Things you never knew that you didn't know about Joël.

Joël Parent entered the scene in 1974 when he was born. He’s been on the scene ever since.

Joël has an educational background including a Bachelor Commerce degree at the University of Manitoba Asper School of Business, and Interactive Games Developer training from Red River College. He’s spent the last 15 years in the industry producing (managing, designing, animating, coding & testing) websites, sweepstakes, promotions and content for some of the world’s leading and most recognizable brands. During this time he’s earned and maintained his PMP (Project Management Professional) designation.

He’s an avid gamer, sporadic blogger, amateur chef, steady tweeter, loving geek-dad, DIY renovator, project manager, and wide-eyed explorer in all things technology. Joël loves solving problems in creative ways and views the world optimistically as one big brainstorm: full of boundless potential (which can be winnowed out through a little mental elbow grease).

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Why not ask Joel for a quote on your next digital or business project?

Joel loves finding solutions to business problems. Why not make that work for you? Contact me and the worst thing that could happen is that we have a nice email or Skype discussion. My background is in marketing, promotions, interactive project management, digital and social media strategy. I specialize in solutions for small to medium sized businesses and I’d love to hear from you.

Some examples of recent projects I’ve been involved with include business strategy consultation for Start-ups as well as CMS and ecommerce website development for small businesses and non-profits. I am an independent business consultant and I also own a company: Reconception, which can be engaged for larger content website projects. If you are interested in really impressive and ambitious marketing/promotions contact me, because my employer: IC Group LP has some amazing capabilities in the interactive promotions and Promotional CRM (Customer Relationship Management ) space. I’ve also been known to guest blog and speak at events discussing all manner of topics for project management, marketing and technical/interactive production audiences.

Lets connect over email or LinkedIN and I’m sure we’ll both benefit from the interaction!

Stuff that has Joel's attention.

Joel is obsessed with being as well-rounded as possible. He’s a self described “rampant generalist”. His stated heroes are Aristotle, Isaac Asimov and Marcus Aurelius.

He endeavors to be a good husband and dad, and is committed to Sports & fitness as it relates to well-roundedness. He loves circuit training and hits the gym 3-4 times a week with Crossfit-like(www.crossfit.com) workouts. Squash, hiking and playing with the kids are all considered “awesome”.

He enjoys Renovation and remodeling of homes and learning new skills in these areas. His own 100 yr old home always needs some sort of upgrade or improvement. He’s even been known to remodel other peoples’ houses too.

Amidst a busy career and home life he also enjoys video games and is a voracious reader.

You can evidence and tidbits of his life strewn across the social web via Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, Facebook, and LinkedIN.