- 1977MGM Resources Corp. announced that Neil Novak (BSc ’77) had been appointed to its board of directors.
- 1979Joanna Mott (MSc ’79) was appointed as provost and vice-president for academic affairs at the Oregon Institute of Technology.
- 1980Jim Estill (BASc ’80), CEO of Danby Appliances and founder of EMJ, received the Order of Canada.
- 1983Cerecor Inc. appointed Simon C. Pedder (BES ’83) to its board of directors as executive chairman.
- Wilfrid Laurier University appointed Anthony Clarke (BSc ’78, MSc ’80, PhD ’83) as the new dean of the Faculty of Science.
- 1984Kenneth Jones (BMath ’84) was appointed to the board of directors and named chair of the audit committee for Namaste Technologies.
- 1985Dr. Suha Jabaji (PhD ’85) became part of the Devonian Health Group’s scientific advisory board.
- LG Electronics appointed Darin Graham (BMath ’85) as head of the LG Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab in Toronto.
- 1986The Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council appointed Avvy Go (BA ’86) as the Independent Complaints Review Officer.
- Niagara Falls Architect Emilio Raimondo (BES ’86, BArch ’87) was honoured with a fellowship award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
- 1987The City of Hamilton announced Janette Smith (BSc ’87) as its new city manager.
- Companies Retrophin and ViaCyte appointed Sandra E. Poole (BASc ’87, MASc ’90) to their boards of directors.
- 1988Robert Langlands (DMath ’88) was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada.
- Cheryl Smith (BA ’88, MASc ’90) received the Golden Pencil Award for her contributions to the Canadian food industry.
- 1989Waterloo environmentalist Larry Lamb (BIS ’89) received the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement.
- Primary Energy Metals Corp named Sam Mithani (BSc ’89, MSc ’91, PhD ’96) to its board of directors.
- 1990Blair L. Botsford (BA ’90) joined Blaney McMurtry LLP as partner, specializing in trusts and estates.
- Jim Gemmell (MMath ’90) was appointed chief technology officer of Aural Analytics, Inc.
- 1991Maurice Tulloch (BA ’91) was appointed CEO of Aviva plc.
- The Geneva Association elected Maurice Tulloch (BA ’91) to its board of directors.
- The Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) elected Ryder McRitchie (BASc ’91) to its board of directors.
- 1992Samir Manji (BA ’92, MAcc ’92) was elected to the board of directors at Extendicare Inc.
- 1993SharesPost appointed Bonnie Hyun (BA ’93, MAcc ’93) as head of platform solutions and strategy.
- 1994The Co-operators appointed Alec Blundell (BMath ’94) as executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Co-operators Life Insurance Company, as well as president and chief operating officer of The CUMIS Group Limited.
- 1995Accenture appointed Piyush Bhatnagar (BASc ’95) as office managing director for Toronto.
- Greg Fenton (BMath ’95) joined Doxim in the role of senior vice-president, product management.
- Adesto Technologies Corporation appointed Susan Uthayakumar (BA ’95, MAcc ’95) to its board of directors.
- 1996The Honourable Bradley Trivers (BSc ’96) was sworn into the executive council as the Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning, Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Change in Georgetown, PEI.
- Rapid Dose Therapeutics Corp. appointed Rina Carlini (PhD ’98) as vice-president, research and innovation.
- 2000Bitcoin Association named Jerry David Chan (BASc ’00) one of its new managers in Asia.
- 2001Marlaina Auger (BASc ’01) was promoted to principal for Geosyntec.
- Tracey Cooke (BES ’01) was appointed chief executive officer of the YMCA in Sault Ste. Marie.
- 2003Samantha Lawson (BES ’03) was appointed as the chief administrative officer at The Grand River Conservation Authority.
- TMAC Resources Inc. appointed Lisa Wilkinson (BASc ’03) as director, investor relations and strategic development.
- 2004Amit Sahasrabudhe (BASc ’04) made the Minneaopolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list.
- 30 Forensic Engineering appointed Rob Parkinson (MSc ’04, PhD ’08) as vice-president and practice lead, biomechanics and personal injury.
- 2005The Ontario Federation of Agriculture appointed Cathy Lennon (BA ’05) as its new general manager.
- 2006PagerDuty Inc., co-founded by Baskar Puvanathasan (BASc ’06) and Alex Solomon (BSE ’06), was the third “unicorn” company to debut on the public markets this year.
- 2006Mastercard Foundation appointed Louise Arbour (LLD ’06) and the University of Waterloo’s current chancellor, Dominic Barton, to its board of directors.
- 2007DALSA founder Savvas Chamberlain (DENG ’07) was honored with the International Image Sensor Society (IISS) Exceptional Service Award.
- Lift & Co. appointed Kasia Malz (BMath ’07, MAcc ’07) to the position of chief financial officer.
- 2012ACTO, founded by Parth Khanna (BA ’12, BSc ’12), Kapil Kalra (BA ’13, BASc ’13) and Kumar Erramilli, was named one of the 2019 PM360 Elite 100.
- Garrett Rank (BA ’12) became the first Canadian in 42 years to win the Western Amateur golf tournament.
- 2014Rukshan de Silva (BES ’14, MEDI ’17) was named Australia’s National Young Planner of the Year.
- 2017Anna Golubeva (MSc ’17) won the NSERC Gilles Brassard Doctoral Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in physics.
- Jessalyn Teed (BES ’17) made the WINGS Magazine’s Top 20 under 40, which recognized her as an inspiring young leader in Canadian aerospace.
- 2019Cole Powers (BASc ’19), co-founder of IntelliCulture, was named one of The Logic’s leading innovators from the class of 2019.
- Liyang Zhang (BAS ’17, MArch ’19) won AZURE Magazine’s AZ 2019 A+ Student award for providing a fresh take on water management.
