My ideal career path has changed from Architectural Drafting, Physical Geography, Human Geography, to currently safely landed on Web Design. I have not participate in many TIO events; however, I have gained experience in event planning, communication, PR, social, and training when I was External VP at UBCTA. I would like to use my skill sets to help more people through TIO, and provide our services back to the community.

Hey there, I'm Michael. I've been a Conveyance & Accounting Administrator for four and a half years and I love it! After hitting that fi ve year mark I'll be moving on towards something fancy. It's exciting to be a part of TIO and to make a difference in this unique association.

I believe my time to be spent with you, my fellow members, will be a memorable experience. Two of my favourite hobbies are singing & cooking. And if you don't already, you should try them ~O^.^O~

After working as a software developer for a few years, I decided that it was not the career path for me. I took a break and went traveling 6 months, then enrolled myself in the Project Management program in UBC. I am glad that I was introduced to TIO during this career change. It provided the support I needed, and I end up meeting many new friends along the way. TIO is always fun and wel- coming, I am sure everyone will benefit from it as much as I did.

I'm happy you are looking into our TIO community! We are trying to build something unique that brings together Taiwan and Vancouver culture, and a place to have fun and make new friends. I hope I can bring some of my personal passions to our TIO directors team. These include outdoors life, music, community service and professional development. Got similar interests? Come talk to me and I can let you know how you can help out.

Foods are my weakness, although I don’t eat anything that was walking, running, jumping or flying. Sounds almost like a vegetarian, with swimming fishes as my only option beside all the greens. Therefore if you see a piece of meat in my plate that you are craving for, speak up.

And if you looking for problem solving, emotional supporting or just simply gossiping for a great pass time, friends, are one of those “one plus one greater than two” solutions. As a financial planner myself, being able to work with people suit my personality.

It’s nice to be able to work with TIO and progressively merging young professionals into main stream society.

After graduation from SFU, Kirk started his computing science career in web development. After a few years working with web applications, Kirk got involved involved with lean startups.

Outside of work, Kirk can never settle with just one hobby. He is constantly picking up new hobbies and as a result is never any good with any one hobby. However it is rumoured that he knows the ancient arts of the Northern Shaolin monks.

I graduated from UBC and went to Japan to study for about an year, then went on to work in Taiwan for 5 years before I decide to come back to Vancouver and study animation. After completing a one year 3D program from VFS I started working at Mainframe, now Rainmaker Entertainment. I like doing all kinds of sports, and I had been playing basketball for a long time until my knees gave up and now exploring other kind of sports.

Olivia is an accounting professional currently working in the online retail industry. Aside from work and focusing on obtaining her accounting designation, she has always enjoyed being actively involved in any organization she is apart of such as various clubs in high school, house council in university residence, and corporate event planning at work. In addition, she also has experience in volunteering in and around the community, more notably, at the Vancouver Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies as well as spending three weeks in Romania at an orphanage in 2008.

It was actually during her trip to Romania where she discovered a new passion: traveling with a purpose. Her goal is to volunteer abroad at least once every 5 years to help promote global awareness and encourage cross-cultural learning. In her spare time, she likes to play badminton and golf, listen to music, work on do-it-yourself projects and cheer on her favourite sports teams, the Vancouver Canucks and the Utah Jazz."

I am a passionate music educator and performer. I specialize in piano performance and piano pedagogy(art of teaching). Over the years, I have visited/lived in many other places in the world and I still prefer the Vancouver lifestyle. I feel this is my home and I would love to help bringing happiness (and music!) to the people in our community. I am happy that I have the opportunity to be part of TIO and I look forward to helping and meeting all of you!

Most people don’t get what I do when I tell them “GIS”, but most do when I explain it’s the technology that drives Google Map. Still, they never really know another part of me that loves social activities and making friends. This is where TIO comes in.

I’ve been on and off part of TIO since the beginning, but I have really started enjoying it when I started volunteering. It’s a great experience to be a part of the team that makes the events fun, successful and memorable. I look forward to contributing my energy and creativity to the Lifestyle team, as well as helping out on the IT side. :)

Growing up in Toronto and moving to Vancouver to attend UBC and BCIT, I understand how difficult the road to starting a career may be. TIO welcomes individuals of all cultural backgrounds and being of Cantonese descent, I am such an example. Having only been a member for a year, I have met many new friends, learned many new things and now have the opportunity to aid others as a Director.

I regularly attend TIO Badminton Tuesdays but you can often find me at various TIO Lifestyle and Professional Development events as well. Feel free to come by, say hi and discuss any ideas, questions or concerns you may have.

Hope to see you soon