Craig McLennan (BA '91, Sociology), RIM's managing director of North America, talks about the launch of the company's PlayBook.
Rahul Bhatia (BASc '84, Electrical Engineering), managing director of Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo (part of InterGlobe Enterprises Ltd), discusses IndiGo's expansion (in January the company hit the headlines when it ordered 180 Airbus A320 aircraft).
Serge LeClerc (BA '96, Sociology), a former drug dealer who turned his life around and became a member of the Saskatchewan legislature, has died.
Brad McCamus (BASc '91, Mechanical Engineering) joined Angoss Software Corporation in the capacity of Vice President, North American Software Sales.
Los Alamos National Laboratory research statistician Christine Anderson-Cook (BMath '89, Statistics/Teaching; PhD '94, Statistics) selected as one of 20 women to receive the 26th Annual Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women.
Kim Farwell (BASc '95, Chemical), P.Eng., was granted Honorary Life Membership at the prestigious APEGGA Summit Awards held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre.
John Pollesel (BA '88, Chartered Accountancy St/PPAS) is the director for Base Metal Operations North Atlantic, as well as Vale Canada chief executive officer.
Zirkova Premium Vodka, created by John Vellinga (BASc '91, Systems Design) and Katherine Koszarny (BASc '92, Systems Design) recently won the Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Zirkova was among 1,100 entries from 61 countries at the competition, regarded as the world's most reputable and prestigious.
John van Leeuwen (BSc '81, Applied Chemistry) is CEO of EcoSynthetix, a company which plans to use a $3-million provincial grant to help in its quest to replace petroleum as an ingredient in paper making.
PushLife Inc., a mobile application developer founded by Raymond Reddy (BMath '04, MBET '05) and funded by Mantella Venture Partners, of whom Duncan Hill (BMath '91) is a General Partner, has been acquired by Google.