Columbus Group (originally Columbus Group Communications) existed from 1995 until it was acquired by Telus in 2001. This page was created as an historical record and to help former employees keep—or get—in touch with each other. When Telus Web Solutions finally left 576 Seymour in November 2003, there was virtually no trace of the "happy little Vancouver company" left on the Web, and I thought it was time to put something together.

In order to be eligible for inclusion, people must have been employees of Columbus Group hired before April 2001. Years of service are indicated up to the acquisition, indicated by a Telus logo. Those still employed at Telus — as of 2007, just 14 of the 72 who were at Columbus Group when it was acquired — are represented with green shading. Contact me at chris@redrooffs.com with any updates.

Jason Smith has set up a ; Anthony Hempell has started a LinkedIn group. And check out Ken Kwasnicki's resurrected Columbus Group sites!

Name/Link Position Years Current/Last Known Activities; Notes LinkedIn/E-mail Updated
Alex Aalto Programming 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus e.Enablement alex.aalto@telus.com 2007.01
Rich Adam Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- VP, Business Development, Eastern Canada, Vision Critical rich.adam@visioncritical.com 2005.07
Trevor Allen Quality 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus trevor.allen@telus.com 2007.01
Erika Alm Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- President Sales Innovation, Playground (An Intrawest Company) ealm@playground.com 2006.04
Tammy Anderson Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- At home with her kids after leaving Telus in March 2006   tammylovesgreen@yahoo.ca 2006.08
Stephanie Arbuckle Sales 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Consultant, Project Management and PMO design stephanie@arbuckleconsulting.com 2007.12
Sarah Bailey Graphics 95-96-97-98-?? Creative Director/Partner with At Large Media with Emma (was WebPool Syndicate*)   bailey@turbovision.com 2006.04
Steve Barha Various 95-96-97-98-??-00 -01 CIO, TIO Networks     2006.08
Ricardo Barone Programming        
Leeanne Barr Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus Business Solutions leeannebarr@gmail.com 2008.03
Joerg Beekmann Programming 95-96-97-98-99-00-01-        
Ron Bertoncini Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus Web User Experience ron.bertoncini@telus.com 2007.01
Peter Betnaza PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Project Manager, Westwind Performance peter@betnaza.com 2007.03
Geoffrey Bird Copy/Content 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Big House Communications      
Doug Birnie Founder 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Travelling doug_birnie@hotmail.com 2004.06
Paige Birnie            
Ed Boroevich PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 MFA at The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC eddiebnyc@hotmail.com 2003.11
Wayne Browne Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 (was WebPool Syndicate*)      
Kate Browning Reception 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Now a registered nurse in Vancouver.   katebrowning@yahoo.com 2005.01
Barrett Brownlee Development   (Scott's sister)      
Chris Brownlee Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-??-        
Scott Brownlee Founder 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Middlespot.com   scottjbrownlee@hotmail.com 2008.10
Tom Bunnell Seattle 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- High school teacher in the Seattle area   tbunnell@lkwash.wednet.edu 2003.11
Chris Burke Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus e.Enablement chris.burke@telus.com 2007.01
John Callaghan Seattle 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Most recently completed a project with Microsoft on the Windows Platform Strategy Team. Currently looking for next gig in Business Development or Marketing. jccallaghan@comcast.net 2006.11
Andrea Camp Sales 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Sales and Marketing Manager, Mosaic Homes   andrea.camp@telus.net 2005.07
Ron Cann Strategist 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Director, Customer Experience Strategy, Karo Design Calgary Inc. (Married to Rani MacInnes; they have "a two year old — possibly the first Columbus baby? — and another on the way.") ron@calgary.karo.com 2007.01
Marisa Carmen Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Novartis Pharmaceuticals, USA   marisacarmen@comcast.net 2003.11
Geoff Catliff Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus geoff.catliff@telus.com 2007.01
Lesley Cherry Copy 95-96-97-98-99-00-??-     2006.12
Ian Clyne Marketing 95-96-97-98-99-00-01-     iclyne@direct.ca 2003.11
Céline Cormier Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Freelance/Club Intrawest   c@gooddesign.ca 2005.03
Steve Cullingworth Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Make Technologies, Vancouver steve@cullingworth.com 2003.12
Amar Dhaliwal Sales 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 VP Engineering, Thinq amar.dhaliwal@thinq.com 2004.07
April Felker     "She's still living in Brooklyn and working somewhere in Connecticut." (Ed Boroevich) april@agoodplacetobe.com 2005.07
Kent Fong PM   NCompass Labs      
Anand Gandhi Programming 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus e.Enablement anand.gandhi@telus.com 2007.01
Andrew Giles   95-96-97-98-??       2005.07
Leanne Gillies Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Web Analyst, ICBC leanne.gillies@icbc.com 2008.05
Nicki Glave Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 "Being a mom" (Chloë, May 2001 and Molly, June 2004), but wondering about getting back in the workforce.   nicki@glave.com 2006.03
Kathryn Grafton AM 95-96-97-??-99-01 Doing Ph.D at UBC   tellingofstories@hotmail.com 2003.11
Ali Grayeli PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Creative Director, Blast Radius agrayeli@blastradius.com 2006.04
Luis Guiterrez     Flamenco player and Salsa Instructor      
Patrick Gunn Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-01-     redgunn@telus.net  
Bre Hamilton Content/Copy 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Production Executive for Alliance Atlantis/HGTV in Toronto bre@smartbunny.com 2006.11
Jen Hanson Copy/Content 95-96-97-98-??-00 01 Lives in Wellington, New Zealand and writes design curriculum for a college there. Baby on the way in May 2007. jkhanson@gmail.com 2007.01
John Hargrave PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Microsoft   2005.10
Tim Hassed Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Telus Web User Experience timhassed@telus.net 2005.07
Jen Haughian            
Anthony Hempell Usability 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Manager, Interaction & Usability/Senior Interaction Architect, Blast Radius anthony@anthonyhempell.com 2006.03
Jim Henderson GM, Toronto 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- CCMC Publishing (SCOREGolf and CHL)   henderson@scoregolf.com 2003.11
Shawna Hickerson Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Aurora Motion Graphics    
Grant Hodgins Programming 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Working for the government in Victoria.     2005.02
Mike Howatson Development   Manager of Design/Creative Director, Blast Radius michael.howatson@blastradius.com 2006.04
Wallace Hui Support 95-96-97-98-99-00-01        
Trevor Hutchison Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Senior Graphic Designer, DUIT Multimedia, Perth, Australia   trevhutch@hotmail.com 2006.05
Ardessa Jesseau Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Masters in Interactive Media, RMIT School of Creative Media, Melbourne   ardessaj@hotmail.com  
Isabel Jevans Usability 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 User Experience Engineer, San Francisco isabel@isabeljevans.com 2005.11
Debra Karby Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01-   debkarby@yahoo.ca 2003.11
Eiko Kawano Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Freelance   2006.08
Steve Kellas Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Associate Creative Director, Fjord Interactive (Cossette) s_kellas@yahoo.ca 2008.05
Al Korpach Finance 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Telus   al.korpach@telus.com  
Ron Kozlowski Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Freelance   ronkoz@telus.net 2006.02
Kaoru Kumabe Various   Working at RedKnee in Toronto.   kaoru@kumabe.ca 2005.02
Ken Kwasnicki Programming 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Middlespot.com ken.kwasnicki@gmail.com 2008.10
Eelco Langelaan   95-96-97-98-99-00-01 LogicaCMG eelco.langelaan@chello.nl 2004.01
Andrew Larkin            
Stan Lau            
Yvonne Lau            
Denise Lawson VP   Envision Sustainability Tools denisel@envisiontools.com 2003.11
Rebekah Lawson Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Primary school teacher, Coquitlam   rebekahlawson@shaw.ca 2003.11
Katherine Lee PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 "Happily plugging away as an independent new media consultant, doing high-level strategy, teaching, etc." katherine@katydidmedia.ca 2008.06
Jocelyn Loewen Reception 95-96-97-98-99-00-01-     scook4895@shaw.ca  
Andrew Lugsdin Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 BDC Venture Capital   andrew.lugsdin@bdc.ca 2003.11
Mardi MacDonald            
Deanna Maceda PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- "Currently being a gypsy - travelling and reconnecting with friends and family."   dmaceda@aebc.com 2003.11
Rani MacInnes PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Started her own Dog Services Company, Muttnik Ink, in Calgary in September 2006. (Married to Ron Cann.) rani@muttnik.com 2007.01
Heather Macintosh            
Scott MacPherson AM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Marketing consultant scott.macpherson@rogers.com 2003.11
Jon Maltby     Senior Creative Director, Blast Radius jmaltby@blastradius.com 2005.03
Chris Masterton Usability 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Freelance     2007.11
Laurent Maurel            
Bryan Mavrow Marketing 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Director of Marketing, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? bryan.mavrow@1800gotjunk.com 2007.08
Natalie McGee Usability 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus e.Enablement, Ottawa natalie.mcgee@telus.com 2003.11
Rob McKay Sales 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Sponsorship and Marketing Officer, University of Victoria   rmackay@uvic.ca 2007.08
Julia McKeough Office 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- (Née Rastall)   julia_ping@yahoo.ca  
Craig McKimm Programmer 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Application Systems Specialist, Web Architecture and Design, City of Vancouver cmckimm@gmail.com 2007.03
Ian McNeil Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Cactus Gold, Las Vegas   imcneil@cox.net  
Bryan Mitten Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Online Marketing Manager, Lush Cosmetics bryanmitten@gmail.com 2006.08
Carol Mok     "I'm living in Singapore still. Freelancing as a Brand Strategist for MNCs and FMC companies in Asia."   carolmmok@gmail.com 2006.04
Michelle Morrison Sales 95-96-97-98-??-00 01        
Shelina Mulji Quality 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Consultant (QA/BA) shelina.mulji@shaw.ca 2006.04
Mike Newland Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Manager, Digital Communications, BC Hydro new1and@yahoo.com 2006.11
Tony Nichols Copy 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Freelance tony@writerman.com 2003.11
Jyri Niemi     "In Finland (Helsinki) doing creative for Taivas-Ego" Jyri.Niemi@taivas.com 2005.03
Marie Palmer Programming          
Steve Park Marketing 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Director, Online Marketing, EA Sports stevepark@ea.com 2007.08
Andrew Pawson Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Contractor, Telus Web User Experience apawson@yahoo.com 2005.07
Emma Payne PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 At Large Media (Co-founder, WebPool Syndicate*; Née Emma Smith) emma@atlargemedia.com 2003.11
Tyler Payne Graphics   Associate Creative Director, Blast Radius     2006.04
Cheryl Picot Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Telus Application Solutions   cheryl.picot@telus.com 2006.01
James Prescott Sales 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Infinity Sports   james_prescott@telus.net 2003.11
Tara Rasmussen HR 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Recruitment Consultant with Telus Business Transformation tara.rasmussen@telus.com 2007.11
Chris Rayner PM/AM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 MSN, London chris_rayner@hotmail.com 2003.11
Judy Renouf Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Senior Content Strategist, Blast Radius judyrenouf@hotmail.com 2003.11
Peter Rive   95-96-97-98-99-00-01 "Working in the Bay area, not sure for whom (I know he plays on JAM, the men's elite ultimate frisbee team in San Fran)" (Jason Smith)   2003.12
Craig Robinson Marketing 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Marketing Manager, Wolverton Securities   craigr@wolverton.ca 2003.11
Denise Robinson Various          
Chris Ryan Usability 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Director of Usability, Vision Critical chris@redrooffs.com 2007.01
Jeff Schaeffler Marketing 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Director of Marketing, Vision Critical jeff.schaeffler@visioncritial.com 2005.07
Chris Scott Sales        
Sara Scott-Harper Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-01   play@kittensgalore.com 2008.10
Jason Smith Founder 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Vision Critical jason.smith@visioncritical.com 2005.07
Rick Smith            
Pete Smyth Sales 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Founder, President, CEO of Iamota Corp pete.smyth@iamota.com 2007.08
Mike Snelgrove Development 95-96-97-98-?? Freelance (was Webpool Syndicate*)   msnelgrove@cossette.com 2006.04
Dave Sniderman            
Martijn Spronk Programming 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Senior Java Developer, The Level martijn.spronk@gmail.com 2007.11
Martin Stimpson Sales 95-96-97-98-99-00-01     mstimpson@tvcinc.com  
Anna Stokke Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Back home in Norway   marianne@pinklentil.com 2004.01
Graham Storey PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01-      
Adrienne Szasz HR 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- Research in Motion   szaszymolassy@hotmail.com 2005.02
Dominik Szopa   95-96-97-98-99-00-01 PointStreak dominik@pointstreak.com  
Stefan Teague AM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Royal LePage Commercial Inc.   steague@royallepage.com 2004.01
James Thomas            
Shannon Thorn PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Senior PM, Cossette   sthorn@cossette.com 2003.11
Rob Travers Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 eServer xSeries Partner Sales Specialist, IBM Canada   rtravers@ca.ibm.com 2003.11
Eric Varhol Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Freelance painting/web development.     2005.02
Rebecca Vaughn Reception 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Freelance copywriter/editor, Inspired Ink Communications   rebecca.vaughan@shaw.ca 2004.06
Dean Vincent   95-96-97-98-99-00-01     2008.04
Oxana Vovk Programming          
Hugh Wallace PM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01      
Jeremy Wallace AM 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Marketing, bodog.com jwallace@nanucorp.com 2005.02
Clayton Watt Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-01-        
Rob Whetter   95-96-?? Architect, McFarland Architects rob@mcfarlandarchitects.com 2003.12
Stacey Williams Development   "I currently work with the rcmp olympic security unit as an it coordinator."   info@mishti.ca 2006.05
Peter Wilson Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-??- The Level peter@lunarforces.com 2007.11
Leigh Wingfield AM 95-96-97-98-99-00-??        
Dana Witzel Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 "Dana was tragically killed in an avalanche while mountaineering in Bolivia. She was a great friend to many of us and is missed." (Anthony Hempell)     2006.04
Alice Wong Usability   At home with her kids following a gig with Chancery awong@chancery.com  
Michael Wood Development 95-96-97-98-99-00-01 Currently a Partner at Retrix Hosting Inc. and Partner at Coverall Crew Corporation. mike@michaelwood.com 2007.02
Ray Yee Programming 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Telus e.Enablement   raymond.yee@telus.com 2007.01
Julie Yoo Graphics 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Associate Creative Director at Tribal DDB Chicago   2006.12
PJ Zargarzadeh Programming 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Technology Solutions Professional, Western Canada, Microsoft pj.zargar@gleaming.ca 2006.10
Darren Zwack Various 95-96-97-98-99-00-01- Director, Marketing Communications at SMART Technologies   2007.06

*WebPool Syndicate was acquired by Columbus Group in 1998.