Andrew Harries

Andrew Harries

Business Advisor.
Board Member, Norsat International Inc.
Chair, Dean's External Advisory Board, Beedie School of Business, SFU
Chair, Board of Directors, Science World British Columbia

Andrew Harries has extensive experience in corporate strategy, financing, global alliances and business growth.

As the founding President and CEO of Zeugma Systems he oversaw the company's development from its initial seed funding in 2004, through development to commercialization and the sale of substantially all of the company to Tellabs, Inc. in November 2010.

Previously Andrew co-founded Sierra Wireless, Inc. in 1993, and during his eleven years at that company Sierra Wireless secured TSX and Nasdaq public listings and grew to over US $200 million in annual revenues.

Prior to that, Andrew held management positions with Motorola and was a management consultant in Europe. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University and received his early education and started his career in the UK and Ireland. He is the holder of three US patents.

Andrew currently Chairs the Board of Directors, Science World British Columbia and is Chair of Simon Fraser University Business Dean's External Advisory Board, and is a Board member at Norsat International Inc.