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UBC industry partnerships Richard Jones; BCTIA president Bill Tam; Alacrity Foundation's Peter van der Gracht; Corporate Recruiters president Don Safnuk; and Jim Fletcher of B.C. Partners for Social Impact.The Global Relay team, winners of the Community Engagement award. Webtech Wireless president Scott Edmonds and SAP Labs managing director Kristen Sutton.The Global...
The Global Relay team, winners of the Community Engagement award.
UBC industry partnerships Richard Jones; BCTIA president Bill Tam; Alacrity Foundation’s Peter van der Gracht; Corporate Recruiters president Don Safnuk; and Jim Fletcher of B.C. Partners for Social Impact.
Mashpotato social platform co-founders Stephen Drake and Stan Chong.
Webtech Wireless president Scott Edmonds and SAP Labs managing director Kristen Sutton.
The Terramera green chemistry group.
B.C. Technology scholarship winners Ashley Luft, Perry Taylor and Steven Huang.
(From left) Recon Instruments chair Fraser Hall, founder and CTO Hamid Abdollahi, and founder and CEO Dan Eisenhardt; Fasken Martineau partner Shahrooz Nabavi; and Recon and Devencore NKF marketing consultant Andra Nedelcu.
Vancity Credit Union chair of the board Virginia Weller and Fasken Martineau partner Karam Bayrakal.
Industry Canada executive director Doug Kinsey, BCTIA COO Cindy Pearson and UBC VP of communications and community Pascal Spothelfer.
Most Promising Startup award winners from FundRazr: CFO Bill Diamond, CTO Christian Sander, CEO Daryl Hatton and CMO Bret Conkin.
Scorpion Software chair Barry Carlson, Mojio CFO David Shore and Navigate Surgical Technology CEO Udi Daon.
The team from Aquatic Informatics.
More than 1,000 people attended the B.C. Technology Industry Association’s Impact Awards to celebrate the newly crowned winners. Members of the technology community walked the red carpet, sipped champagne and mingled in the sun-drenched foyer prior to entering the ballroom for the awards show, which is considered one of the province’s biggest technology galas.
Local entrepreneur Warren Roy and enterprise data security company Layer 7 Technologies were awarded top honours as Person of the Year and Company of the Year, respectively. A serial entrepreneur, Warren Roy is the CEO and founder of Global Relay, an electronic-message archiving company that services the global financial services sector. Roy was recognized for the astounding growth trajectory of his company, which added over 200 employees and $30 million in annual revenues. “Layer 7 and Global Relay exemplify the world-class companies that we are creating here in B.C.,” said BCTIA president and CEO Bill Tam.
Check out our BCTIA Impact Awards coverage for the full list of winners.