Kim
Stevenson joins Pamela Steer
and Rusty Lewis as board members
appointed in 2022
TORONTO, May 12, 2022
/CNW/ - Quarterhill Inc. ("Quarterhill") (TSX: QTRH) (OTCQX: QTRHF)
announces that Kim Stevenson has
been appointed to its board of directors.
Ms. Stevenson brings to the Quarterhill board more than three
decades of experience as an IT, finance and operations executive
with a broad range of senior management and board of director roles
at both private and public companies in the tech industry. She has
led some of the largest technology brands in the world, including
serving as CIO for Intel and COO of Intel's Internet of Things
unit, which was focused on automotive technologies. Her most
recent roles were as Senior Vice President and General Manager at
NetApp and Lenovo, while she held other senior leadership roles at
IBM, EDS, and HP (Hewlett-Packard). Ms. Stevenson has served on
several public and private Boards of Directors including Cloudera,
Riverbed Technology, Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.,
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. and National Center for Women in IT. She
currently serves on the Board of Directors for Ambiq Micro and
Mitek Systems Inc. and on the advisory board of TruU. Ms. Stevenson
is a vocal advocate for women in leadership and has a deep
commitment for developing leaders. She holds a Master of Business
Administration degree from Cornell
University and a Bachelor of Science degree from
Northeastern University.
I am very pleased to welcome Kim to the Quarterhill board," said
John Gillberry, Chair of
Quarterhill. "Kim has a long and distinguished career as a leader
in the tech industry with deep experience in business, strategy and
technology innovation. We look forward to her contributions as
Quarterhill pursues organic and acquisitive growth opportunities in
the ITS industry where technology is increasingly transforming how
people view the potential and utility of their infrastructure
projects."
Ms. Stevenson joins Pamela Steer
and Rusty Lewis as new Quarterhill
board members in 2022.
Ms. Steer has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and
finance from a variety of public and private corporations and
professional services providers, and in 2019 was awarded the title
of Canada's CFO of the Year. She
is currently the CEO of the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Canada, one of the largest
national accounting organizations in the world, and a member of the
Board of Directors of the City of Toronto Investment Board. Ms.
Steer is also a founding member of the Advisory Board of the
Institute for Sustainable Finance and a member of the Board of
Directors of Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto. From June
2019 to January 2021, she
served, initially, as Chief Financial Officer and, subsequently, as
Chief Financial and Corporate Strategy Officer for Payments Canada,
the organization that owns and operates Canada's payment clearing and settlement
infrastructure. From May 2012 to
May 2019, Ms. Steer was, initially,
Vice-President, Finance and, subsequently, Chief Financial Officer
and Head, Finance and Employer Services for Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance
Board.
Ms. Steer holds a Master of Accounting degree from the
University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, holds a CPA Fellow (FCPA,
FCA) designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Canada. She holds the Chartered
Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute and the
Chartered Business Valuator designation from The Canadian Institute
of Chartered Business Valuators.
Mr. Lewis, a pioneer in the ITS industry, was previously
profiled in Quarterhill's March 3,
2022, press release announcing his appointment to the
board.
About Quarterhill
Quarterhill is a leading provider of
tolling and enforcement solutions in the Intelligent Transportation
System (ITS) industry, as well as, through its Wi-LAN Inc.
subsidiary, a leader in Intellectual Property licensing. Our goal
is global leadership in ITS, via organic growth of the Electronic
Transaction Consultants, LLC (ETC) and International Road Dynamics,
Inc. (IRD) platforms, and by continuing an acquisition-oriented
investment strategy that capitalizes on attractive growth
opportunities within ITS and its adjacent markets. Quarterhill is
listed on the TSX under the symbol QTRH and on the OTCQX Best
Market under the symbol QTRHF. For more information, visit
www.quarterhill.com
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