CDN’s #1 Newsmaker of the Year – Deanna Thomson
Deanna Thomson describes 2017 as an epic year by every measurement, and we can’t help but agree.…
CDN’s #2 Newsmaker of the Year – John Chen
BlackBerry turned the corner of a historic comeback in 2017 after many people wrote off the company for selling…
CDN’s #3 Newsmaker of the Year – Kevin Peesker
Kevin Peesker began 2017 as the head of Dell EMC Canada, but stepped down from the position…
CDN’s #4 Newsmaker of the Year – Zack Dickson & Charlie Atkinson
If year one of HPE Canada was categorized as learning to become more agile and easier to…
CDN’s #5 Newsmaker of the Year – Ed Galasso
2017 was a year of change for Tech Data Canada. The distributor saw an entirely new leadership…
CDN’s #6 Newsmaker of the Year – Eric Gales
Eric Gales and Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a busy 2017, filled with partnerships, revamped channel partner…
CDN’s #7 Newsmaker of the Year – Rola Dagher & Bernadette Wightman
After three years at the helm of Cisco Canada, Bernadette Wightman passed the torch to Rola Dagher.…
CDN’s #8 Newsmaker of the Year – Mitchell Martin
One of 2017’s more prominent tech acquisitions was distributor Synnex’ acquisition of Westcon-Comstor for $600 million. The…
CDN’s #9 Newsmaker of the Year – David Robertson
Avaya started the year off by announcing it filed for Chapter 11 protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy…
CDN’s #10 Newsmaker of the Year – Bill Brandel
Rounding out our top 10 is a 20-year veteran of the IT sector. Bill Brandel completed his…
CDN’s #11 Newsmaker of the Year – Luc Villeneuve
Returning to the Top Newsmaker list is open source champion Luc Villeneuve, the country leader for Canada…
CDN’s #12 Newsmaker of the Year – Mary Ann Yule
In last year’s Top 25 Newsmakers, HP Canada’s president and CEO was tied with (now former) HPE…
CDN’s #13 Newsmaker of the Year – Minister Navdeep Bains
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), Navdeep Bains, has been one of the most…
CDN’s #14 Newsmaker of the Year – Dino Trevisani
On January 18, 2018, IBM Canada’s parent company posted its first quarterly gains in 23 quarters, bringing…
CDN’s #15 Newsmaker of the Year – Sean Forkan
Sean Forkan may have begun his journey as vice president and Canadian country manager at VMware in…
