Gerry Pond Chairman Mariner Partners Saint John, New Brunswick

Gerry Pond has over 44 years of experience in the Information & Communications Technology sector. He is currently the Chairman of Mariner Partners Inc., a company he co-founded in 2003. Mariner, with a staff of over 120 professionals, provides consulting and professional IT services from offices in Saint John (HQ), Moncton, Fredericton, Calgary, and Regina.

As the former CEO of telecom services provider NBTel (now part of Bell Aliant) and the former CEO of software start-up ImagicTV Inc. (acquired by Alcatel in 2003), Gerry has always had a passion for innovation. The Canadian Information Productivity Association named him Innovator of the Year in 1997 and inducted him in their Hall of Fame (www.cipa.com). Gerry has co-founded 10 technology start-up companies in the past 10 years.

He is a Director of Assumption Life, and Chairs the Boards of Mariner Partners Inc, Brovada Technologies Inc., Radian6 Technologies Inc., and Shift Energy Inc. He sits on the Advisory Boards of Medrunner Health Solutions Inc. and Smart Skin Technologies Inc.

A graduate of the University of New Brunswick (BA’66), he received an honorary Doctor of Letters from UNB (SJ) in 2005.

Very active in community and economic affairs, he is a Director of Enterprise Saint John, Propel ICT, Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, the NB Business Council, and is a co-chair of New Brunswick’s Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation focused on poverty reduction. He is a fellow of the Wallace McCain Institute and a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow.

He is a past Chairman of the NB Business Council, a past Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of UNB and a past Chairman of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. In 2007, he was inducted in the New Brunswick Business Hall of Fame.

He resides in Rothesay N.B. with his wife Anne. They have 2 children; Suzanne and Gregory, both graduates of UNB’s Engineering Faculty.

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