: northshore.digital  - Email: [email protected]   Links: - SEM Course Resources - https://northshore.digital/sem-course/ (Exclusive password for Umbrella IT listeners: "SEM")   - SEM Fundamentals Article - https://northshore.digital/search-engine-marketing-fundamentals/   - Brainstation SEM Course: https://brainstation.io/course/seo-sem-analytics  SOCIAL:   Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITSe...  Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT  Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-...   What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview? Email [email protected] to let us know!

This week’s interview with Brian Gray is about Accounting tips for Canadian businesses during the era of COVID-19.   Brian Gray is the owner of Gray & Associates in North Vancouver and has been practicing accounting in Canada since 1993. His team is dedicated to providing their clients with innovative accounting and bookkeeping solutions.   Brian breaks down the following topics with us during the interview:    - What subsidies exist for small and medium businesses during the COVID-19 era?   - What are CEBA, CEWS, TWS, CECRA and who is eligible for these programs?   - What resources should business owners keep an eye on to stay up to date with COVID-19?   - What are some solutions to common challenges being faced by small and medium businesses right now?   - What are some tools and strategies people can use to stay on top of their accounting and bookkeeping?   Get in touch with Brian and his team:   - Website: grayandassociates.ca  - Email: [email protected]   SOCIAL:  Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITSe...  Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-...   What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview?    Email [email protected] to let us know!

This week’s interview with Emily Pineda is about Salesforce for Nonprofits.    Emily is a business systems analyst working in the Charitable Sector where she’s spent the last five years empowering charitable initiatives through technology like Salesforce.  Over her five years in the charitable sector, she has leveraged Salesforce to allow organizations to overcome problems and amplify their impact on small budgets.   Emily breaks down the following topics with us during this interview:  Solutions to the challenges being faced by Non-Profits during the time of COVID-19  Getting Salesforce for Non-Profits licenses for free  Common mistakes to avoid while implementing or transitioning to Salesforce for Non-Profits  Strategies to boost revenue and track internal/external metrics  Resources for those interested in Salesforce  Much more! Emily is eager to share her experience, and help other organizations take advantage of the world of opportunities that are possible with Salesforce.   Get in touch with Emily: www.linkedin.com/in/emilympineda   Salesforce App Exchange: https://appexchange.salesforce.com/  Trailhead: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/home  Community Forum: https://trailblazers.salesforce.com/answers  Power of Us Hub https://powerofus.force.com/s/  Dreamforce: https://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/    SOCIAL:   Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITSe...  Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT  Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-...   What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview? Email [email protected] to let us know!

This week's interview is with Reza Akhavan, a Network Engineer with nearly 15 years of experience in the I.T. field.    Reza breaks down the following topics with us in this interview:    The definition of Network Engineering  How to get into Networking and Network Engineering  How to advance in Networking and Network Engineering  How to stay up to date with the constantly changing technology landscape  What the zombie apocalypse means for the future of Networking  Tools for I.T. technicians  What will Networking look like in "the new normal"  How Reza approaches projects and challenges  Leaders in the Networking space    Get in touch with Reza:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/reza-akha...  SOCIAL:   Website: https://www.umbrellaitservices.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaITSe... Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheUmbrellaIT Instagram: http://instagram.com/umbrellaitservices LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrt-...  What topics would you like to see covered in an upcoming interview? Email [email protected] to let us know!