Roy Lamont

President

Throughout 30 years of experience in the glazing and construction industry, Roy recognized a niche for a Canadian owned and operated glass hardware company. Canada needed a company that recognized the importance of strong aesthetic design with the flexibility to respond and create unique products/solutions for specialized projects. Roy’s naturally creative instinct kicked in, and in building on his background of various roles within the construction and glazing industry, he created Stella Custom Glass Hardware in 2001. He then made his number one priority to form a collaborative and intelligent team committed to design and innovation, pushing the design envelope whenever possible. Stella has become a company of passionate professionals who are consistently discovering new technologies and trends. They care about design excellence, each other and successful projects!

Today, Roy is involved in projects at a conceptual stage, working collaboratively with architects, engineers, and glazing contractors at the outset to create the framework for outstanding structurally glazed systems.

Adam Stephenson

Director of Engineering

As Director of Engineering Adam manages the Design and Engineering Team who ensures our customers custom glass hardware needs become a reality. This includes managing the collaborative work with all project stakeholders externally and internally from initial concept to final site inspections while holding to the design intent, budgets, and timelines.

With a degree in Integrated Engineering from UBC, Adam brings extensive management, engineering, design, and manufacturing experience to the Stella team. Managing large cross-functional technical teams, he has launched multiple new and innovative products in the LED, Renewable Energy, and Biomedical sectors.

Matt Latham

Director of Sales & Marketing

As Director of Sales and Marketing Matt is responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction and forging partnerships that are mutually beneficial.

Growing up in a small-town shaped Matt’s values, he treats everybody like a neighbour as “you never know who you will bump into at the grocery store”. These values have served him well throughout his 20-year career on the supply side of the construction industry and led to many successful projects and more importantly many lasting friendships.

A proud father of two Matt loves nothing more than spending time with his kids and telling anybody who will listen all about them.

Christina Ren

Accounting Manager

Christina is the Accounting Manager here at Stella. She is responsible for management of our accounting department and support HR administration.

She oversees day-to-day accounting functions and schedules for tax compliance. With her many years work experience in accounting firm and industry, as well as her completion of CPA PREP education program, Christina is pleased to support senior management on financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting.

Outside of work, Christina enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cooking and gardening.

Ariel Magdangal

VUE Production Leader

Ariel is the Shop Foreman here at Stella. His day to day tasks include reviewing and checking drawings with its specifications prior to being registered into shop, assigning specific duties to employees, ensuring that all tasks are completed in a timely manner, performing quality checks and making sure they are signed off, and of course, providing an overall orientation of product features and applications.

Graduating with a Science Bachelor in Civil Engineering back in the Philippines and with nearly 6 years in the door making industry, Ariel is a dedicated professional who possess a willingness to work hard. After arriving in Vancouver, he attended BCIT and graduated from the Joinery Foundation program with 5 years of experience working with AutoCAD as a Steel Detailer specializing in x-steel!

Bruce Logan

Designer & Project Coordinator

Bruce is an industrial designer with a passion for problem-solving, innovative design and dark roast coffee. At Stella, Bruce is tasked with project managing, drafting and 3D design, along with the rest of day to day tasks and relations required to get extraordinary projects completed, while exceeding our client’s expectations.

As a graduate of Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Bruce is in touch with the local design community and furthers his design thirsts outside of work with endeavours in Graphic & Product Development projects…all while also sharing the enduring escapades of his two toddlers with his adventure-driven wife.

As a Project Manager and Design Professional, Bruce strives for continued advancement & efficiency while making time to listen & learn to assist with continued growth and advancement. A lasting motivation to make our customer service experience as beneficial and valuable as possible is what drives Bruce in every project he undertakes.

“Innovative inspiration is everywhere, it just needs to find you working!” – Bruce

Bill Lee

Technical Sales Coordinator

Bill is Stella’s technical sales coordinator, his main role is to take in potential project inquires and assess project requirements, scopes, and design functions regardless of the project sizes. He also assists clients with any technical queries relating to various company’s products.

Bill is also responsible with internal coordination between product designer, project manager, procurement officer, drafters, and structural engineer within the company during active project life cycle.

One of Bill’s core value is the continuous lifetime learning experience. All the past and current experiences have gradually sharpened Bill’s technical skills tremendously. Learning something new everyday gives Bill a great incentive to move forward.

Outside of work, Bill loves to spend time around nature, like bike riding, jogging and hiking.

Lesley Smith

Business Development

Lesley’s experience in the industry over the past decade brings value to our clients in many ways. While meeting with our clients, contractors, design architects, engineers and specification writers to understand the requirements of both the project and client, she is able to provide the tools required for a smooth transition from design intent to execution.

It is her goal to not only meet but exceed expectation for the clients throughout the entire life cycle of the projects by attending meetings, assisting with samples, negotiating contracts, expediting urgent issues and to simply address the needs of the entire team.

Michelle Tan

Technical Drafter

Michelle is a Technical Drafter at Stella who graduated from BCIT. Her day to day requires CAD drawings for the Design Project team. She was welcomed to the team in 2018 and shines with a positive outlook and friendly attitude.

Whether at home or in the office, Michelle is always sipping a cup of piping hot water. Aside from work, Michelle loves spending time with her family.

Robert Chen

Technical Sales

Robert is one of Stella’s inside technical sales and estimators. His day to day consists of helping estimate and process orders for point supported glass hardware and VUE door systems as well as working with the design and production departments to fulfill clients’ design requests for custom products.

Robert is also Stella’s CRM specialist, he is responsible for administrating the CRM system for the company and making sure we are always improving our relations with our customers.

Robert truly loves to get to know his clients and their needs, he can quickly get familiar with clients’ requests and point out what would be the best solution to make the job easier and more economical.

When he is not in the office, Robert enjoys the outdoors and loves traveling and getting deep into the culture of different countries. As a member of a leadership growth group, he attends motivational leadership meetings to grow personally and professionally in fulfillment of his ultimate dream in making a positive impact in the world.

Kay Xu

Accounting Assistant

As an accounting assistant, Kay reports to accounting manager on accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit card transactions and reconciliation, as well as HR administration.

Graduating from SFU with a BBA degree in accounting and finance, she joined Stella in May 2018. She enjoys every working day at Stella for new learning opportunities and a happy workplace.

Andres Lopera

An Industrial Engineer with post degrees in International Business and Supply Chain management, Andres joined the Stella team with over 15 years’ experience in the Apparel and Chemical Sector. Andres demonstrates this wealth of knowledge everyday with his insights and continuous improvements as he heads up Stella’s supply chain and shop operations.

Stella is a great fit for Andres – “we create beautiful and custom glazing features, get to work on unique and iconic projects, and the internal culture of the company makes it all fun!”

Outside of Stella, Andres spends his time with friends and family enjoying cooking, working with his hands and just being outside. His four-year-old son keeps things fun as he too likes to build things.

Andres secret talent may lie in his ping-pong playing abilities – he’s swept Stella’s monthly tournament since he joined.

When asked if his preference is for tea or coffee, Andres simply replied “While I am from Colombia…”

Katie Wilkinson-McNab

Marketing & Business Development

External marketing, new digital opportunities, and business development are core in Katie’s role at Stella. On Katie’s first day Stella was presented with a sparkly, multi-dimensional crystal and the challenge to make this “crazy” design actually happen in the form of a structural glass wall. Katie was part of the core Stella team that made the impossible occur throughout the construction of the award-winning Sparkling Hill Resort and has been hooked since then on Stella’s approach in transforming stunning architectural design visions into constructible reality.

Katie has worn several different hats at Stella; her current role is marketing-focused but brings into context her knowledge of the industry, prior operational experience, and system-planning to create strategies that involve the full process scope.

When not at Stella, Katie is creating adventures with her husband and their two young daughters. Walks in the forest, jumping in puddles, baking morning muffins, and applying glitter glue to anything are generally the chosen activities of her crew.