OCRIRadio podcast archives
January 2009
Claude Haw, Venture Coaches Managing Partner, now CEO of OCRI
Claude Haw speaks about the venture capital and workforce opportunities for cleantech industry in Ottawa.
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November 2008
Ra-ed Arab, CEO of Quadra Solar Corp
Paul Lem, CEO of B Spartan Bioscience Inc.
Rob Brennan, CEO of Triacta Power Technologies Inc.
Dave Vicary, CEO of Wise Eyes Inc.
Interviews with CEOs recorded at the 2008 Ottawa Technology Venture Summit in October 2008.
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Mar 2008
Sonam Devgan, CEO of Algol Semantics Inc.
Mike Manson, Partner with The TaraSpan Group
Sonam Devgan brushes aside the myth that India is only supplier of outsourced labour. India offers a market opportunity for technology products and services from Canadian companies.
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Jan 2008
Ken Newport, the former co-founder and President of CroMedica Global Inc.
Jeff Westeinde, CEO of Ottawa’s Quantum Environmental Group
Niall Wallace, CEO of Infonaut Inc.
Three life sciences investors and entrepreneurs are featured on the second of a two-part series recorded at the 2009 BioNorth Biotechnology and Life Sciences Conference.
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Download the interview with Jeff Westeinde
Download the interview with Niall Wallace
Dec 2007
John Brooks, CEO of ImaSight Inc.
Gary Hannah, CEO of Vocantas Inc.
CEOs from two Ottawa life sciences start-ups are interviewed on the first of a two-part podcast series recorded live at OCRI’s BioNorth Biotechnology and Life Sciences Conference in November.
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Download the interview with Gary Hannah
Oct 2007
John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems Inc.
John Chambers revealed Cisco's vision for the future of Web 2.0-inspired collaborative productivity which will drive the next decade of innovation and business productivity. This podcast is the full-length hour-long version of his OCRI/ITAC breakfast speech.
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Sep 2007
Robin Axon, Partner, Ventures West
Rainer Paduch, Managing Angel, Ottawa Angel Alliance
The interviewees of this podcast are two members of the North American investment community from the show floor of the 2007 Ottawa Venture and Technology Summit.
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Download the interview with Rainer Paduch
May 2007
Allan Zander, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Sciemetric Instruments
Allan Zander talks about the myth surrounding the lack of marketing resources in high tech Ottawa.
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Mar 2007
Alec Saunders, founder and CEO, iotum
Arash Akbarzadeh, founder and CEO, Anavx Studios
Kevin Ford, founder and CEO, Parliant Corp.
Paul Emond, founder and President, Versature Corp.
Tech entrepreneurs are interviewed from the show floor of the 2007 OCRI Technology Showcase at Scotia Bank Place.
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Download the interview with Arash Akbarzadeh
Download the interview with Kevin Ford
Download the interview with Paul Emond
Nov 2006
Bill Dickie, President and CEO of Liponex Inc
Bill Dickie speaks about the billion-dollar life sciences opportunities caused by ageing baby boomers, a stressed health care system, and virulent new diseases.
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Sep 2006
Andrew Waitman, Managing Partner of Celtic House
Dr. Michael Caughey, OCRI's founding President
The ‘Big Money Show’ explores venture capital (VC) with Andrew Waitman and Dr. Michael Caughey.
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Download the interview with Dr. Michael Caughey
Jun 2006
Alec Saunders, co-founder and CEO of iotum
Delve into the Web 2.0 world of business blogs, wikis, podcasts and RSS feeds with Alec Saunders.
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May 2006
Terry Ludlow, Founder and CEO of Chipworks
Jim Skippen, Senior Vice President, Patent Licensing and General Counsel with MOSAID
Hear about protecting and profiting from intellectual property with Terry Ludlow and Jim Skippen.
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Apr 2006
Andrew Waitman, Co-founder and Board member of Fidus Systems Inc
Listen to an outsourcing success story from Ottawa's most aggressive R&D outsourcing companies - Fidus Systems Inc.
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Jan 2006
Ian Curry, President and CEO at DNA Genotek
Ian Curry explains how DNA Genotek charted 800% growth without venture capital.
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Dec 2005
Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corp.
Hear the full 50 minute speech by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for the Dec. 2005 Technology Executive Breakfast co-sponsored by the Information Technology Association of Canada.
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Nov 2005
Andrew Waitman, founding Partner, Celtic House
John Kelly, Chairman, NexInnovations
The maiden voyage of OCRIRadio features two interviews with Andrew Waitman and John Kelly
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Download the interview with Andrew Waitman