Make the Future - Ottawa's Tech Podcast

Quote by Guy Lévesque, Associate Vice-President, Research Support & Infrastructure, at the University of Ottawa. Excerpt from episode 12 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

This episode of the Make the Future podcast features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Jamie Petten, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011 John Proctor, CEO of Martello Technologies Dimple Thomas, Systems Verification Engineer & theme driver of Diversity and Inclusion at Ericsson

Quote by John Proctor, CEO of Martello Technologies. Excerpt from episode 11 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

This episode of the Make the Future podcast features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Jamie Petten, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011 J. Patrick Ferris, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, at KRP Properties (Wesley Clover International Corporation), LLB, Common Law ʾ87 Jenna Sudds, Ottawa City Councillor - Kanata North Ward 4 at City of Ottawa

This episode of the Make the Future podcast features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Jamie Petten, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011 John Wall, SVP, Head of Operation, BlackBerry Technology Solutions Dr. Ashleigh Kennedy, Founder of Neurovine, uOttawa alumna, Ph.D. in Human Kinetics 2012

Quote by Dr. Ashleigh Kennedy, Founder of Neurovine, uOttawa alumna, Ph.D. in Human Kinetics 2012. Excerpt from episode 8 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

This episode of the Make the Future podcast features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Jamie Petten, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011 John Wall, SVP, Head of Operation, BlackBerry Technology Solutions Dr. Ashleigh Kennedy, Founder of Neurovine, uOttawa alumna, Ph.D. in Human Kinetics 2012

Quote by John Wall, Senior VP, Head of Operation, at BlackBerry Technology Solutions. Excerpt from episode 8 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

This episode of the Make the Future podcast on the Kanata North Technology Park features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Jamie Petten, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011 JC Fahmy, President and CEO of CENGN (Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks), uOttawa alumnus, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Electrical Engineering ʾ91 Veronica Farmer, Director, Partnerships & Commercialization, uOttawa Kanata North, uOttawa alumna, Telfer Executive MBA ʾ96

Quote by Jamie Petten, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, and uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011. Excerpt from episode 7 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

This episode of the Make the Future podcast on the Kanata North Technology Park features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Jamie Petten, Co-host of the Make the Future podcast, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association and President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011 Leo Lax, Executive Managing Director at L-SPARK Amy MacLeod, Vice President Corporate Affairs & External Communications at Seaspan ULC

Quote by Leo Lax, Executive Managing Director at L-SPARK. Excerpt from episode 6 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

This episode of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Thusha Agampodi, Co-host of the Make the Future podcast, Engineering Manager at Magnet Forensics Erin Blaskie, Director of Marketing at Fellow.app Karolina Kural, Recruitment Programs and Employer Branding Specialist at Kinaxis

This episode of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Thusha Agampodi, Co-host of the Make the Future podcast, Engineering Manager at Magnet Forensics Susan Richards, FCPA, FCMA, Virtual CFO and Managing Partner at numbercrunch inc. Oliver Fisher, SVP Engineering at FreshBooks

Quote by Thusha Agampodi, Engineering Manager at Magnet Forensics. Excerpt from episode 5 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

Quote by Erin Blaskie, Director of Marketing at Fellow.app. Excerpt from episode 5 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

Quote by Susan Richards, Virtual CFO & Managing Partner at numbercrunch inc. Excerpt from episode 4 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

Quote by Oliver Fisher, Senior Vice President, Engineering, at FreshBooks. Excerpt from episode 4 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

This episode of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Thusha Agampodi, Co-host of the Make the Future podcast, Engineering Manager at Magnet Forensics Leah MacMillan, Chief Marketing Officer at Trend Micro Eli Fathi, CEO of MindBridge Ai, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ81 and Bachelor of Science (BASc) ʾ78 in Electrical Engineering

This episode of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Thusha Agampodi, Co-host of the Make the Future podcast, Engineering Manager at Magnet Forensics Dr. Parinaz Sobhani, Director of Machine Learning at Georgian Partners, uOttawa alumna, Ph.D. in Computer Science, machine learning and natural language processing, 2017 Julia Elvidge, Board Member of CYBERNETIQ, Advisor for Invest Ottawa, Activator for SheEO, Former President of Chipworks

This episode of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Thusha Agampodi, Co-host of the Make the Future podcast, Engineering Manager at Magnet Forensics Dr. Parinaz Sobhani, Director of Machine Learning at Georgian Partners, uOttawa alumna, Ph.D. in Computer Science, machine learning and natural language processing 2017 Julia Elvidge, Board Member of CYBERNETIQ, Advisor for Invest Ottawa, Activator for SheEO, Former President of Chipworks

Quote by Eli Fathi, CEO of MindBridge Ai, University of Ottawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ81 and Bachelor of Science (BASc) ʾ78 in Electrical Engineering. Excerpt from episode 3 of season 2 of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

Quote by Julia Elvidge, former President of Chipworks, tech investor & advisor.  Excerpt from episode 1 of season 2 of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.

Listen to the sneak peek of season 2 of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion. The new season was launched on March 3, 2020.

Listen to the trailer of season 2 of the Make the Future podcast on equity, diversity and inclusion. The new season was launched on March 3, 2020.

This is a special episode with two members of our Rocketry Club! Join the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and his co-host Patrick Dumond (Technical Advisor at JMTS and an Assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering) as they chat Rockets with Manit Ginoya (Co-founder of the Rocketry Club) and Andrew Zavorotny (Aerostructures Design Lead of the Rocketry Club).

Ceci est un épisode spécial avec deux membres de l'équipe de course de voitures électriques de l'Université d'Ottawa! Joignez-vous au doyen de la Faculté de génie et à son coanimateur, Patrick Dumond (conseiller technique de JMTS et professeur adjoint à la Faculté de génie), pour discuter de courses de voitures électriques avec Justine Boudreau (coordonnatrice du Makerlab et pilote de l’équipe) et Benoit Rousseau (Chef de l’équipe de course).

This is a special episode with two members of uOttawa's Electric Car Racing Team ! Join the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and his co-host Patrick Dumond (Technical Advisor at JMTS and an Assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering) as they chat electric car racing with Justine Boudreau (Makerlab coordinator and Team driver) and Benoit Rousseau (Lead of the Electric car Racing team).

Episode 11 Today will be our final episode of this season. As we approach this year’s convocation we'll be discussing with several of our recent graduates and future graduates.    To offer students a look into what awaits them, we met with two of this year’s graduating cohort, one of our 2014 alumna and one of our current students. We got their view on what they expect to come next ,how they’ve fared so far with their professional experiences and what they would like to have known when they started their university journey. Time Stamp Episode 11 3:25- Why go into engineering? How did you see it then, how do you see it today? 13:18- For Jerry: where does his interest in podcast come from and why did he start his own tech Podcast? 20:40- How do you deal with the heavy tech focus in Silicone Valley? Are you able to have other hobbies? 22:50- For Sarah: were you able to maintain that sport-life-work balance now that you’re working? 23:46- For Humam: how is your own work-life balance as a current student? 24:40- For Jerry: how different is it to start your own company than working for others? 27:00- For Jerry: how did you recruit engineers to be part of your start-up? 28:30- For Sarah: how is the diversity aspect within your team? 32:00- Talk about diversity within a construction-based company. 34:30- For the Dean: has the amount of women applying to engineering gone up? 35:30- For Humam: is there a lot of diversity within the Brunsfield Center (Mechanical shop). 38:30- For all: what would you tell yourself when you started engineering I university?   Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make The Future

Episode 10 For this episode, we’re doing a special LIVE recording of the Make the Future podcast at the University of Ottawa’s Kanata North offices in front of a wonderful audience to discuss one of our favorite subjects, combining engineering and arts, more precisely: Creativity, VR and Engineering Design! We’re joined once again by Hanan Anis, Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Ottawa, by Chantal Rodier the Faculty of Engineering’s Artist-in-Residence and Elisha Pruner, a two-time uOttawa Engineering alumna part of the first CEED cohort who currently works as a Software Developer in Machine Learning and Virtual Reality at the Ottawa Hospital. Time Stamp Episode 10 2 :41- Why engineering design is important to students and industry. 4:40- A question for Elisha about the experience of being part of the first Makerspace cohort at uOttawa. 6:40- The usefulness of having a client based experience as a student. 10:10- The need for a multidisciplinary focus in the training of tech students. 12:20- How having this multidisciplinary experience helped Elisha outside of the university. 13:45- A description of this year’s Makerspace challenge VR challenge at uOttawa. 19:00- A look at the need for the mix between art and tech. While things may be functional, they can be “ugly”. 22:40- A client based VR experience for cancer patients. 24:34- Questions from the crowd   Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make The Future

Episode 9 For this episode we’ll be introducing you to the University of Ottawa’s MakerLaunch program as we: chat with several different people about entrepreneurship, look at the program and chat with the founders of the first cohort. Time Stamp Episode 9 1:14 : Introduction to today’s episode pertaining to the MakerLaunch Program. 4:08- A discussion with two of the the MakerLaunch Founding Partners (Simon Nehme who is an Entrepreneur and Angel Investor and Jean-Michel Lemieux, CTO at Shopify) Natalie Raffoul, Managing Attorney at Brion Raffoul, and our Jacques Beauvais, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, on entrepreneurship. 13:20- The pitches from the first MakerLaunch cohort. 18:15- A discussion with Midia Shick Hassan, Manager of MakerLaunch. 25:25- A discussion with the co-founders of Wandure: Ali Kazal and Ismail Benmbarek. 33:56- A discussion with the co-founders of Noibu: Robert Boukine, Filip Slatinac and Kailin Noivo. 42:55- A discussion with Tunch Akkaya, CEO of GameStrat.   Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make The Future

Episode 8 For this episode we’re back at the University of Ottawa for the Faculty of Engineering’s Design Day! Design Day is an event which showcases engineering design projects and celebrates the achievements of our students. Today we’ll be meeting with two teams that are taking part in Design Day and one of our judges, making the format a bit different as we had to record the discussions individually. Timestamp 1:22-Introduction to the episode and Design Day. 2:20- The Fall Collection project and team. 5:54- How their project works. 12:10- The challenges they faced. 16:20-Adapting the project to the client. 17:30- Introduction to the 2nd team. 20:30- What is the project they built. 27:30-The surprises they faced. 28:45-Introduction to Michel (Mitch) Bouchard a 2001 alumni from Mechanical Engineering and Design Day judge. 30:50-Elaboration on the projects he saw. ----more---- Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make The Future

Episode 7 Today, we will be on the road again, visiting You.i TV! We will be joined by Dominira Saul, Director of UX at You.i TV, who has worked in a variety of market sectors (telecom, government, finance, health, etc.) and by Daniel Lanthier a uOttawa alumnus [BASc ’05] in Computer Engineering who is an Engineering Lead at Youi.TV and has worked in a variety of sectors including telecom, media, and data analytics. Timestamp 1 :57 : What is You.i TV all about?5:32: What are your roles at You.i TV?8:30- Where did you learn your management skills?10:10-How does one become a UX designer?12:40- Is UX Design becoming more popular?17:23- When you mention research what do you mean by it exactly?23:00-How unique is UX design within most firms?26:00- How different will UX design be abroad?27:45- Do you need to go back to school to do UX? ----more---- Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make The Future

Episode 6 This episode will be a little different as we’re now on the road and also receiving our first phone guest! Our first stop is at Shopify’s Ottawa offices where we’re joined by Shaun Illingworth a 1987 Faculty of Arts alumnus who is a UX/CX Lead at Shopify and an experienced Managing Director and new technology/innovation strategist and by Leia Atkinson, a 2015 alumna from the Faculty of Social Sciences who is now a senior researcher at Shopify. Timestamp 2:00- How did you end up in a High-Tech company with your background? 5:30- What is Shopify exactly? 7:30- Is your work a real interdisciplinary process? 12:50- When you collaborate are you all sharing the same language? 19:18- What are you looking for in people at Shopify? 20:30- How different is it to develop a product for an international market? 22:00- How do you define UX Design? 29:00- What are the time scales for a typical project? 30:33- What helped you the most from your university experience in getting where you are? 37:40- What types of internships does Shopify offer students? ----more---- Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make The Future

Episode 5 In this episode, we’re joined once again by my counterpart from the Faculty of Arts, Dean Kevin Kee, as we discuss how as academics, we see digital humanities combined with engineering impacting entrepreneurship and the digital tech and media industrial sector. In addition to Kevin, we’re joined by Professor Hanan Anis who is a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Ottawa and by Constance Crompton, an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Arts. Time Stamp Episode 5 2:34 –How does the Chair in Digital Humanities see the impact of cross faculty collaboration? 7:32- How did the Faculty of Engineering's Makerspace come about? 16:54- How do students react to this type of cross faculty collaboration?20:00- Does the Makerspace impact the way students think?30:50— Discussion on how one can no longer afford to be one dimensional in technology anymore. There are broader questions, such as ethics, that must now be considered while working on certain projects. 34:50- How do we promote these cross faculty collaborations?41:21-What should the university do over the next few years pertaining to cross-collaboration? ----more---- Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make The Future

Episode 4 This episode is slightly different, as I am joined by a special co-host, my counterpart from the Faculty of Arts, Dean Kevin Kee. Kevin and I connect with two uOttawa students, Devansh Shah from the Faculty of Engineering and Sarah Hodgson from the Faculty of Arts. We discuss their summer 2018 experience working on a very special project that mashed tech and creativity with amazing results. Timestamp 2:20—An explanation of where exactly this collaborative art piece project came from.4:50—Description of the actual project-Surface Tension.6:07- What inspired the students to do this piece?8:18- What were the difficulties students experienced working with others from inside and outside of their faculty?14:45—Where did the concept of surface tension come from?18:40—When did students realize that the end date given for this project would be impossible to reach?23:50—What would Devansh and Sarah tell their May 1st self?27:00— Intense anecdote about how they saved the project from the jaws of failure…or at least embarrassment on the big, new STEM Complex opening day. ----more---- Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make The Future

Episode 3 In this third episode, we chat with Andre Richards, a class of 2011 alumnus, who is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at MicroMetrics and Melody Habbouche, a computer science co-op student who is currently working at Klipfolio. We discuss startups in the National Capital Region, the importance of creativity as we aim to Make the Future and I also hope to offer you a glimpse into the role that the uOttawa community is playing in the thriving tech and innovation sector. Time stamp 1:45—Why did you decide to go into engineering?3:27—What drew Andre’s attention to the startup world?4:48—How does Andre live through the discomfort zone that is entrepreneurship?6:30- How does a company adapt when there is a need to change the product or the main direction of the company.14:35—The difference between computer engineering and computer science.17:56- Why keep the firm in Ottawa and not move to another of the big tech centers such as Silicon Valley?22:30—With all the data breeches that have happened, why should your clients trust you with theirs?25:00—What are the benefits of coop programs?27:00-- How do you see the impact of creativity on engineering and startups?33:00- How do you help in making young leaders? ----more---- Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make the Future Podcast

Episode 2 In this episode I am chatting with with Mattieu Gamache-Asselin, a class of 2012 alumnus who is the co-founder and CEO of Alto Pharmacy in San Francisco and Olivier Miguel, a class of 2016 alumnus who is currently pursuing his masters degree in Biomedical Engineering at uOttawa with the Clinical Biomechanics Research Unit.  We will discuss how impactful technology and entrepreneurship can help Make the Future in the health care sector. I also hope to offer you a glimpse into the role that the uOttawa community is playing in the thriving tech and innovation sector. Time Stamp 2:18—What pushed Mattieu Gamache-Asselin towards entrepreneurship?5:00—How does Mattieu sleep at night with so many people depending on him? How can we achieve an impact?7:40—How do you do right by your employees and clients?8:30—How does one balance the responsibilities to others in a field like healthcare?12:30—How do you grow as a company while putting your clients safety first?16:18—How can 3D printing evolve? Is it scalable?28:05—What have others who’ve attempted online pharmacies missed? What makes Alto different?----more---- Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make the Future Podcast

Episode 1 In this first episode, we chat with Heather Abbott, a Class of ’93 uOttawa alumna, who is now the Senior Vice President, Corporate Solutions Technology at NASDAQ in Boston and Midia Shikh Hassan a two-time uOttawa young alumna and rising star who is making an impact globally. We discuss mentorship, women in STEM and entrepreneurship, and the different ways they Make the Future. We also offer you a look into the role that the uOttawa community is playing in the thriving tech and innovation sector. Time Stamp 2:10—Heather’s role at NASDAQ4:13—What is NASDAQ exactly?7:41—How does one go from Chemical Engineering to VP Tech at NASDAQ?10:14—Heather’s turning point and what pushed her to Silicon Valley and a job at E-Bay.12:150—How do you see yourself? Do you still primarily see yourself as an engineer?15:40—Midia asks how Heather built her leadership skills.19:24—Does a mentor’s gender matter?23:05—Midia asks Heather if she would change her educational path given the chance to do it again.18:38—How does one learn leadership skills? How does one learn how to impact the world around us?----more---- Produced by uOttawa Faculty of Engineering. Make the Future Podcast