Iain Black
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Iain James Stewart Black (born 1967) was elected to represent the riding of Port Moody-Westwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the BC general election held on May 17, 2005 as a member of the BC Liberal Party, and began the transition from the role of technology executive into that of MLA.
Upon his election, he was appointed to the BC Provincial Treasury Board, and three Select Standing Committees of the Legislature including Public Accounts, Children and Youth, and Crown Corporations (where he serves as Chair). Prior to entering politics, Black spent his entire career in the technology industry, and has been leading technology companies since 1995.
At the point of his election, Black was president of the Banking Solutions Group of Open Solutions Canada (formerly Datawest Solutions Inc.), the largest provider of banking systems outsourcing and development to Canadian credit unions. Prior to Datawest, Black served as president & CEO of The Electric Mail Company Inc., where over three years he evolved the software and services firm into a profitable world leader in business email technology. Prior to that, his leadership experience includes serving as president or chief operating officer of both publicly traded and private British Columbia technology companies, and as a partner with a national professional services firm. He embarked on his entrepreneurial ventures after starting his career with IBM Canada Ltd. in 1989 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Black’s list of community volunteer and board director roles includes his ongoing coaching of two youth soccer teams in Coquitlam, BC, and his five year term on the Board of Directors of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, a hospice for children with life-limiting illnesses. A recipient of the 40-Under-40 award in 1998, “recognizing top business achievement in British Columbians”, Black is an experienced speaker at North American business and technology industry conferences, who holds an Honours degree in business from the University of Manitoba.
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