Steven Kinsey

A veteran of the telecom sector and IT industry for more than 20 years, Steven Kinsey has been active in helping industry recognize the innovative role of technology in advancing goals and objectives.

As executive vice-president of strategy and planning at Charter, a leading communications technology firm, he collaborates with the executive, sales, engineering and operations teams to build and execute on Charter’s Run, Grow, and Transform plans.

Prior to joining Charter, Kinsey was executive vice-president of sales at CounterPath after spending six years with Cisco Canada—first as regional manager for the Western Canada public sector team and then as vice-president of Cisco’s Canada West operations. Previous to Cisco, Kinsey was Western Canada regional manager at Nortel Networks.

Kinsey attended executive training at Harvard Business School and the Banff School of Advanced Management. He also has a diploma in yacht design and has a long history in boating—from design, to construction and sales—and holds a number of records as a competitive sailor.

In addition to sitting on the board of MSFHR for 7 years, including as Vice Chair, and as a member of the finance and audit committee, he served for 11 years on the board of BCNET, a not-for-profit shared information technology services organization that represents the interests of post-secondary and research institutes in BC.