Wednesday December 12th 5:30-7:00pm
at the Nepean Sailing Club, 3259 Carling Ave

Commercialization Challenges

Eli Fathi, CEO and founder of OrbitIQ

discusses what it takes to go from invention to commercial success and the commercialization challenges facing high tech companies in Ottawa.

Eli has been a technology entrepreneur for 25 years. In 1986, Eli founded Applied Silicon Inc. Canada and in 1996 Telexis which became March Networks. Eli is on the board of publicly traded C-Com and has served on boards including OCRI, Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Advanced Technology Association. Eli is the current chairman of the Advisory Board for the Electronics department at Algonquin College. OrbitIQ is a business accelerator company with globally-deployed channels to market.

Wednesday December 5th 6:00-8:00 pm
at the Nepean Sailing Club, 3259 Carling Ave

Outsourcing your CFO

Bonnie Wright, C.A., PAdm, Virtual CFO®

discusses the outsourcing of the full range of CFO services from financial and reporting system design and maintenance to fund raising, and all the administrative functions in between.

Bonnie has over 25 years experience in senior financial positions in technology companies from public companies to spin-offs to startups including TMI Communications, BIO LOGICALS, and Atsana Semiconductor. Bonnie has several years experience as a venture capitalist with Working Ventures Canadian Fund and accounting with Clarkson Gordon now Ernst & Young. Bonnie is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Secretary. Virtual CFO works with a small number of technology companies to help them in addressing their financial requirements.