Anna Kouwenberg, our Creative Director, grew up in North Vancouver always having a strong interest in both art and computers. Desiring to find a way to combine them for a career she enrolled in the Marketing Communications program at BCIT, graduating with honours.

Upon completing her program at BCIT Anna worked in the Marketing department for Great Canadian Casinos where she did much graphic design as well as actively participated in promotional planning. Since working for Great Canadian Casinos she then worked for, Loren, Nancke and Company where she was quickly promoted to Office Manager. At Loren, Nancke and Company Anna was in charge of all Marketing efforts, ranging from heading up the website to designing various print advertisements.

From her work at both Great Canadian Casinos and Loren, Nancke and Company she gained much website design, graphic design and marketing knowledge that she now offers as part of the ARK Squared team.  Currently Anna serves as the Newsletter Editor for the Tri-City Valley Women’s Network, proudly designing and editing the monthly newsletter as well as managing online advertisements.

Outside of work Anna spends much time with her two young girls and either one of her passions of cake decorating or running. Anna is also very active in her church, Blue Mountain Baptist Church, where she serves on the Women’s Ministry Team, helping out with Advertising, Photography or administrative tasks.  Every summer you will also be able to find her as part of the Staff Office team, where she volunteers as supervisor, at Creation Music Festival Northwest.

Adam Kouwenberg, our Technical Director, was born in Ottawa, ON but moved to North Vancouver at the end of elementary school. During his school years he was always technologically inclined either helping out the drama program with audio visual equipment equipment or heading up the AV crew at his church. Ranging from running the sound system for various events and services to setting up audio visual equipment for different productions and events or consulting for equipment installation or purchasing.

Since graduating Adam worked for Mediaco, the Presentation Company, for about 7 years gaining much experience in the business sector by taking care of the technical end of events from press conferences or meetings to modeling shows or concerts. While at Mediaco he spent much time working for the Four Season’s Hotel in Vancouver as one of their main audio visual technicians for different conferences and corporate events.After Mediaco he worked for Willingdon Church in different positions from Technical Director to Events and Food Services Manager. In these roles computer expertise was well practiced, event management was finessed and audio visual skills honed. Adam now works for Vancouver Computer Consulting as a consultant putting his varied computer skills to great use.

Outside of work Adam spends a lot of time with his two little girls, or you can find him playing his Bass Guitar or heading off to spin class.  You can also find Adam at the pool in North Vancouver where he volunteers as a Swim Coach with Special Olympics North Shore.  He is also very involved with his Church, Blue Mountain Baptist Church, playing Bass Guitar on the worship team or running the sound system.  Adam is always looking forward to the summer too, where he volunteers as a Stage Crew Chief for Creation Music Festival where he heads up the set-up and tear-down of the multiple stages as well as helping the rest of the Crew Chiefs during the festival keep the show running smoothly with their many volunteers.

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Mike Kelly, our Sales Director, grew up in the Prairies, having lived in both Saskatchewan and Alberta, and moved to BC in adulthood. He’s had experience in small business through owning both a well known tax preparation franchise as well as his own tax preparation office. He moved away from this when he relocated from Nanaimo to the Lower Mainland in the mid-90’s to settle down with his family.

Mike has training from both Dale Carnegie and Tom Hopkins and continues to stay focused with continual learning from Brian Tracy.  He has much experience in the Financial sector, over 25 years, from tax preparation and accounting, to financial services such as mutual funds and insurance.  He has spent the last 12 years in customer service but now his entrepreneurial spirit is taking over again and he’s working on a couple different business ideas.

In his spare time Mike likes to spend time with his daughters and grandchildren when he’s not travelling the world, playing pool with his pool team or taking some time reading.