The Hon. Rick Glumac, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies

First elected as the MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam (now Port Moody-Burquitlam) in 2017, Rick is the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies. He also serves as B.C.’s representative to the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region where he recently completed his term as President. Rick has previously served as the Minister of State for Trade, the Parliamentary Secretary for Technology as well as the Premier’s Liaison to Washington State.

As an MLA, he has served on the Special Committees on Reforming the Police Act and Special Committee to Review Private Members’ Business and has chaired the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

From 2011 to 2017, Rick served as a city councillor for the city of Port Moody. Rick has served as Vice President of the Lower Mainland Local Government Association and was elected as Vancouver Metro Area Representative at the Union of BC Municipalities.

Rick graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electronics Engineering. Rick has worked in a variety of hi-tech industries, from animation on major films like Shrek 2 and Madagascar, to video games, to developing mobile apps for Fortune 500 companies.