This month, we had the pleasure of connecting with marketing guru, Paul Gray! Paul is the Marketing Growth Coach at Communitech currently, but he's been involved with companies at all stages - from co-founding his own start up to Disney and now back to the start up community. 

Nick Oddson is the CTO at D2L, one of Canada's leading high growth software companies focused on improving the education of millions. With Nick's guidance, D2L has gone through some incredible transformations over the years to move to a continuous cloud delivery model and scale the platform for their continued global growth.  Nick is known as a key leader in the region and has a unique ability to manage people, business and technology. He's not only passionate about technology, he also plays an active role in supporting the local Arts community.

The Fierce Founders Accelerator is a 6-month Waterloo-based program designed to give companies that have at least one female founder the tools necessary to transform their idea from an MVP to a scaleable business. We're excited to feature the Fierce Founders of the latest cohort and share their inspiring stories!

The Waterloo Region has been gaining momentum as a destination for both talent and for global companies looking to tap into our entrepreneurial culture, university research, and highly capable workforce. But as a community full of people with small town roots, and with a dedication to the success of our home-grown companies, corporate newcomers will only be embraced if they demonstrate shared values. Amazon’s call for bids to build out a second HQ (#AmazonHQ2) has sparked passionate opinions about whether this would be really good or really bad news for our community. With our unique view on the talent pool, I have some thoughts on how Amazon, or any newcomer, can ensure a welcome and become a valuable corporate citizen.

The Artemis Update

Katarina Illic is the Co-Founder and Head of Research and Development at Voltera - she and her team have developed a disruptive additive manufacturing technology that will change hardware innovation. With customers that include NASA, Intel, and Apple, this team is starting to see their hard work pay off. Kat graduated  from the University of Waterloo with an Honors Nanotechnology Engineering degree and worked with international establishments including the Federal Materials Institute of France, IBM Germany and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL).

The Artemis Update - July 2017

The Artemis Update - June 2017

The Artemis Update - May 2017

Brad Bierman is the Manager of Security Engineering at Arctic Wolf Networks. As a technical security consultant with a lot of depth in the industry, Brad is now responsible for a team of 11 security engineers at this California and Waterloo-based startup. We caught up with Brad recently to hear about their growth and the ever-evolving security industry...which is top of mind for everyone these days!