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David Clark - President
BCEM President David Clark began his career in the industry in 1983 as the co-owner of All Set Design and All Set Projects. All Set designed and built the displays for six pavilions at the Vancouver world's fair, Expo '86, including all three of the BC pavilions as well as the Canadian Pacific and the Air Canada pavilions.
In 1987, after Expo, David transitioned to special events and founded BC Event Management. Industry recognition followed quickly as BCEM won four awards at the inaugural Canadian Event Industry Awards. David's goal: to continue to exceed our clients' expectations with our trademark attention to detail, technical expertise, and creative flair.
BCEM has gone on to produce many high profile events in Canada, (see past projects section). BCEM is Canada's record holder for event awards and nominations with 74 nominations and 27 awards (see our awards section for more information). | |  |
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Darren Dreger - Director of Sales & Events
Director of Sales & Events, Darren Dreger, CSEC, utilizes his 20 years of experience as an Event Producer to help create a clear vision for BCEM clients. Darren's passion and commitment to the industry is evident through his enjoyment as an event management instructor and frequent guest speaker at special event conferences.
Darren is past president of the Canadian Special Events Society and a past board member for Meeting Professionals International and the International Special Events Society - Vancouver Chapter. While not working Darren can be found mountain biking and hiking throughout BC and spending time with his family.
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Shane Droucker - Technical Director
Shane has worked extensively and internationally in event management. He has detailed knowledge of budget creation and analysis, personnel management, interface management, volunteer coordination, lighting and set design. As a Production Manager, Shane is responsible for transforming the creative team's artistic vision into a physical reality. Working within the constraints of the budget and timeline laid out for the project, he works closely with his production team to realize the best possible production values.
His experience working internationally has given him a finely honed talent for creating world class events. A background in theater, dance and 3D visual arts always brings a unique creative flare to BCEM events. When not working Shane can be found enjoying archery and hitting the hills on his snowboard. | |  |
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James Thornley - Special Projects, Sales & Marketing
James' 16 years in the Destination Management and Special Events industry has seen him through operations, program management, event production and sales. Drawing on a broad range of experiences with Fortune 500 companies from the US, Australia, Europe and the UK has finely tuned his customer relation skills. James believes in strong partnerships and lasting connections that lead to one shared goal - delivering the best project possible. An ideas person, James is always on a quest for what is new, different and better and brings this to his customers. Having enjoyed both international guest speaking on Special Events and teaching the next generation of local event students he believes in sharing knowledge and fostering growth. When not at work you will likely find James hauling up a crab trap on the sailboat, cooking for 30 friends or hitting the slopes.
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Victoria Savage - Registration & Event Coordinator
Victoria's background includes the Destination Management field and leading Sales teams in the production supplies sector of Special Events. The term multi task was created for Victoria Savage.
A high energy and creative individual, Victoria is just as at ease managing registrations in the thousands as she is lending her critical eye and hands to event design and installations.
Having supported incentive programs throughout North America she has gleaned a key sense of customer service and brings a focused, result oriented approach to every project. As a fitness buff you will find Victoria leading the charge up the Grouse Grind or enjoying her other hobby of artistic textile designs.
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