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Gerri Sinclair
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Gerri Sinclair

Canadian businesswoman1

Gerri Sinclair is a Canadian technology executive, entrepreneur and government advisor.2

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of British Columbia3

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.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.7

  • 1996 to 2001Chief executive officer, NCompass Labs Inc5 6
  • Date not recordedFounded NCompass Labs Inc4

Sinclair was the founding Director of the ExCITE lab at Simon Fraser University, where she was an English professor. In 1996, she founded and served as CEO of NCompass Labs Inc, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2001. She was general manager for the MSN Canada subsidiary.

In 2016, Sinclair was appointed to managing director at Kensington Capital Partners and was the leader of the firm's Vancouver office, managing the $100 million BC Technology fund.

Sinclair served as the Innovation Commissioner for the Government of British Columbia from July 2020 until March 31, 2024. After concluding her term as Innovation Commissioner, Sinclair joined the Vancouver Airport Authority in April 2024, as Interim Vice President: Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO).

From Wikipedia’s article on Gerri Sinclair (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • CitizenshipCanada8

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