archived blog - 07 Apr 2008

Meet the Crew

Archangel Fireworks Inc. is made up of five full time staff memebers and two part time staffers.


Kelly Guille - President
Kelly began his career in pyrotechnics through an unlikely venue, repackaging gummy snakes and jelly beans for discount stores with D.Y.M Enterprises. When D.Y.M got into selling fireworks Kelly got interested, he took the federal training course through the Explosives Regulatory Division at 18 and by 20 was shooting most of the shows, in his early 20’s he began importing fireworks from Spain. In 2003 Kelly bought out the fireworks division of D.Y.M, which the former owners had named Archangel Fireworks, and incorporated it. In 2004 Kelly moved Archangel Fireworks Inc. to its current location at 104 Pembina Highway. Kelly is also a board member with the Canadian Pyrotechnic Council who works to keep the pyrotechnic industry in Canada healthy without over regulation.


Sean Procter - Operations Manager
Like Jack Torrance from The Shining, Sean has always been "the caretaker" of Archangel Fireworks. What started as a part time job has become 8 years with the company as operations manager, accountant and marketing. With a background in sound engineering Sean designs many of our show soundtracks and many of our shows for that matter. He has an eye (and an ear) for detail.


Tim Langevin - Sales Representative
Tim has been shooting fireworks since 1988 and has been full time with Archangel since 2003. Heading up Archangels "Rural Division" he works from his home office in Elie Manitoba. Tim not only shoots some of Archangels largest and most complex shows he also deals with all customers and local fire departments.


Shawn Frosst - Operations Assistant
Shawn Frosst has been shooting fireworks since 2000 and has been full time with Archangel since 2004.
If you want to know anything about our equipment, ask Shawn. He is the master of the warehouse and the keeper of the magazine. Before shows Shawn lovingly packs our trucks and trailers with gear and deals with the sometimes messy re-packed trucks and trailers when we return.


Leiah Beck - Retail Sales Manager
Leiah has been shooting fireworks since 2001 and has been full time with Archangel since 2005. The one thing Leiah sucks at is writing about herself in the third person, it has taken her weeks to write these two sentences! Ask her about any of the products in the showroom however and she will dazzle you with her knowledge of all things family fireworks.


Mike Fehr - Shipper/Receiver & Retail Sales
Mike Fehr has been a fixture at the shop since 2002. Mike is a master of shipping and making descriptive sound effects. If you have ever dealt with him in the showroom you may have heard terms like "barf" or "fart" while he is describing your show to you but it always makes perfect sense!


Toby Hughes - Retail Sales
Toby Hughes is the newest addition to the Archangel Team, Toby started on with us part time in the summer of 2006 and has been support staff ever since. Toby leads an exciting life between being a bike courier, an actor and now an employee here at Archangel. He is also an apprentice fireworks supervisor.