Derek Ting (BASc '10, Computer Engineering) and Jon Lerner (BASc '10, Computer Engineering) co-founded Enflick in 2009, and their TextNow app has made their new company a major player on the mobile phone app market.
Optometrist Heather Cowie (OD '10) led a team of eyecare professionals to Jamaica to test and outfit 1,000 people with glasses.
Jay Velayudhan's (BASc '08, Computer Engineering) startup software company, Anomaly, has recently received some help from rock star investors.
Omer Arbel (BES '98, Pre-professional Architecture; BArch '00, Architecture) has had his own studio, Omer Arbel Office, and has been creative director of product design and manufacturing company, Bocci, since 2005.
Luis Martin (PhD '84, Biology), has joined Mitomics as chief commercial officer.
Mac Voisin (BASc '73, Mechanical Engineering) talked to students about the challenges his business M&M Meats has faced over the last 30 years, and accepted WLU's outstanding business leader of the year award for 2010.
Pacific & Western Bank appoints Jason Patterson (BSc '87) as Assistant Vice President, Credit & Administration.
The Bridge Club, a novel by Patricia Sands (BA '93, Liberal Studies), has been selected as the Book Club choice on the women's networking site, Me and My 1000 Girlfriends.
Tom Rand (BASc '91, Electrical Engineering) is a lead adviser at MaRS Discovery District, which is now the largest centre of 14 that make up the new ONE network of regional innovation centres where entrepreneurs can go to find support.
GreenAngel Energy appoints James Dean (BASc '09, Civil Engineering/Management Sciences) as new director.