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Victoria, BC, October 4, 2018--(T-Net)--The Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology and Entrepreneurship Council (VIATEC) held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week at Fort Tectoria with 49 in attendance.

There were 14 candidates for the 7 seats available on the board.

The new 2017-2018 VIATEC Board of Directors are:

1. Jim Balcom, Redlen Technologies Inc (returning)
2. Robert Bowness, BC Pension Corp (returning)
3. Robert Cooper, PlusROI Online Marketing Inc (returning)
4. Scott Dewis, RaceRocks 3D Inc (re-elected)
5. Christina Gerow, Workday (returning)
6. Bobbi Leach, RevenueWire Inc. (returning)
7. Justin Love, Limbic Media (returning)
8. Owen Matthews, Wesley Clover (re-elected)
9. Masoud Nassaji, DoubleJump (returning)
10. Ashton Scordo, BCI Private Equity (newly elected)
11. Erin Skillen, FamilySparks (newly elected)
12. Brad Williams, Flytographer (newly elected)
13. Mike Williams (newly elected)
14. Justin Young, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (newly elected)

The following positions were also assigned and voted for by the board:

• Bobbi Leach, Board Chair
• Brad Williams, Vice Chair
• Rasool Rayani, Past Chair (ex-officio)
• Robert Bowness, Chair of the Finance Committee
• Owen Matthews, Chair of the Governance Committee
• Chair of the Foundation Committee to be announced

"We are honoured that so many members put their names forward to serve on the board," said Dan Gunn, CEO of VIATEC. "It was not easy for our members to choose but they did a great job electing a board that closely reflects the broader membership and the VIATEC team is looking forward to working with them."

Full bios of each board member can be found here.

Photos from the event can be found here.

Contact:

Dan Gunn, CEO
VIATEC
250-882-2820
dgunn@viatec.ca