Dr Gary Albach

Dr Gary Albach has been confirmed as the inaugural president and CEO of the recently established Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures after serving for several months on an interim basis. Albach, who moved to the province to become director of nanoAlberta, brings to the position more than 30 years experience in the British Columbia tech industry working on company start-ups, technology commercialization, policy and economic development. He founded the Univ of British Columbia's first spin-off (Vortek Industries) and co-founded several other firms including Cogent ChipWare Inc and TIR Systems Inc. He holds a BSc from the Univ of Waterloo, a PhD in physics from UBC and an industrial post doctoral fellowship (entrepreneurship) which he obtained at Anatek Electronics Ltd….