B.C. Technology Impact Awards 2014

Bill Tam BCTIA president and CEO; Matthew Peters, McCarthy Tétrault partner; and Andrew Wilkinson, B.C. minister of technology, innovation and citizens' services.Matthew Peter, McCarthy Tétrault partner; Bill Tam BCTIA president and CEO; and John Wilkinson, former Minister of Research and Innovation, Revenue and Environment. Ken Goldberg, Elastic Path board director;...

Bill Tam BCTIA president and CEO; Matthew Peters, McCarthy Tétrault partner; and Andrew Wilkinson, B.C. minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services.

Ken Goldberg, Elastic Path board director; Keith Spencer, Fasken Martineau LLP lawyer, Elastic Path board member and BCTIA board member; and Trent Punnett, consultant.

From Fortinet Technologies: Richard Henderson, security strategist; Amanda Mallow, vice-president of global HR; Joyce Chow, senior HR manager; and Min-Shan Xu, HR co-ordinator.

Grant Clark, Alpha Technologies vice-president of product management; Bill Tam, BCTIA president and CEO; and Victor Goncalves, Alpha Technologies CTO.

Allison Rutherford, HR Tech Group executive director; Tracey Topping, Vivonet recruiter; Cindybo Zhang, Vancity associate account manager for commercial business; Natasha Gordon, Hostway director of HR; and Tara Kronshage.

Robin Jones, QuickMobile CMO; Praveen Gupta, QuickMobile COO; and Rob Reilly, QuickMobile vice-president of sales.

Warren Roy, Global Relay CEO; Shannon Rogers, Global Relay president; and Kelvin Ng, Global Relay business operations.

Kyle Thom, Zafin product marketing manager; Melissa Pelto, Zafin communications director; and Darren Negraeff, Zafin marketing director.

Kari Lockhart, Deloitte B.C. tech leader; and Rian Gauvreau, Clio co-founder and COO.

Jon Snell, Trulioo director of business development; Tanis Jorge, Trulioo co-founder and COO; and Dean Prelazzi, B.C. Acceleration Network managing director, and B.C. Innovation Council vice-president of business development.

Bill Tam, BCTIA president and CEO; and Eli Borodow, Ophio Software CEO.

From Fortinet Technologies: Robert May, vice-president of product management; David Edmonds, vice-president of quality assurance; and Maninder Singh, TAC level 1/level 2 manager.

B.C. Technology Impact Awards 2014
Vancouver Convention Centre
June 5, 2014


More than 1,000 guests attended the 11th annual B.C. Technology Impact Awards to celebrate the companies, people and innovation that continue to put B.C. on the map as an exciting place to grow a tech company. Members of the tech community walked the red carpet, sipped champagne and networked in the foyer prior to the award ceremony in the ballroom. Fortinet Technologies took home top honours as Company of the Year and David Demers of Westport Innovations took home Person of the Year.

2014 Technology Impact Award Winners

Company of the Year: Fortinet Technologies
Person of the Year: David Demers
Emerging Company of the Year: QuickMobile
Most Promising Startup: PHEMI Health Systems
Excellence in Product Innovation: Cooledge Lighting
Most Promising Pre-commercial Technology: UrtheCast
Adoption of Technology: FCV Technologies & Work
B.C. Team of the Year: Schneider Electric
Community Engagement: Traction on Demand
B.C. Technology Scholarship: Josh Ewart, Esther Inlayo, Kulvir Sekhon