Optima Living
Lachlan Manser currently serves as IT Manager and Information Technology Coordinator at Optima Living, where responsibilities include overseeing the IT department and leading digital transformation and automation projects. Previously, Lachlan worked as a Tech Support Analyst at Health Data Coalition of BC, streamlining clinic EMR data processes and enhancing data-aggregation applications. Experience as Project Lead and Administrative Specialist at the Environmental Operators Certification Program involved liaising with various stakeholders and maintaining critical records, while earlier work as an SAP Developer for the Australian Government focused on software development to reduce welfare fraud and facilitate system transitions. Lachlan holds a Bachelor of Information Technology (Business Systems) from the University of South Australia and a Diploma of Government from the Canberra Institute of Technology.
Optima Living
Optima Living—founded in 2007—owns and operates innovative seniors’ living communities throughout Alberta and BC, taking an unprecedented approach to senior life. Their unique company culture is one where both residents and team members are family. Optima Living’s North Star, Let us welcome you home, speaks to their underlying principles and the experience seniors discover in their communities. When residents are home, they feel safe, respected, and welcome. Home is where one’s voice is heard, their views matter, and they have freedom of choice. Optima Living’s mission, vision, and values—respect, dignity, teamwork, and doing the right thing—support and build upon their North Star. Optima Living operates over 2,200 beds providing congregate living options for seniors. These options range from subsidized to luxury, Independent to Assisted Living, Long-term Care to Memory Care, and Residential Mental Health. For more information, visit optimaliving.ca. Optima Living is also an approved service provider with both the interior Health Authority (IHA) and the Fraser Health Authority (FHA), is a licensed care provider under the BC Community Care and Assisted Living Act, and is registered as an approved Assisted Living (AL) Operator with the AL Registrar of BC.