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

Establishing Successful

Consulting Businesses

Walter Jager, President ECD Technology Ltd (RoHS Consulting)

Walter will talk about his experience in establishing successful consulting businesses in a post high-tech bubble environment. He’ll explore the challenges and key success factors in their formation, and in the sale of one business - including selection of the type of consulting service, establishing a network and developing a reputation, importance of a website, IPR considerations, managing third party relationships, and corporate acquisition

Walter Jager is the president of ECD Technology Ltd (previously RoHS Consulting) he started in 2004, and subsequently a founding member and the vice president of consulting services for Intertek Ageus Solutions which was named to the “Profit Hot 50” list in 2007 by Canadian Business magazine.

He has assisted numerous electronic OEMs and contract manufacturers understand the requirements of worldwide RoHS regulations and to develop compliance programs. He has worked extensively in the development of international electronics standards and is regularly invited to present on RoHS at industry workshops, webinars, and conferences. During his 25 years experience in the electronics industry, he has held a variety of positions in environmental compliance, quality and reliability engineering, strategic supply chain management, system architecture and product design.

Wednesday April 23rd 5:00-7:00 pm
at LaBarge Weinstein, 515 Legget Drive, Suite 800, Kanata

Start Up, Drop-In

Words of Wisdom provided by:

Jason Flick, Flick Software

Read Jason’s excellent discussion on BootStrapping at

http://inmedialog.com/…/bootstrapping-a-start-up-no-longer-a-choice/

Featured contacts:

Ron Killeen, Ontario Centres of Excellence
Anita Shrier, OCRI’s Entrepreneurship Centre

Featured startups:

Bob Koblovsky, vr2020
Brian Budge, PacketDNA

Wednesday April 16th 7:00-10:00pm
at your local pub

The SENS vs the Penguins

Game Four

Wednesday April 9th 5:30-7:00pm
at the Nepean Sailing Club, 3259 Carling Ave

Leads and Sales

Through Web/Search Engines

Stephen Lau, Partner
SalientMarketing.com

Stephen will share his knowledge and experience in generating leads and sales through web/search engines and the importance of brand association on Google (search rankings and leads). Furthermore, if your organization already generates online leads, Stephen will also touch upon the need to understand and protect that sales funnel.

For the last 10 years, Stephen Lau, a search engine optimization specialist, has consulted with many technology and public sector organizations such as Cognos, Corel, Alcan, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Agriculture Canada and more. He has touched many issues including online customer segmentation, search engine market research, online sales processes, maintaining corporate reputation, online revenue generation tactics, resonating with your target audience using plain language, web analytics, performance indicators and more.

Wednesday April 2nd 5:30-7:00pm
at the Nepean Sailing Club, 3259 Carling Ave

A Consultation on Consulting

An Employment and IP Perspective

Melanie Polowin, Partner, Employment and Labour Law
and Thomas Prowse, Partner, Business Law
Gowlings Kanata Technology Law Office

Melanie advises Canadian and international businesses, from start-ups to well established companies, on a wide range of employment issues touching every phase of the employment relationship, with emphasis on the high technology sector.

Melanie assists businesses and investors with the employment aspects of corporate life-cycle events, including starting up, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs. She advises on compensation, termination planning, proprietary interest and non-competition protection. She helps implement effective contracts, policies, handbooks, human resources-management and risk-reduction strategies, based on the practical needs of each clients business. Ms. Polowin also has considerable experience in managing and resolving employment disputes.

Thomas’ private practice, government policy, and in-house counsel experience equip him to provide practical, timely, and concise legal advice grounded in his deep understanding of the business and technological complexities faced by companies today.

Thomas’ practice focuses on providing legal advice to technology companies. He practises in the area of technology law, including technology acquisition, licensing, and development and has a particular focus on Open Source Software matters. His practice also includes technology-related commercial matters such as strategic alliance, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property transactions.