Forget the footy, Canon’s top four technicians battle it out for a different cup title

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

Australians 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 gruelling practical and theoretical tests against other leading technicians from China, Japan, Singapore and Korea.

“The APAC Cup is like the footy finals for Canon technicians, but instead of battling it out on the football field, they’re troubleshooting business imaging equipment. It’s a highly skilled, very competitive and a surprisingly interesting spectator sport,” said Glen Trestrail, Senior General Manager Services & Support.

“These guys eat paper jams for breakfast.” 

“On a serious note, this is another way Canon provides our technicians with the opportunity to build their skills and experience to better meet the needs of our business imaging customers.”

“It’s a way that we can demonstrate our market leading customer service and our technicians get the opportunity to share the “tricks of the trade”  with colleagues from other parts of the world while demonstrating “achievement” – one of our core values at Canon,” he said. 

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 26 October.