Calgary tech veteran John Krpan has taken the chief executive’s chair at RightsMarket Inc.

Krpan was most recently COO of Calgary-based Cell-Loc, and has held senior positions with TELUS, World Bank and CGI.

He will help lead the campaign to accelerate the transition from early-stage development company to a successful product business.

John Krpan

Interim CEO Al Saurette will remain a director of the company and continue in his business development role.

RightsMarket Inc. (RTS-CDNX) provides software and web-based service to the digital economy.

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Mark Sirangelo has stepped down as president and CEO of QWIP Technologies, LLC. The company, a division of the Edmonton-based Rainbow Group of Companies (RPB-CDNX), has launched an immediate search for a replacement.

Rainbow Group is a public technology commercialization company which manufactures and markets QWIP Technology.

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Dean Chan has joined the Edmonton office of Century Services.

Chan, who has worked in the banking and real estate development sectors both domestically and overseas, will be responsible for the asset-based lending division.

Century Services is an appraisal, asset dispersion and financial services firm with offices throughout Canada and the U.S.

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Pure Technologies Ltd. of Calgary has appointed Scott Jenkins as chief financial officer.

A chartered accountant by trade, Jenkins became the company’s controller in July 2000 and was named corporate secretary in August 2001.

He will be responsible for overall financial functions including financial planning and analysis, financial processes and regulatory requirements.

Pure Technologies (PUR-CDNX) is an international developer and supplier of infrastructure management technology.

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Elite Technical Inc. has named Gary Neve as vice-president of finance. Neve, a certified management accountant, has nearly two decades of experience in business planning, finance, administration and client services.

Prior to joining Elite, he was controller for the Calgary division of Corporate Express and prior to that held senior roles at IKON Office Solutions.

Elite (ET-CDNX) is a Calgary-based manufacturer of cable assemblies and connection solutions for use in commercial and industrial consumer products.

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The Calgary chapter of Alberta New Media Association has re-elected president Mark Ruthenberg, while newcomer Matthew Todd Paproski, manager of TVnewmedia.com, has been elected to the post of vice-president.

Mark Ruthenberg

Norm Greenfield (with consulting firm Provoco Status Quo) was elected as secretary, and will also chair the 2002 Digital Arts Competition organizing committee. Thom Eggertson (partner in The Executive Team) was re-elected as treasurer.

Ruthenberg, general manager of FoundLocally.com Media, said one of his goals this year is to “evangelize the unique needs of smaller New Media companies.” Alberta New Media/Calgary is a founding chapter of the Alberta New Media Association, “the official voice of the new media industry in Alberta.”

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Sid Dutchak, QC, is the new CEO and president of QCC Technologies Inc. He replaces David Criddle, who will remain as a board member of the Calgary-based company (QCC-CDNX).

Dutchak was a founding director of QCC and has been board chairman since November last year.

Through its operating subsidiaries in Calgary and Saskatoon, QCC provides applied advanced information and networking technology services

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Mark Whiteman is the new corporate general manager of Chamco Industries in Calgary.

Whiteman, who will also serve as Calgary branch manager, has 20 years engineering and operations management experience.

Privately owned Chamco Industries provides pump and compressor solutions in Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Vancouver, Prince George and Portland, Ore.

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Calgary-based Promotional Products International, Ltd. has named Jerry McKenzie to the position of general manager of sales (Calgary).

McKenzie will oversee product sales to increase the company’s share of the Calgary market. Prior to joining Promotional Products (PP-CDNX; WWQ-FSE), he was president of WDC Mackenzie, a Calgary-based promotional products distributor.