Archie MacKinnon
CEO and Managing Director
Mobile: 403-700-1868
Email: archiemackinnon@sutterhill.ca
Chronological Work Experience
SutterHill Capital Corporation - Investment Banking
President and Chief Executive Officer: Primarily engaged in innovative investment banking
activities utilizing knowledge of the private placement and equity markets for the
Telecommunications and Energy Industries. (1988 - present)
Eigner + Partner CIM - Technologie
Served as Investment Banking consultant to the Company and Chaired the Supervisory Board 1997-2002.
Alta-Can Telecom Inc.
President and Chief Executive Officer: Responsible for directing and engaging Alta-Can Telecom in
investment opportunities in technology and high growth areas; specifically in the microelectronics
and the telecommunications field. (1983-1988)
CDC Ventures Inc.
Vice-President: Primary responsibilities with CDC Ventures were to provide technical assessment of technology companies,
and management of CDC Ventures total investment portfolio, whose market value exceeded $100 million.
Additional management time was oriented towards the directorship of seven CDC Ventures affiliate companies, many
of them directly oriented in financing high technology companies. (1979-1983)
Directorships and Associations
Rockliffe Software Corporation
Campbell, California
Past Director
Eigner + Partner AG CIM-Technologie
Karlsruhe, Germany
Past Chairman of the Supervisory Board
A.I.S. Resources Limited TSXV
Calgary, Alberta
Past President
Belair Energy Corporation TSX
Calgary, Alberta
Past Director and Co-Chairman Audit & Reserves
Tecmar Technologies International Inc. TSX
Toronto, Ontario
Past Director
The Calgary Rotary Clubs Foundation
Calgary, Alberta
Past President
Alberta Microelectronics Centre
Edmonton, Alberta
Past Director
Association of Canadian Venture Capital Companies (ACVCC)
Past President
Medals Committee - XV Calgary Olympic Winter Games (1988)
Vice Chairman
Calgary Research and Development Authority
Past Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee
Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario
Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (Honoured Members Council)
British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
University of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
1966/2012
Awards
Gold Medal rowing - XVIth Olympiad
Melbourne, Australia (1956)
Gold Medal rowing - Commonwealth Games
Cardiff, Wales (1958)
Silver Medal rowing - XVIIth Olympiad
Rome, Italy (1960)
Dean’s Honour List - Schulich School of Business
York University, Toronto, Ontario (1968 & 1969)
Nominated for Seagram’s Scholarship
Awarded Litton Scholarship for academic achievement
Education
M.B.A.
Schulich School of Business, Toronto, Ontario
B.A.Sc. Electrical Engineering
University of British Columbia - Vancouver, British Columbia
Club Affiliations
The Ranchman’s Club, Calgary, Alberta
Olympic Club of Canada
Bow Valley Club, Calgary, Alberta