Wednesday January 14th 6:00-8:00pm
at the Code Factory, 246 Queen Street , between Bank and Kent
3 x 10 Panel on Bootstrapping for Success
TheCodeFactory will be hosting a new series of events on boot strapping for success from January to May. The first in the series is lessons learned and words of wisdom with respect to how to utilize the NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program and SR&ED program. The three panelists have the entrepreneurial, IRAP and SRED perspectives. Our presenters are highlighted below:
Tim Upton: President, CEO & Founder Titus Labs Inc.
Tim has an extensive background as a technology consultant in the security and large infrastructure spaces and as an entrepreneur with over 17 years of IT experience. Tim is the founder of Titus Labs and provides the overall vision for Titus Labs products and services around information protection best practices.
Tim’s consulting background includes specialized skills in messaging, security, and Internet technologies and has lead architecture and business discussions with US Veteran Affairs (250,000 users) and US Air Force (525,000 users) to solve information protection requirements. Tim has spoken at numerous events around information protection best practices including speaking at the Microsoft MBX sales kickoff and speaking at the Microsoft TSCP panel where the largest A&D contractors worldwide were in attendance.
Bob Reichert, PhD: Industrial Research Assistance Program
Dr. Reichert obtained his B.Sc. in Honours Chemistry and Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Saskatchewan. From 1973 to 1987, he was a scientist and adjunct professor (U. of Saskatchewan) while employed at NRC’s Plant Biotechnology Institute (PBI) in Saskatoon. His work contributed to the establishment of two new Canadian companies. Since 1987, Dr. Reichert has been employed by NRC’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) in Calgary and now in Ottawa. He has served on numerous funding selection committees including NSERC’s Idea to Innovation (I to I) program as vice chair for 5 years, as well as the Biotechnology Prioritization Committee of the Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) program. Currently he is a reviewer in NSERC’s Industrial R & D Fellowships (IRDF) program. He has done site reviews on more than 400 life science firms across Canada.
