John Baker (BASc '00), Ian McPhee (BMath '73; MMath '79) and Frank Rovers (BASc '70; MAsc '72) have been named to the Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
Daryoosh Saeedkia (PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering '05), Reza Heidari (PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering '08), and Mohammad Esmaeili Rad (PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering '08), of Waterloo startup T-Ray Science Inc., are working on a portable scanning device which may "revolutionize the way skin cancer is diagnosed and ultimately cured."
John Stenger (BMath '84) has been named Leamington District Memorial Hospital's new CEO.
Pen Smith (BA '86) is working as a sports massage therapist with top men's curling teams at the World Cup of Curling Grand Slam and has been named to the 2010 World Women's Curling Championships and 2010 Tim Hortons Brier.
Dennis Luu (BA '07) has re-located from Mississauga to Bangkok to pursue a career as a professional Muay Thai kick boxer.
Rick Luk (MASc '75), a former executive of AT&T, has joined Jingwei International Limited as CEO and director.
Mark Hawley (MASc '92) has been appointed vice president of operations at Biorem Inc.
Dr. Mark Eltis (OD '03), a lecturer in Waterloo's IOBP optometry program, was recently interviewed on Radio Canada TV.
Dr. David Hammond (PhD '05), with University of Waterloo colleagues Geoffrey Fong and Mary Thompson, is among the eight outstanding Canadian individuals and teams honoured with the first ever CIHR-CMAJ Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research Awards.
Venture capitalist and television personality Kevin O'Leary (BES '77) grills entrepreneurs in Shark Tank, the US version of popular TV show Dragon's Den.