About Breton
SmarTek
SOFTWARE SOLTUIONS BUILT BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
At Breton SmarTek we pride ourselves on serving those who serve our communities. Created by emergency responders for emergency personnel, Breton SmarTek provides emergency communications software systems for a variety of industries and institutions across North America.
Who We Are
At Breton SmarTek, we come to work every day because we serve and support the people who serve and support their communities.
Breton SmarTek (BST) is a Nova Scotia-based technology company that specializes in emergency communication solutions.
Each of the four BST solutions fuse industry standard and commercially available technologies to provide customizable mass communication systems, designed specifically to run at the local level, without the cost and support of an IT team for implementation or maintenance.
The messaging engine, that provides the foundation on which our communication solutions are built, is currently in use within three separate and distinct communication services – FIREQ, CAREQ and EMQ. Each product provides bi-directional communication that can be applied to any contact list.
BST communication systems have clients in the following industries:
· Fire services | · Mining & construction |
· Long-term care | · Construction |
· Airport authorities | · Ground Search and Rescue |
The Q-Crew
Bobby White
Lead Developer
Bobby White is the virtuoso at Breton SmarTek who weaves magic into code. He is the senior developer and rock-star of the Breton SmarTek team who turns problems into solutions and pain into pleasure. Young in years and ancient in experience, he is seasoned in full-stack development. Powered by an insatiable curiosity of all things tech, he is always learning and there is no computer code that does not bow to his will. He is the perfect developer- infinitely patient (speaking to you, computer bugs), wildly creative (because that is how the coolest stuff is built) and pathologically logical (because cool stuff must still work and be efficient).
Karen Gillis
Sales & Support
Karen Gillis is the voice on the phone, the one who is very glad you called. She manages operations, which means she is the keeper of records and boss of details. It also means she does all the other jobs no one wants to do. A teacher by training, she also has more than ten years of experience in project and budget management across multiple industries, including the energy, construction and education sectors. When she is not attempting to corral kittens, you can find her (if you search very hard) knitting socks and reading books…lots of books.
Ian McVicar
Founder & CEO
Ian McVicar is the owner and President of Breton SmarTek. He is a volunteer firefighter, former Canadian military man, tech enthusiast, and antique car lover. He holds the rank of Deputy Chief in his fire department and has more than 22 years of experience as a firefighter. He is also an innovative, technology-driven business developer with more than 25 years in corporate and non-profit sectors and possesses both technical and management experience. In a life crammed with experiences and achievements, he is most proud of having identified a need for better communication within the fire service and worked with skilled computer developers to build a solution.
What We Do
We serve the people who serve us…the people who stand for us and with us.
We serve the firefighters who risk everything for the people and property they protect; the long-term care workers who comfort and protect our most vulnerable citizens; the ground search and rescue workers who leave loved ones behind to search for the lost; and, the emergency response teams members who are the best chance of making sure an emergency doesn’t become a catastrophe.
We help these unsung heroes get their messages out and stay informed; we help them to monitor the response to their messages; and we help to keep them safe while they work to keep us safe.
Why We Are
We love community. We see them as places of strength and comfort, driven by the people who live in them and serve them.
We believe that listening to people who put themselves between their communities and an emergency is important.
We are driven by the strength and courage of community heroes – the firefighters, the caregivers, the searchers, and the emergency responders – who do everything possible to make their communities better…safer.
We help them to manage the things they do because they are the people who do the right thing, often the hard thing, when no one is watching.
We believe they deserve the best we can offer because they are best of us.
Made in Canada
Built for the World
Our applications are designed for local level emergencies and can be customized to meet your unique reporting requirements for your local and regional government or organization.
