Articles August, 2016

In this final installment of “tribute” articles acknowledging the contributions of key personnel in IVES’ history we are going to spread the love as it were, by paying well-deserved homage to a collective group of IVES players, past and present.

Grant Mackenzie came on board with IVES in 1992 and aside from Coin Ives himself, he is probably the single most significant person of the four discussed so far in terms of the effect his contribution had on the growth and long term viability of the company.

In 1992 after long term career as a city/municipal administrative employee, Brenda Sheen answered an ad for a “Girl Friday” in a local newspaper. A Girl Friday was a term commonly used to describe a part time executive assistant but Brenda, the first official employee that Colin hired, became so much more than that.

Ron Elliot's effect within IVES & Associates was immediate and significant. He took a huge training load off of Colin and brought fresh, new methods and information to the programs and materials.

“Under-promise and over-deliver” was the motto that IVES founder Colin Ives often vocalized, and always lived by. As a well-established and respected safety professional in the late 1970s, Colin saw first-hand not only the tragic consequences of little or no training among powered equipment operators but the frustration of conscientious employers who felt they had no effective way to deal with preventing them.