The Halifax Chamber of Commerce presented its Halifax Business Awards on January 26. Sponsored by RBC, the event showcased Halifax’s business leaders and top entrepreneurs. Dal alumni were well represented among the winners and finalists. Browse the list below to learn more about the outstanding members of the Dalhousie alumni community behind these successful businesses. Visit halifaxchamber.com for the full list of winners, and read the January & February 2017 issue of Business Voice, the Halifax Chamber of Commerce’s magazine, for more on the finalists. Congratulations to all winners and finalists in the Halifax community!

New Business of the year

• Stephen Sayle (BSc’93, MMM’95) won gold for SayleSafety Inc
• Monique Fares (BScK’09), CEO and Dr. Howard Conter (BSc’80, MD’84, PGM’86), VP Medical Operations and Senior Medical Consultant were finalists for Signature Health
• Stefanie MacDonald (BMgmt’11) was a finalist for Halifax Paper Hearts

Small Business of the year

• Natalie Frederick-Wilson, a 2016 graduate of Dalhousie’s Executive Leadership and Development Program, won silver as owner of House of Auto Details
• Dan Monk (BEng (TUNS)’93) of MONK Renovations won bronze
• Margaret Armour (BA’66) is an owner of Aerobics First, which was a finalist
  

Export

• BlueLight analytics inc. won silver where Chris Felix (BSc’11) is Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
• Jonathan Zinck (BComm’96) helped Carson Exports Worldwide Auto Sales win bronze as Vice President, Finance
• Jennifer Wagner (MSc’08, MBA’10) is VP Sustainability of CarbonCure Technologies Inc., which was a finalist in this category

Innovative

• Co-founders Tony Bowron (BSc’98, MES’05) and Nancy Neatt (BSc’03, MMM’04) won bronze for CB Wetlands & Environmental Specialists (CBWES Inc.)
• BlueLight analytics inc. was also a finalist in this category

Business of the year

• R. Diane Campbell (LLB’67) and The Berkeley won bronze