Each year the Keystroke Team comes together from across the continent for one weekend to celebrate the year that was, and bond as a team. This year was a little more special because it was Keystroke's 25th Anniversary, and almost 10% of our staff were 
due to give birth in January.
Yes, it was a busy year!
The Party
With different team members flying in from Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Ohio, along with a busload of staff from the Montreal office, and the normal suspects from the Toronto & Kitchener office, we had over 60 people assemble at the Markham Marriot to celebrate this year's Christmas Party. In amongst the good food, team pictures, state-of-the-union speeches, and annual Chris Caroling contest (won by the Kitchener office this year), we had our awesome Santa Clause presenting all the kids in attendance their gifts. We even had the Markham Fire Department show up in one of our guest's rooms later that night, which made for some good memories, and better laughs.
Many of us then travelled the next day to Niagara Falls to round out the weekend festivities, with lunch in the Skylon overlooking the Falls. A good time was had by all, and the Falls never disappoint. Here are some pictures from the weekend (click to enlarge).
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| James Young top sales rep | Farah receiving Eager Beaver Award | James Paulus top Admin | American Team Caroling |
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| Toronto office caroling | Over the Falls | Team photo | Fire Department |
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The KOPA's
One of the traditions we honour each year at this event is the employee awards, which give us an opportunity to recognize the extraordinary efforts of our individual team members. We call these trophies the Keystroke Orange Peel Awards, or KOPA's for short, and it the different department heads are responsible for the nominations, which Vic and I in charge of selecting the Admin winners.
As always, it was a strong field, but here are this year's winners:
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James Paulus Office Manager - Toronto |
Top Admin Staff |
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Farah Mustapha Customer Care |
Eager Beaver Award for 2019 |
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Bhavin Ahir IOS Developer for HHC |
Top Developer for 2019 |
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James Young |
Top Sales Person for 2019 |
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Craig Strybosch ACC, HHC Support |
Top Support Staff for 2019 |
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Jean McCandlish Act! Consultant |
Top Keystroke Partner for 2019 |
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Luc Grenier Go Consultants |
World's #1 HHC Reseller Handheld Contact |
Swiftpage Fall ConferenceAs a team, Keystroke continued to dominate in 2019, winning Swiftpage's award for Top Act! Reseller in the World for the 5th year running at last Fall's Act! Conference. Below is a picture of our president, Ken Quigley, being presented the award by former Swiftpage CEO, John Oeschle, former VP, Rowan Koons, and former channel manager, Adam Marzola. |
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Ken Quigley President & Founder Keystroke.ca |
World's #1 Act! Reseller Swiftpage |
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