2012 CWEA Finalist: Clara Angotti

Clara Angotti, President, Next Pathway Inc.

Clara Angotti was born, raised and educated in Toronto, Canada.  She is a second generation Italian Canadian and comes from a long lineage of entrepreneurs.  She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree with a specialty in Microbiology.    In 1992 she left her career in the pharmaceutical industry and started a technology consulting firm, Sage Information Consultants, with Chetan Mathur.    With offices in Toronto and New York City, the firm grew to over 100 consultants by 2000.  In June 2000 Sage Information Consultants was sold to a NASDAQ-listed company.  After two years with the acquiring company Clara left and started M Systems Group and in 2006 this business was sold to Bell Canada.  After selling to Bell, she founded Next Pathway.  Next Pathway is a consulting firm that provides technology services to enterprise clients and invests in high-potential companies.

Among Clara’s accomplishments, she has been a three-time Ontario finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for M Systems Group.   In 2011, she was recognized as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network; she received the award in the “Entrepreneur” category.

Clara’s passion goes beyond the technology industry through her leadership roles on various community boards and charities. Clara and her husband are Founding Patrons of Luminato, and she is a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Board of Directors.  In 2010, with the opening of the Bell Lightbox, she and her husband donated a gift to the Toronto International Film Festival through the naming of a stage.   Her and her husband have also established a Charitable Fund to benefit the Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children in O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.

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