FPA Group registered on - same day as marriage of Wilma and Flory Pavlik.
FPA Group (Flory Pavlik & Associates) offers budgeting, marketing planning, PR and advertising ideas as well as production of sales promotion for manufacturers supplying products to the construction industry.
Home Office, Coady Avenue, Toronto.
Home Office move to Sandford Farm near Uxbridge in the summer of 1969.
Flory performs freelance work for PPC Industrial Panels and Johnson Lift Trucks in Toronto
1971
, Home Office moves to 91 Daphne Crescent in Barrie.
1972
, FPA Group hires their first employee Joy Wooland as a full-time secretary.
Flory writes an article for the Barrie Banner about the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Wilma starts writing a column for the Barrie Banner called “Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax”
Flory Designs the City of Barrie Transit Logo, still in use today.
, FPA Group Sells Rolatax. A list of Tax Tables used for payroll. Searchable like a rolodex. Updated every year.
1973
Wilma wins the prestigious award “Best Columnist” from the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association for her consumer column “Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax”.
Late 70's, Flory and Wilma's children, Ian and Christa record radio ads for Surrey Place (Fox Run Development), an Ice Cream Manufacturer and new start up Flavoured Drink Crystals maker.
1977
252 Bradford Street was purchased as the new headquarters for the FPA Group. Grand Opening with Ross and Marie Archer, Flory, Ian and Wilma. ().
FPA acquired a PMT (Positive Mount Transfer) camera from Bill Linton, Barrie Press. An impressive piece of technology for the time.
1978
Wayne Bijorgen helped set up Flory’s recording studio at the Bradford Street Office.
1981
FPA Group produced and sold Simcoe County Calendars for $4.95 each. Calendars featured historic buildings from Simcoe County.
1982
, Flory taught Marketing and Marketing Research at Georgian College to 1st and 2nd year students.
1984
252 Bradford Street building is sold and the business moves back to 91 Daphne Crescent.
Flory moves the PMT Camera to Daphne Crescent and continues to use it until 1994 when computer scanners and 300 dpi printers make artwork production a lot easier.
1989
Scott Elliott, The Sarjeant Company, sponsors the Simcoe County Calendars for free distribution to about 7,000 customers. This continues until 2008.
, Flory teaches Computer Operating Systems and DOS applications for networking, word processing, spreadsheets and computer graphics at Georgian Collage. Ian taught with Flory from 1993-1995.
FPA Group Starts using Corel Draw and Corel Publisher, one of the first companies in Barrie to use the graphics and desktop publishing software.
1991
Ian gets his first laptop. It runs DOS only and has an external 3.5" floppy drive.
1996
The Pavlik Group Inc. is incorporated by Flory, Ian (son) and Christa (daughter). The company operates as pavliks.com.
pavliks.com gets its first server with Windows NT 3.51 and Microsoft Mail 3.0
1997
pavliks.com installs first Windows NT4 Server and Exchange Server 4.0.
1998
pavliks.com has 10 employees and starts to grow in preparation for the Y2K surge.
1999
The company is growing and the office moves to 364 St Vincent Street, Barrie (1999 - 2015)
Ian runs 3 km of Network Cable at new office.
pavliks.com creates it first custom software application using Borland Delphi.
pavliks.com grows to 15 employees.
Bert Cook, Ross archer and Arch Brown serves as advisor's to pavliks.com.
pavliks.com joins the Microsoft Partner Network and has maintained active membership and certification since.
pavliks.com’s new Custom ERP solution Magenda is launched.
pavliks.com creates its first Web Application using Cold Fusion 5.
2001
pavliks.com takes staff and their family on Lake Cruise in Muskoka.
2002
pavliks.com’s new Custom Website Content Management System, WCM launches. Mayor Jim Perri in attendance for the launch.
pavliks.com creates its first web application using Microsoft ASP.
2004
pavliks.com purchases a local company, Data Complex.
21 employees at pavliks.com.
Flory retires at surprise birthday party!
2005
pavliks.com starts its Microsoft Dynamics CRM practice, with version 3.0.
2007
pavliks.com team at 364 St Vincent Street Office.
2008
pavliks.com goes to Shanty Bay Go Kart for staff event.
pavliks.com hosts a Cottage Party in Bala for all staff.
pavliks.com belongs to Microsoft Excellence Program, recognition for Top 1% of Microsoft Partners in Canada.
pavliks.com hires First Immigrant (Foreign Worker) Oğuz Erdeve.
pavliks.com starts using Sitefinity CMS for custom website development.
2009
pavliks.com staff event on Serendipity Boat Cruise, Lake Simcoe.
pavliks.com celebrates 40th Anniversary at Michael and Marions restaurant in Barrie.
$50,000 Technology Makeover Contest is announced at Anniversary party, with Graphic Designer Kim Beggs (Integra Designs).
pavliks.com wins the Microsoft Canada Marketing Award for the Technology Makeover Contest. Eric Gales, President of Microsoft Canada with Sarah and Ian Pavlik.
pavliks.com staff play Laser Tag at Retro Planet.
Ian and Sarah Pavlik go to Lima, Peru to investigate options for an additional office location.
2011
pavliks.com returns to Shanty Bay for Go Kart fun.
pavliks.com hosts a Cottage Party in Bala for all staff.
27 employees at pavliks.com.
pavliks.com deploys Microsoft BPOS, 1st Cloud Solution offering from Microsoft.
2012
pavliks.com hosts Company Picnic at Springwater Park.
pavliks.com hosts staff event at Bowlerama.
2013
pavliks.com staff participate in Heart and Stroke Big Bike Ride.
pavliks.com implements solutions with Dynamics CRM Online, first iteration of CRM Online from Microsoft.
2014
pavliks.com staff participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
pavliks.com hosts staff for Foot Golf at Orr Lake Golf Club.
The Portal Connector for Dynamics CRM is launched by pavliks.com, at Microsoft Convergence Conference.
pavliks.com wins the Simcoe County Newcomer Welcoming Work Environment Award.
pavliks.com wins the Barrie Chamber of Commerce, Service Business Excellence Award.
- Ian is invited to the Partner Advisory Council for Microsoft Corporation and travels to Redmond 3 times per year to meet with Microsoft Executives about the future of technology and Partner programs.
2015
pavliks.com is listed on CDN Top 100 Solution Providers.
pavliks.com purchases Fast Solution, and Kirk Evans joins pavliks.com team.
Business continues to grow and the Office is moved to 80 Bell Farm Road, Barrie.
38 employees at pavliks.com.
2016
pavliks.com takes staff and family to Blue Jays Game in Toronto.
pavliks.com hosts Pumpkin Carving Contest for staff.
pavliks.com is listed on CDN Top 100 Solution Providers for second year.
2017
pavliks.com staff participate in Heart and Stroke Big Bike Ride.
pavliks.com hosts First Ping Pong Tournament in company Games Room.
pavliks.com wins Barrie Business Award “Going Global”.
pavliks.com is listed in CDN Top 100 Solution Providers for third year.
2018
pavliks.com staff participate in the Great Cycle Challenge fundraiser for Rotary Club of Barrie.
pavliks.com hosts First Bean Bag Toss Tournament on front lawn.
45 employees at pavliks.com.
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