Board of Directors

T. Austin Beggs

After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with his Bachelor of Arts in 1974, Austin joined the U of S staff, first as Special Assistant to the President, then as the University Space Manager, and later as part of Physical Plant. In 1980,he was recruited by the Saskatchewan Economic Development Corporation to commence operations of Innovation Place, the research and development park adjacent to the U of S.

He moved to British Columbia, and was employed by the Ministry of Environment in Victoria from 1982 to 1986. He returned to Saskatoon in 1986 to resume work with Innovation Place. He oversaw the expansion of Saskatchewan's research and development park system into the city of Regina, serving as acting General Manager of the Regina Research Park, (now Innovation Place – Regina), from March 1999 to May 2000. He is now the Vice President of Corporate Relations for Innovation Place. Austin is a member of the International Association of Science Parks (IASP), located in Malaga, Spain and a past President of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP), based in Tucson, AZ.