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Pascal Spothelfer is President and CEO of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA). Prior to joining BCTIA in November 2007, he was President and CEO at Spectrum Signal Processing, a Vancouver-based provider of advanced wireless communication systems. Pascal was also the Senior Vice-President, Strategic Development at Teekay Shipping (Canada) Ltd and from 1994 to 1998, and he served as the Chief Operating Officer and later President and CEO of NovAtel Inc., a high tech company specialized in global positioning systems based in Calgary.

Pascal holds a Master of Law and a PhD in law from the University of Basel, Switzerland and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in Fontainebleau in France.

Expertise:

• Financing
• Building an organization
• Establishing and working with a board