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Claude Haw

Claude Haw
Co-Chair of TiECon Canada

President
Venture Coaches

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Vineet

Vineet Srivastava
Co-Chair of TiECon Canada

Chief Operating Officer
Cistel

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Bharat Rudra (200 x 200)

Bharat Rudra
President, TiE Ottawa

Country Manager for India & Brazil
International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada

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Margaret Peggy Cameron

Peggy Cameron
Executive Director, TiE Ottawa

President
Cameron Leadership Development Inc.

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Margaret Peggy Cameron Cameron Leadership Development Inc. is a company started in 1998 in Ottawa to provide individuals and families with help planning their financial affairs – creating a budget, managing cash flow, saving for education or retirement, saving income tax, dealing with CRA, managing the lottery winnings. Our services also include Financial Divorce Specialist services – Helping people through the financial issues that are a concrete part of the divorce process
Tuhin DasTuhin Das is the Manager, Talent Initiatives and strategic consultant for TiE Ottawa; Program delivery official for both Brazil & India R&D Funding programs at ISTPCanada; Project Manager and go to person for establishing strategic business development initiatives and funding opportunities with Brazil and India. He has a strong background in community involvement and provides marketing and online content strategies for various initiatives. He was nominated for the 2012 Ottawa Immigrant Awards.

Tuhin has a Bachelor of International Business (honors) degree from Carleton University with a major in International Marketing & Trade and a minor in Spanish. He is currently pursuing his Project Management Certificate to work towards his PMP designation.

As a core member of TiE Ottawa executive team, Tuhin helps create and distribute relevant and valuable content to engage defined target audiences, transfer knowledge and create awareness of entrepreneurship training and leadership development opportunities available through the TiE Ottawa network.

As a key team player at ISTPCanada, Tuhin ensures program delivery and support to launch, execute and ensure program success by marketing to Canadian Small to Medium sized companies (SMEs) about funding opportunities geared towards building and strengthening bilateral/collaborative R&D partnerships. Tuhin enjoys interacting with Canadian companies and helping them build relationships with foreign partners (in particular Brazil & India) to promote international business.

Tuhin is a serial traveler and is particularly interested in documenting his travel experiences and share it on his new blog: http://tuhindas.com/blogupdates/

 
parm gill Parm Gill is a serial technology entrepreneur and has guided the growth and development of numerous start-up companies. He is currently the Managing Partner of the Gill Group, where he acts as a strategic advisor, mentor, investor, and developer of intellectual property portfolios for startups! He currently holds four patents – with numerous other patent applications in process, in various international jurisdictions. Parm is actively involved with the Angel Investment community as a Board Member and the Executive Director of the Capital Angel Network and Organizer of the Ottawa Venture Forum. He is also a Board Member of the Indo-Canada Ottawa Business Chamber, a member of the Advisory Board & Review Board of Carleton University’s Technology Innovation Management Review, and is on the Advisory Board of Granite Networks, a Tier III Level Data Centre and EDGE to EPIC, a group buying start-up offering essential business products and services to small and medium sized enterprises. Parm also contributes his time to numerous local organizations and charities such as the Ottawa Network For Education, the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, and TiE Ottawa. He can be quoted as saying, “Focus on the positive, keep learning, and whatever you do in life, Love It!” You can find out more about Parm and his background through Linked In at LinkedIn.com/in/ParmGill, where he can also be contacted or via Twitter, @ParmSGill
Claude HawClaude Haw, P.Eng, ICD.D is President of Venture Coaches, a private consulting and investment company which he founded in 2000. He has been actively involved with more than 30 technology companies over the past three decades from start-up to acquisition and IPO and has more than 35 years of experience in a variety of technical, general management and venture investing roles in the technology sector. He serves as a Director of DragonWave Inc. (TSX) and Edgewater Wireless (TSX-V) and an advisor/mentor to Signority and Edge to Epic. Claude is a charter member of TiE Ottawa, a global network of entrepreneurs and professionals and a mentor at Exploriem, a networking and mentorship resource for entrepreneurs. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Lakehead University, has completed the Canadian Securities Course and is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario. He has completed the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) Director Education Program and attained the ICD.D designation in 2012. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012 and the City of Ottawa Mayor’s medal as an Agent of Change in 2010.
Rick Norland 200x200 Rick is a partner of Thorington Corporation. Started in 1996, Thorington specializes in new company formation, co-founding new technology companies at the Seed Stage and staying with them through to the Startup Stage. As a founder in newly established companies, Thorington strengthens early business fundamentals, particularly in the areas of attracting venture capital, business planning, human resource recruiting, initial management, and financing assistance. Since 1996, he has supported 13 startups, nine of which were VC-backed, five from the point of founding. Among the newly founded companies, he has co-founded three of them; Somewhat rare, Rick’s startup experience spans across a multitude of sectors – ag-bio, life sciences, photonics, telecommunications, software, semiconductors, and IT. In short, he has a deep understanding of the challenges of building a world-class company from its first inception to its early phases of growth, and doing that in a way that has earned the support of the very demanding VC community in many sectors. Augmenting his operational experience, Rick also brings a wealth of investment banking background; Prior to Thorington Corporation, Rick was with Rod Bryden at SC Stormont Corporation in Ottawa for three years, and before that, with Nesbitt Burns in Toronto . He has participated in over 60 successful transactions, ranging from $10,000 to over $350 million. Rick has been part of private equity deals, IPOs, debt placements, and M&A transactions. With this experience, he can lead companies through their funding requirements and, as appropriate, their IPO or divestiture. Mr. Norland also has strong economic development interests, supporting both Ottawa’s life sciences sector and information and communications technology sector. Rick has been the volunteer Chairman of OCRI’s Entrepreneur and Business Development Committee, having been involved with that program between 1991 and 2001. Its activities include the Entrepreneurship Centre, the Ottawa Capital Network and the Ottawa Venture Capital & Technology Summit. Other volunteer efforts include being a Charter Member for TiE-Ottawa and Director on the Board of the Ottawa Angel Alliance. Rick received his MBA and Bachelor of Engineering Science Degrees from The University of Western Ontario. Other accreditation includes that of a Professional Engineer, a Chartered Business Valuator and Accredited Associate of the Institute for Independent Business (small business advisor).
Bharat Rudra (200 x 200) Mr. Bharat Rudra has more 24 years of experience in collaborative research and development program management, business management and software development. As the Country Manager for India and Brazil at ISTPCanada, he is accountable for the management of the Canada-India and Canada-Brazil collaborative R&D funds. Prior to joining ISTPCanada, Mr. Rudra was a Business Development Manager for Ottawa at the Ontario Centers of Excellence (OCE) and held several software development positions in the telecommunication industry. An entrepreneur in his own right, Mr. Rudra also co-founded and managed several technology-based companies in Ottawa. Mr. Rudra is also a co-founder and charter member of the Ottawa chapter of The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE), where he currently serves as President.
Manu Sharma 200x200Manu is an Engineer by background, Technology Entrepreneur by choice, and Community Activist at heart. He has spent the last 13 years of my life building unique technology solutions, supporting young entrepreneurs, facilitating innovation relationships and developing niche talent advancement programs. Manu has a strong strategic interest in creating opportunities to empower individuals, organizations and communities to connect, communicate, collaborate and co-create. As a technology entrepreneur, Manu has spent a good part of the last decade designing and building enterprise applications for some of the most complex business domains including real estate, ecommerce, retail, insurance, hospitality, education and most recent in the realm of social computing. His expertise extends to thick client, thin client and realtime applications using technologies such as PHP/My SQL, Ruby/Rails, Java/J2EE, ASP.Net, C/C. I have also worked extensively with most open source CMS platforms including WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, ExpressEngine, DotNetNuke and Plone, as well as with prominent open source mobile toolkits and libraries such as jQuery mobile, PhoneGap and Sencha Touch. Manu is currently engaged as a Managing Partner with OAK Computing, an Ottawa based full service software development firm that he co-founded. Previously, he worked with Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) as the Manager of Entrepreneurship Development & Innovation Support, a role in which he developed, managed, facilitated and supported youth entrepreneurship and innovation support programs in Ottawa. Over the last 7 years, Manu has worked closely with a host of entrepreneurship and innovation programs, including Carleton University Foundry Program, University of Ottawa Entrepreneurship & Innovation Endowment fund, Wes Nicol Business Plan Competition, Tech Venture Challenge (TVC), Ottawa Innovation Challenge, Ottawa Community Challenge, The Ottawa Experience, Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), Hire Immigrants Ottawa (HIO) and Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE).
sonya shorey Sonya Shorey is a communications executive with more than 13 years of experience in achieving business results through the delivery of integrated communications strategies for private, public and non-profit organizations.   She served as Manager of Communications and Organizational Development for the 10G Organization of Optical Networks with Nortel Networks from 1999 to 2001, and as Director of Marketing Communications for CMC Microsystems from 2001 to 2008.  Building on a decade of experience, Sonya launched her own Strategy and Communications company in April 2008. As the Principal of Sonya Shorey Consulting, she is responsible for the development, implementation and measurement of marketing and communications strategies for  organizations, innovation agencies and government departments. She has received eight international awards for her work in this area from organizations such as the League of American Communications Professionals (LCAP), the American Society of Professional Communicators (ASPC); and MerComm, the only independent global awards organization founded with the mission to advance the standards of excellence in the field of corporate communications.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts, Combined High Honors in Political Science and English from Carleton University.
SanjeevSanjeev is a Senior Oracle resource with over twenty (25) years of professional experience in the IT industry. He has an in depth knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Oracle Tools, Standards, Frameworks and Methodologies as a Technical Project Leader, Application/Technical Architect, Database Administrator, and Developer. He has worked on various integrated projects within Government, Non-Profit and the Private Sector that included requirements analysis, process system design, application/custom development, testing, documentation, implementation, and end-user training. Sanjeev is the co-founder of TiE-Ottawa (The Indus Entrepreneur), a global network of entrepreneurs and professionals and also the past chair of ICCC-Ottawa (Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce and past Treasurer of MUKUL Hindi School for children. He holds a Bachelor (Honours) of Computer Science from the University of Ottawa and is security cleared to the Secret level with the Canadian and International Industrial Security Division (CIISD) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) and is ITIL Certified.
VineetVineet is currently a Chief Operating Officer at Cistel Technology. Cistel provides a wide range of IT services and employs over 170 employees and associates in Canada and the US. Vineet is a Mechanical Engineer by training, but has spent last 23 years in the Information Technology space. At Nortel, Vineet worked in various roles as an individual contributor and as senior management and won several recognitions, including top-talent. Vineet joined Cistel as Vice President in 2001 with an entrepreneurial hat. During the last 8 years, revenues have grown four-folds to over $12M in 2008 and upwards of 130 new jobs created. The key guiding principles Vineet has adopted in his approach include wealth creation via steady sustainable growth, long-term stability of the business, and profitability. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology (India) in 1985, Vineet went to University of Alaska at Fairbanks where he received his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1987 and a MBA in 1990.
RobWoodbridge 200x200 For 12 years I’ve been immersed in the middle of the mobile revolution in roles ranging from strategic advisor, board member and coach to VP Operations and President & CEO. In each of the companies that I’ve been involved with, I’ve helped shape strategy, marketing initiatives and product development to extend existing business into the mobile world — or flat out create new businesses leveraging mobile. My experience is as diverse as the mobile industry — from a mobile game company targeting consumers to a mobile IT solution targeting enterprises to a video podcast focused on understanding the ins and outs of developing, marketing and selling mobile applications (found at http://www.untether.tv). Outside of work, I write about the mobile industry (see http://www.untether.tv), I speak at conferences and events, was named the Next Generation CEO for 2009 and am a Top 40 Under 40 recipient.

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