Biographical Info

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. Prior to Copperleaf, Judi held the position of President at Creo until Eastman Kodak bought Creo in 2005 for almost $1 Billion USD. She started her career at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates as a software engineer in the 1980s.