The Driving Force:
From Science to Business
March 11, 2006
Thank you to the supporting speakers of The Driving Force: From Science to Business
Michael Hughes
It’s an accepted fact that 80% (or more) of jobs are filled and business ideas financed before they ever reach the open market. Word of mouth referrals and personal recommendations continue to be the most effective methods of getting the attention of employers, partners and investors.
Michael specializes in helping professionals increase results by improving their ability to develop and leverage relation-ships. For the last fifteen years, he has been coaching business, corporate and sales professionals to achieve better results. His client list includes Grant Thornton LLP, Scotiabank, Sun Microsystems of Canada, Canadian Tire, The Rogers Group of Companies, University of Ottawa MBA program and the Conference Board of Canada. He has been the subject of articles in the Globe & Mail’s Report On Business Magazine, the Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette and the Ottawa Citizen. He has also been interviewed on ROB TV, CBC TV & Radio.
Known as THE Networking Guru, Michael has done extensive research on, and is a specialist in, utilizing networking as a business strategy. Michael’s most unique characteristic is that he has built his company from an idea to a six-figure speaking and consulting practice annually using networking as his sole marketing strategy.
Michael is past president of the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and is the current chair of the 800-member Ottawa Chamber of Commerce.
Be sure to check out Networking For Results for free networking articles, a free networking tips newsletter, and other resources from Michael J. Hughes, Canada's Networking Guru.
Dave Howlett
Dave has over 20 years of sales, marketing and general management
experience in the sports, pharmaceutical, biomedical and manufacturing
sectors. A Distinguished Toastmaster with Toastmasters International,
Dave Howlett's lectures will dramatically improve your presentation,
networking and selling abilities in the same way he's helped hundreds of
other professionals in the scientific and business fields.
Today, Dave is Vice President of Corporate Development in the Life Sciences division of the MAGNES group, in Oakville, Ontario. With his biotechnology and business start-up experience, he understands the challenges of the Canadian medical device and pharmaceutical companies and helps them balance risk management costs with the challenge of growing and developing their products.
Dave's signature series "No Selling Please, I'm Canadian" explore the attribute of hating to sell but enjoying the sale. His lectures on communication ("Selling the Story"), networking ("Knocking down Silos'), and listening ("The Art of Active Listening") are extensions of this central philosophy.
Dave's not-to-be-missed presentation will leave you fired up and motivated!
Dave Howlett B.Sc. DTM
VP Corporate Development - Life Sciences
dhowlett@magnesgroup.com
www.davehowlett.com
Karen McPhee
Karen McPhee has over 12 years experience in the food industry. She graduated from the University of Guelph with a B.Sc. in Food Science. For the last 10 years she has worked in Product Development at the Guelph Food Technology Centre and currently holds the position of Product Development Manager. She has extensive experience in commercializing food products with small, medium and large companies, as well as entrepreneurs. The Guelph Food Technology Centre is a food consulting firm specializing in product development, process development, packaging interactions, and food safety.
Tom Brzustowski
Tom Brzustowski was appointed RBC Professor for the Commercialization of Innovations in the School of Management of the University of Ottawa in October 2005.
He had been appointed President of NSERC in October 1995, and reappointed in 2000. A professional engineer, he graduated with a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the University of Toronto in 1958, and a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton in 1963.
Brzustowski was a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo from 1962 to 1987, teaching and carrying out research in thermodynamics and combustion. He served as Chair of Mechanical Engineering from 1967 to 1970 and as Vice-President, Academic of the University from 1975 to 1987. After that he served as deputy minister in the Government of Ontario from 1987 to 1995, first in the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, and later in the Premier's Council
Dr. Brzustowski holds honorary doctorates from a number of Canadian universities, namely, University of Alberta, Brock, Concordia, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Guelph, McMaster, Ottawa, Royal Military College of Canada, Ryerson, Victoria, Waterloo and York, and received the Engineering Alumni Medal from the University of Toronto. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and of the Royal Society of Canada.
Justin Henry
Justin Henry was the cofounder of Intrigue Technologies, a Toronto-based
consumer electronics company that developed the Harmony Remote, a novel
activity-based universal remote with internet programmability. The product
became the market-leading universal remote control in just three years, and
Intrigue went from a small Canadian company to being the dominate player in
an industry segment previously led by giants such as Sony, Philips, and
RCA. Mr. Henry took Intrigue Technologies through all growth phases, from
start-up in 2000, through numerous rounds of funding, to its sale to
Logitech in 2004 for $40 million (CAD). Mr. Henry is now Director of
Engineering in Logitech's Remote Control division.
Mr. Henry has a bachelor's degree in Engineering Science, and a master's degree in Medical Biophysics, both from the University of Toronto. He has worked at a number of research and engineering companies in the hardware, software and medical electronics industries.