CPABC in Focus November/December 2014 | Page 44

MEMBERS IN FOCUS Kudos! In Memoriam Roxanne Ayotte, CPA, CMA, recently joined SenseFly SA, a research organization in robotics and artificial intelligence, as CFO. She has more than 15 years of experience as a finance executive for organizations in high-tech, real estate, and professional service industries across North America and overseas. She has been working and living in Switzerland for the past eight years. Ken Davidson, CPA, CA, CFP, has been elected chair of BDO Canada LLP’s Policy Board by the firm’s partners. As such, he will play an integral role in shaping BDO’s strategic framework and direction. Ken has over 25 years of accounting and taxation experience. He joined BDO in 1996, and was made a partner five years later, working in BDO’s private enterprise group. We wish to send our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Eric John Bigelow, CPA, CA, who passed away on June 6 from cardiac arrest. He was 26. Eric was born in Victoria, where he attended Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School. He went on to study at the University of British Columbia and received his bachelor of commerce degree from the Sauder School of Bu