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About FreshBooks
Meet the FreshBooks Team
Mike McDerment
CEO (Co-Founder)
Mike McDerment is the co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, planet earth's #1 cloud accounting solution designed for small business owners. In 2003, Mike built FreshBooks for his design firm, scratched his own itch, then moved into his parent's basement for 3.5 years to get FreshBooks off the ground. Since then over 5,000,000 people have used FreshBooks to save time billing and collect billions of dollars. Mike and his team dedicate themselves to executing extraordinary experiences everyday for small business owners who want to focus on the work they love, instead of on their paperwork.
Joe Sawada
In addition to being a co-founder of FreshBooks, Joe is also a tenured professor at an Ontario University. In 2000 Joe received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Victoria, specializing in the development of efficient algorithms. Following his degree, he spent two years on a prestigious NSERC post-doc visiting Charles University (Czech Republic), the University of Sydney (Australia), and the University of Toronto (Canada). Joe's most important role at FB: making sure the beer fridge remains well stocked.
Levi Cooperman
VP Operations (Co-Founder)
Levi is a professional engineer with a BEng from the University of Victoria. Before joining FreshBooks, Levi managed projects at Apex Systems Integrators Inc., where his clients included Canadian Tire, Nestlé, and Parmalat. Levi is a systems integration specialist and has led multi-platform integrations with technologies such as: Oracle, SAP, .NET, Windows CE and Pocket PC. An ultimate frisbee, volleyball and basketball player, we suspect he may have stuffed toy dinosaurs hidden in his condo, such is the level of his support for the Toronto Raptors.
Jeff Sarmiento
Jeff is a consummate perfectionist and ace designer. Jeff-fun includes creating awesome web sites, hockey and snowboarding, where he will not hesitate to take on any double black diamond he comes across. Jeff is also obsessed with washing his car (some say his left arm is twice the size of his right arm because of this). See what Jeff's up to by visiting his website or checking his twitter updates.
Daniel Tsang
Product Director
Daniel supports the FreshBooks team by coordinating customer feedback and marketing initiatives into each release. Daniel graduated from the U of T's Computer Science program and also worked for Biz-zone Internet Group Inc. before joining the FreshBooks team. In his spare time, Daniel likes to tweak his computer, work on his tennis game, and hit the local Cineplex for the latest blockbusters.
Rich Lafferty
Director of IT
Did you know that Rich Lafferty invented ice? Despite this he lives modestly with wife Candice and cat Rasha, one of whom has floofy white feets. Rich leads a team of intrepid system administrators, constantly redefining the word "system" to include servers, phone systems, refrigerators, coat racks, octopuses, and pieces of string, and provides the office with a steady stream of cat videos. Sometimes he stares at the wall for hours on end.
Grace Antonio
Customer Support Manager
Fresh out of the University of Waterloo, equipped with a math degree and boundless enthusiasm, Grace is our first FreshBooks employee dedicated entirely to helping our customers. I guess you could call her the 'invoice of reason'. When she isn't answering your questions, you can usually find her playing outside, talking to strangers, playing for the Argonotes or making her co-workers groan with her witty one-liners. She's game for anything and flies by the seat of her own pants because she knows life is short. After all, time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana.
Asmita Nurmohamed
Office & Employee Services Manager
Originally from Africa - the land of the Maasai and where the big game roam free. Asmita studied in Nairobi before moving to Canada and brings extensive office administration experience to her position as she has worked for several multinational corporations in Toronto. In her free time, you can find her at the gym or volunteering for charitable organizations.
Momchil Nikolov
QA Manager
Momchil brings plenty of quality assurance experience to the FreshBooks team, having worked for Bodog, amongst others. He works alongside developers and managers to constantly improve the awesome FreshBooks product by flushing out existing glitches and ensuring new functionality integrates smoothly into the existing system. Momchil is a UofT graduate with degrees in Computer Science, Criminology and Mathematics. Alongside his fascination for computers and modern technology, Momchil is also extremely passionate about cars. In his free time Momchil builds websites, bikes along the lake and practices TaeKwon-Do.
Tim Lee
Support Rockstar
Tim's mesolimbic pathway is constantly flooded with dopamine when he's at FreshBooks — That is to say, he's elated to be here. Studying and working in a variety of fields and locations on planet Earth has allowed Tim to develop a sharp brain for interpersonal communication and a knack for empathy. Add his experiences in tech into the mix, and you've got yourself a support rock-star. When not figuring out the functions and bio-pathway of the Inward Rectifier Potassium Ion Channels, you can usually find Tim perfecting techniques on the piano, volunteering and singing in a choir, playing video games, practice photography, blog, watching Disney movies, and drinking down a pint of Dole Whip with friends.
Beatriz Yanez
Scrum Master
Beatriz brings to the table a wide range of experience in the IT/Tech world. As a self-proclaimed geek she loves technology, media and video games. Still a kid-at-heart, she enjoys to be silly and random. With an inquisitive-mind and a love of people she wants to know what makes your business tick. To relax and calm the chattering monkeys in her head she enjoys reading (her favourite is Latin American literature) and watching movies, especially foreign films.
Casey McKinnon
Head of Product
Casey is our Head of Product at FreshBooks. He's the guy helping the team prioritize and design all of the great features that go into making FreshBooks so awesome. After 7 years as a Program Manager at Microsoft, Casey has settled in Toronto for the long haul. He has the slogan "Fortunae Nihil" (Leave Nothing to Chance) tattooed on his arm to remind him that great things are made by great teams with focus and planning. He plays a solo rockabilly show every night for his wife and kids, and does not dream of someday being on-stage. Not at all, seriously.
Mark Story
Senior Architect
Mark comes to FreshBooks with a background in design and painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design, and a passion for all things code related. A passionate and involved member of the open source community, Mark spends much of free time hacking away on various projects and blogging about what he's learned. In his free time he enjoys a variety of gaming, reading, cycling and snowboarding.
Adam Field
Server Monkey
After spending his college years in professional kitchens, Adam joins us as part of the network operations team. He is passionate about shiny new gadgets, online security and cryptography, and conspiracy theory. In his free time Adam enjoys letting his friend poke him repeatedly with needles and can often be found in a pub, pint in hand.
Kiet Tran
QA Team Lead
As a fresh Computer Science graduate from the University of Waterloo, Kiet found he was a lot better at breaking code than fixing it - so Quality Assurance it was. He joins the FreshBooks team after having spent over 7 years poking and prodding at all manners of software programs, systems and people. In his spare time, he dabbles at web site development, martial arts and tech gadgets. Kiet is also a closet Bimmer and Toronto Raptors fan.
Steve Bujouves
Director, Support
They say Steve was formed in the bosom of FreshBooks itself - his roar is long and loud. Taught never to give up on a customer and that creating a happy user is the greatest glory you could achieve. Beneath his explosive and elegantly chiselled physique, lives the soft comfort of a harvest night. A place where love radiates like a midnight campfire amongst old friends. Always there with a helping hand - an incredibly massive and powerfully awesome helping hand.
Jason Diller
Development Manager
Jason grew up on the Canadian prairie and spent the better part of the long winters and short summers poking away on the primitive personal computers of the day. He has parlayed that early fascination into a career spent writing code while contributing to open source projects. When not running part of the FreshBooks development team, he can usually be found neglecting his lawn, shuttling his daughters to their various dance classes and events, or pretending he knows how to play musical instruments. He blogs when the mood strikes.
Taylor Battista
Financial Analyst
Taylor isn't your typical finance guy. In fact, you may have talked to him on the phone or via email if you're a FreshBooks customer. He spent three years on the support team and that's where he found himself to be comfortable with numbers and accounting. Having had a myriad of experiences, he brings a unique perspective to the world of financial analysis. For fun, Taylor runs sports night at FreshBooks, leads a choir club, participates in the improv community and in an axe throwing league, plays board games, and drinks good rum. He also played in a band for three years called Tea and Coffee.
Richard Kwok
Development Manager
Richard is a U of T computer engineering graduate and has been in the web development industry ever since. Outside of serious work, he enjoys cooking, baking and of course, eating and drinking. To balance the calorie intakes, he is training for his first half marathon. He has a soft spot for all animals and is a volunteer dog sitter for those in need. FYI, he makes a mean souffle.
Jeremy Bailey
Creative Director
Jeremy is an award-winning / self deprecating art director with a wealth of experience across diverse sectors in advertising. Called "a one man revolution on the way we use video, computers and our bodies to create art" by Filmmaker magazine, he also draws on a successful career as a new media artist. When asked about his spare time Jeremy could only list more work that he'd done. Dude also has a Masters in Fine art from Syracuse University among a bunch of other degrees.
Emmanuel "Mio" Ricafort
QA Team Lead
An ISTQB certified tester, Mio brings with him to FreshBooks more than a decade of quality assurance experience working for multinationals all over Asia and North America in a variety of industries from finance, healthcare and telcos. On his free time, he enjoys going on road trips, exploring new places and chilling out with family and friends.
Tim Chan
Team Lead, Support
Tim looks at life from a sea gull's outlook on food. If it's in front of you, you can eat it. In other words, you can do anything that is put in front of you. He is a recent York University graduate equipped with a business degree and has experience in customer service. He took his communication skills abroad to Seoul, South Korea to teach english. He has been a die-hard Raptors fan since day 1, with Alvin Williams being his favourite Raptor of all time. Photography has recently become his newest hobby, which goes well with his love for traveling. His main goal in life: "At some point in my life I will approach the check-in counter of an airport only to be told that there is no longer any room on my passport for another stamp".
Kevin Qiu
Software Developer
A graduate from U of T Computer Science, Kevin enjoys software development and sees programming as a way of life, rather than just a career. He spends his leisure time hacking around functional programming languages and blogs about his learning experience. He has knowledge of useless facts such as flags and capitals of the countries around the world, and he believes the geek shall inherit the earth. His other enjoyments in life include light and classy music, armchair soccer club management, and playing with his two pet rats.
Erin Morris
Art Director
Erin is thrilled to be joining the FreshBooks team. She promises to bring her A-Game and revolutionize the world - or at the very least, create some cool stuff. Erin's favourite colour is blue, just like FreshBooks, she loves cooking, eating chocolate and making art. When not in the city, Erin can be found canoeing in Algonquin Park or traveling the world.
Penny Farinha
HR Business Partner
Penny joins the FreshBooks team with 5 years of experience in the recruiting field. Hailing from rural Ontario she was drawn to the big city simply for the fact she could watch more than three channels on TV. Penny started her career working at a boutique agency helping small software companies hire top talent. In her spare time she enjoys yoga, attending the ballet, cooking up a storm and spending time with family. She is known as being highly organized and once received a label maker as a present - which is still one of her favourite gifts she's received.
Ramiro Chamorro
Account Manager
Hailing from the mean streets of suburban Mississauga, Ramiro "Your Support Hero" Chamorro is here to help your business keep ticking and put that bounce back in your step. Having successfully started his own business that fully paid off his U of T degree, he understands the things that matter most to your small business and shares your sense of urgency. Clearly not enjoying a single moment of downtime, he keeps busy in his free time by being a frontman for a ska-punk band, snowboarding, rock climbing, trail riding, video gaming and reading way too many dorky books for his own good and dating life.
Avrum Laurie
Director of Product Management
Hailing from Toronto, Avrum graduated from the University of Toronto in Computer Engineering in 2007 and moved to Seattle the same year to join Microsoft. After working for teams across Office, Windows, and Search, Avrum moved back to Toronto and joined the product team at FreshBooks in 2011. Avrum works closely with designers and developers to create extraordinary experiences for FreshBooks' 5 million small business customers, so they can spend less time managing their paperwork and more time on what they love to do. Outside of FreshBooks, Avrum can be found complaining about restaurants that don't meet expectations, thinking of clever Facebook status updates, and traveling.
Anton Nguyen
Code Ninja
Fueled by his passion for technology, Anton decided to lock himself away deep, deep into the corners of the University of Toronto, studying the dark magic of computer science and practicing the ancient art of web development. In 2011, Anton emerged from his trials, ready to take on all the exciting challenges at FreshBooks! When not madly coding away on his computer, Anton likes to sing about his favourite things, play video games, watch movies, and discovering awesome music.
Amanda Rappak
Product Communications Manager
Amanda hails from the world of online publishing and has been a champion for good ideas since well before the advent of Twitter. When she's not comparing FreshBooks to a cultural revolution on par with the invention of the wheel, she's likely recounting the outcome of her latest culinary experiment or relating an intrepid tale about her adorable terrier Rupert. Always armed with a notebook, her anthropology background comes in handy when she's laying down the story of the moment. One of her short-term goals is to make a nice picnic quilt for Leafy and all his friends.
Jason Shaw
Linux SysAdmin
An Expat from Ohio, Jason spends his days as a Linux SysAdmin and his free time enjoying a myriad of hobbies. Board and tabletop gaming, watching werewolf movies, cycling, and vegan cooking keep him occupied. Any time he gets the chance to travel, he takes the opportunity to learn everything possible about local rituals, particularly those related to body modification, ahead of time and does his best to witness them in person.
Theresa Lee
QA Analyst
Theresa grew up in the suburbs of Mississauga, but has a penchant for traveling. She brings to FreshBooks her positivity and loves giving out hugs. Passionate about food, she can be found gazing at their deliciousness on the Internet and trying out new recipes. She's always up for trying anything new and never turns down chances to karaoke.
Ramin Shokrizadeh
Product Manager
After a summer of exploring various parts of South East Asia and being chased down a mountain by a pack of monkeys, I decided that my goal after graduation would be to find a company and job that can provide similar high concentrations of awesome and here I am at FreshBooks. I am a huge fan of movies, music, and taking photos of all the places I have gotten to see while traveling around the world. I recently graduated from the University of Toronto with a major in psychology, so helping people is a thing I love to do and technology has always been a passion of mine (so feel free to come chat with me about the latest and greatest!). A quick fun fact about me is that I have been awarded the Eagle Scout rank; an award only given to three percent of all scouts around the world and gives me something similar with Neil Armstrong and Steven Spielberg.
Vonnell Law
Scrum Master
Vonnell began her tenure at FreshBooks in sales and branched off to start the A-Team, which is dedicated to working with accounting professionals. Unafraid of the concussions and bruises generally acquired from jumping headfirst into empty swimming pools, she found herself on the development team as a Scrum Master. In her spare time, you'll find her at the park, eating or cooking a meal or trying (unsuccessfully) to propagate succulents.
Fabiola Torres
Team Lead, Accounting
Fabiola comes to FreshBooks with a big smile, dedicated work ethic and a magnetic personality. Fabi, as her friends know her, is always building long lasting personal and professional friendships. As a graduate from York University's Schulich School of Business and 4 years selling aerospace and military parts, Fabi offers a great wealth of knowledge in Sales and Customer Relations. The International Bachelor of Business Administration degree she received also gave her experience abroad and took her to Mexico where she further developed her studies at the University Tec de Monterrey. During her travels in Mexico, she developed an immunity to tequila but a weakness towards tacos, tortillas and tortas. When Fabi is not organizing a party or creeping on Facebook, she spends her time playing soccer, softball and going for long walks with her family's big loveable yellow Lab, River (El Ingeniero).
Colin DeCarlo
Having been born to frugal parents, Colin grew up making his own toys from various broken items. Never once getting tetanus, he found that he was particularly good at tearing things apart and building them up again. He honed this skill and became a software developer capable of seemingly impossible tasks and hacks. When not being the consummate professional, Colin is a hobbyist cook and photographer. An unfortunate combination for his family as they are generally found waiting for dinner while Colin waits for the right light for the shot.
Natalia Romanova
QA Analyst
Natalia came to FreshBooks with 6 years of experience in testing web applications. As a quality assurance tester, she has had passion for excellence and a "test to break" attitude. Natalia is a very positive and enjoyable person. She also loves ice-cream and stuffed toy animals. Natalia's hobbies includes photography and teaching Ballet to children. She really enjoys changes. If nothing new is happening than she will go crazy and start moving furniture around the house.
Jesse Read
Jesse's an illustrator/designer from Toronto. He studied Fine Arts and Illustration at OCAD and Graphic Design at Humber College. Jesse thoroughly enjoys his time at FreshBooks doodling and collaborating on various exciting creative projects. His favorite foods are rotis tacos bananas and zoodles. He's also a big fan of music and movies.
Melina Stathopoulos
Product Manager
Melina walks the socially-exciting line between complete seriousness and total ridiculousness. She is disturbingly competitive but has found this to be a delightful boon to her product management career. Melina is a nature-lover and amateur arboriculturalist with a wicked photic sneeze reflex. She graduated with a BFA in film from Ryerson University, but quickly moved into software due to a love of rapidly evolving technologies (including—but not limited to—robot uprisings, sentient internets and living above and/or below the sea).
Chris Sheppard
Emerging from the flaming wreckage of a startup that failed despite itself, Chris brings his sparkling personality and years of coding skills to FreshBooks, to say nothing of his burning desire to learn ALL the things. While not pursuing this quixotic passion, he fills his time with cycling, board gaming, system administration and occasionally baking. Long a fan of Free Software, he enjoys spending time with Linux, Ruby, and his first love, C++ (no one understands their complicated love) but looks forward to a new life and new experiences with Python, PHP and his FreshBooks compatriots.
Sandy Lai
Training Specialist
Sandy was recently released from a Kinder Surprise opened by an unsuspecting child. In need of a home, she was adopted by the kind folk at FreshBooks and in return, she welcomes and trains other new hires joining the family. With a degree in drama, biochemistry and education, she's taught in Japan and the UK and is an avid traveler. In her spare time, she likes to write for the LRMC, brush up on her languages, act, give it her all at karaoke and burn cookies by accident.
Shaun Kaasten
Team Lead, Development
After graduating from University of Calgary, Shaun spent some time in Seattle at a big company before returning back home to the Red Mile. Now he's adapting to life in the east, in a city many times larger than he's ever experienced. When he's not writing code, he spends time playing sports and dabbling in electronic music.
Jeff Busby
After obtaining a degree in Archaeology from the University of Toronto, Jeff quickly became disenfranchised with the title due to the lack of Indiana Jones hats handed out at commencement. Disgruntled Jeff turned to one of his other passions, software development. Jeff has spent the latter part of last century and all of this century working tirelessly in web development with a focus on destroying all rotten code he comes in contact with his patented 'beautiful code bomb'. In his last position Jeff headed up a team at Panvista Media developing mobile applications for large law services firms such as Norton Rose and Paul Hastings. In his spare time…well Jeff has 3 kids and has no spare time so we'll just leave it at that.
Wyatt Carss
Wyatt's a one man riot and polite to a fault. As a fresh grad from the University of Guelph, cows run in his blood, providing him with extreme amounts of energy and drive. He's excited to hone his skills in customer service and code-craft as a new member of the team, and in his spare time he plays games, watches old science-fiction, and reads philosophical tomes.
Cherry Xia
Financial Analyst
Cherry comes from Chongqing, a southern city in China that is well known for hot weather, spicy food and mountains. Since graduating from University of Windsor with Bachelor's degree in Accounting and an MBA, Cherry has been working for six years in the finance field specializing in financial planning, analysis and reporting. She is not easily distracted while at work and is very concentrated on what she's doing with attention to the details. When not at work, Cherry enjoys listening to music, watching TV Dramas, reading novels and cooking new dishes with a passion for spicy food.
Dustin Meneses
Account Manager
Dustin joins the FreshBooks team with over 10 years of sales leadership, marketing and customer relations experience. With a knack of learning languages, great business acumen and a positive attitude, he strives in helping all those in contact with him achieve their goals. Having run his own business in the past, he understands the intricacies you face while running your business and tries to be as proactive as possible. During his off time you can find Dustin playing Italian card games and dancing! He is a fantastic salsa and merengue dancer, something that comes natural from his Hispanic heritage. OLE!
Craig Wilson
Queue, eh? Splendid!
Toronto's foremost hipster-in-denial, Craig arrives at FreshBooks with a love of both well-designed software and things that go to 11. Bullet-hell shooters from Japan? Check. The latest and loudest Scandinavian metal bands? Check. Sensory-overloading movies? Triple-check. Armed with a Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Applied Science from McMaster University, he looks forward to tackling the new challenges thrown his way, be they software defects or battles in various fighting games. When not going beyond the max, Craig can be found geocaching, playing squash, or discussing music on The Zero Check podcast (http://thezerocheck.com).
Steve Munday
Manager of Development
Steve is a Manager of Development hailing from sunny Southern Ontario, where his family lives and still operates a family farm. Steve occassionally visits family there to see some sunlight and operate heavy machinery. Steve has a potentially unhealthy addiction to gadgets and new smartphones, so it only makes sense that he makes mobile apps at FreshBooks. While not cooking Italian or playing video/board games, he has also spent time at a large broadcast television company, a gigantic agency, a small print-to-web company, and an even smaller tech startup that no longer exists. Steve graduated from the Software Engineering program at the University of Western Ontario.
Wayne Woo
Support Specialist
Whenever there's something amiss, Always remember to follow your bliss. You never know where you will go, Not until you are open to grow. Every step that you take on your way, Will enrich those around you everyday. Open your mind and you'll see, Occasion is what you make it to be.
Robert Guenette
Associate Product Marketer
Originally from Ottawa, Rob moved to Toronto in order to emote and breathe his way to a theatre degree from York University. Afterwards he spent close to two years on the Rockstar Support Team at FreshBooks before moving over to the Marketing Team. Rob loves patio season, bad movies, and laughing (generally at his own expense). His one Kryptonite is a warm brownie and it is surely the easiest way to win over his heart.
Jaclyn Tanner
Support Specialist
Jaclyn is ready and waiting for any questions you've got! She originally hails from the Ottawa area, but has happily called Toronto her home for a little under a decade now. With a background in theatre and business, she enjoys finding creative ways to make her artistic dreams a lucrative reality. A lover of all things Canadian, Jaclyn is a fiend for Canadian film and little known facts about the world's second largest land mass. When not making the world a better place at FreshBooks, Jaclyn loves bicycling or camping or both at the same time!
Matt Smallwood
Business Development
Matt joins the FreshBooks team with over 9 years of exceptional customer service experience in a wide range of industries from big banks to small business. He holds a degree in Finance and Marketing from Bishop's University. During his university years he developed a passion for working with small businesses. Matt recently returned to Canada after spending 2011 living and traveling in Australia. While there he rekindled his love for exploration and the outdoors and became addicted to surfing. He also developed a passion for photography while visiting many of Australia's scenic locations. When spending time online, he frequents many travel and healthy living related blogs. Matt strives to live life as if everyday is the Best. Day. Ever!
Justine Smith
Online Marketing Manager
Justine joins FreshBooks after 4 great years as a social media and marketing blogger. She's passionate about entrepreneurship and loves connecting with interesting new people, which makes her perfect for the role of Outreach Manager. When not chatting about business building, she can be found spending time with her two little girls, cooking vegan meals and reading TV gossip online.
Sen Nordstrom
System Administrator
Sen has spent the last 16 years working in IT, having done technical support, development, network operations, and most recently systems administration. When not spending her time keeping the lights on the servers blinking, she can usually be found rescuing cats, designing lighting control systems, or helping to run a local maker space.
Jillian Whitehead
Online Marketing Specialist
Jillian graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, where she discovered the awe-inspiring startup community of the region's Tech Triangle and couldn't resist helping out as a marketing consultant. After using FreshBooks to invoice her clients, Jill was highly impressed and knew it was her calling to join the FreshBooks team as an Online Marketing Specialist. In her spare time, Jill enjoys spending time with friends, daydreaming about her next travel adventure, or sweating it out Bikram-style.
Ian Barry
QA Analyst
Ian recently moved from Ireland to Canada and drove cross-country from Vancouver to Toronto in a 12 year old Kia Rio. He is a graduate of University College Cork, Ireland where he studied Computer Science, and has worked in QA ever since, testing a number of different products and applications. Ian loves travel, music, beer-brewing and most importantly, Manchester United!!
John Stinson
A cunning and ruthlessly logical creature, John joins FreshBooks after a long period of personal projects and existential speculation. He holds a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Waterloo, yet his interests are vast and seemingly unrelated, including: robotics, food, physics, philosophy, movies, and so on. He is a lover of animals, considerer of implications, and guzzler of milk. He is very excited to be part of such a dynamic and diverse team, although he is admittedly terrible with remembering names. Apparently, he also writes autobiographical passages about himself in the third person.
Lindsay Lapchuk
Communications Specialist
Lindsay often feels caught in between eras, adrift in the fabric of space-time. While she enjoys the poetical lyricism of today's young Canadian folk artists, she finds herself belting out Joplin's high notes when she thinks no one is watching. While she loves FreshBooks, she also loves not-so-fresh books, having amassed a modest collection of 18th and 19th century books. She loves her Blackberry, but still can't figure out where she's supposed to put the quarter. Lindsay has a passion for engaging people and learning their stories, whether in person, on the phone, in an email, or in the pages of an antiquarian book. As a dual citizen of both the present and the past, she knows the one thing that never goes out of style is a good character.
Faraz Shafaghi
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Having embarked on an arduous quest to cure baldness without success, Faraz finally decided to dedicate his time elsewhere. With a Mechanical Engineering degree from Queen's University in hand, he joined Research In Motion, where he spent more than 3 years in various customer-facing and online community leadership roles. When he's not working with the ridiculously talented people at FreshBooks to take products to market, Faraz plays guitar, watches lots of footie (aka, "soccer") and also runs his own digital marketing agency on the side.
Meryl Manning
Training Specialist
Meryl is super excited to be part of the Welcome team at FreshBooks. Originally from London, England, she brings with her an enthusiasm for all things royal and a real soft spot for a certain Mr. Potter. Meryl trains all new employees on how to help out FreshBooks' amazing customers. Having always loved to get to know the people around her, she strives to detect unique skills and talents that she can use to bring out the best in people, and uses this to communicate new ideas and concepts as effectively as possible.
Alex Cowan
Support Specialist
It's safe to say that Alex is fresh in every respect of the word. Much to co-worker Rob Guenette's delight, Alex is now officially the youngest FreshBooks employee. Coming straight out of York University with a double major in Sociology and Communication Studies, he is ready to groove and has a lot to prove. Alex knows there is no age restrictions to helping others, and is completely thrilled to have a full-time job doing just that. When he's not at work, you can find him jamming with his guitar, dabbling in photography, and landing a 747 jumbo jet in Hong Kong (just don't remind him it's on a simulator).
Marguerite des Trois Maisons
Marguerite's interests are a superset of the following: being geeky, eating tasty food, plants, and fractals. One day, she will be an awesome computer programmer who will change the world. Her pilgrimage has led her from her hometown, Toronto, to the University of Waterloo, and most recently has brought her to FreshBooks to learn from the gurus who are rumoured to exist here.
Aaron Wright
UX Designer
Aaron recently earned a Bachelor of Design degree from the York/Sheridan Program in Design and has an insatiable hunger for solving design and usability problems. Once a developer, he discovered his passion for the creative part of the app-building process and frequently enjoys designing and building super-useful web applications - which is what attracted him to FreshBooks! He spends a lot of his spare time reading about and experimenting with cutting-edge web design tools and trends, but still manages to get regular and hefty doses of fresh air while outside running or cycling.
Phil Thompson
Team Lead, Support
Phil lives his life 402 meters at a time. That's the Canadian equivalent of a 1/4 mile. Being an adrenaline addict, he's spent several years playing tournament level paintball. After he perfected his newfound (and highly useless talent), he set his sights on something more "normal". Now working towards racing and completing the Ironman World Championships Triathlon, Phil has picked up photography in his downtime. Landing at FreshBooks, Phil knew he could put his love for helping people to good use. No problem too big or small, Phil is always up for the challenge of making someone's day!
Danni Li
QA Ninja
Danni is a recent graduate of Electrical Engineering from the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She joined the FreshBooks community immediately after graduation to pursue her career and passion in quality assurance. Danni has a wide range of interests. She likes the outdoors and traveling to different areas of the world seeing the amazing things that nature brings. She can also play a variety of instruments including piano, harmonica, erhu fiddle, and violin. Danni loves photography and spends a large quantity of her free time taking photos, modifying them, and sharing them with others.
Jon Yee
IT Desktop Support Specialist
Jon graduated from Seneca in Digital Media Arts and Digital Media Technical Production. His secret identity: part-time costume designer, mixed media sculptor and freelance troublemaker. His special powers consist of card throwing and spontaneous laughter. His known weaknesses are commenting on people that wear too much denim at one time - especially if it's ill-fitting. And finally, his weapon of choice is lazrcats.
Joele Ferreira
Support Rockstar
Joele has a background in customer service and truly enjoys helping people in anyway possible. She thinks laughter is the great healer in life, and a great way to turn things around when things aren't going perfectly. Joele believes in making the best out of every situation, and always tries to see the brighter side. In her downtime, Joele likes to write stories, poetry and music. If she could travel anywhere in the world, it would be to the Maldives, how gorgeous!
Natasha Ostrovski
QA Analyst
Natasha comes to FreshBooks with many years of experience in QA and a passion for all things new. When she's not busy breaking software, she can be found all around the GTA being a personal chauffeur to her spoiled offspring. She also enjoys her Nikon, plays in a competitive brain teaser league and has a black belt in traveling.
Marvin Pinto
Marvin is your regular run-of-the-mill IT dude, types his password two fingers at a time, and is more PFY than BOFH. The neckbeard isn't there yet, but it's something he promises to get to, eventually. In his "free" time, he enjoys running and hopes to one day qualify for Boston!
Andre Rajfura
QA Analyst
Andre is a QA Analyst with a software engineering background. Hailing from the beautiful but often-battered 3rd Polish Republic, he can take a punch and keep on swinging. Pretty easy considering his awesome physique and large frame. In his spare time he practices karate, team sports (team drinking!), and exercises his spiritual side-via painting and novice-level spanish guitar.
Greg Donaldson
Financial Controller
Greg is a true numbers guy who loves anything and everything finance related. A CA by trade, Greg has a vast and diverse financial background in several industries having honed his skills at PwC followed with progressive roles in consumer packaged goods, mining and software companies. Greg is an avid fan of all sports with baseball and the Toronto Blue Jays at the top of his list. He looks forward with great optimism to Opening Day each year while spending the winters on the slopes and at the rink with his young busy family. Greg loves to travel and is always up for a new challenge.
Himali Tadwalkar
Marketing Manager
Himali comes to FreshBooks with 4 years experience in the travel industry. After a quest to find a place she love's to work at and to help other people; she made the switch to FreshBooks! By night, she is a philanthropy fiend. She also loves to travel and doesn't discriminate between short and long trips – if there's an opportunity to explore and take photos, she's there. Ask her what her "Next Big Thing"… she will almost always have an answer!
Shawn Cadeau
Chief Marketing Officer
Shawn is a marketing guy that has a passion for digital campaigns, branding and metrics. He's a creative, compassionate, high achiever that's always looking for innovative ways to solve problems. When Shawn is not thinking about marketing he has a passion for sports, movies, cars and technology that is only overshadowed by his love of spending time with his wife and daughter. He has a dog who won't be permitted in the office due to his penchant for howling and stealing food. Shawn joined FreshBooks to kick our marketing into high gear as we continue to spread the word to small businesses around the world. Shawn is a veteran software company leader with years of experience defining and implementing marketing strategies for companies like Corel and Adobe. Prior to joining FreshBooks Shawn was the SVP of global marketing at Corel for 7 years.
Zach Mathew
Team Lead, Development
Zach grew up in the Hammer (aka Hamilton) before coming to Toronto to study Computer Science at U of T. Prior to joining FreshBooks, Zach led the backend development team at Trapeze Media. Zach is a huge sports fan - he likes playing, watching and arguing about sports. Zach is also very passionate about food. In his spare time he loves to cook and always enjoys a good single malt.
Ailsa Blair
Support Rockstar
After graduating from The University of Liverpool in Film and Communication Studies, Ailsa decided it was time to leave the UK and seek pastures new in the great city of Toronto. Ailsa has spent a decade in the customer support industry, holding roles in major corporations such as betting firm William Hill (UK) and fundraising agency Public Outreach (CA). When Ailsa is not striving to become the ultimate FreshBooks support superhero, she is usually enjoying some down time. Down time often consists of watching movies, playing soccer, or supporting her local team, Liverpool FC.
Sherwyn Pena
Support Rockstar
Having lived in a few places like Riyadh and New York, Sherwyn has developed a love for different types of cultures and food. He will eat anything edible without complaints. Due to his interest in learning about people and cultures, he pursued his major in Anthropology and minored in Sociology at McMaster University. In his spare time, Sherwyn enjoys bobbing his head to electronic dance music and staring at his fish tank for hours.
Chris Richard
Support Rockstar
Focused and adaptive support specialist in the daytime, trench-fighting rock and roll warrior at night. Chris' professional experience in customer support and marketing was earned across varied industries including the provincial parks system and in toys and games. You'll find Chris helping a customer with the Support team or on stage playing guitar with his band Fever City.
Mark Macleod
CFO & Chief Corporate Development Officer
Mark is a veteran of the startup world. For over twelve years Mark served as CFO for a number of highly successful startups. More recently Mark invested in startups as a partner in a venture capital fund. Mark began his career as a CPA and spent over eight years working with small business owners in that capacity. A native of Scotland, Mark is a fan of all things Scottish and wears far too much plaid as a result. He is also passionate about his family, entrepreneurs, yoga, healthy living, DJing, house music and Formula 1 - more or less in that order. At FreshBooks, Mark leads our business and corporate development efforts.
Maxim Van Lyl
Support Rockstar
Max grew up in Belgium, in a little town by the North Sea. Convinced the world needed more chocolate, beer and ukulele tunes, he set off on his quest. After battling sea monsters and wooing an exotic beauty, he made his new home on the (lake)shore of Toronto. Having extensive experience in customer service and a knack for problem solving, he joins FreshBooks with a vision: creating the most awesome and action-packed support service experience you'll ever have!
Melanie Fowler
Recruitment Specialist
As a Certified Human Resources Professional armed with a Bachelors in Business Administration in marketing from Mount Saint Vincent University, Melanie joins FreshBooks with over 6 years of experience as a technical/digital recruiter. Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Melanie moved to the "big city"" in 2007 where she fell into a recruitment role and has had a passion for the profession ever since. In her spare time she enjoys kickboxing and spending time with her family. Like many from the "east-coast" she actually does not like lobster but does enjoy spicy food (the hotter, the better).
Justin Bull
Justin is a jack of all trades but a master of none (certainly better than a master of one). He has a constant thirst for knowledge and an insatiable curiosity on what makes the world tick. He loves solving problems and using code to build something out of nothing. When Justin is not hacking or coding at Hacklab, you can find him cycling around as a crazy cyclist with a camera strapped to his head.
Brandon Chu
Senior Product Manager
As a former start-up founder and now Senior Product Manager at FreshBooks, Brandon is excited to build products that solve his old problems. Before FreshBooks, Brandon was the head of product and co-founder of Tunezy, a Toronto-based startup that was acquired by SFX Entertainment in 2013. Prior to that, he spent four years at Kraft Foods analyzing, project managing, deck-building, and getting his CPA.
Duncan Ward
Toolsmith/Build Engineer
Duncan started out heading up the technical side of a small Internet provider in England in the late 90's before moving onto the world's leading email security provider to start integrating the lives of Operations and Development before DevOps was a coined term. In his spare time he is trying to cycle harder and further, learning to mix Drum and Bass or chilling out watching F1.
Thais Amaral
Visual Designer
Originally from Brazil, Thais moved to Canada six years ago to pursue her education in design. With a passion for creating work that is both beautiful and meaningful, she is excited to help make the world fall in love with FreshBooks. She does not know how to samba or play soccer, but loves to brag about her country's amazing food and nature. A child at heart, Thais does not hide her love for candy, animated movies and young adult fiction books.
Chris Conway
Senior Manager, Business Intelligence and Analytics
Sick and tired of the staid, predictability of year-round sunshine in Perth, Western Australia, Chris has travelled far and wide searching for the city with the most temperamental weather conditions on the planet. Moving to Toronto from the UK two years ago, he thinks he may have finally found the city to fit these requirements. Chris will be part of the marketing team, working as the Senior Manager, Business Intelligence and Analytics. He has a degree in Actuarial Science and has moved industries with a similar frequency as he has moved continents, starting in insurance consulting, moving to quantitative finance and finally landing in e-commerce. When not crunching number Chris can usually be found watching films in a dark corner somewhere.
Matt Olthof
Support Rockstar
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Matt has made Toronto his home for the better part of five years. Matt is a new addition to the team and plans to bring his past experience in both customer support and high-school teaching to the table. Outside of his professional passion in support and education, Matt's a gigantic nerd with a solid action-figure collection, an impressive pile of trading cards and a full Thor outfit to wear whenever. Just because.
Rich Dang
Account Manager
Rich is an uncontrollable ball of energy that will do whatever it takes to ensure you're happy with your product. As an aspiring MBA candidate from Wilfrid Laurier University, he listens to understand your business needs and advises you on solutions. If he's not deep in conversations with clients, you can find him studying at Starbucks, playing bball or vball, snowboarding around the world, or going to music festivals.
Ross MacDuff
System Administrator/Operations Engineer
Ross has come from the furthest reaches of eastern Toronto to lend a hand in support of the infrastructure that keeps FreshBooks running. When not helping to keep the lights green at work he is either being wrestled to the ground by his two children, finding time to catch up on reading material, or watching the latest fare on Netflix.
Eduardo Hervias
Account Manager
Eduardo is a creative and resourceful sales professional with a wealth of international business experience in corporate sales, channel sales and account management. He joins FreshBooks eager to excel with the Accounting Team, increase sales and build new friendships. He is also an accomplished webmaster, programmer and a lifelong learner dedicated to bettering himself through all forms of education. As a Computer Science graduate from the University of Toronto, Eduardo eats, lives and breathes technology! When he is not reading tech blogs he loves to experiment with coding while listening to tech reviews. When his wife manages to pry him away from his iMac, he likes to go to the park with River, his best fur friend. As a side gig, Eduardo is also Sr. Taster at his wife's Specialty Cake business.
Colin Hutchinson
Colin grew up in a small town north of Guelph before moving to Windsor to study Computer Science. Colin has two wonderful boys and fills all his spare time with coaching/reffing/playing hockey.
Michael Holmes
Product Manager
Proudly born and raised in Fort Erie, Michael is excited to join the FreshBooks product team. After graduating from U of T, Michael worked at a large industrial gases company in a variety of marketing roles. After completing his MBA, he co-founded two startups in Toronto where he became used to sleeping on couches. When not at work, he is likely planning his next adventure into the mountains of BC.
Mich Sneddon
Financial Analyst, Revenue and Marketing
Mich is from Scotland and has been a CA since 2010. Toronto is the 7th city that he has lived and worked in. So you could say he likes to travel. In addition to this, he likes all sports—especially tennis, volleyball and football (proper football where you kick a ball with your foot—not North American football which he likes to refer to as 'hand-egg'). He once beat Andy Murray at tennis (in a game, he lost the other 12).
Matt Dominici
Scrum Master
Matt is a "professional" musician, having been paid for performing on more than one occasion (like, at least twice). He has a recurring dream where through an unlikely sequence of events, he is drafted into the Foo Fighters. He attends as many of their shows as possible, just in case. Like a good Canadian, Matt enjoys playing hockey and, sometimes, a good cigar (Monties, anyone?). He has a background in QA and is a Certified Scrum Master who loves helping teams become high-performing.
Ian Reid
Support Rockstar
From a town with one stoplight named Binbrook, Ian moved to Toronto in 2000 for school and has been here ever since. A graphic design graduate, he found he liked the tools better then the trade and spent the next several years doing support for Apple. Terrified of heights, allergic to bees, french bulldog aficionado and toy collector, Ian loves drawing and photography (well, mainly taking photos of toys and dogs).
Amanda Levine
Support Rockstar
Amanda is pumped to be a Freshie Rockstar and brings her enthusiasm and passion for helping others to the Support team! In her former life, she was a science teacher having lived and worked in far away lands such as New Zealand and London, England. A lifelong learner, she can often be found partaking in one of her many random hobbies such as playing the ukulele, catching (or dropping) an ultimate frisbee, downward dogging at a yoga class, traveling and/or skiing down a slope somewhere. She also lives by the credo "food is just a vehicle for sauce".
Christopher Troup
Team Lead, Development
As an army brat, Chris has lived in Germany, England and all over Canada. He moved to Halifax to work for a small web development firm before it was spun out into Canada's premier Google Apps deployment company. After leading the application development group there (and conquering all badminton challengers), Chris and his new wife just moved to Toronto to join FreshBooks' amazing team.
Brandon Kollar
Support Rockstar
Brandon enjoys helping others and jumps at any opportunity to learn new skills. He graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning. He loves cooking because of the endless possibilities to create dishes based on a range of ingredients. Brandon also enjoys singing and playing guitar (particularly Creedence Clearwater Revival songs). In the winter, you can find him playing hockey at the nearest rink.
Boris Petrov
Support Rockstar
Easily approachable about anything, Boris is always available to goal coach, chat about life, sports, music, food, nerding out and a myriad of other things. Using his business acumen developed through a marketing diploma and his current pursuit of a management degree, he looks forward to bringing an entrepreneurial and futuristic mindset to the support team.
Shen Sivananthan
Account Manager
Hailing from the mean streets of Brampton (B-Town stand up!!), Shen comes to FreshBooks with a colourful background in various industries and experiences. Graduating from McMaster University with a degree in Biochemistry, Shen's hopes of becoming a doctor went up in flames after one look at the MCATs. With resilience and a new sense of purpose he went on to pursue a career in banking and finance with TD Canada Trust. With years of experience behind him, he then decided to take the bold step of moving to Nairobi, Kenya to work with a startup micro-finance company. Upon his return he found FreshBooks, and with a desire to forge relationships and help guide business owners on their quest to hassle-free invoicing, he joined the FreshBooks Accounting team. Shen is an avid sports fan, with a particular love for (American) football!
Rich Burr
Support Rockstar
Passionate would describe Rich well when considering all things Science, Space, Engineering, and the Toronto Maple Leafs. That being said, it's fair to say that Rich believes anything is possible with the right attitude, dedication, and will to achieve the seemingly impossible. This includes the Leafs winning the Cup. Rich has been employed in customer service positions for over 10 years and is excited to learn from and grow with FreshBooks.
Robb Eng
Segment Marketing Manager
Robb is a marketing guy with a big heart. He's a great listener and is always scoping out creative ways to connect with customers. Having worked in the non-profit sector for 9 years, he's developed cause-marketing campaigns, websites and positioning for various brands. Prior to this he worked at a marketing agency to launch promotions for brands such as Chef Boyardee and Colgate. In his free time, Robb bakes artisan bread from scratch (without a bread maker!) and checks out local live music. He's excited to be part of the FreshBooks team – If you get on his good side, may be you can score a organic sourdough loaf from him!
Heather Sande
Support Rockstar
One of Heather's greatest talents is smiling. She's beyond thrilled to be part of the customer support team at FreshBooks where she can put this skill to good use. Heather is a graduate of music theatre at Sheridan College and enjoys writing stories and tap dancing when you least expect it. Always up for an adventure, Heather can be found exploring Toronto and the world with her husband Chris. Unless she's tired, then she will be on the couch reading a good book.
Laura Richards
As a fresh M.Sc. graduate from the University of Guelph, Laura is itching to learn the ins and outs of software development. Hailing from the quiet countryside, Laura is excited to experience Toronto and be a part of FreshBooks' fast-paced lifestyle. When not at work, she enjoys watching sci-fi/fantasy tv shows, reading, and dispensing joy in the form of hand-crafted crochet plushies.
Adam Petrie
As a web developer Adam loves technology. Whether he's building web apps or looking for new ways to enjoy his vast collection of movies and music, if it involves technology he'll happily devote too much time to it. Adam finds humour in almost anything and considers a day filled with laughter to be a good one. When not staring at a computer screen you can find Adam spending time with friends and family, traveling, telling stories, or relaxing on a sunny patio.
Natalie Girard
Natalie graduated with a B.Sc. in Mathematics and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Guelph. She has a decade of experience in web development including freelancing, working for small businesses and teaching. In her spare time Natalie likes playing violin, watching YouTube videos, reading novels, playing board games, and debating with the Toronto Debating Society.
Ryan Walberg
Ryan grew up in freezing-cold Manitoba. All he could do to stay warm in the winters was huddle by the heat of a Commodore Vic-20 and type in programs from Compute! Magazine, which triggered a lifelong interest in computers. Ryan has a B.Sc. from Brandon University in Computer Science, which he barely used in 12 years in the insurance industry. In his spare time, Ryan likes to condense his life story into 385 characters.
Sean Wilson
Scrum Master
Sean joins FreshBooks as a Scrum Master and enjoys explaining what the heck that role means to his extended family. He uses his past experience as a Developer and Product Owner to understand diverse perspectives and galvanize a team to create awesome results. Sean also loves board games and took his hobby to the next level when he created Forbidden Island for iPad. Life highlight so far – he was once told he had the best beard at the bar. Verified Canadian, wannabe Swede.
Michael Hollis
Senior Mobile Developer
A graduate of Queen's University, Michael started his career in mobile development using J2ME and BREW on old candy bar and flip phones. When the iPhone was released, he quickly dropped these archaic technologies to learn Objective-C and drank the kool-aid, "Apple can do no wrong"! Michael has been developing software professionally for 8 years and enjoys solving mobile-related problems, from optimizing network traffic to working with systems with limited resources. When he's not programming, he enjoys playing volleyball and ball hockey.
Alexandre Baizeau
Alexandre hails from France by the Alps where he studied Electronics and Software Engineering. Three years ago, he moved to Canada to work on his English for a few months, but ended up falling in love with the country and decided to stay. Like a typical Frenchman, Alex enjoys wine, cheese, bread, and (more recently) maple syrup. When he is not hacking away on various projects or blogging, he can be found skiing or right by his barbecue, beer in hand.
Erin Smith
Loyalty Marketing Manager
Erin is a loyalty junky. Helping businesses find the right marketing solutions to engage and retain customers is what makes her tick. She spent five years helping to build the successful SCENE® movie rewards program, and has experienced firsthand how a simple, attainable and enjoyable loyalty program can be mutually beneficial for customers and businesses. When not brushing up on the latest loyalty trends, Erin enjoys spending time gardening, shopping and taking her dog down to the beach. Erin is super excited by how much FreshBooks users already love the product and can't wait to add even more great perks for customers.
Dileshni Jayasinghe
Dileshni is a die hard sports fanatic and a child of the sea (she's from the island of Sri Lanka after all). So it's no surprise that most of her hobbies revolve around water. If you need a scuba diving buddy, call her! After working for 5 years at UofT, she jumped at the chance to move her code ninja skills to FreshBooks. She loves working on new projects and asking others endless questions about their projects! When she's not obsessing over the Toronto Raptors or playing a water sport, she enjoys mentoring at Girls Learning Code. True fact: will code for cookies.
Andrea Roberts
Scrum Master
Andrea loves to organize (mostly teams of people but on occasion she can be found organizing a closet). She first discovered her organizational flair during various engineering design projects at the University of Waterloo. Following graduation, she went on to organize teams at BlackBerry. When not running efficient plans, Andrea can be found on the ice perfecting her speed skating technique. She is the proud owner of four pairs of skates.
Leena Mansour
Mobile Developer
Originally a descendant of pharaohs, Leena moved to Canada in 2006. She identifies as a "code monkey" and loves that she can create something out of nothing (except for some ones and zeroes). Leena is very excited about working at FreshBooks for the great product, the awesome company values, and for the dogs. But mostly for the dogs. She has two dogs of her own and speaks "dog" fluently. Leena brings to FreshBooks her experience and passion for mobile development, as well as her very own brand of weirdness. When Leena is not glued to a computer, you can find her practicing her dog speak, playing soccer, obsessing over robots, eating chocolate, or jumping out of airplanes.
Sara Cooper
Talent Attraction
Sara is a health nut with a sweet tooth (read more about that dichotomy on her blog) who constantly finds her willpower challenged by all the treats available in the FreshBooks kitchen. When she's not gazing at cupcakes, Sara spends her time in Talent Attraction finding smart and talented people to join the FreshBooks team. It's an easy job, because although Sara has worked for some pretty awesome companies in Toronto's tech industry, FreshBooks has stolen her heart. There's nothing that Sara loves more than chatting with those who are passionate about what they do, so if you'd like to find out more about working at FreshBooks, send her a note.
Byron Wolfman
Desktop Support Specialist
Byron is no good at half-measures. Whether pursuing music, fitness, or computers, whatever catches his attention is vacuumed up with extreme prejudice. Byron joins FreshBooks to bring his hardware and software support expertise to bear on any computer bold enough to defy the IT team.
Alan Nowogrodski
Product Manager
Alan started his first business at 17 simply because he was bored in high school. He began studying biochemistry but ended up graduating with a degree in Business. Since those blurry days, Alan has started 2 companies and has been a product/marketing manager at various software companies. His brain is constantly thinking of ways to improve products and if it wasn't for playing soccer his brain would likely explode due to dangerous levels of entropy. Alan loves being a product manager for such an awesome product!
Phil Decelis
Support Rockstar
Choosing the arctic Canadian winters over the year-round drenching of his hometown of Cambridge, England, Phil brings loads of Customer Service experience and a passion for problem solving to FreshBooks. With an almost worrying addiction to football (sorry, soccer…) he hasn't missed a Toronto FC home match for 3 seasons. When not involved in ball-sports, you will find Phil exploring new bars and restaurants, taking inspiration into his own kitchen, and wearing shorts at the first sign of above-zero temperatures.
Nora Jenkins
Raised on a tourist-attraction flower farm in Ontario, Nora is no stranger to, well, meeting strangers. An obsessive learner, she knew she needed a career where knowing a little about a lot of things was an asset. After short stints in model booking and actual matchmaking, she's spent the last 5 years finding top talent for ad agencies and startups. When she's not making matches for FreshBooks, you can find her planning her next tattoo, obsessing over all that is or might be spooky, playing strategy games, and raising the world's silliest husky.
Laurie McGregor
Email Marketing Manager
Laurie comes from the wilds of Etobicoke, where she dreamed of becoming only one thing: an Ewok. After those dreams were harshly crushed, she instead got a Psychology degree from the University of Waterloo, which is now put into practice by analyzing absolutely everything, including FreshBooks email marketing campaigns. When she's not shedding silent tears with every email unsubscribe request, you can find her watching baseball, traveling, swimming in lakes, killing it on a dodgeball court, reading (too many) books, baking ridiculous cakes, trying to give ducks hugs, getting distracted by shiny, glittery objects or petting anything soft. If she has any time left over from all of that, she writes about music and other stuff for The Little Red Umbrella, and works behind the scenes on Toronto's illustrious Trampoline Hall.
Bruce Burgess
Director of Advertising
Bruce is thrilled to be part of the marketing team at FreshBooks and to have the opportunity to help make FreshBooks a household name with small businesses. He comes to FreshBooks with experience developing advertising campaigns for some of Canada's best known brands. Bruce is passionate about his family and loves to spend time with his two teenage daughters. He is a big Leafs fan and still believes they will win the Stanley Cup sometime in his life (he plans on a long life).
Scott Clugston
Director of Sales
Scott is the ultimate sales professional with over 20 years of software sales success in large companies like Oracle and SAP, and some smaller companies like Replicon. He is an alumnus of the University of Guelph where he received a BASc majoring in Consumer Behaviour. When he is not working, Scott can be found at various hockey arenas all over Ontario as his 2 daughters play rep hockey. Scott is an avid sports fan. He bleeds Blue and White for his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs and the Dallas Cowboys. Scott also has a large collection of ticket stubs from all of the sporting events and concerts that he has been lucky to attend over the years. Scott loves traveling with his wife and 2 daughters all over North America and hopefully to Europe some day.
Melissa Loomans-Beaudoin
Community & Events Manager
Melissa joined FreshBooks to host great events and provide extraordinary customer service on our social handles. You can usually find her armed with a "to-do" list in one hand and getting ready to tweet with her other. When not at work, Melissa is out trying a new craft beer or playing with her dog, Zilla. A self-proclaimed social media addict, you can "tw-meet" her in 140 characters on Twitter.
Colton Downs
Support Rockstar
With a technical mind and a passion for design and creation, Colton brings years of customer support and troubleshooting in high traffic environments to the table. The more challenging the puzzle or problem, the better! Outside of work, Colton has a love for Lego, and when he isn't building spaceships, he can usually be found designing them.
Jameson Reed
Mobile Developer
Jameson is a recent graduate of the University of Guelph's Computer Science program, and is excited to be starting his software development career at FreshBooks. Jameson's experience comes from his co-op placement at a medical software company, a research placement working on pattern recognition topics, and of course, mobile development work at FreshBooks. In his spare time, Jameson enjoys playing ball hockey, learning yo-yo tricks, and trying to cook and bake new and exciting recipes (albeit with limited success).
Michael Fiorillo
Product Manager
Born and raised in Toronto, Michael is excited to join FreshBooks as a Product Manager specializing in website optimization. With an affinity for both the creative and the technical, Michael's found the ideal profession to engage his left and right brain thinking skills. Outside of work, Michael enjoys long walks, protein shakes, and discovering the city's best coffee shops.
Adam Davidson
Product Manager
Born, raised, and schooled in Waterloo, Adam is thrilled to be joining the Product team at FreshBooks in Toronto. Before being seduced by the tech scene, Adam spent co-op terms in the accounting trenches with Ernst & Young, and is excited to contribute that experience to FreshBooks' goal of making accounting accessible to all. Adam is a huge sports fan, humbled over the years as both a Leafs fan and golfer (the two seem to go naturally together). A plane ticket in hand, and music in his ears make him one happy camper!
Ania Halliop
Born in Poland, Ania has spent most of her life in Canada. She studied at Queen's University, graduating with Bachelors of Statistics, Education, and Computer Science. She also studied at the University of Edinburgh, which she barely survived due to ingesting too many fried Mars bars. Ania has worked at big and small software companies, before she found her way to FreshBooks, which she proclaims as "just right". These days, Ania trains, competes, and coaches at the Don Rowing Club. Refusing to believe that the Olympics are not in her future, she works hard on growing taller, using large amounts of trail mix to fuel her dreams.
Kevan Fisher
Originally born to organic fruit farmers in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Kevan used his training, nurturing fruit and vegetables, to leverage himself into a career with FreshBooks. Prior to joining FreshBooks, he graduated from Brock University with a degree in Computer Science and Economics, making him the deadliest combo since Peanut Butter and Jelly. In his spare time, he eats, sleeps and codes.
David Suckling
Support Rockstar
Even though he's lived in Toronto for over a decade, David still considers himself a country boy at heart. He graduated from George Brown College with a Bachelors in Hospitality Operations Management and immediately following that moved to South Korea for a year to teach. When not drinking excessive amounts of coffee, you can find David rummaging through thrift stores, playing an obscure version of soccer called futsal, or renovating his family home.
Mudita Shekhawat
Support Rockstar
Mudita comes to FreshBooks with a passion for helping people and the planet, and the adorable dogs that roam the FreshBooks office. As a Rockstar, she gets to talk to lots of different people and problem solve. Outside of work, she pursues her passion through volunteering for various environmental organizations. She spends her free time reading, traveling, baking, quitely musing away on life's philosophical questions and, recently, listening to classical music. A self proclaimed sudoku champion, she can often be found working on brain teasers.
Justin Close
Visual Designer
Before finding his calling in design, Justin did everything from making glass bottles and repairing telephone lines to teaching Grade 8 English in Colombia. Never settling to just be a pixel-pusher, his previous experience at Bruce Mau Design has taken him everywhere from Alaska to Maine. He's worked with a diversity of clients, ranging from the retail sector all the way to national educational institutions. When not sending GIFs from The Simpsons' Golden Age (seasons 4-10), he's usually running or biking around the city, finding the new hot restaurant, or getting on a plane to visit his brother Jeff Close in NY or heading to some far off destination.
Mark Girvan
VP Sales
Mark is a general management executive with a track record of delivering significant growth in new business markets. He prides himself on being a results-oriented leader who focuses on operational excellence through developing teams and motivating change across functional groups. Outside of work, Mark's passions include his family, canoeing tripping, a weekly attempt to reclaim past hockey glory and his yearly pilgrimages south of the border to watch the greatest sport on earth—NCAA basketball. At FreshBooks, Mark leads the efforts to grow our community of loyal micro-business customers.
Tracey Mikita
VP Human Resources
Tracey is passionate about people, helping others be the best that they can be and making sure that FreshBooks has the most talented team in the WORLD! She has spent her HR career in a variety of industries and loves the challenge that comes along with learning new things. Tracey grew up in the beautiful countryside of South Western Ontario and moved to the "big city" after completing university. Today, living in the "burbs" in a household of boys, it is all about sports, sports, sports and video games. When she does get a moment alone you'll find her reading a great book, playing soccer or cheering on the Toronto Blue Jays.
Jesse Taylor
Support Rockstar
Originally from Niagara Falls, Jesse ventured to Toronto in search of bigger and better things. After studying Film Studies at York U, he took time to discover himself and learn where his talents lie. He's excited to be a part of the Support team and aims to become a true support hero. As a self-declared pop culture geek, he loves to talk about film and his comic book collection. If you don't spoil his favourite TV shows, he'll love you forever.
Winston Fong
Support Rockstar
Growing up in Toronto's suburbia, Winston was thrown into a town of about 4000 working in his family's restaurant. Culture shock, isolation, Egg Rolls and the flaming lick of a thorny whip comprise his fondest memories of that decade. Often euphemized as, "a character building experience", he likens his escape to the end of, "The Shawshank Redemption" but without the sewer drain, laundry room, and Morgan Freeman. His pursuits are: (re)discovering the meaning of life and freedom, reading/writing, astrophysics/astronomy and some other (unbelievably) nerdy hobbies.
Calvin Lough
Support Rockstar
Calvin was born and raised in the wheat fields of Saskatchewan. After graduating from university, he got a sweet gig building video games in Saskatoon. A love of big city life and a fear of prairie winters brought him to Toronto. When he isn't programming, he enjoys playing hacky sack, cycling and cooking tasty things in his slow cooker.
Colin Hutzan
Support Rockstar
A self-proclaimed "interest scatterbrain", Colin received a design degree from OCAD University in jewellery and metalsmithing in 2011. Born in Northern Ontario, Colin escaped to the big city in 2005 to pursue a career in fashion. After realizing he'd rather wear nice clothes than work amongst them, he is now thrilled to bring his retail management background in customer service to the FreshBooks support team. See some of Colin's artwork and jewellery.
Josh Brinksman
UX Designer
Josh joins the FreshBooks team hot off the presses of design school. After completing an internship at Mozilla, and designing at TIFF for the summer, he's ready to start crafting extraordinary experiences at FreshBooks that are pixel (pretty-damn) perfect. He is a constant learner which is why you'll most likely find him glued to the latest tech/design blog post, and has two amazing little girls at home who occupy the majority of his social media feed.
Katie Hinks
Visual Designer
Katie loves design that's full of fun, bold colour and playful typography, which is why she was excited to join Freshbooks. Her background includes creating inspired wedding invitations, clean branding, and marketing for retail and financial brands from across North America. She's a world traveller, diverse foodie, hoedown hero, daring cyclist and hot yoga dance party junkie.
Paul Reinheimer
Paul has been developing since his mother gave him a book of games for a Commodore 64, then threw away the disk, forcing him to type them in. Once he learned he could begin fighting ogres sooner by skipping the lines starting with REM there was no stopping him. He's a frequent speaker at technology conferences, and challenges co-workers to a bake-off at the drop of a hat.
Kiley Meehan
UX Designer
Kiley joins FreshBooks with over 6 years of digital design experience, most recently as part of the CBC's UX/UI team. Passionate about great digital experiences, Kiley's living the dream of making technology a little friendlier for us all. When not tearing through books and studying the human psyche, Kiley's singing country songs to his kids, cursing the Blue Jays, or taking another stab at War & Peace.
Jackie Siemon
Support Rockstar
Recent Guelph-Humber grad with a media studies degree, Jackie brings her positive energy and smiles to the FreshBooks Rockstar team. Jackie is thrilled to be helping others everyday and is motivated to learn new things from all the wonderful people at FreshBooks. When Jackie isn't working, you can find her running through parks, playing sports of all kinds and lifting heavy things. Having a knack for the outdoors and a love for being by the water, Jackie also enjoys testing her luck with fishing, sleeping in tents and going on travelling adventures any chance she gets.
Clare Curtis
Support Rockstar
Clare comes to FreshBooks with a background ranging from financial services to serving at themed family restaurants. After quickly realizing a passion for helping people in any of her past jobs, she looks forward to now lending a hand to the wonderful people who use FreshBooks. In her spare time you will find her clicking refresh on the new releases page at Rdio, baking, and discovering all the amazing bars and restaurants Toronto has to offer. An avid traveller, Clare looks forward to finding a city to rival her new favourite place—Berlin.
Nik Mehrotra
Product Manager
A start-up junky, Nik has worn many hats, from software developer, product designer, to a stint in VC wearing a monkey suit. In his native environment, Nik can be found jamming on the drums, eating tandoori chicken or having a pint at a Queen Street bar.
Dionne Schmidt
Scrum Master
Dionne grew up on the mean streets of Walkerton—and by mean, we mean nice, incredibly nice. Growing up with four siblings, she learned to eat as quickly as possible, so she could compete for the best of the seconds. This competitive spirit was further developed during her time studying SYDE, where she spent many evenings honing her board gaming skills. Dionne loves to read, travel, and laugh, and is passionate about helping teams reach their potential, while having as much fun as possible along the way.
Hannele Kormano
Hannele fell in love with programming in high school, and has been developing one thing or another ever since. After some time in the support trenches, she's finally worked her way to a development position, while keeping the perspective gained in dealing with real live users. She is both Finnish and Canadian, yet somehow missed the hockey gene. But you will occasionally catch her on a karaoke tear, imparting the immortal lyrics of Bonnie Tyler.
Martin Okorodudu
Martin comes to FreshBooks with over 7 years experience in a software development consultancy servicing the finance and automotive industries. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering and a minor in French. Martin's hobbies include fiddling with new programming languages/frameworks, basketball and soccer. Martin is married, with a strapping young lad.
Nathan Shaughnessy
Nathan hails from the wet and blustery west coast of Ireland. A graduate of NUI, Galway, he spent a number of years working at networking giant Cisco Systems in the unified communications space. Growing tired of the incessant rain that is the Irish climate and looking for a new adventure, he caught a gust of wind (read: Boeing 757) and crossed the North Atlantic landing in Toronto. He joined FreshBooks with a mission to ship code. Outside of things tech-related, he likes eating, playing sports, watching films, and keeping busy in general. Nathan is the embodiment of the phrase "dance like nobody's watching".
Rishi Sharma
Rishi loves to run, meditate and engage with the community. He finds great joy in not only solving problems, but also in identifying them. Thinking progressively, he is continuously looking for improvements. "Nurture your team, and results will follow" says Rishi. Oh yeah, he knows a thing or two about programming pythons and rabbits.
Shadow CEO
Little is known about this handsome fellow before he joined FreshBooks as CEO Mike McDerment's Shadow CEO. Since joining the Fresh Dogs his confidence has blossomed and he's learned how to romp and play, while somehow still managing to look dignified. Around the new, larger FreshBooks office Munroe has proven to be a time-saver when somebody needs to grab a quick word with the CEO; you can always find Mike by following Munroe's adoring gaze.
Chief Buoyancy Deliverer
If you see somebody randomly break into a smile of pure delight chances are Mecho has just bounded by. This energetic little guy was born at a farm just north of Toronto. He's part cocker spaniel, part poodle and (judging by his incredible leaps of joy) part tiger. Despite being the smallest of the regular Fresh Dogs he can usually be found starting shenanigans with his larger mates, hugging and kissing coworkers (literally) or power napping near his dad, Momchil.
VP, Cross-Cultural Integration
Born on the streets of Thailand you might expect Gucci to be tough or standoffish. But after choosing Jason as his dad through rescue organization Soi Dog, Gucci has demonstrated tremendous positivity and adaptability. Science hasn't created a perpetual motion machine yet, but that's probably just because nobody has studied Gucci's wagging tail……


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I emailed before I read we should call. We have three significantly viewed channels in our area (CBS, NBC, FOX). Here are the results so far.
CBS no response.
FOX says I should contact Directv to get my local fox or switch providers. I believe this was an automated response because of the recent carriage dispute they were having that just ended. I have to try this one again later.
NBC says "We are going to have to do some research on this as. We will be in touch." So there maybe some hope here.
Will keep you posted on how it goes.
I find that a lot of these need education on what it is we speak. Their first thoughts are its not possible or legal usually. Assuring them its legal and that you know people in your area want their station goes along ways.


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The Window Shopping app is a tool to help homeowners plan basic designs for windows and doors, inside and outside the house. After taking a photo of an interior or exterior space that could use an upgrade, the app user can choose from nearly 50 resizable photos of Marvin windows and doors, arrange them over the photo, and save or send the photo to share with friends, family or a local Marvin dealer.
Send us your favorite, most creative designs, and we'll share our favorites in our special Flickr photo gallery. E-mail the photo to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Skinny on Summer Shorts
Who wears short shorts? Well, frankly, we do. Many of the ladies at the 'House bust them out when the mercury crawls above about 80. But if you're not a short short kind of girl, don't fret – we have plenty of shorts with longer inseams for those who want to be a bit more modest. We've rounded up a few of our fave shorts to keep your gams happy all summer long.
Ideal for Sprints: Nike Women's 2" Rival Short
Slip into your Nike Women's 2" Rival Shorts when you're heading to the track for your sprint workout. The incredibly soft and stretchy shell fabric moves with you, and a minimal inseam and side scallop make this short move with you as you find your stride. Slip your key or a credit card into the secure back zip pocket while you workout.
Ideal for Long Runs: Pearl Izumi Women's Ultra Split Short
When it's time for your long run, reach for your Pearl Izumi Ultra Split Shorts. Two anatomically placed hip pockets give you room to stash gels or bars for hours of fuel, and a secure back zip pocket provides additional storage room. A generous half split allows you to find your stride with ease, and a flat waistband sits smoothly against your hips without chafing.
Ideal for Tempo Runs: adidas Women's Supernova Short Tight
The adidas Supernova Short Tight is short and sweet for your tempo runs. The bun-hugging fit moves with you seamlessly, and lower back mélange mesh enhances ventilation in a high sweat area. An internal envelope pocket provides a great place to stash your key when you head out the door. Reflective branding increases visibility in low-light settings to up your safety factor.
Ideal for Everyday Training: Saucony Women's P.E. Shorts
Sometimes simple is just right, and Saucony made simple right with the Women's P.E. Short. Lightweight fabric wicks moisture to keep you dry and comfortable as you crank up the intensity on your run, and a scalloped hem lets you move freely. Contrast color side stripes offer a pop of energy to help get you out the door for your daily workout.


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If you want to buy a receiver go here.Ah, I missed that you had one with a problem. I thought you were unhappy with a working one. My bad.
In my case, my AVR247 is 5 years old and still working just fine, with only an occasional HDMI hiccup now and then to remind me of what a piss-poor interface HDMI really is.
With HK, these newest models are designed in China, which was not the case until these units. And it shows in the specs. HK today isn't HK of yesterday by far.
They are slanted toward Denon, but cover every brand and model in minute detail. I also have the Denon 4311. It has the best room correction software in any reasonable price range. Also has 1000 watt power supply that drives 4 ohm speakers fine. To get the best price on new product you have to call the vendor. Authorized dealers can't advertize the best price. Call Electronics Expo first. So what is your real budget $$$ wise?


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At the same time, sleep experts are united in their assessment that getting enough sleep is essential to health and well-being. For sleep to be rejuvenating, you should get your sleep in one uninterrupted block of time. Disruptive sleep is not restorative and will cause drowsiness. Six hours of good, solid sleep is often more restorative than eight hours of poor, fragmented sleep.
Children need a lot more sleep than adults do because they're constantly growing. Click here to find out more about Kids & Sleep.
Many people believe that aging causes sleep problems and that seniors need less sleep as they grow older. These are commonly held myths that unfortunately can result in the sleeping problems of the elderly to be ignored, when in fact they need the same 7-9 hours of sleep adults need. Read more....
In short, being healthy requires sleep that is healthy – it's that simple.
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Join entrepreneur Ellen Burton as she tackles every aspect of a personal branding makeover with The Image Studios. Here, her final guest post, she shares reflections about her personal branding journey.
I've had so many realizations about my self-esteem, how I hide from the world and about my relationship with money. I see now, how the value that I put on my personal brand has a major impact on my professional and personal opportunities.
I think that the greatest impact has been: opportunities. I feel so much better about myself and my value in the world; both as a woman and as a coach. Some of that may have to do with investing cash into my brand/myself. Some of the increased self-worth has to do with feeling worthy of asking for help and letting others help and fawn over me. The talents at The Image Studios are invested in me: being my best self. I now understand that all of the inside work I've done to heal and grow into a wise and powerful woman can be matched by this work on the outside. Both are equally important. I get it now.
Opportunities: My business has grown 62 percent in the past 7 months. I have not made an investment in any part of my business in the past 15 years that has netted that much of an increase in revenue. I have increased my network and am much more frequently consulted and considered as an expert in my field. Daily, men are opening doors for me, literally. Sharply dressed and well put together women are complementing me on some aspect of my appearance. Prosperity is showing up in my life in so many ways: media opportunities are on the horizon. I receive no less than four compliments every single day on "me," and I'm being invited to join powerful conversations which has not been the case in the past.
I feel stronger and more feminine. I feel more confident in my ability to command a room when conducting business lectures and motivational speeches. I feel more ready to allow and celebrate all the things that are coming my way. I feel deserving.
Watch out world, here I come!
My last questions is: How do I make sure I keep this up and don't slide into bad habits and apathy?
That is a great question!
The answer is simple: Remember your brand and get feedback.
The best way for you to stay aligned, inside and out, is to stay open to feedback about how things "look." Use your brand attributes as a compass for those who advise you on your presence. Good partners will want you to be authentically you: Sensitive, Wise, Spiritual, Intelligent and Healthy.
Your vocal and behavioral communication strengths are here to stay, and it's likely that your relative weakness with visual communication is as well. But no worries; delegate to others the things that they do better.
Remember the lessons learned about budgeting for YOU. Most of your money is not likely to be given to you – you will earn it. It is plain smart to invest in your moneymaker.
I look forward to hearing about your engagement, as your life partner is sure to recognize you much more easily now.


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By Automobile Magazine 12/12/2013
The CLA is a new addition to the Mercedes lineup for 2014. It debuts in CLA250 form as the most accessible (read: cheapest) Mercedes you can buy and is aimed at attracting young, urban dwellers to the brand. A sister model, the CLA45 AMG, packs a performance wallop far beyond its size. It, too, is intended to reel in new buyers, in this case to the AMG brand...Read more
The CLA-Class is a true entry-level model for Mercedes-Benz, with a price that starts right around $30,000. This is the first Mercedes with what has historically been an economy-car powertrain layout: a transverse-mounted four-cylinder engine and front-wheel drive (all-wheel drive is optional, although not at launch). In addition to the price-leader CLA250, Mercedes is simultaneously bringing out a high-performance AMG version, the CLA45. It has a much higher-output turbocharged four-cylinder and standard all-wheel drive, among other changes.
The all-new CLA is a compact offering, although its overall length is a smidge beyond that of the C-Class. Inside, however, the model order is clear, with the CLA's swoopy sheetmetal offering nowhere near the rear-seat space of the upright C-Class. Furthermore, the CLA's high beltline and small windows constrict the view. Notably, Mercedes refers to this four-door as a "coupe." At an advertised price of just a smidge less than $30,000 (before destination), don't expect leather upholstery or a navigation system—they're both optional. Consider whether you really need leather, because it's part of an interior upgrade package that further requires the premium package, upping your total tab by $3700. A basic Becker Map Pilot can be had for a few hundred bucks; a more expensive multimedia package upgrades the navigation system, increases the screen size, and adds a much-needed backup camera.
The CLA250 uses a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that makes 208 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque, which is less than similar engines from Ford and Hyundai. It's mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission with the shifter on the steering column, and it suffers some turbo lag and a nonlinear throttle. Torque steer isn't an issue, so that's not a reason to upgrade to the optional all-wheel drive, although greater traction might be. Unusually, the standard U.S. suspension setup for the CLA250 is firmer than the setup for European cars, and it may be harsh over particularly bad pavement.
For a truly sporty driving experience, look no further than the CLA45 AMG, which distills the AMG formula into a pint-sized package. Proving that the high-performance sub-brand can do more than just V-8 engines, AMG manages to extract an incredible 355 horses from the CLA45's 2.0-liter four. All-wheel drive is, necessarily, standard here, as any attempt to send this engine's 322 lb-ft of torque through the front wheels would lead to unmanageable torque steer. Packing that much power into the flyweight CLA45 makes for a true pocket rocket. Backing up the powertrain are robust brakes with cross-drilled rotors, a stiffer suspension (with the performance suspension as an option), and a characterful exhaust that provides aural confirmation that this is not just an appearance package.


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Hi there living in the Thomas, WV. area looking for fellow T.U. members to connect.
Looking for chapter members
That's great. A couple of options; the PPK Chapter will be having a meeting Nov 21, 2013 at the Sportsmans Emporium in Morgantown at 6 pm. The speaker will be Jaimie Holmes, TU's Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Coordinator for WV. She will be discussing the shale gas drilling and volunteer water quality monitoring program. She also works out of our Thomas, WV office along with the rest of our TU staff.
Another option is always wvangler.com where you can put a feeler out. The new southern WV chapter and the chapter I am starting in central WV have gained some new members due to posting on that forum.
A third option is direct outreach to current members. This is something I can help with as Council Chair.
Where are you going to locate this Central WV Chapter.