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cover & left: adam BlasBerg; right: alana paterson
march 2018 BCBusiness 5
contents
"At least what I see from
my career, I think I was
way more qualified. I had
to be a lot better to get
those positions in this
male world" –p.28
M A RCH 2018
STEM Power
men still occupy the majority of prominent
roles in science, technology, engineering
and math, but B.c. has its share of female
talents. our fourth annual most influential
Women feature gives them their due
by Nick Rockel and Felicity Stone
28
(Clockwise from top left)
Norsat chief executive
Amiee Chan; Telus VP Jill
Schnarr; Maryam Sadeghi,
head of MetaOptima
Technology
43
49
In It to Win It
What happens after you give it your all
at the pitch for the purse competition
and don't take home the grand prize? if
you're these four women in tech, you keep
innovating by Nathan Caddell
Charting a
New Course
part-time, full-time, distance learning—
checking in on the latest
mBa offerings
from eight schools across the province, we
found a diverse array of programs that put
students in charge by Dee Hon