I’m Gordon Westbroek, General Manager of Tech Masters Inc. in Sherwood Park, Alberta. I oversee our day-to-day operations and work directly with business owners on their IT decisions, from cloud migrations and cybersecurity to hardware and software purchasing, for clients across the Edmonton region and rural Alberta. My goal is to give small and medium-sized businesses reliable IT without the cost of a full-time IT department.
I bring more than 25 years of experience managing IT departments for distributors, manufacturers and fabricators, including Layfield Group Limited (2000–2007), Belterra, now Viacore (2008–2017), Biolytical (2019–2020) and Vivreau (2021–2024). I joined Tech Masters in 2025 to bring that experience to the small businesses I’d been serving from the inside for years. Because I’ve sat on the business side of the table, I know what owners actually need from technology: systems that keep the business running, costs you can predict and advice in plain language.
I hold a degree in Computer Science from Kwantlen Polytechnic University and a degree in Business Administration from Thompson Rivers University, so I weigh every technology recommendation against its impact on the business, not just the tech.
Here on the Tech Masters blog, I write about the IT topics I’ve seen matter most to growing businesses: cybersecurity, hardware and software purchasing, and getting the most from your ERP system. My aim is to help owners and managers make smart, confident decisions about their technology.
When I’m not working, you’ll usually find me researching, writing and presenting world history on my YouTube channel, Yore History. I’m also a lifelong gamer and hobby game developer, and I volunteer with the food bank. At home, I share my space with two British Shorthair cats, brother and sister Cub and Cleo.
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