THE HISTORY OF rainshadow & PERCEPTABLE

Ron started this organization as an avenue for his technical expertise in software development and the arts.

Ron continues to try and balance the science and the arts to create symbiotic combination of functional and beautiful products for our clients, and for the future of our planet and well-being.

We moved to Vancouver Island in 2018, to the beautiful region of Oceanside (Parksville, and Qualicum Beach) and we look forward to helping local companies with world class websites, online stores, and marketing initiatives.

Our Team

RON MANKE

Ron has been working in the computer industry for over 30 years, getting his start out of high school working at the University of Alberta maintaining and operating the mainframes.

In 1984, Ron started the Macintosh Owners and Users Society of Edmonton (M.O.U.S.E.) one of the largest Mac User groups in the world, and started the first Macintosh Software department at Softwarehouse (now known as Compusmart).

In his past, he also started one of the first desktop publishing companies in Canada (Sprint Lasergraphics) and one of the groundbreaking new “multimedia” companies in Canada (Blackstone Multimedia), doing work for companies such as Apple, the Canadian Encyclopedia, the Professional Golfers Association (PGA), Telus, and the federal government. He has over 300 major software development initiatives under his belt, including having his new product licensed by Microsoft to include in the Educational Version of Microsoft Office.

Even Steve Wozniak once ordered some software that Ron designed and built - Pronunciation Power.

As the Lead Project Manager at the University of Alberta (U of A), he worked with his team to build an Information Technology (I.T.) Plan for the Edmonton Clinic, a $1 Billion + project at the U of A. He was then tasked with leading the Identity Management overhaul project at the U of A to allow for all of the university departments to use Single Sign-On throughout the world.

MICHELLE MANKE

Michelle enjoys being involved in the arts community and has creates in a variety of mediums.

Michelle has an Education Degree from the University of Alberta, and has more recently worked in the Public Library System for the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) and Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL).

Besides being a creative, Michelle also enjoys inspiring others in their creativity through teaching and workshops on Vancouver Island.