Our management team brings decades of experience in condominium strata management, real estate, finance and administration and human resources management.

Gerry Fanaken, CEO

Mr. Fanaken founded VCS in 1980, and has owned and lived in a condominium since 1974. He started the Strata Plan Home Owners' Association (now known as C.H.O.A.), has been a consultant to the Provincial Government on many condominium issues and relevant strata corporation legislation over the years, has lectured on condominium issues, and is the author of several books on strata corporation administration.  Mr. Fanaken has been appointed many times by the Supreme Court of British Columbia to be an Administrator for troubled strata corporations.

Linda Van Os, President

Mrs. Van Os has been with VCS since 1987 and held a wide variety of administrative positions before joining the company. Linda's broad background enables her to coordinate virtually all aspects of the corporate structure of VCS, including human resources as well as the client structure.

Jane Teghararian, Vice President of Finance

Mrs. Teghararian is a Certified General Accountant and has the important role of the Accounting Department Manager. She exercises the necessary controls and checks on all client funds, oversees the day-to-day workflow in the accounting department, and oversees a staff of eleven.  As a CGA, Jane is qualified to professionally assist the strata property agents and our clients in all technical accounting matters.

Ed Janzen, Accounting Department Manager

Mr. Janzen comes to us with extensive public practice and financial administrative experience having run his own CGA firm for 14 years. The diversity of his clientele and his various areas of expertise led to his teaching professional development seminars including several components of the PRO Series, a prerequisite to operating a CGA firm in BC. Ed is responsible for overseeing and developing the various accounting and information systems of VCS from the accounting department right through to the management and strata agent level.

Lyn Campbell, Vice President of Property Management Administration

Ms. Campbell has been employed by VCS for seven years and is responsible for a major portfolio of accounts. Her skills in administration are also utilized by VCS to design, implement and supervise proper systems to ensure that basic client property requirements are scheduled.

Cory Pettersen, Vice President of Property Management

Prior to assuming the role of Vice President in 2005, Mr. Pettersen had been employed by VCS as a strata agent for six years. In addition to being responsible for a major portfolio of accounts, Cory supervises and directs the day to day activities of approximately 20 strata property agents. Cory takes pride in the high level of customer service that is a hallmark of Van Condo and has taken on a leadership role with respect to recruiting, training, and the continuing education of both our staff and our clients.

Sean Cornish, Vice President of Property Management

Sean Cornish joined VCS as a strata agent in 2003 and assumed the role of Vice President in February, 2007. With Mr. Pettersen, Mr. Cornish supervises and directs the day to day activities of over 20 strata agents.

Senior Strata Agents

Our Senior Strata Agents have more than 35 years of combined experience with VCS. These individuals have extensive experience in the condominium strata management field and proven managerial experience. Our team of Senior Strata Agents are responsible for a portfolio of accounts and act in a supervisory and advisory role to other strata agents.