By Pacifican
“Tell us a little about your background. How have your experiences in tech and local government helped you lead SIPP?
Over the past 25 years, my path has woven together tech entrepreneurship, small business, local government, and regional strategy. Leading SIPP enables me to bridge those worlds, bringing a collaborative mindset and a focus on action to regional economic development, championing place-based solutions that foster resilient and equitable prosperity.
How does SIPP impact the community it serves?
Through SIPP’s multi-stakeholder alliance, we identify critical economic challenges and opportunities facing Greater Victoria, then develop initiatives to support the creation of household-sustaining jobs, foster hubs of innovation, attract talent and investment, and prime our economy for success.
For example, in the past four years alone, SIPP has launched and supported high-impact initiatives like COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies), to champion an innovation-based economy, and the Indigenous Prosperity Centre, to support economic reconciliation and further Indigenous-led economic leadership and opportunities…”
