Welcome to the Scandinavian Business Club of British Columbia

6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby, B.C. V5B 4P9 Canada

Tel: (604) 484-8238 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6.00 p.m.
Except for July, August and December
Our events are open to members and non-members alike!

UBC Voyage - A Special Presentation

UBC Voyage

In April, in addition to our regular speaker, we were given a special presentation by Torbjørn Reitan Fyrvik who told us about the UBC Voyage Project. The goal of the project is to design and build a fully autonomous research vessel which will be tested in the Atlantic Ocean. The team is currently working on the project but they are looking for assistance. Click the link below to learn about the project, its status and how you can help make it happen!

2018 April, Torbjørn Reitan Fyrvik

Christmas Party Sponsors 2017

We wish to acknowledge the following businesses and individuals for their generous support of our annual Christmas Party. Our sponsors for the 2017 Scandinavian Business Club of BC Christmas Party are:

Swedish Press
Tom Dunn
Linda Lee
Jan Nordin
Anders Nurmi - Pacific Viking Enterprises
Lauren Kunimoto
Kevin Kunimoto
Michelle Madsen
Paul Andreassen
Solvi Stokholm - Stokhom Insurance Services Ltd. / The Cooperators
Salt Paradise Wellness and Detox Centre
Steve Bottomley - West Coast Flyer Delivery
Skinnydipper Recreation Club
Hypersonic Internet Services

Our Next Event

Phil Reynolds - International Submarine Engineering Ltd.
2018 Nov 14
From 6:00:pm To 10:00:pm
@ Scandinavian Community Centre, Burnaby/British Columbia

Annual Scandinavian Christmas Party!!!
2018 Dec 01
From 6:00:pm To 11:55:pm
@ Scandinavian Community Centre, Burnaby/British Columbia

Coro Strandberg, September 2014

Principal of Strandberg Consulting,

Nationally recognized corporate sustainability and social responsibility advisor to business, industry associations and governments.
Geoffrey Hansen, 2012 March

Geoffrey Hansen

Geoffrey Hansen is the Managing Director of Rocket Builders, a management consulting firm specializing in helping technology companies grow and prosper. Geoffrey is a seasoned executive with management experience in software development, product management, product marketing, and venture capital. He had several successful startup companies, but is probably best know as the former General Manager of Multiactive, as an investment manager with the Western Technology Seed Investment Fund (Ventures West), and as a market analyst for B.C.'S Ready to Rocket list of high growth technology companies.

At each company Mr. Hansen has been a founder, executive or investor with, gaining industry recognition well beyond the size of the company has been a hallmark. Mr. Hansen is actively researching emerging technologies and business models and is a well respected analyst of future trends and business opportunities.

Exploiting New Business Opportunities - Lessons from the Launchpad

Emerging technologies present opportunities for businesses, new or old, to rocket upward to new levels of revenue. Taking lessons from companies that have successfully demonstrated explosive 'rocket' growth, Mr. Hansen will explore the technologies and business models driving growth in today's markets. Mr. Hansen will provide practical and entertaining tips for selecting opportunities, removing risk and maximizing success based on years of success in predicting potential and optimizing growth in emergent opportunities.
Bruce Stout, March 2017

Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association
Peter Cowley, 2012 May

Peter Cowley

Peter Cowley is a Senior Vice-President and the Director of School Performance Studies at The Fraser Institute. Upon graduation from the University of British Columbia (B.Comm. 1974), Mr. Cowley accepted a marketing post with Proctor and Gamble in Toronto. He later returned to Vancouver to begin a long career in marketing and general management in the furniture manufacturing sector. During his assignments in general management, process improvement was a special focus and interest. Mr. Cowley wrote several books on education matters. He continues his research on education and related issues for The Fraser Institute. Mr Cowley has co-authored all of the Institute's annual Report Cards. Annual editions now include Report Cards on secondary schools in British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec, as well as Report Cards on elementary schools in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.
Myrtle Siebert, 2013 May

Myrtle Siebert

Myrtle Rae Forberg Siebert came to writing through a deep appreciation for books, first as a child and later through participation as a teacher on a Ministry of Education Textbook Selection
Committee. Ms Siebert’s "Management and Foods" is a ministry text and was the first book to achieve a much-coveted metric “M” designation in Canada. A

n education ministry contact led to her second work, "Food for Life", published in 1994 by McGraw-Hill Ryerson for students at grade nine and ten level across Canada.
She is a retired Registered Professional Home Economist who continues a special interest in management of time, energy and resources. A former teacher, she has enjoyed a wide range of careers including that of owner-operator of a small fast food outlet. Her other interests of a more personal nature change with the season or need: bookkeeper, homebuilder, kitchen designer, decorator and gardener.
Through many years of volunteer activities she has gained a valuable understanding of group leadership. Involvement with International Training in Communications has honed Myrtle’s public speaking skills. She has led beginners workshops in writing, family history research and life planning.
Myrtle has three children and lives with her husband near Sidney on Vancouver Island. "From Fjord to Floathouse" is the result of over three years of family history research. She is currently working on a fiction book and her memoir with the same setting as this publication.

Visit Myrtle Siebert's website at:

www.myrtlesiebert.com/
Nis Schmidt, 2011 October

Dr. Nis Schmidt, The Making of a Surgeon

Graduated from the University of Alberta Medical School in 1961 after undergraduate studies in Physical Education, Biological Sciences and Chemistry. Following a rotating Internship at the Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton, he commenced surgical training at the University of Hawaii. This was followed by a period in Family Practice in Ponoka Alberta before returning to the U of A enrolled in Graduate Studies completing an M.Sc. in gastrointestinal physiology. On returning to Surgical Residency, he spent additional time in Orthopedics, Pathology and Surgical Research, culminating in a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1969 and a Research Fellowship to the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1970. He participated in the early work of liver transplantation with study periods also in Sweden, France and Germany. Prior to his studies in Europe, he was appointed as surgeon to the Stadacona Hospital on the Canadian Naval base in Halifax and to the surgical staff at the University of Dalhousie, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax.

On completion of studies in Europe he joined the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, geographically located at St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver. In addition to a Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal focus, he developed a clinical and academic practice of Endocrine Surgery and chaired that Section in the Division of General Surgery, UBC. At various times at SPH he directed the Surgical Intern program, chaired the Division of General Surgery and the Department of Surgery, and was Chief of Staff. He chaired the Continuing Surgical Education Division in the UBC Department of Surgery organizing the popular annual Surgical Update for 20 years. He was a member of Council of the Canadian Medical Protective Association, on the Board of the Canadian Association of General Surgery, eight years as a Council member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada completing as Vice President of Surgery on the Executive of the Royal College. He has memberships in many Canadian, American and International Surgical Societies. He has been a member of the North Pacific Surgical Association since 1978, and was on Council serving as Recorder and manuscript publisher for 6 years. He has served on the Editorial Board of several surgical Journals including the American Journal of Surgery and the Canadian Journal of Surgery. He carried a constant teaching and administrative load, and has over 50 peer reviewed publications. He has had the opportunity to extensively travel and speak on surgical subjects and issues in Canada, the US, Asia and Europe.
Susan Cartwright-Coates, 2018 April

Susan is a third generation jeweler and is the owner of Cartright Jewelers, following in the footsteps of her father, Don Cartwright and her grandfather, James Cartwright, who started the business in 1933.
Jorna Neuvonen, 2013 March

Jorna Neuvonen

Exporting University Education and Expertise: International Engagement at UBC

“Great universities are bridges between communities and continents. Hubs of intellectual and cultural interchange, they embody the values of respect and service while expanding
opportunities for individuals to carry these values into the world.” (the UBC Plan).

In the last twenty years UBC has developed from a mid-size regional university to a large, internationally recognized university. UBC is currently hosting students from more than 150 countries and has built strong academic ties with universities around the world. The Faculty of Forestry has one of the most diverse student bodies on campus. Nearly 1/4 of our undergraduate students are international representing 27 countries and almost 60% of graduate students come from outside of Canada representing 41 countries. Faculty has strong ties with China, India and Europa in many levels.

Bio:

Jorma Neuvonen has been Director of Special Projects at the UBC Faculty of Forestry since 2007. He provides leadership and organization for new education and training programs, represents UBC Forestry in international fora, and coordinates international activities, symposia, delegations and agreements leading to the establishment of collaborations in research and education internationally. Besides academia, he has worked as a consulting forester internationally with work experience from Canada, Finland, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Philippines and India.
Oli Maughan, 2018 February

Oli Maughan is the modern cat lady you didn’t even know existed. When she's not taking pictures of everything she eats, she can be seen around Vancouver telling jokes to people who are mostly interested in the drink specials.
Thomas Berger, 2013 January

Thomas R. Berger, O.C., Q.C., O.B.C.

Now a practicing lawyer in Vancouver, Thomas Berger served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 1971 – 1983. During that time, he was Commissioner of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry 1974-77. From 1983-85, he was Chairman of the Alaska Native Review Commission. In 1991 – 1992 he served as deputy chairman of the World Bank's Sardar Sarovar Commission in India. Before going on the bench Mr. Berger was counsel for the Nisga'a in the Calder case. Recently he was counsel for the Métis in Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada.
Gunn Kim, 2018 March

Consul General Gunn Kim joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989 after passing the High Diplomatic Service Examination.
Stein Gudmundseth, 2011 November

Stein Gudmundseth

Flying below the radar: The Scandinavian impact on business in Canada
Including comments on the resolution of the international Arctic claims issues.

Honorary Consul General of Norway in British Columbia

Partner with the law firm Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP

After almost 17 years of service, Honorary Consul General Stein Gudmundseth continues to be Norway’s principal representative in British Columbia since his appointment by King Harald V in August 1998. As Honorary Consul General he is charged with promoting friendly relations and commercial ties between Norway and Canada. King Harald V honoured him in 2008 by appointing him Knight First Class in The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.

Stein was educated at the University of Victoria where he earned his Bachelor of Arts. He went on to complete his law degree at the University of British Columbia. He was called to the bar in 1974. Today, Stein is the senior litigation lawyer and founding partner of the law firm, Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP. He regularly appears in court on civil, commercial and securities matters as a litigator and offers legal advice primarily in business disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, insurance law, and stock broker liability.He provides counsel before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

From 1997 to 2004 Stein was adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia. He has been a speaker and contributor to numerous legal education programs.
In 1999 he was appointed Queen’s Counsel.

Stein was born in Oslo, Norway and is married to Carole Gudmundseth. They have two children, Maya, and Kieran.
James Laitinen, 2013 January

Mr. Laitinen’s background includes several sectors - private companies, public companies, government, and nonprofit's.
Michel Laberge, June 2017

Founder and Chief Scientist,

General Fusion, Burnaby
Julia Stretch, 2018 February

Julia Stretch has performed stand up everywhere from corporate Christmas parties to prairie Legion halls, tricked-out basements, gay campgrounds in Texas and Toronto Pride.
Paul Holden, 2013 April

Paul was born in London, England and joined the publishing industry in 1978 with Haymarket Publishing Ltd.
Alon Newton, 2011 May

Alon Newton, Rescue in the Pamir Mountains

He was born, raised and educated in Israel and graduated from the Technion - Israel Institue of Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1989. While growing up in Israel, Alon was an avid climber and did many of his first ascents in the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula. He has summited, among others, Mont Blanc in the Alps and the Island Peak in the Himalayas. During his years in Israel he held the position of Secretary with the Israeli Alpine Club. Now married and with a teenage son, Alon considers himself retired from mountaineering. He moved to Vancouver from Hong Kong in 1996.
It was during his time as Secretary for the Israeli Alpine Club that Alon became involved with a search and rescue team that was sent to the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan in the former Soviet Union, following an avalanche. On Friday, July 13, 1990 an earthquake caused a serac to collapse above camp II at the 6000 metre level on the route to Peak Lenin. The resulting avalanche obliterated the camp, killing 43 climbers with only two survivors.
Geoff Plant, March 2016

Lawyer,

Attorney General of British Columbia and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations from 2001 to 2005
Mats Gerschman, March 2015

Founder, Fortus Consulting
Currently (2015) teaching part-time at Capilano University
Jonas Albeck, September 2015

Senior Land Specialist for Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc.

Commercial Negotiations Landman with Norsk Hydro Canada Oil and Gas Inc.(Statoil)
Jim Robson, 2011 April

Jim Robson, The Voice of Hockey

To many British Columbians, Jim Robson is the voice of hockey. Countless hockey fans literally grew up on the game while listening to Robson’s impeccable delivery of the on-ice action, whether over the radio or television.

Over the course of his forty-seven-year broadcasting career, Robson called the action for more than 2000 NHL games on radio and television. He broadcast four Stanley Cup Finals and five NHL All-Star Games for Hockey Night in Canada, but is remembered best for his twenty-four years broadcasting Canucks games on radio for CKNW. When the Canucks jumped to the NHL, he was there for the very first game on October 9th, 1970 doing play-by-play for the HNIC television broadcast. In his entire career, he never missed a broadcast due to illness.

Robson was only 17 when he walked into CJAV in Port Alberni to pursue a career in radio. He moved to Vancouver in 1956 to CKWX where he remained for 14 years and then moved to CKNW, his home for the next 24 years. During his career in sports broadcasting, he demonstrated versatility and ease with a range of sports including baseball, football, high school basketball , track & field and golf, but his passion was focused on hockey.

With Robson, listeners followed the progress of ice hockey in Vancouver. Wherever the team went, he was there, from the last game played at the Vancouver Forum to the first game at the Pacific Coliseum and subsequently, the team’s move to General Motors Place. He also brought hockey fever home with his broadcast of the first NHL games in Edmonton and Calgary for Hockey Night in Canada, not to mention his work for CBC, BCTV, VTV and CTV Sports Net.

His trademark line used to open every broadcast (“Good evening hockey fans and welcome to this National Hockey League game…”) became nearly as well-known as his regular nod to those listening at home: “…at this time it is my pleasure to welcome to the broadcast all the shut-ins, the pensioners, the blind, and all of those people who can’t get out to watch hockey games.” Robson’s lifelong dedication to his craft has been honoured numerous times, including induction into the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992 and BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

Robson retired in April 1999 and continues to attend Canucks games to this day as a spectator. He can regularly be found in the arena trading stories with fans and long-time friends. In 2005, he published a popular coffee table book, “Hockey Play-by-Play: Around the NHL with Jim Robson,” with Vancouver writer Jason Farris that told inside stories of Robson’s countless trips around the many NHL arenas over his career. When the Canucks honoured the original 1970-71 Canuck players on the 40th anniversary of the Canucks’ first NHL game October 9, 1970, the sell-out Rogers Arena crowd saved perhaps the loudest ovation of the night for Robson, the man who broadcast more Canuck games than any other.
Jordan Bateman, May 2014

B.C. Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Ben Whiting, 2012 November

Ben Whiting

Ben Whiting, is a Canadian from British Columbia, but he also has Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. He has worked in the Scandinavian mining industry and presented at the World Mining Forum in Stockholm and the Euro Mine 2012 in Skellefteå.

Ben is a professional geologist with over 30 years experience in the worldwide mining industry. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, he has served as an advisor for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and on the Sino-Canadian Collaborative Program in Mineral Management. He currently is the Chief Geologist for Orko Silver Corp. and Orex Minerals Inc., as well as being a Director of several publically traded companies.

For 10 years, Ben also taught as an Adjunct Professor of geological sciences and mining engineering on a dual-appointment at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His fields of research are in exploration methodologies, ore deposits geochemistry and reserve/resource estimation.

Ben is a registered “Professional Geoscientist” with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC) and the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO). He is a Fellow and past-editor for the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) and a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) and La Asociación de Ingenieros de Minas Metalurgistas y Geólogos de México (AIMMGM).

Ben is an “Economic Geology Award” winner from the Aaro Aho Foundation and he received the 2008 IAC “Explorer of the Year” Award for his role in the discovery of the giant silver-gold deposits of La Preciosa in Mexico.
Lorne Gettel, January 2014

Ph.D., Plasma Physics from the University of British Columbia.
Mike Brown, 2012 April

Mr. Mike Brown, Senior Planner, Strategic Planning will present to the Scandinavian Business Club on April 11th on the following topic:

Building a Better Airport for BC

Vancouver International Airport celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2011. Opened in 1931, the airport included a single runway, two hangars and a small terminal that consisted of an administration building and waiting room. Throughout the years YVR has grown and expanded into an award winning airport served by 67 airlines and connecting businesses and passengers to 119 destinations around the world.

Looking forward to the next ten years, YVR recently announced a $1.8 billion capital program. Mike Brown will explain the global context and the local benefits of this program.

About Mike:

Airports are operating in a much more competitive environment, including Vancouver (YVR). I am currently focused on strategies to respond, for example, by building closer relationships with its customers and creating new value propositions. This is particularly true in the case of 'transborder leakage', that is, with the strong Canadian dollar many Canadians are using US border airports. The bottom-line is that Canadian airports are going to have to work harder and hustle to win these customers back.

I have also built a forecasting model to predict airport passenger traffic in any country in the world based on two simple metrics: GDP/capita and tourism arrivals. These two variables explain 87% of the difference in countries' propensity for air travel.

I am currently half-way through an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation at MIT. This is a rich and rewarding program. Also, to better understand some contemporary issues I'm brushing up on my international economics through a distance course with Athabasca University.
Alain de la Plante, January 2018

An award winning and highly acclaimed photographer, author, publisher, keynote speaker and artist!
Azza Rojbi, September 2017
Thomas Davies, November 2015

Member of the Editorial Board of the Fire This Time Newspaper
Jason Robinson, January 2017

Founder and CEO of Sustainability Television - a Canadian based social media network
Bjorn Moller, January 2016

Director - Teekay Tankers Ltd.
Alison Bodine, November 2015

Chair of Vancouver's peace coalition Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO)
Leah Costello, 2012 May

Leah Costello

Writer, Film-maker and Event Host

Leah Costello is the founder of the Bon Mot Book Club, Vancouver’s most exclusive and intellectually stimulating event series, which has hosted authors including Michael Lewis, Sarah Palin, and former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. In addition to this series, she regularly hosts other authors for lunch discussions and other conversations, posting their presentations and interviews on her iTunes channel Leah Costello Online. Costello is the former Director of Events for the Fraser Institute as well as producer & host of Fraser TV.Leah moderated several similar events such as a discussion on Olympic Security Costs featuring Judge Wally Oppal and David Eby of the BC Civil Liberties Association and lively panel discussion on the HST with Sun Columnists Harvey Enchin, NDP President Moe Sahota and others.
Georgia Swayze, 2018 February

A rookie in the comedy scene, Georgia Swayze has been at it for about one and a half years. She spends her time performing at local Vancouver shows, such as Goldie’s Comedy Basement, and Eight ½ Inches of Comedy- among others.
Tom Nyberg

Honorary Counsul for Finland in Vancouver
Stein Gudmundseth, April 2015

Honorary Consul General for Norway in British Columbia
James Garbutt, May 2016

Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Steel & Oak Brewing Co. (est. 2013).
Aila Karpio, November 2017

Aila Karpio is a natural organizer and an expert team builder who can quickly streamline and update a not-for-profit association’s operations.
Andy Poon, November 2014

Manager, BC Securities Commission’s community relations program.
Jim Sinclair, 2012 May

Jim Sinclair

The B.C. Federation of Labour represents 500,000 workers throughout the province. Jim Sinclair was elected President of the B.C. Federation of Labour on May 14, 1999, by the Federation's governing body, its Executive Council. He was acclaimed President by Convention in 2000 and 2002 and re-elected in 2004. Jim has been an articulate and active leader in the labour movement for more than 25 years. As a staff member for the UFAWU since 1982, he was the lead negotiator in industry-wide negotiations with major fish processing companies. Prior to his work in the fishing industry. He has been active in the labour movement in BC through his participation on the B.C. Federation of Labour Executive Council and committees since the mid seventies. Jim currently sits on the Board of Directors for Working Enterprises Ltd., the Working Opportunity Fund, and BC Citizens for Public Power.
Rob Baxter, September 2016

Co-founder and principal at Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative
Amber Harper-Young, 2018 February

Amber Harper-Young is a nationally touring Yuk Yuks Comedian
Michael Geller, May 2017

Vancouver based architect, planner, real estate consultant and property developer
Thomas Gradin, October 2015

Player for the Vancouver Canucks from 1978 to 1986.
Currently, Associate Head Scout for the Vancouver Canucks
Jay James, March 2014

Jay James

Business Navigator Services

An Evening with Jay James, International Business Consultant, Philanthropist and Renaissance Man

Jay James opens the evening with a brief summary of his impressions of the future impact of the Canadian-European Trade Agreement, having had conversations with federal politicians closely involved with the deal. But at the heart of his talk is a story of childhood disability that led him on a miraculous journey of healing and self-discovery starting in Sweden and that today helps to enrich the lives of children across the globe. It also earned him a Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal for ‘Exemplary Citizenship’. Jay James concludes his presentation with pertinent notes about Swedish philosopher and nobleman Swedenborg and shares a secret lurking in our own Club!

Don’t miss this fun, fascinating and eclectic evening with Jay James preceded by a delicious Scandinavian dinner and an hour of networking and fellowship.

You can find Business Navigator Services at http://www.businessnavigator.com or by clicking on the company name anywhere in this article.
Simon King, 2018 February

Simon King completely changes a room when he takes the stage. Aggressive, truly insightful and possessing a unique explosive delivery all his own he bombards the audience with intelligent and flat out hilarious material at break neck speed.
Kyle Galbraith, April 2017

Manager of Air Service Development at YVR.
David Fung, 2012 September

DR. David T Fung

Dr. Fung is the Chairman and CEO of the ACDEG Group of companies. He has partnerships in forest products, biomass energy, chemicals, electrical power cogeneration, agric-foods, marine equipment, OEM parts manufacturing and packaging wastes recycling in North America, Europe and Asia. He obtained his Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees in Chemical Engineering from McGill University and completed the senior business executive program at Queen’s University.

Dr. Fung is currently co-chair of the Members of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, vice chair of the Canada China Business Council, senior fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation and past president of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. He is also a member of the national board of directors of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (immediate past chair),Canadian Standards Association Group (CSA), Canadian Green Chemistry & Engineering Network, International Science and Technology Partnership Canada (chair of China Subcommittee), CentrePort Canada Inc. and the Western Canadian Transportation System Strategy Group.
Simon Wosk, 2017

Wine merchant with SIP Wines
Darci LaRocque, January 2015

Award‐winning technology trainer and speaker.
Tamara Hansen, April 2014

Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba
Kathleen Maiman, 2011 September

Tribute to Dr. Theodore Maiman, Professional Focus, Personal Warmth

What was Ted Maiman, inventor of the world's first laser, really like as a person? I had the pleasure of being Ted's wife for 23 years; meeting him on a 747 flight after he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame along with Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright Brothers. When we started talking I felt an immediate comfort as if I had known Ted all of my life. I will share with you the scientist and the profoundly kind and gentle man. I will explore why he was successful against very difficult odds and speak of politics, mischief, and the potent public relations 'spin' which played a role in his life. Through personal stories of Ted's life, you as business professionals, will recognize your own tribulations and the sweetness success brings.

Just before Ted swept me off my feet I finished an Emergency Medical Technicians program with the thought of becoming a Physician's Assistant. After my experiences in Real Estate sales and writing radio advertising, I found I had much interest in the medical field.