{"id":55515,"date":"2017-09-08T21:45:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T21:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.glaciermediadigital.ca\/?p=55515"},"modified":"2018-05-31T02:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T02:05:32","slug":"meet-team-gmd-alvin-brouwer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/index.php\/2017\/09\/08\/meet-team-gmd-alvin-brouwer\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Team GMD: Alvin Brouwer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Here at Glacier Media, our internal agency ecosystem is\u00a0made up of 150+ folks.<\/h2>\n<p>Another week, another Team GMD Q&amp;A. It\u2019s kind of like <a href=\"http:\/\/video.vogue.com\/series\/73-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vogue\u2019s 73 Questions<\/a>. Instead, it\u2019s in blog\u00a0form and there are less than 10 questions \u2013 <em>because you\u2019re busy and we respect your time<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we are shining the light on our supreme leader, Alvin. Wonder what his rap name is? Scroll down to the bottom to find out.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p5\" style=\"font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 30px 0; color: #2d96d2;\">Alvin Brouwer<br \/>\nPresident Glacier Media Digital &amp; President Lower Mainland Publishing LP<\/p>\n<p>As President of Lower Mainland Publishing LP and Glacier Community Media Digital, Mr. Brouwer is responsible for Glacier\u2019s community media assets in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. \u00a0The group includes newspapers and corresponding websites in Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Tri Cities, New Westminster, Richmond, Delta and Bowen Island. Alvin is also responsible for digital strategy and operations for the community media group.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55562\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AlvinBrouwer-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AlvinBrouwer-web.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AlvinBrouwer-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AlvinBrouwer-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AlvinBrouwer-web-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><br \/>\nExpertise:<\/strong> Dealing with multiple businesses in varied space and levels of maturity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies:<\/strong> Cycling\u00a0\ud83d\udeb4<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hidden talent:<\/strong> I can drink two bottles of wine and still be ok according to me<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two truths one lie:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Dutch descent<\/li>\n<li>One of 6 kids<\/li>\n<li>Have 25 grandchildren<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Favourite song right now:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YOb4VUgRqo0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Break Up in a Small Town- Sam Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the best thing about Glacier:<\/strong> Its entrepreneurial spirit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Starbucks order:<\/strong> Grande Vanilla Latte<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal kryptonite:<\/strong> I am subject to bursts of enthusiasm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office habit:<\/strong> Going into Michelle Bhatti&#8217;s office and stealing her candy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rap name:<\/strong> DUTCH BOY2<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love about Glacier?<\/strong>\u00a0I love working with all of my Glacier colleagues and look forward to a bright future.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Stay tuned for our next Team GMD feature to see more of the\u00a0brilliant folks working for you behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55536\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Groovy-AlvinBrouwer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Groovy-AlvinBrouwer.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Groovy-AlvinBrouwer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Groovy-AlvinBrouwer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lodestardigital.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Groovy-AlvinBrouwer-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our agency ecosystem is made up of 150+ folks. 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