{"id":44238,"date":"2017-08-18T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/uncategorized\/visiting-calgary"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:28:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:28:48","slug":"visiting-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/team-members\/visiting-calgary","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On July 24th I boarded a plane with Maxime Gendron and we flew west to a Canadian city I had never had the pleasure of visiting before &ndash; Calgary, Alberta. &nbsp;I had heard great things about this city from those that love it and have traded the mountain view for Ontario.&nbsp;However, the views were not what we were there for; this was business! &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We met Annick Boulanger at the Calgary International Airport (who flew in from Montreal the same morning) and had Sam Costa patiently waiting to drive us to our new adventure at the Calgary AGF &ndash; C&amp;T Office. The purpose of our trip was to meet the staff and the new General Manager, Jennifer Simmonds and David Loren, the new Director of Business Development (see picture above). &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nWe were immediately greeted with a warm welcome by everyone and given a tour of the office and shop.<\/p>\n<p>This office has seen some changes in the recent months and it was encouraging to see the positivity and energy from employees; in particular the two newest members, Jennifer and David.&nbsp;<br \/>\nJennifer Simmonds started with AGF &ndash; C&amp;T on July 3rd of this year and was appointed as the General Manager for Calgary and Fort Saskatchewan (just north east of Edmonton) offices. Jennifer came to us with many years of experience in fabrication and packaging of oil and gas processing equipment along with 7 years of construction experience. In conjunction with David Loren and Sam Costa, she hopes to grow the business and increase the AGF brand awareness in Western Canada. Also on her list of goals is to implement internal process changes to improve efficiency, quality and safety. Jennifer has been impressed with how welcoming employees have been to her and how they are willing to embrace her ideas. Jennifer is a true Calgarian; born and raised but does not fall into the stereotypical profile as she is quick to point out. She loves to travel and take care of her 4 dogs when she is not at work. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>David Loren was appointed to the role of Director of Business Development on June 19th of this year. He supports Sam Costa in developing the Western Canada market. &nbsp;His goal is to make AGF C&amp;T in becoming Western Canada&rsquo;s leading fabricator and installer. David comes to us with many years of experience in the steel industry from owning and running his own businesses. &nbsp;His strong background in business development is truly an asset to us and will be essential to his role. In David&rsquo;s down time his passion is roping, which I wasn&rsquo;t entirely sure what that was until he showed me a video of him riding a horse and roping a calf! &nbsp;David even owns his own ranch! He loves to play up the cow boy perception around the office for fun.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not knowing each other for long, Jennifer and David have developed a great working relationship. Though they are seemingly opposite they have the same goals in mind for the company and will work hard to accomplish them while enjoying each other&rsquo;s witty banter and comradery.<\/p>\n<p>Our trip was short as we were only there for a night; however Sam was a great reference of where to go and what to eat. He was a gracious host and will definitely be consulted again on things to do when I visit again. I am hoping next time to spend some more time to explore the surroundings and even make my way to the Rocky Mountains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the AGF &ndash; C&amp;T employees in the Calgary office who were so welcoming to us; especially to Sam, Jennifer and David. I know all three of us are eager to visit again!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ligne_bleue_separation_version_e-2023.jpg\" style=\"height:67px; width:400px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Turismo en Calgary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>El 24 de julio abord&eacute; un avi&oacute;n con Maxime Gendron y volamos a una ciudad canadiense del Oeste, que nuca hab&iacute;a tenido el placer de visitar antes: Calgary, en Alberta. Hab&iacute;a escuchado cosas maravillosas de esta ciudad de gente que le encanta y cambi&eacute; la vista de la monta&ntilde;a por Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, el panorama no era por lo que est&aacute;bamos ah&iacute;; &iexcl;era por negocios! Nos encontramos con Annick Boulanger en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Calgary (quien viaj&oacute; desde Montreal esa misma ma&ntilde;ana) y Sam Costa nos esperaba pacientemente para llevarnos a una nueva aventura en las oficinas de AGF&ndash;C&amp;T en Calgary. El objetivo de nuestro viaje era conocer al personal y a la Directora General, Jennifer Simmonds y David Loren, el nuevo Director de Desarrollo de Negocios.<\/p>\n<p>Inmediatamente fuimos recibidos por todos con una c&aacute;lida bienvenida y nos dieron un recorrido de las oficinas y del taller. Estas oficinas han visto algunos cambios en los &uacute;ltimos meses y fue alentador ver la positividad y energ&iacute;a de los empleados, particularmente de los dos miembros m&aacute;s recientes: Jennifer y David.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Simmonds empez&oacute; en AGF&ndash;C&amp;T el 3 de julio de este a&ntilde;o y fue nombrada Directora General de las oficinas de Calgary y Fort Saskatchewan (al noroeste de Edmonton). Jennifer lleg&oacute; con muchos a&ntilde;os de experiencia en la fabricaci&oacute;n y embalaje de equipo de procesamiento de petr&oacute;leo y gas, adem&aacute;s de siete a&ntilde;os de experiencia en la construcci&oacute;n. Junto con David Loren y Sam Costa, espera hacer crecer los negocios e incrementar el conocimiento de la marca AGF en la regi&oacute;n oeste de Canad&aacute;. Tambi&eacute;n en su lista de objetivos se encuentra implementar cambios en los procesos internos para mejorar la eficiencia, la calidad y la seguridad. Jennifer se impresion&oacute; con lo amables que han sido los empleados con ella y con c&oacute;mo est&aacute;n dispuestos a adoptar sus ideas. Jennifer es una verdadera calgariana; ah&iacute; naci&oacute; y creci&oacute;, pero, como ella misma lo se&ntilde;ala, no cae en el estereotipo t&iacute;pico. Le gusta viajar y cuidar a sus cuatro perros cuando no est&aacute; en el trabajo.<\/p>\n<p>David Loren fue nombrado Director de Desarrollo de Negocios el 19 de junio de este a&ntilde;o. Apoya a Sam Costa en el desarrollo del mercado de Canad&aacute; del Oeste. Su objetivo es hacer que AGF&ndash;C&amp;T sea l&iacute;der en fabricaci&oacute;n e instalaci&oacute;n en Canad&aacute; del Oeste. David lleg&oacute; con muchos a&ntilde;os de experiencia en la industria del acero despu&eacute;s de ser propietario y de dirigir sus propios negocios. Su s&oacute;lida experiencia en el desarrollo de negocios es una verdadera ventaja para nosotros y ser&aacute; esencial en su papel. Su pasi&oacute;n en su tiempo libre es enlazar, lo cual no estaba muy seguro de lo que era hasta que me ense&ntilde;o un video de &eacute;l montado a caballo &iexcl;y enlazando a un becerro! &iexcl;David incluso tiene su propio rancho! Se divierte jugando al vaquero en la oficina.<\/p>\n<p>A pesar de que no tienen mucho tiempo de conocerse, Jennifer y David han desarrollado una maravillosa relaci&oacute;n laboral. A pesar de que parecen ser dos polos opuestos, tienen los mismos objetivos para la empresa y trabajar&aacute;n arduamente para lograrlos,&nbsp;mientras disfrutan de su ingeniosa charla y camarader&iacute;a.<\/p>\n<p>Nuestro viaje fue corto y solamente nos quedamos una noche; sin embargo, Sam nos dio maravillosas referencias de lugares para visitar y de restaurantes. Fue un anfitri&oacute;n atento y definitivamente lo consultaremos nuevamente la pr&oacute;xima vez que visitemos. Espero que la pr&oacute;xima vez pasemos m&aacute;s tiempo explorando los alrededores e incluso ir a las Monta&ntilde;as Rocosas.<\/p>\n<p>Gracias a todos los empleados de AGF&ndash;C&amp;T de las oficinas de Calgary por su cordial bienvenida; espec&iacute;ficamente a Sam, a Jennifer y a David. &iexcl;S&eacute; que los tres estamos ansiosos de volver a visitarlos!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 24th I boarded a plane with Maxime Gendron and we flew west to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":44233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-members"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57032,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44238\/revisions\/57032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}