Acting General Manager of Scholars Edge | Scholar Mentor

Milton Chan

Milton Chan, the acting General Manager of Scholars Edge always had a passion for entrepreneurship, even at a young age. He has always operated his business on honesty, quality, and top notch customer service, thus Milton received Student Operator of the Year and the Leadership Award for Scholars Edge in 2018.

Outside of mentoring students, Milton is an active hockey coach in his community in Richmond, British Columbia where he works with minor hockey players ranging from 5-18.

This upcoming year, Milton is beyond excited to mentor such a great group of students on how to run a successful business all while competing to get onto our Dean’s List.

Scholars Edge Operator of the Year 2018 & 2019 | Recipient of Scholars Edge Quality Award | Scholar Mentor

Galen Malthouse

Galen is a fourth year economics student at the University of Victoria. This will be his third year running a Scholars Edge painting business. Over the past two seasons, he has embraced the Scholars Edge goal to deliver the best customer service in the business while completing all of his projects efficiently and to the highest quality standard. Galen has earned his stripes by dedicating his undivided focus on communication, genuinity and work ethic towards making his clients happy.

2019 Scholars Edge Rookie of the Year | Scholar Mentor

Chance Harper

Chance is a fourth year student at the University of Victoria majoring in Philosophy with a minor in Germanic Studies. Chance achieved great success his first year with Scholars Edge, and was appointed 'Rookie of the Year' on top of making the Dean's List. During the summer, he will be operating the local Scholars Edge painting business for the second year, this time providing guidance with the new operators to help them gain the valuable skills that he has exhibited. He has taken on this challenge this summer because he is passionate about entrepreneurship.

Scholar Mentor | Second Year Business Operator & Owner

Aidan Stuart

Aidan is a third year student at the University of Victoria, studying Biology with a minor in Computer Science. This summer for the second time, he will be running a Scholars Edge Painting business, as well as joining the ranks of Mentors and providing guidance for the newcomers.

He has been employed in the painting industry for the past four years, and now with running his own business, his main goal is to continue to push his own boundaries and grow as a professional. His focus is on high level customer satisfaction, making sure to instill as much as an enjoyable, friendly, and personalized experience as possible.

Alberta Regional Manager | 2019 Scholars Edge Persistence Award | Scholar Mentor

Michael Desmond

Michael is the Regional Manager for Scholars Edge in Alberta and will be going into his third year owning his own business with Scholars Edge. He has spent the last two years in Victoria BC where he ran his business and attended the University of Victoria. He moved to Calgary in September to help other students learn about the Scholars Edge program so that they can experience business ownership.

Through his years at Scholars Edge, he has learnt the importance of high quality service by providing the BEST customer service.

Scholar Mentor

Robinson Martin

Robinson Martin is a third year student currently attending UBC Okanagan pursuing a degree in business management. This summer he will once again be operating the local Scholars Edge Painting. He decided to return and take on this challenge for the summer, wanting to continue to gain more experience in the field of business. His goal is to continue to remain the premier student painting business in his community, produce great work, provide outstanding service, and meet a multitude of interesting people.

Scholar Mentor

Keelan Campbell

Keelan is a fourth year business student at the University of Victoria and will be operating a painting business from the Cowichan Valley for the second year since 2017. He has vast knowledge of painting processes and technology that was gained not only from operating his own business, but from working for others including roles with the Genoa Bay Marina in the 2018 and working as a Field Advisor with Scholars Edge Paining in 2019. After receiving amazing feedback from many happy clients, his crew (with him at the helm) earned 96.2/100 quality and service rating.

Business Development | Legal Governance | Project Management

Katherine Walker

Katherine’s career took off in San Francisco Bay Area tech start-ups in sales operations management roles, where she oversaw the manufacturing, distribution and customer support for software and hardware products.

She was recruited by Microsoft in 1997 to run their largest manufacturing, distribution and customer support vendor for North America. In this role she oversaw legal, financial and operational performance of the vendor services agreement.

Over the last 12 years Katherine has worked at WildPlay, headquartered in Victoria, BC where she’s played senior management roles in business development, legal governance and the project management and launch of seven new adventure parks.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Dominican University in California.

Entrepreneur | Charitable Board Member | Land Developer

Kurt Belich

Born and raised on a farm family west of Red Deer, Kurt earned a Bachelor of Commerce, Major in Finance from the University of Calgary. After working for two chartered banks, he returned to Red Deer to raise his children, return to farming and to scratch his entrepreneurial itch.

For 12 years he has owned and operated a high volume car wash in Red Deer, whilst pursuing land development projects and commercial construction. On top of that, he continues to farm and develop his own land. If these activities already didn’t keep him busy enough, he and his wife, Kyla also operate a sign and print business.

Kurt has sat on numerous boards in a volunteer capacity and has always been involved in the community, particularly local 4-H clubs. His latest venture is The Track on 2 racing and event centre in Central Alberta.

Founder at Renegade Alpha | Co-owner Blitzmarketing.co

Ryan Addams

Ryan Addams is a world traveler, an entrepreneur, and a renegade. After leaving home at the age of seventeen, he started a successful construction company to pay for his University tuition and his first apartment. He left school, started a product development company, failed, hit (one of many) rock bottoms and was forced to have to get a 9-5 job to make ends-meet.

He started work at an ad agency, and then a month later was laid off (along with close to 400 other employees). One week later he took his last $500 dollars and, turned it into his own multimillion-dollar Ad Agency. He now co-owns an influencer agency www.blitzmarketing.co with his wife Katrina Xavier and is the founder of Renegade Alpha®.

Ryan has spent two decades building his own successful businesses. He’s personally worked with over a thousand business owners and entrepreneurs to help grow their companies and has been directly responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.