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Johan Johansson, PDFTron Systems’ New Director of Digital Marketing

14DecMay 28, 2020 By Magna Search Group

VANCOUVER, BC — The Magna team is extremely pleased to congratulate Johan Johansson on his appointment as the Director of Digital Marketing for PDFTron Systems, a leading provider of high-performance document processing and conversion frameworks and components.

Johan Johannsson has over 20 years of digital marketing experience. Throughout his career he has launched, optimized, managed, and marketed hundreds of websites, including CRMs and B2B SaaS products with thousands of global users. He is motivated by the opportunity to achieve great things in life, and has demonstrated his intense drive by founding and growing one of BC’s largest digital agencies, Pixelmade Interactive, later acquired by Pro.Net. Johan holds certifications in Project Management (PMP), Pragmatic Marketing Certified – Level 3, Certified Scrum Master, and a Google Analytics Individual Qualification.

Johan is experienced in all areas of marketing planning, from market research to strategic planning, through to re-branding, positioning, and messaging frameworks. In his past life, he has generated millions in incremental revenue within the first 12 months through a series of targeted conversion rate optimization, A/B testing and SEO initiatives. He is capable of analyzing an enormous data-set for qualitative insights into how prospects move through the funnel, and to build a quantitative progression model for forecasting across 3 global markets and 9 market segments. The model has been the foundation of all fiscal marketing plans in recent years.

We could not be more pleased to witness his journey and the overall impact he will make to the PDFTron team.

About MES //

MES, Magna Executive Search division is quickly becoming North America’s leader in recruitment and is known for its ability to solve the most vital, strategic, and time-sensitive assignments no matter how challenging our clients’ requests may be. The MES team is dedicated to its commitment to apply resourcefulness, integrity, and professionalism to overcome the obstacles that commonly emerge in the quest to surface top talent. We pride ourselves on innovation, tenacity, and excellence at all times and are extremely passionate about pushing the boundaries to uncover exactly the candidates our customers most desire. We focus on ensuring exceptional client and candidate experiences and pride ourselves on being an ethical and accurate extension of our clients’ brand mission. Consider us your go-to partner for executive search.

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Gary Shaw, SkyBox Labs’ New Senior Software Engineer

27MarJune 1, 2020 By Magna Search Group

BURNABY, BC — Magna is thrilled to acknowledge Gary Shaw on his appointment as the Senior Software Engineer for SkyBox Labs, recognized as one of the fastest growing gaming studios in Canada and one of Microsoft’s closest game development partners. Over the years, SkyBox has built an impressive portfolio of releases which includes acclaimed titles such as Minecraft, Halo Infinite, and Age of Empires II: HD Edition.

Gary Shaw graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1996 with a BS in Computer Science, and is now a video game industry veteran. He has spent over 20 years working on AAA console titles, most notably specialized towards graphics and online programming in recent years. Today, Gary is now known among his peers as a masterful programmer in complex C++ oriented game engines, and is considered a subject matter expert in the latest DirectX and OpenGL rendering APIs, having implemented numerous experimental graphics features such as lens flares, atmospherics, edge highlighting, cartoon shading, and sparkling water in numerous games.

Gary has a penchant for keeping his knowledge sharp and engages in continuous education on a regular basis. We are pleased to congratulate him on this new endeavor, and look forward to seeing all the exciting differences he will make at SkyBox Labs!

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WE GROW BUSINESSES

01SepJune 16, 2016 By Magna Search Group

We help companies achieve their most critical and challenging hiring goals – With the right people in the right jobs, we believe the possibilities of what can be done are endless. It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to assist companies, and we help them hire the right people to ensure their continued growth.

WE PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY

01SepJune 16, 2016 By Magna Search Group

We’re predominantly focused in the passive market, speaking to potential candidates that sometimes never even know our client exists, let alone the opportunity they’d be well suited for. We drop these opportunities on their desks that would never have hit their eyes otherwise.

WE CHANGE LIVES

01SepJune 16, 2016 By Magna Search Group

We sell ourselves, our work, our clients, and our candidates hard. But when it’s all said and done, once the paperwork is signed, lives change. We’re thankful for the people we’ve had the pleasure of working with, and this is one of the most rewarding aspects of what we do.

WE GIVE BACK

01SepJune 16, 2016 By Magna Search Group

You will always find us supporting our client’s businesses and allocating our resources to causes we support. As a diverse workforce, we’re continuously involved with a number of different organizations taking on powerful initiatives for social change.