Gerri Sinclair serves as the Innovation Commissioner for the Government of British Columbia. She was appointed in July 2020.[1]
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Sinclair previously served as a managing director at Kensington Capital Partners and was the leader of the firm's Vancouver office, managing the $100 million BC Technology fund[2] and the $91 million BC Renaissance Fund. She has also served as a director on the boards of numerous public and private companies and organizations.
Sinclair holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance Drama as well as an honorary Doctor of Science in Computing Science from the University of British Columbia.[3] Sinclair was the founding Director of the ExCITE lab at Simon Fraser University, where she was an English professor. She was the founder and CEO of NCompass Labs Inc, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2001.[4] She was general manager for the MSN Canada[5] subsidiary.
Sinclair has served on a number of Canadian national and provincial advisory boards, including the National Advisory Council on the Information Highway and the National Broadband Task Force. She was formerly President of the British Columbia Premier's Technology Council.[6]
Awards edit
Sinclair was ranked in both 2016[7] and 2017[8] to the “Vancouver Power 50”, an annual list of the most powerful people in the city. She was named one of the top Women of Influence in 2017 by BC Business Magazine and one of the top 150 Women in Canada. In 2018, she received the BC Technology Industry Association’s Bill Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award,[9] and received a Lifetime Achievement Award as most Influential Woman in Business in Vancouver in 2020.[10]
References edit
- ^ Innovation, Jobs Economic Recovery and (July 17, 2020). "B.C. appoints new innovation commissioner | BC Gov News". news.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ Trade, Ministry of International. "BC Tech Fund - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "UBC Archives - Honorary Degree Citations - 2000-02". www.library.ubc.ca. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ Microsoft to Acquire NCompass Labs: Strategic Addition of Web Content Management System Extends Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server Family Archived January 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Microsoft – Cloud, Computers, Apps & Gaming". www.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.
- ^ Premier's Technology Council Members - Province of British Columbia Archived December 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Power 50 2016: VanMag's Ranking of the Year's Most Powerful People". Vancouver Magazine. November 16, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "The 50 Most Powerful People in Vancouver Right Now". Vancouver Magazine. November 20, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "2018 TIAs Winners Announced". BC Tech. June 1, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "Influential Women in Business". Business in Vancouver. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
External links edit
- Masters of Digital Media Program Biography
- BusinessWeek: From Shakespeare to Software
- Dr Gerri Sinclair interviewed by Microsoft's Channel 10
- Microsoft Canada appoints Gerri Sinclair as New General Manager of MSN.ca
- British Columbia Premier's Technology Council Members
- Canada 150 Women
- BC Business 2017 Women of Influence - Gerri Sinclair
- Gerri Sinclair of Kensington Capital