Tim McAlpine

Current

• Owner at Currency Marketing

Past

• President at Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce
• Director at Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce
• Graphic Designer at Apex Signs & Neon

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Education

• University College of the Fraser Valley

Recommended

7 people have recommended Tim

Connections

144 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Tim McAlpine’s Summary

Tim McAlpine’s Specialties:

Marketing, advertising, graphic design, web strategy, social media exclusively for the credit union industry.

Tim McAlpine’s Experience

• Owner

  Currency Marketing

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1990 — Present (19 years 7 months)

  Founder and owner of Currency Marketing.
  
  Currency Marketing is North America's Leading Credit Union Marketing Agency.

• President

  Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years)

  I was the volunteer President of the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce. During my term as President, our board grew the organization from 330 members to nearly 600.

• Director

  Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 2002 — December 2004 (3 years)

  During my time as a director, I was the chair of the marketing and communications committee. Our committee was able to spearhead many projects including the rebranding, establishing a regular monthly newspaper spread with the Chilliwack Progress and generally heightened the public awareness of the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce.

• Graphic Designer

  Apex Signs & Neon

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  January 1986 — December 1990 (5 years)

  Worked as a graphic designer while attending college

Tim McAlpine’s Education

• University College of the Fraser Valley

  Graphic Design 1987 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduated at the top of the class with a diploma in graphic design.

Additional Information

Tim McAlpine’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Tim McAlpine’s Interests:

marketing and branding for the credit union industry, new technology

Tim McAlpine’s Groups:

Open Source CU, Credit Union Blog-o-sphere, Credit Union Clients, Marketing & Design Companies

•    CUhire Network
•    Credit Union Employees
•    Visionaries on Financial Services
•    BarCampBank
•    CUES
•    Credit Union Professionals Network - CUPN
•    Forrester's Consumer Forum 2008
•    HOW Mind Your Own Business
•    Web Development for Advertising Agencies
•    American Debt Relief Challenge
•    Social Media For Credit Unions

Tim McAlpine’s Honors:

Forrester Research Groundswell Awards
2008 – First place in the talking category

Canadian Marketing Association
2008 – Silver

MACU AIME Awards
1997–2008 – 13 AIME Awards and 27 AIM Awards

MAC Awards
2008 – Three Gold Awards and the Best of Show MACQUEE Award

CUES Golden Mirror Awards
2009 – Two first place and one second place Golden Mirror Awards
2008 – Three first place Golden Mirror Awards
2002 – First place Golden Mirror Award

Alberta Central Awards
2005 – First place Performance Excellence Award

Envision Financial
2005 – Supplier of the Year Award

Business in Vancouver
1999 – Forty Under Forty Award

Business in Vancouver
Biggest Graphic Design Firms in BC
2005 – 9th
2003 – 13th
2002 –15th
2001 – 14th
1999 – 17th

Business in Vancouver
Fastest Growing Companies in BC
2002 – 33rd based on 258% growth in annual sales from 1997 to 2002

Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce
1998 – First place new business of the year

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