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David Katz has worked in the area of economic development for the province of Saskatchewan for the past 20 years. For many of those years he was Sector Manager responsible for the growth of the Information and Communication Technologies sector, and then held the position of Acting Director, Innovation and Advanced Technology Sectors at Enterprise Saskatchewan.

David is now Acting Director within the newly created Innovation Saskatchewan (IS). In that role, he oversees the day-to-day operations of IS, as well as being responsible for research co‑ordination, and both joint federal-provincial and interprovincial innovation initiatives. He has worked on Innovation Policy for the province for four years, including being lead author of the “Saskatchewan Framework for an Innovation Economy.”

David originally started in government as Manager of Information Systems for the Department of Science and Technology in 1988. Prior to that, he had 10 years experience working in the private sector, as President of Custom Computing Systems, Saskatchewan’s first retail storefront selling personal computers, and then as Manager of Information Systems at Develcon Electronics, a Saskatoon-based manufacturer of computer communications equipment.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Theoretical Computing and is a life-long resident of Saskatchewan. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors for both the Canadian Light Source (CLS) and the Saskatchewan Advanced Technology Association (SATA).