Mission Statement:

To create and manage the most useful intellectual property, patent, invention, innovation, collaborative problem solving, idea resource in the world.

About the company:
Online Data Services Ltd.

In 1997 Scott Wurtele founded WorldBid.com, an international trade website that has handled a million trade leads, and in 2000, LawyersandSettlements.com, a company that helps hundreds of thousands of people connect with the legal resources they need.

Mr. Wurtele, along with interested participants, is now collaboratively developing IdeaConnection.com, a website that filters, nurtures and connects innovative designs and inventions to the businesses, entrepreneurs and investors that can manifest these ideas.

IdeaConnection.com is also an evolving platform where corporations and individuals can have problems solved by a collaborative team of their selection.

IdeaConnection.com is not involved in buying, selling, developing ideas or inventions posted on this website or elsewhere.

Vern Burkhardt has extensive leadership experience, as well as executive-level experience. His previous positions include serving as chief executive officer in a number of major organizations, as well as commodore at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Mr. Burkhardt received the Gold Award for Leadership in 2001, recognizing his efforts in establishing one of the best-performing organizations. He also received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal for his contributions to his community and to Canada.

Mr. Burkhardt earned his Bachelor of Education degree, as well as his Master of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Alberta.

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Jonathan Knopp completed his BASc in Electrical/Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1999. Hiss main expertise lies in designing programs and systems, and programming in Perl and PHP. He also has a strong understanding of HTML, Unix, and Apache, plus basic knowledge of C++ and Cold Fusion. Mr. Knopp has written or rewritten a large portion of the Worldbid.com website, including administration utilities, mailers for sending out Electronic Trade Notifications, and scripts for dynamic pages on the website itself. Mr. Knopp has scripted two other sites, www.cre8link.com (a career/job linking service), and www.jdomainbank.com (a domain name classifieds site). Both sites were written in PHP. 

Wendy Wurtele comes from a background of graphic design. She studied typesetting at George Brown College and developed her design skills under the tutelage Robert Eby & Associates. She also studied programming at Niagara Collage. After moving to Whistler, BC, in 1988 she opened her own design company and embraced the new technology of personal computers and “desk top publishing”. She successfully ran her company, On Line Design Ltd., designing brochures and rack cards, supervising photo shoots, creating corporate identities, and producing a quarterly Newspaper, until she sold the company to concentrate on co-developing internet businesses with her husband. She incorporated website design into her skill set and has subsequently been involved in developing four successful internet startups.

Paul Wagorn has more than 18 years of experience in the information technology industry, including more than 11 years of Internet and e-commerce experience. At present, Mr. Wagorn serves as the chief operating officer of Worldbid Corporation, where he was instrumental in developing the patent-applied-for technology. He is also the founder of MerchantSense Consulting, where he created a software solution to the massive issue of online credit card fraud. In addition, Mr. Wagorn works as a marketing and search engine consultant at Online Legal Marketing.

Mr. Wagorn was previously employed as a corporate sales manager at JD Micro Devices, Inc., where he co-developed the point-of-sale software and experienced a 300% sales increase under his leadership. He gained additional experience working for Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada, where he led a team that updated the data retrieval system for Canadian patents and developed a quality assurance system for patent examiners.

Mr. Wagorn received a scholarship to attend the University of Waterloo, where he completed courses toward his Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering. Mr. Wagorn also completed business administration courses.