Primary Job Title Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Primary Organization Mount Royal University
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Ray DePaul is the Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Mount Royal University in Calgary.
Ray has spent twenty-five years successfully bringing high technology products to market. Most recently, Ray was President & CEO of RapidMind Inc. He steered the company through $11M of venture funding into an
industry leader, ultimately being acquired by Intel Corp.
Prior to RapidMind, Ray spent five years with Research In Motion (RIM) where he was responsible for all product management activities for the iconic BlackBerry product line. Ray helped guide the product through the challenging early adopter stage in the late 90's toward the mainstream market and established the BlackBerry brand as the leader in the smartphone market.
Ray is very active in the entrepreneurial community. He is a member of the prestigious A100 and is on the Board of Directors for Startup Calgary. He has worked with the University of Waterloo's Commercialization Office as well as the MaRS Incubator in Toronto to assist startups in the early stages of commercialization. He is a mentor and advisor to several entrepreneurs in the technology, consumer products and social enterprise sectors.
Ray is a graduate from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. He also holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.
