Local Canon crew get technical at Asia Pacific Cup

Four technicians from Canon Australia and New Zealand will fly to Shanghai to compete for the title of Canon’s top technician at the upcoming Asia Pacific (APAC) Cup.

Australian technicians Daniel Leong from Queensland, Paul O’Brien from New South Wales, David Newing from Victoria and Kiwi Ross Bredesen from Hamilton will participate in a series of practical and theoretical tests against other leading from China, Japan, Singapore and Korea.
 
“The APAC Cup is like MasterChef for Canon technicians, but instead of replicating the snow egg, they’re troubleshooting business imaging equipment – it’s highly skilled, very competitive and a surprisingly interesting spectator sport,” said Peter Love, senior general manager services and support.
 
“These guys eat paper jams for breakfast. It’s a way that Canon can demonstrate its market leading customer service and a way to provide our technicians with the opportunity to interact with colleagues from other parts of the world.”

The four technicians from Canon Oceania were selected following a five-round competition based on both theory and practical tests on Canon business imaging technology. They beat more than one hundred of their local colleagues to proceed to the next round.
 
The four finalists will fly to Shanghai to compete against eighteen of their regional colleagues on 18 May.