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George Socka BComm, CMA, CMC
Chief Technologist and President

George Socka has a long track record in assisting business to maximize the potential of computer technology. He founded BeachDigital.com inc. to focus that experience on the business use of internet information technology.

He has practiced as an independent management consultant, combining strategic planning with hands-on implementation and management of computer technology since 1991. His clients have been Canadian divisions of multinational corporations, such as Frigidaire, Allergan, Reed Exhibitions, Trumpf and Newark Electronics, as well as Canadian Companies such as Video Furniture International, Videoscope, Community Living Mississauga and the Society of Management Accountants of Canada.

He gained extensive experience in technology management and implementation in a broad range of multinational corporations as a consultant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, and later, Deloitte & Touche. He worked with medium sized and family operated firms as a consultant with Zittrer, Siblin, Stein, Levine, Chartered Accountants in Montreal (now a part of Ernst & Young).

He has experience in industry with a large packaging manufacturer, in transportation and in retail.

George is a Certified Management Accountant who is actively involved with the Society of Management Accountants, as a past chairman of the Toronto Chapter, and a past Governor of the Society in Ontario. He is a Certified Management Consultant who is actively involved with the Institute of Certified Management Consultants. He was an editor and writer for the Institute's Management Practices in Information Technology handbook.

He has written articles and spoken to business audiences across Canada on a variety of subjects related to information systems management.

George is a Commerce graduate of McGill University. He has taught computer programming at McGill and accounting at Seneca College.