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Montreal, QC - September, 2024 | QueerTech is proud to announce leading tech entrepreneur, Bobbie Racette to their Board of Directors. This appointment, effective in August, marks a new era of growth and impact for QueerTech; particularly in areas of support for 2SLGBTQIA+ tech, or tech-enabled, entrepreneurs.
Bobbie Racette is the true definition of QueerTech’s mission, personified. As an Indigenous, Métis-Cree, 2SLGBTQIA+ leader, Bobbie has turned personal adversity into a relentless drive for equity for all. A visionary entrepreneur, she is the Founder and CEO of Virtual Gurus - a two-sided talent marketplace, enabled by a proprietary algorithm, machine learning and human expertise, that connects businesses with remote assistants who may traditionally face barriers to employment. Virtual Gurus was named in The Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Top Growing Companies in 2023.
As a champion of diversity and inclusion both within and outside of her business, Bobbie is proud to be the Chair of the Indigenous Prosperity Foundation’s Board, a Director on the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation Board, the recipient of the 2022 Indigenous Entrepreneur of the Year Award, EY’s Winning Woman of 2022, and was named the Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year in 2023.
“I’m thrilled to join QueerTech’s Board of Directors. I’ve followed QueerTech since its inception and am proud of its leadership in workplace inclusion and advocacy for Queer folx in the tech ecosystem and beyond. We share so many of the same values. There’s such a diverse community in tech and I’m so proud of that. I’m looking forward to continuing the work to provide opportunities to the 2SLGBTQ+ community and inspire the next generation of Queer folx in tech.” - Bobbie Racette.
QueerTech, and its ever-growing community, are grateful for Bobbie’s expertise as a leader at the forefront of both technology, and technology’s intersections with inclusivity. Together, they aim to equip queer tech professionals and entrepreneurs with the tools, resources and opportunities they need to succeed in the workplace and beyond.
“Welcoming Bobbie to the Board of Directors is an organizational milestone that I and the QueerTech team are deeply proud of. With her expertise and guidance, we are confident that our mission to Queer the Tech Ecosystem will reach further, and be more impactful, together.” - Naoufel Testaouni, CEO, QueerTech.
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QueerTech is on a mission to queer the Canadian tech ecosystem. Operating since 2016, QueerTech is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting workforce and economic development across Canada by fostering entrepreneurship and providing opportunities for the 2SLGBTQ+ community to access employment, professional development and meaningful connections in the technology industry. The organization is also a national leader in workplace inclusion advocacy and progressive 2SLGBTQ+ equity, diversity and inclusion policy facilitation.
Media Contact:
Lauren Hicks
media@queertech.org