Our Crew

We’re a team of creative thinkers who are passionate about what we do. We’re visionaries, we’re designers, marketers and programmers, we’re family. We challenge and support each other to achieve our absolute best each and every day. We’re good at what we do and we’re a hell of a lot of fun.

Gil Binne

Principal +
Creative Director

Gil is an award-winning Creative Director who balances a keen design sense with the ability to translate abstract concepts into dynamic visual tools for marketing and corporate communication.  He's an expert in using traditional and online media to elevate corporate visibility and deliver bottom-line results.

His Specialties:

 • Creative direction • Brand strategy • Packaging

• Project management  • Supplier relations • Keeping Perry in check

His Hobbies:

 • Biking • Playing hockey • Watching hockey • Mr. Fix-it

His Favourite Quote:

 I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make  an exception.

> See Gil's blog

Perry Boeker

Principal +
Marketing Director

A results-driven creative thinker, Perry is a marketing management professional with a proven record of achievement in Strategic Planning, Team Leadership, and New Concepts Development.
He is an avid sailor and Past Commodore of an international offshore sailing association.

His Specialties:
• Working with people to find better ways to communicate;
• Making things happen
• Understanding challenges and defining opportunities
• Creating an enriched experience

His Interests Include:
• Seeing that WOW expression on a client’s face during a creative
concept proposal. It is empowering.
• Family and friends around a table or in a tin boat

> See Perry's blog

Angela Goertzen

Art Director

Angela takes every project through a demanding creative process, beginning with research and analysis, continuing to brainstorming and conceptualization, before presenting her design solution. She is a highly creative and pragmatic team player. With a broad range of creative experience, Angela has the ability to see even the most difficult design challenge to completion.

Her specialties:
• Web design • Branding • Project management
• Print design • Creative strategy • Making mojitos

Her Interests Include:
• Design blogs + mags • Typography • Laughing

Her Favourite Quote:
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."

> See Angela's blog

Ian Adams

Communications Designer

On top of his considerable skill with the Adobe CS of design tools, Ian is also a modern-day Renaissance man, with the abilities to draw, sketch and illustrate. Ian is a polished design professional and a talented producer with a full appreciation of the design process from concept to delivery.

His Specialties:
• Branding • Print design • Web/mobile design
• Illustration • Infographics • Talking in song

His Interests Include:
• His sketchbook • Animated films • French press coffee
• Oil painting • Skimming/surfing/skiing • Collecting coins

> See Ian's blog

Audrey Foo

Web Project Manager

Audrey is an experienced web technologist. Her favourite technologies are Opensource, Agile, and Open Space technologies. She loves to find a way to bring diverse skillsets together to deliver a project on budget that exceeds customer expectations. Her experience in leading major web projects, a track record of exceptional customer service, plus a commitment to community development allow her to add long-term value to a client’s web brand.

Her Specialties:
• Opensource software • Process improvement
• Project management • Translating between cultures

Her Hobbies:
• Capoeira • Meditation

Her Favourite Quote:
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."

> See Audrey's blog

Caroline Le Breton

Front End Developer

Caroline comes to us from Paris, France where she completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia from the Institut d’Etudes Supérieures des Arts. A talented interactive designer / developer, Caroline contributes both left and right brain smarts to all of
Red Rocket’s interactive assignments. 

Her specialties:
• Drupal Theming • CSS • HTML 5  • Javascript/JQuery
• Cross-browser • French

Her Interests Includes:
• Eating chocolate • Watching zombie movies
• Gee my Shiba Inu

Her Favourite Quote:
"Your life doesn't get better by chance, it gets better by change."

> See Caroline's blog

Janna Allen

Office Administrator + Proofreader

Janna comes to Red Rocket with a Bachelor of Arts from UBC and a certificate in bookkeeping from Capilano University. She has a hand in each project, whether it’s checking copy or ordering a courier. Her primary goal is to keep the office running smoothly, by keeping the shelves stocked and her coworkers cheerful.

Her Specialties:
• Accounting reconciliation       • Proofreading
• Supplies management            • Spatial organization
• Files management       • Swing dance proponent

Her Interest Include:
• Chocolate • Laughing • Efficiency
• Dancing • Reading

> See Janna's blog

Deb Miller

Business Development

Deb brings an energy all her own to the Red Rocket team and we’re all the better for it. A highly experienced sales and marketing leader she is focused and creative in her approach to helping us understand the current market place. Deb’s passion for all things creative provides us with an energetic leader in all our own marketing and new business campaigns.

Her Specialties:
• Business development • Account management
• Marketing + Brand development • Making order out of chaos

Her Interests Include:
• My hood • Early summer mornings • Lake swimming
• Wild gardens • Creative people • River Sutra by Geeta Mehta

Hobbies:
• Playing outside • Planning my next adventure • Volunteering
• Hanging with friends and family

> See Deb's blog

Christian Nally

Senior Web Developer

After some real life experience in "rocket science", Christian became a Drupal and web development specialist in 2004. Christian brings to Red Rocket an engineer's approach to systems design as well as a scientist's approach to experimental features development. Christian has worked with a range of websites, from "lean and mean" sites optimized for a quick and simple launch, through to larger scale high-traffic sites with custom search and e-commerce integration layers.

His Specialties:
• Data analysis and visualization • Systems design
• Doing things the Drupal way • Research and development

His Interests Include:
• Racing sailboats • Volunteer firefighting • Living close to nature

> See Christian's blog

Sharon Hsiao

Junior Graphic Designer

Sharon is a passionate designer eager make sure the ideas can be turned into tangible, applicable creative strategies. Her clear, thinking and explorative approach in graphic design, photography and illustration ensure her concepts come to life. Sharon is dedicated and down-to-earth, she strives to grow and learn and provide our team with meaningful solutions to all creative challenges.

Her Specialties:
• Branding • Photography • Illustration
• Conceptualizing • Asking questions

Her Interests Included:
• Documentaries • Books • Adobe Suite • Humming tunes

Her Favourite Quote:
“Brevity is the soul of wit”.

> See Sharon's blog

Terry Dove

Business Development

Terry is an industry veteran with nearly three decades of writing and communications experience, particularly for the resource and investment sectors. With a Canadian Securities Course designation, a B.Sc in marketing and MFA in creative writing, he brings a unique blend of education, skills and experience to our team. Before joining Red Rocket, he owned and operated Dove Communications Inc. (2000-2012) and Rainier Communications Inc. (1990-2000).

His Specialties:
• Client Relations • Writing • Creative Development
• Turning “industry speak” into compelling content

His Interests Include:
• Fly fishing • Reading great novels
• Reading terrible novels • Running

> See Terry's blog

Laura Tetzlaff

Marketing Strategist

Laura is a textbook example of the right-brain / left-brain living in perfect harmony. Well versed in both marketing and business development, she blends strategic vision with tactical management tools to solve business challenges. Laura helps shape successful entrepreneurial and Fortune 1000 companies with her open, collaborative communication style and her dedication to understanding stakeholders’ needs.

Her Specialties:
• Strategic marketing solutions • Business development programs
• Motivating high-performance teams • Spearheading change
• Asking the right questions, right? • Curiosity junkie

Her Interests Include:
• Culinary journeys • Challenges • Making a difference
• Hiking with the pooch • Yoga • Snowboarding

> See Laura's blog

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