A (Labour) Force to be Reckoned With

What drives Alberta’s most enterprising employees and how their initiative is creating big results.
Alberta Venture presents the winners of the 2002 E Awards

Alberta Venture magazine is committed to supporting the business community through recognition of its most outstanding members. That’s why we created the E Awards for Alberta’s most enterprising employees. Now in their sixth year, the E Awards acknowledge that the commitment and effort of outstanding employees is critical to business success.On behalf of the E Awards sponsors, BDO Dunwoody LLP Chartered Accountants and Consultants, Capital City Savings, Chartered Accountants of Alberta, Field Atkinson Perraton, MacEwan Corporate Learning and Syncrude Canada Ltd., Alberta Venture congratulates all of the nominees and salutes the progressive organizations that brought their names forward.

Finalists and E Awards winners were selected by a panel of judges comprised of members of the Human Resources Management Association of Edmonton.

Additional support was provided by Sharp’s Audio-Visual and The Westin Edmonton.

E Awards 2002 Finalists

Business Results – The Bottom Line: For extraordinary efforts to impact the bottom line, either by reducing costs or by increasing revenues.

• Michael Baker , ATB Financial
• Darwin Barber, Christopher Berry, Donna Johnston, Dan Kitching, Alex Mycko, Jeff Pederson, Julie Plouffe, Donald Schroll, Ken Schubert, Zdravko Siklic, Darryl Stein, Mike Van Hoek and Mark Widdowson, Quebecor World Edmonton
• Tim Hodge, Bell Mobility

Business Results – Quality Enhancement: For effective contribution to improving the company’s product or process.

• Bob Davis and Stefan Dworak, NAIT
• Michael Kerford, Canadian Council for Human Resources in the Environment Industry
• Terry Rhode, Rosenau Transport Ltd.

Community Service: For demonstrating involvement with and concern for the larger community through volunteer activities.

• Bill Borger, WRD Borger Construction Ltd.
• Cheryl MacKenzie, Intuit Canada
• John Windwick, ATB Financial

Continuous Learning: For embracing learning within the workplace, either through pursuing excellence themselves or by facilitating learning for co-workers.

• Jody Larsen, g2 Marketing Inc.
• Mary Ann Lawrence, TELUS & Mary Smith-Latta, Canada Post

Customer Service: For extending outstanding service within the workplace or outside the company.

• Rob Bartel, Jonathan Epp, Derek French, Andrew Gardner, Dave McGruther, Robin Mayne, Jeff Mervin, Jay Watamaniuk, Craig Welburn and Duleepa Wijayawardhana, BioWare Corp.
• Aaron Gerling, PCL Constructors Ltd.
• Pommashea Noel-Bentley, SAIT

Quality of Working Life: For enhancing the company’s pursuit of safety, teamwork, leadership and cultural health.

• Mairead Kehoe-Whistance, Biomira Inc.
• Chris Lumb, Micralyne Inc.
• Valerie Watt, Capital City Savings

Team Performance: For innovative team building to tackle a challenge or a project which could not be dealt with by an individual.

• Al Bertschi, Scott Breckenridge, John Ellison, Chuck Kaiser, Grant McFarlane, Shaun McNamara, Ken Plourde, Mark Spafford, Stephen Sulz and Barb Thomas, Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc.
• Jennifer Chan, Denise DeWitt, Donna French and Dawn Mitchell, Phoenix Insurance Group Edmonton Inc.
• Suzanne Fitzhenry, Rebecca Marsh, Nadia Pinter and Jan Velestuk , University of Calgary

Exemplary Young Employee: For an employee 25 years or younger who has contributed to his or her organization with enthusiasm, freshness of approach, energy, responsibility and maturity and has made a significant contribution in one or more E Awards category.

• Heather Manweiller, Pringle & Associates
• Carmen Murray, Enabled Simulation & Optimization Software
• Dimple Soni, Micralyne Inc.

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