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Gerri Sinclair serves as the Innovation Commissioner for the Government of British Columbia. She was appointed in July 2020.
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 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. 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
BC Technology Industry Association
s Bill Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award as most Influential Woman in Business in Vancouver in 2020.
Masters of Digital Media Program Biography
Dr Gerri Sinclair interviewed by Microsoft's Channel 10
Microsoft Canada appoints Gerri Sinclair as New General Manager of MSN.ca
Canada 150 Women
BC Business 2017 Women of Influence - Gerri Sinclair
Gerri Sinclair of Kensington Capital
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Gerri Sinclair serves as the Innovation Commissioner for the Government of British Columbia. She was appointed in July 2020.
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 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. 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 NCompass Labs was a Vancouver-based software company that developed NCompass Resolution, a web content management software package. The company was acquired in 2001 by Microsoft for $36 million.
History
NCompass Labs was founded by Gerri Sincl ...
, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2001. She was general manager for the MSN
MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95.
The Microsoft Net ...
Canada 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 The National Broadband Task Force was an initiative of the Government of Canada whose mandate was established in 2001 by the Canadian Minister of Industry, at that time Brian Tobin.
The Task Force was chaired by David Lloyd Johnston, and its rep ...
. She was formerly President of the British Columbia Premier's Technology Council.
Awards
Sinclair was ranked in both 2016 and 2017 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 thBC Technology Industry Association
s Bill Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award as most Influential Woman in Business in Vancouver in 2020.
References
External links
Masters of Digital Media Program Biography
Dr Gerri Sinclair interviewed by Microsoft's Channel 10
Microsoft Canada appoints Gerri Sinclair as New General Manager of MSN.ca
Canada 150 Women
BC Business 2017 Women of Influence - Gerri Sinclair
Gerri Sinclair of Kensington Capital
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Gerri Living people Businesspeople from Vancouver Canadian business executives Canadian women business executives Corporate executives Women corporate executives University of British Columbia alumni Year of birth missing (living people)