“We are armed with a full suite of systems and technologies, in-house Design, Engineering and Manufacturing and the ability to create bespoke solutions,” adds Paul. Having reached this significant milestone, PARKPLUS has a wealth of experience across all products and in hundreds of projects in the United States and all over the world. PARKPLUS recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. “We offer a customized, full turnkey solution across all product ranges.” “The primary challenge that we overcome for our customers is solving a project’s geometrical and high-density requirements to essentially park more cars in less space, by means of a mechanical or automated system,” explains Paul. "PARKPLUS is a leading provider of high density parking systems, with the most completed projects, and the most extensive product range, in the United States." Being a Mechatronic Engineer by trade, with global experience and 24 years in the industry, my deep electrical and mechanical knowledge in the trade has helped,” says Paul. “I favor a methodical approach, and paying close attention to detail, with a focus on closing open issues. “We are focussed on becoming local parking vendors, with a presence in established and emerging markets in the US”, says Paul.Īnother priority has been introducing innovative methodologies and systems, and having a clear way of looking at problems to determine and implement solutions.
The company designs, manufactures, installs and maintains their patented solutions for Automated Parking Systems and multi-level Car Stackers. PARKPLUS is a pioneering provider of high-density parking systems. He is also survived by a sister and brother.Paul Bates, Group President of PARKPLUS, came on board in October of 2017 to lead the business and has taken the company to new heights, growing the business into 4 new US markets in 2019. The provincial Liberal government in 2015 named him to a panel to review Ontario’s regulations governing financial planners.īates is survived by his wife Sally, daughters Rachel, Elizabeth and Charlotte and three grandchildren. He taught marketing at the Rotman School of Management, served on the board of the Toronto Stock Exchange and as a commissioner for the Ontario Securities Commission.Īfter leaving DeGroote, Bates pursued studies at the masters and PhD level at McMaster’s Divinity College and worked there as an assistant professor. In 2000, Bates was named Canada’s most influential broker by Executive Magazine. He then became head of Charles Schwab Canada. He started Priority Brokerage and it was bought out by Charles Schwab. He later worked for Royal Trust and then First Marathon Securities in Toronto. He worked his way up and came to Canada in 1973 to work for the Bank of Nova Scotia. He directed traffic outside the National Westminster Bank and got to know a manager who offered him a job as a teller. He graduated from college and went to work as a traffic cop. 29, 1950, to Charles and Violet Bates and grew up in London. “There are probably a few, a handful, who perhaps if they were in a room without me, would say they’re not really sure about having a business person in here,” he told The Spectator in 2005.īates was born Dec. He was called “a perfect fit” by one McMaster official. He knew there was some grumbling from faculty about his hiring, but he believed he could smooth it over. “I think it came to both of us (then-McMaster president Patrick Deane) that we’d reached a point where there was an impasse that my staying wouldn’t solve,” Bates told The Spectator.Ī very successful businessman and leader in the investment world, Bates was the first person without a PhD appointed as dean. The $28-million facility opened in September 2010. The Carlisle-area resident went to work in a non-academic role at the Burlington campus on South Service Road. 4 at age 71 - stepped down a year into his second term in order to resolve the dispute. Though he was supported by some business students in a petition and a vote, and by businessman DeGroote (the school was named after him in 1992 due to a $3-million donation), 60 per cent of the 60-member faculty voted that Bates should not get a second five-year term in 2009. In this photo, Bates is pictured with students at the school's Allen H. Paul Bates in March 2004 after he was named dean of McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business.
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