Everest Solutions launches to serve Canadian school imaging market

GaryPageau

Everest Solutions Group announced the launch of a school photography and imaging company servicing the Canadian educational market. With the announcement, the company announces the hiring of Dan Boudreau as President and Arley MacKinnon as Vice President of Operations.

Dan Boudreau, president and VP, distribution, Everest Solutions

Boudreau is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience in the school photography industry. His experiences range from President & CEO, Director, Regional Sales Manager, Senior Sales Manager, and Area Manager. Boudreau has been in senior leadership roles within Jostens, Lifetouch, and Edge Imaging.

“It’s been a privilege to work in the photography industry for so many years. School photography is just as relevant as ever, what has changed is the integration of technology in our systems,” says Boudreau. “One of the big changes is how we safeguard our client’s information, (Credit card information, Student number, Names…). A large focus at Everest Solutions is to ensure we surpass the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) to ensure we protect all sensitive information. Everest Solutions will have a focus on people, photo quality, customer experience, and new technology.”

MacKinnon started in the school photography industry in 2005 with a background in photography. She has spent this time focused on photography quality, picture day execution, photography program development, operations integration, talent and leadership development as well in the Territory Manager role. She was a long-standing member of the PPOC (Professional Photographers of Canada) organization. During that time, she earned photography accreditations in Portraiture, Studio Portraiture, School Portraiture, and Fine Art. She also earned her CPA (Craftsman of Photographic Arts) and MPA (Master of Photographic Arts) designations with the PPOC.

As a 100% owned and operated Canadian company, Everest Solutions says it launched to offer the client photography industry a new service-focused offering built on modern technology platforms, offering the following services;

  • School portrait, group and class photography
  • Graduation photography
  • Yearbook production
  • Classroom and group composites
  • Spirit and team apparel

Everest Solutions said it will offer a modern Canada-based cloud technology solution that is not bound by legacy services and applications. All Everest Solutions services are now available in Ontario (GTA & Ottawa), PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Northern Ontario, and Montreal.