Paragon Hosts Hon. Bruce Ralston, BC Minister

Pictured left to right: Michael Holaday, Vice President of Business Development at Paragon; Betty Chan, Vice President of Operations at Paragon; Dr. Donald Wehrung, President and CEO at Paragon; Hon. Bruce Ralston, BC Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology; Stephen Smith, Senior Vice President of Technology, Security and Legal Affairs; Aijuan Zhu, Senior Manager – China at the BC Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology; and Juliana Ramza, Manager of Corporate Relations at Paragon.

Vancouver, Canada (January 21, 2020)

Paragon Testing Enterprises was pleased to host Honourable Bruce Ralston and colleagues from the BC Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology at its head office in Vancouver, BC.

The Minister toured Paragon and was impressed by the company’s operations and growth.

Paragon has grown rapidly since it began operations in 2009. This growth is reflected in many ways, including a rapid increase in the number of tests delivered annually (from thousands to tens of thousands), the number of test centres that deliver its computerized tests (from 2 to more than 80), the tenfold increase in its annual revenues, the expansion of the number of full-time and part-time employees (from 16 to more than 300), and the size of its facilities (from under 2,500 square feet to more than 16,000 square feet).

Paragon is now Canada’s largest deliverer of high-stakes English language proficiency tests and will continue to expand internationally to areas of high demand.