Senior Systems Analyst

Shayne resides in Port Alberni and lives and loves the west coast. He spends his time with his wife and 6 children in Port Alberni. Shayne is from Port Alberni and graduated from BCIT in 1999 as an Electronics Communication Technician. He started his career in Vancouver and returned in 2008 to raise his family in Port Alberni.

Being selected from his graduating class at BCIT to work for the Fraser Valley Health Region (now Fraser Health Authority) as their Telecommunications Technician on the second largest integrated voice network in Canada was a great start to the communications’ field. Shayne was involved with the NEAX users group and made contacts with similar network types within BC and Canada. After 2 years of working with FVHR, Shayne was asked to join BC Rail Communucations and Signals department as the Communications Coordinator. BC Rail had Canada’s largest integrated Voice, Data and Radio Network. As the youngest member of management, learning to integrate all 3 communication mediums and working in a fast-paced 24/7 business environment built a unique skillset for expediant troubleshooting, cost analysis and creating procedures for communication with both internal and external vendors. Through a site by site audit, he was responsible for over $300k in communications cost savings in his first year with BC Rail. He worked for BC Rail until the sale to CP Rail.

In 2004 Shayne joined 4th Utility and began his apprenticeship with the Industry Training Authority to attain the BC Electronics Communication Technician Journeyman’s Certificate. This was expedited as his feild experience allowed him to challenge and complete this 5 year apprenticeship by 2006. As a member of BICSI and trained in infrastructure design and implementation, Shayne was part of many projects including being a foreman on the replacement of the CRA main datasystems infrastructure in Vancouver, vast and complex installations at SFU campus and design and installation of client data access systems at ski resorts in BC and Alberta to name a few. He first took leave in 2004 to contract to Ahousaht. He remained an asset to 4th Utility for an additional year after moving back to the island.

Shayne continued working with First Nations in 2005 and after working on both the west coast and projects from Kicking Horse Pass to Victoria, decided to return to Port Alberni in 2008. Here he worked with another contractor to complete the routed network for the City of Port Alberni to connect the RCMP, Echo, City Works, Fire Department and Arena that is still in use today. After completing this project as a contractor, Shayne worked for the City’s IT department as a Support Specialist for just over a year, after which he returned to contracting to local business and First Nations.

He enjoys mountian biking with his family, fishing and exploring the local backcountry.

Senior Systems Analyst

Travis is a senior systems administrator with West Coast Communication Services and lives in the Alberni Valley with his wife and two girls. Travis and his wife grew up in Port Alberni and are looking forward to raising their children here.

Travis graduated from BCIT’s Electronics Engineering Technology – Computer Control program in 2002 and has worked in the electronics and IT industry since that time. His past work experience includes developing custom electronic control and diagnostics systems for the physics community while employed at TRIUMF – Canada’s particle accelerator centre. Projects included development work for Los Alamos National Laboratory in the united states, CERN particle physics laboratory in Europe, and the T2K neutrino experiment facility in Japan. During this period Travis contributed to and was acknowledged in several scientific papers. In 2009 Travis went to work for RCMP in Victoria, his work there involved providing technical support to law enforcement in the interception of private communications. It was in this role that Travis spent a significant amount of time working with server virtualization, database management and development, Windows application development, and Network architecture and deployment. While employed with the RCMP Travis contributed to the development of several applications pertaining to offline mapping and the management of content for the purposes of court disclosure and presentation in Canada and its partner countries. While with the RCMP Travis also developed and implemented the plan for national centralization of core systems related to the capture and processing of intercepted material.

In 2019 Travis came to work for West Coast Communication Services where he enjoys a large diversity of work and technical challenges specific to the coastal areas of Vancouver Island. While employed with West Coast Communication Services Travis has migrated several businesses from on-premise exchange to Office 365 totaling more than 600 users. He has also enjoyed additional IT projects including the deployment of security camera systems, IP phone systems, enterprise WiFi systems and working with FNESC to do complete network overhauls to 2 band operated schools. Travis is currently contracted as the backup IT administrator for the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District as part of his role with West Coast Communication Services.

Travis enjoys spending time with his family in the outdoors in and around the Alberni Valley, when at home he enjoys working on projects involving wood working, electronics, mechanics, and metal as a way of learning and developing new skills.

Senior Systems Analyst

Jamie resides in the Alberni Valley and enjoys the closeness to his family and the outdoors that the community provides.

Jamie started working with computers and technology in 1996 and wanted to turn his passion for computers and tech into a career. After years of hands-on self-taught learning and implementation, he applied for and graduated from Vancouver Island University’s “Information Technology and Applied Systems, Computer Systems, & Networking” diploma program in 2010. During his time at Vancouver Island University, Jamie’s studies and experience included Ethics, Project Management, Computer Hardware Repair & Troubleshooting, Database Creation, Database Management, Computer & Web Programming, Windows Administration Scripting, VOIP Phone Systems, Network Security, Network Design, Microsoft Server & Workstation Administration, Linux OS & Server Administration.

Jamie has been servicing the computer and IT needs of the Alberni Valley with the skills and experience acquired as an IT professional for the last 12 years where he has gained valuable experience and has earned a positive reputation while running his own successful Computer/IT Services company. He is excited to be a part of the West Coast Communication Services team and looks forward to gaining more knowledge and bringing his wide range of skills to a diverse client portfolio.

While not working, Jamie enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, motorcycle riding, camping and fishing in the beautiful outdoors of the Alberni Valley.

Senior Systems Analyst

Dan Cheetham was born and raised in Port Alberni. He is a father of three kids who spends most of his free time coaching his kids’ sports and playing some of his own. He is an alumni of Vancouver Island University where he obtained a B. Sc. Degree in Computing Science and a Diploma in Information Technology and Applied Systems. He also graduated from North Island College with a Computer Information Systems Certificate.

After graduating from VIU, he immediately got work with a small business in Parksville providing fire inspection software. As a member of a small team, his responsibilities were wide ranging from developing the software, implementing it in fire departments throughout North America as well as supporting the network infrastructure directly related to the software. Data migration, database services, hardware and software troubleshooting were some of the skills that he was responsible for being proficient with. After four years, it was time to move on to a new opportunity as a software developer with a world leading poker tracking software company. At the same time he was operating his own small business, Sharper Solutions, as a Systems Analyst/Network Administrator for a small number of small businesses and working as a casual IT Support Specialist for the City of Port Alberni. After nearly ten years he joined the West Coast Communication Services family. He prides himself on his versatility in numerous areas of information technology.

When not at his desk, you will find Dan with his wife and kids in a hockey rink, on a baseball/fast-pitch field, on a golf course, hiking, or fishing.

Systems Analyst

Originally from Vancouver, Alex has made his home in the Alberni Valley with his wife and daughter and loves the family-friendly culture of Port Alberni.

Alex graduated from BCIT’s Technical Support Professional program in 2019 and immediately began working for a Vancouver-based IT firm that specializes in supporting large legal organizations. During this time Alex developed a high level of proficiency with virtualized servers, mail systems, enterprise-level legal software, security practices, network topology, remote access technology, and desktop support. On top of his regular duties, Alex was also entrusted with special projects such as software and server migrations, onboarding/offboarding clients, and the deployment of new server infrastructure.

Alex greatly enjoys the diverse range of work that he gets to do at West Coast Communication Services as well as the opportunity to make a positive difference in people’s lives.

When not at work Alex enjoys cooking for his family, movie nights, scouting out new swimming spots, and going on road trips to explore the natural treasures of the West Coast.

Installer/Systems Administrator

Trevor Rehill recently moved to Port Alberni to raise his young children in proximity of the ocean. A 12 year career in Vancouver’s film industry as a Lighting Technician had taught him a great deal about a vast array of systems and concepts. Electrical installations, digital lighting consoles, networked LED fixtures, repairing specialty and household appliances, structural designs for rigging, driving heavy equipment and most of all, coiling cable. With a growing family he felt it was time for a change and a chance to pursue a lifelong interest in computer sciences.

Lucky to have had a home computer from an early age, it has always been a part of his life. Installing and playing games as a kid, helping classmates learn their work in elementary school, digital animation in high school and high end video editing software in college. One of Trevor’s first jobs in the film industry was at a casting studio managing AV equipment, editing and uploading auditions to the ad agency’s servers. Now, working with the team here, he’s able to exercise these computer skills and find new challenges with which to test himself. With an eye for detail, and a master of creative and clean installations on movie ad TV sets, IT installations make a great fit.

While not working, Trevor explores the west coast sailing with his family, hiking, camping, motorcycling, and surfing. One day he hopes to retire and sail across the sea with his wife. Until then he enjoys adventuring close to home and finding new places to sit and look at the view.