New Director at Cold Climate Innovation Centre

Whitehorse – Today Stephen Mooney started at Yukon  College as the Director of the Yukon Cold Climate Innovation Center (YCCIC). After seven years of commuting to Texas, in software development & implementations for Fortune 500 companies, Mooney relocated back to his hometown to work for Northwestel. He had been there since 2003 taking on roles in Business Development, Marketing, Wireless and most recently Manager, Customer Solutions Experts and Network Facilities Group.

 Mooney comes with a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia, where he won several national design and engineering awards. He has also been certified as a Project Management Professional.

"I’m looking forward to working with fellow Yukoner’s who want to use our services to nurture their ideas into innovative products that will help fellow northerner’s around the globe."

The Yukon Cold Climate Innovation Centre resides within the Yukon Research Centre of Excellence at Yukon  College. YCCIC’s vision is to establish a world-recognized centre for construction and infrastructure in Yukon that is focused on the development, commercialization and export of sustainable cold climate technologies and related solutions for sub arctic regions around the world.

For more information: www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/research

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Ann Bowen

Coordinator, College Relations

Yukon College

867 668 8786

abowen@yukoncollege.yk.ca

www.yukoncollege.yk.ca