B.C. lost one of its most successful female entrepreneurs on March 6, when Shannon Rogers Roy, president and general counsel of Global Relay, passed away at age 54.
Rogers Roy lost her 18-month battle with pancreatic cancer after earlier winning one against breast cancer.
Rogers Roy is known for being the driving force at Global Relay, helping build the company with husband Warren Roy. She was also a passionate advocate for women in business and created a group within Global Relay called Women In Tech.
She met Roy while trekking up the Grouse Grind in late 2003, and was soon inspired to give up her career as a lawyer to join him, and build what was then a fledgling start-up enterprise that had three employees.
“She put every single thing she had into getting this business going,” Roy told BIV. “It wouldn't exist without her.”
Rogers Roy helped structure the company, while planning and executing its global strategy. She also headed its sales and marketing teams, Roy said.
She also put her life’s savings into Global Relay, along with an inheritance from her grandfather. She added borrowed money to keep the company afloat, he added.
Her efforts helped grow the global cloud-computing company to more than 1,300 employees, with upwards of $200 million in annual revenue.
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