Tom O'Flaherty

Tom served continually as an ACETECH director from May 1993 to September 2006.  But the fact that Tom was clearly the longest serving director in our history is not what earned him this recognition. Length of service is not a criteria.  Nor were his many, many other valuable contributions over the years.

Tom's exceptional contribution was conceiving and building regional ACETECH symposia outside the Lower Mainland. The first such event was ACETECH on Vancouver Island which Tom initiated in 2002.  Tom's commitment has seen ACETECH on Vancouver Island become an annual event. Tom followed that initiative up with ACETECH in the Okanagan, another regional symposium that became an annual event.

Over and above nurturing these two regional events that brought ACETECH to many CEOs who otherwise would not have been able to benefit from our programs, Tom ensured that the regional events were sustainable by building regional boards that embraced and carried forward the ACETECH mission - "By CEOs, For CEOs".