Ho Kim, President and CEO of local tech company CAMACC and volunteer chair of VIATeC’s board of directors, has has been named Ernst and Young’s 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year in the Information Technology category for Canada’s Pacific region.
Receiving the award is something to celebrate indeed.
The EY Entrepreneur of the Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement.
Ho’s award was announced at a gala ceremony in Vancouver on September 30. Other contenders for the award included Stephane Bourque of Vancouver’s Incognito Software and Jack Newton of Burnaby’s Themis Solutions.
The top award of the night went to the chief executive of Langley’s Leavitt Machinery, Thomas Leavitt, who was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
What Makes Ho Kim and CAMACC So Successful?
What is the secret of Ho’s success?
A lifelong athlete, Ho brings the same dedication that brought him success in basketball, volleyball and other sports to building a successful technology company from the ground up.
Ho believes that creating results on any level comes from developing a culture that motivates and empowers each of its members to succeed.
“At CAMACC we hire for attitude, and train for position,” says Ho.
Ho’s family moved to Victoria when he was a toddler. Four decades later Ho is still here, acting as a Tectoria ambassador to the world.
At CAMACC we hire for attitude, and train for position
Ho says he loves Victoria for the lifestyle and the spectacular natural environment – the same things have attracted tech entrepreneurs and business talent from around the world to make Victoria one of Canada’s fastest-growing tech hubs.
“I can’t think of a better place to operate a technology business,” says Ho.
CAMACC Part of an Elite Class of Companies Transforming Canada’s Economy
Under Ho’s leadership, CAMACC itself is playing a leading role in Canada’s rapidly evolving community of tech companies.
For example, like many other leading technology companies in Canada CAMACC has cultivated a truly international presence. While providing strategic vision and executive direction from Victoria, Ho regularly travels to satellite offices across North America and to CAMACC’s software engineering lab in China.
Just like CAMACC, other EY finalists operate globally and often consistently generate higher revenues from year to year.
EY found that Canada’s 2013 program finalists recorded average revenue growth of 37% year over year in 2012. That’s above the global average of 29% for developed countries. Seventy-four percent operate internationally, compared to 41% of businesses in Australia, a country similar in size to Canada.
A Year of Successes for Ho Kim and CAMACC
CAMACC is indeed recording growing revenues – earlier in September CAMACC was once again included in the VIATeC 25, the annual list of the largest technology companies headquartered or founded in Greater Victoria based on reported calendar revenues.
It’s been a great year so far for CAMACC. Under Ho’s leadership CAMACC won the 2014 VIATeC Technology Company of the Year Award (Ho was also a Finalist for the 2014 VIATeC Executive of the Year).
Congratulations to Ho Kim and his team in Tectoria. We’re looking forward to seeing where CAMACC goes next.
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