Warren Roy

services, making Global Relay one of the true global pioneers of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology model that today is popularly known as the "Cloud." Warren's vision has always been to create and build incredible technology that redefines communications and the way the world leverages data. He drives the overall strategic direction for Global Relay — focusing on the design and development of multi-lingual, enterprise-class cloud-based messaging, collaboration and archiving solutions to address compliance requirements for the financial sector. Today, Global Relay provides services to more than 17,500 financial firms globally — including 22 of the world's top 25 banks.

Under Warren's leadership, Global Relay has become an internationally recognized leader in compliance archiving, the largest third party archiver of Bloomberg messaging, and Thomson Reuters' exclusive Strategic Partner for messaging compliance worldwide. Global Relay has received numerous awards, including Best Companies to Work for in BC (2011 and 2012), BCBusiness' Most Innovative Companies (2013), and the BCTIA Community Engagement Award (2013), and has won positions on the Deloitte Fast 50 (2011 and 2012), Deloitte Fast 500 (2011 and 2012) and Profit 500 (2013) lists — annual rankings of the fastest growing companies in Canada and North America.

In 2012, Warren was celebrated as BC CEO of the Year by Business in Vancouver Magazine for his outstanding vision, strategy and leadership at Global Relay. He was also honored as the BC Technology Industry Association`s (BCTIA) Person of the Year for 2013 for his contributions to the BC technology community and named Pacific Region Entrepreneur of the Year for 2013 by Ernst & Young in the Business-to-Business Products and Services Category.