ABOUT

The Team

Dal Brickenden:

As General Manager for Phalanx Distribution, Dal will call upon a career in International trade, new product development, marketing and communications. His international career began in the Export Dept. of Robin Hood Multifoods, Montreal. He was transferred when he proposed the formation of the International Trading Div. of International Multifoods, Minneapolis where he became New Products Manager. He returned to Canada as New Products Manager for CPC international /Best Foods at the time of the launch of Skippy peanut butter. Dal held senior account positions with top advertising agencies in Toronto (Corby), New York (Colgate Palmolive) and ultimately as Executive Vice-President and a senior partner in the leading Vancouver firm of Kenmuir Brickenden Jones Ltd. (now Cossette Communications).

Beyond packaged goods, Dal provided marketing, research, strategic planning and communications services internationaly to a diverse array of small private and middle sized public firms and to government through his consulting firm. He states, without reservation "the Slung™ system offers one of the most practical and viable opportunities, with the highest potential for worldwide markets with which I have ever been involved."

Bruce Hewson:

Bruce Hewson: Technical advisor to Phalanx Distribution and V.P. of Design with Slung Suspended Systems. Bruce is the principal of Hewson Design Associates, an award-winning industrial design firm with unique contributions in aviation, water purification, marine and many other industries.

Over the past decades, Bruce has worked closely alongside senior Phalanx management on a variety of challenging and successful projects. Currently, he works as an advisor for assessing future technologies at Phalanx, to help the organization sustain growth into the future.

Having worked on the design of Slung Suspended System since its inception, his technical knowledge and experience in innovation are key to the development of Phalanx's distribution network and client services.

Jessica Murphy:

Jessica is the Director of Corporate Affairs and Compliance at Phalanx Distribution and is an alumna of the UBC Faculties of English and Law. She practiced law for fifteen years prior to turning her attention to real estate development. Jessica’s talent is found in her ability to visualize potential problems and to develop the process to avoid those problems. She is a founder and past Chair of the Oliver Economic Development Society and is a Steward and member of the Board of Directors of Okanagan Partnership.

Solveig Brickenden:

As a director of Phalanx Distribution Corporation, Solveig is equally comfortable and valuable in the administration of large or small corporations. She retired from Telus having served in the community affairs, customer relations and escalated complaint resolution as Executive Assistant to the President. The human relationship skills she honed at Telus have been used to good effect as President of Crosshairs Consulting Corporation of Canada Inc., and C4 Strategy, an in-demand marketing/communications consulting firm established in 2003.

Ivan Surjanovic, Principle and Director iPower Strategies

In handling the Internet Strategy and IT for Phalanx Distribution, Ivan brings a European perspective to Phalanx’s international marketing plans and offers insights into the areas of Internet Communications. Ivan was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Wisconsin and now a lecturer, entrepreneur and founding principal of iPower Strategies.