Jacquie McNish Keynote Speaker

Jacquie McNish is a Senior Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal’s Canada Bureau and author of”Losing The Signal; The Untold Story Behind The Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular fall of BlackBerry”

Prior to her time as Senior Correspondent, Jacquie was a Senior Writer with The Globe and Mail and before that she was a Toronto reporter with The Wall Street Journal. Jacquie took up her position at the Wall Street Journal’s Canada Bureau in 2015.

As well as being a hugely successful journalist, Jacquie McNish is the author of four best-selling books, the latest of which, “Losing The Signal; The Untold Story Behind The Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” was shortlisted for the 2015 Financial Times/MckInsey Business Book of the Year Award.

“Losing The Signal; The Untold Story Behind The Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” is a story of a company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. Far from being a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed, the rise and fall of BlackBerry reveals the dangerous speed at which innovators race along the information superhighway.

As a well-respected journalist and author, Jacquie McNish has amazing insight into the worlds of business, innovation, and financial markets.