Alan
E. Winter
President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (604) 637-4382
Alan Winter is President and CEO of Genome
British Columbia, appointed in December
2001. Genome BC is a not-for-profit research
organization established in Vancouver to
enable British Columbia to become a world
leader in selected areas of genomics R&D
and to develop a vibrant life sciences cluster
in the province. In 2007, Dr. Winter received
a Leadership Award from LifeSciences BC.
Dr. Winter has wide experience at senior
levels in the technology industry and in
government over the past 25 years, including
such roles as the founding President and
CEO of the New Media Innovation Centre in
Vancouver, the President of the ComDev Space
Group in Ontario, and the President and
CEO of MPR Teltech in Vancouver. During
his tenure as President of MPR, six companies
were spun out of MPR, including PMC-Sierra
and Sierra Wireless. Prior to MPR, Dr. Winter
worked for Telesat Canada and the federal
Communications Research Centre in Ottawa.
Dr. Winter is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy
of Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the
Canadian Astronautics and Space Institute
and received their inaugural Alouette Award.
He is a Director of two technology companies
in Canada. He was Chair of the Board of
the Communications Research Centre, Deputy
Chair of the Council of Science and Technology
Advisors (CSTA), a member of the BC Premier's
Council on Science and Technology, a founding
Director of CANARIE, and Chair of the Canadian
Research Management Association and of PRECARN
Associates.
Dr. Winter received his Ph.D. from Queen's
University, Kingston, and has received their
alumni Legacy of Achievement award.
