Myles, RiverdaleMac and BeachMac
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | President |
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Introduction | Myles Kesten grew up in Toronto. After high school Myles dabbled in professional theatre and made his way to London's West End where he worked with such notables as Sir Lawrence Olivier and Franco Zeffirelli. Upon returning to Canada, Myles studied English Lit. at the U. of Waterloo in Canada's first arts co-op program. He worked as a reporter for The Globe and Mail, an administrator at the Ontario Arts Council, and a policy advisor at The National Arts Centre. He continued to write freelance, even while completing an MBA at York University. He later worked in marketing for The McMichael Collection, spent time on Bay Street as an accountant and forensic auditor, and as Mgr. of Accounting at the Toronto Arts Council. In 1995 Myles opened The CD-ROM Store, a software boutique. In 2005 began carrying Apple Computer products, and in 2007 he opened BeachMac. Myles is a published journalist, historian, economist, poet, and critic. His poetry has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, and he has delivered papers on cultural economics in Montreal and Sweden. He has appeared on television and radio as commentator on technology and communications. |
| Interests | history and reading in general,golf, politics, and community work, travel,cooking |
| Favorite movies | ET, It's A Wonderful Life, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, The Mummy,The Shawshank Redemption |
| Favorite music | classical, romantic, and renaissance,rock and roll, klezmer, bluegrass, celtic, Big Band jazz, choral |
| Favorite books | The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro, The Power Broker by Robert caro, Battle Cry of Freedom by James MacPherson, Mao: The Untold Story by Jang Chung, Stalin: The Court of the Red Czar by Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare by Brenda James, Don Quixote, Tristram Shandy by Lawrence Sterne, The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth, Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment |