bcbusiness.ca 64 BCBusiness april 2014
Hunter MacDonald
President and CEO, Tutela
Technologies Ltd.
Age: 26
I
t all happened fast for Hunter
MacDonald. He was finishing
his undergrad in mechanical
engineering at McGill University
when he started volunteering with
Ottawa-based venture capital-
ists Wesley Clover International
Corp. After about six months he
got a call from the firm one Friday
and was told that if he could be in
Victoria by Monday, he could start
a company with its backing, under
the tutelage of Ted Darcie in the
Engineering Entrepreneurship@
UVic program. He packed his bags
and upon arrival launched a project
aimed at helping wireless service
providers monitor their networks'
performance. Two-and-a-half
years later, Tutela Technologies
has 10 employees and more than $1
million in funding. –D.G.
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