About the Hall of Fame
The BC Innovators Hall of Fame recognizes the key role of innovation to BC’s economy and the leaders that have left a legacy on this province, enriching our technology and innovation ecosystem and building a stronger BC economy. Presented in partnership with the Government of British Columbia.
In 1993 Andrew co-founded Sierra Wireless with Norman Toms. During his tenure the company grew through IPO to over $200m in annual revenues. In 2004 Andrew co-founded Zeugma Systems as CEO. Tellabs acquired substantially all of Zeugma in 2010. Andrew chaired the board at Contractually through its acquisition by Coupa Software in December 2015. In 2010-2013 he chaired the Science World board through the completion of a $38m renovation and expansion and a major capital campaign. …
Roy Henderson co-founded RAE Industrial Electronics in 1967 along with Al Marion and Erhardt Jorgensen. The company expanded across the Country in the mid eighties and became a National Distributor with the purchase of a Winnipeg based company Cam Gard Supply. He was also appointed as the first executive director of the Electronics Manufacturers Association of BC, which later amalgamated with the Information Technology Association of Canada, BC Chapter (ITAC-BC) to form BC Tech in 1993.
Judi Hess has spent over 40 years in the technology industry in British Columbia, from MDA to Creo to Copperleaf. Most recently she was the CEO of Copperleaf taking it from a fledgling company in 2009 to an IPO in 2021 reaching unicorn status. She was only one of two women to take a technology company public in the history of the TSX.…
Founding social media management platform Hootsuite in 2008, used by 18 million people worldwide and 79 of the companies found on the Fortune 100, Ryan Holmes is known as a serial entrepreneur first becoming a paintball paraphernalia supplier while in high school and then an owner of a pizza-by-the-slice establishment. Dropping out of the University of Victoria, Hootsuite was a spin-off his digital media agency, Invoke.
Born in Kingston upon Thames in England, David John Llewellyn Hughes was sent to boarding school at a young age in nearby Marlborough after WWII setting him on the academic path. Following a two-year stint in the army, Hughes graduated from Emmanuel College in Cambridge on a scholarship in 1957 and began his career as a programmer and systems analyst at International Computers Limited.…
