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Dr. Tom Corr is the President and CEO of Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) – a non-profit organization that drives the commercialization of cutting-edge Ontario-based research across key market sectors to build the province's innovation economy and secure its global competitiveness.
Previously, Dr. Corr was the CEO of the Accelerator Centre (AC) at the Waterloo Research and Technology Park and Associate Vice-President of Commercialization at the University of Waterloo (UW) and Director of Commercialization - IT & Communications at the University of Toronto. Dr. Corr’s career also includes over 30 years in the IT sector including positions as Managing Partner at Catalyst Partnership; founder and CEO of Momentum Systems; founder and CEO of Applied Development Corp., and President of Canadian Data Processing Corp.
His education includes a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Henley Management College/Brunel University in England, an MBA from the University of Toronto, and an Advanced Post Graduate Degree in Management Consultancy from Henley Management College. Dr. Corr has also completed his certification as a corporate director by the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds the ICD.D designation.
Ontario Centres of Excellence currently manages more than 630 research, commercialization and talent projects that will bring innovation to the marketplace and foster the training and development of future innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Born in Sudbury and raised in Coniston, Aime started his career with the Federal Government in 1973, having worked for Revenue Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). In 1978, he transferred to the Province of Ontario to work with the Ministry of Northern Affairs. Over that period of time, he worked in a number of positions promoting and delivering economic development activities throughout Northern Ontario.
As the Executive Director of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) for the last eight years, Aime was responsible for overseeing this significant development corporation which administers numerous funding programs designed to foster job creation and strengthen communities across the north.
Prior to his assignment with the NOHFC, Aime led some significant assignments for the ministry. One of those was his coordination of the Provincial Local Services Realignment Activity across the North. In this position, he was instrumental in the development of the municipal area service delivery structures across the north. He led the initial review and discussion which formed the basis of the Provincial Land Tax reform implemented recently.
During the closure of Elliot Lake’s two uranium mines, and the resulting major economic downturn, Aime was assigned to lead the provincial government response to deal with the crisis which impacted Elliot Lake and several other area communities and First Nations.
Previous to those assignments, Aime was manager of the ministry’s Northern Development Branch responsible for the provision of economic and social program services in northeastern Ontario.
Aime was appointed Director General of FedNor, the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, on June 16, 2010. His primary role is to ensure that FedNor delivers on its mandate to create economic growth, diversification, job creation and sustainable communities in Northern Ontario.
No stranger to the North, Aime brings an extensive and solid understanding of current issues and opportunities facing Northern Ontario to the FedNor helm.
, Assistant Deputy Minister Innovation & Commercialization
Brad Graham is the Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation & Commercialization at the Ministry of Research and Innovation, Government of Ontario. The Ministry promotes world class innovation in key areas such as the bio-economy, clean technology, advanced health technology, pharmaceutical research, digital media and information and communications technology.
Prior to his current appointment, Brad Graham was the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Ontario Growth Secretariat, with the Ministry Infrastructure. He has provided leadership for the government’s Places to Grow initiative including the development of Growth Plans for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and for Northern Ontario. Their work received numerous awards including the American Planning Association’s Daniel Burnham Award, an Award for Planning Excellence from the Canadian Institute of Planners, the first ever Leonard Gertler Award of Distinction from the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, and the Canadian Urban Institute’s 2008 Urban Leadership Award. Brad has also been awarded Ontario’s Amethyst Award for excellence in public service.
Brad Graham is a Fellow at the University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance.
Brad is an economist by training and for the past 24 years has held a number of senior positions with the Ontario Public Service, including at the Ministries of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Health, and Finance.t
After acquiring his mechanical engineering degree in the mid-70’s from UWO, Glenn spent 6 years with Ingersoll Rand based in Toronto and Calgary working with large scale pump and compressor users in the automotive/industrial, petroleum and petrochemical industries. He returned to Western’s Ivey School of Business for an MBA in the mid-80’s and then joined MTI in North Bay, Ontario (formerly LHD Equipment Ltd.,) as their Manager of Sales and Engineering.
Between the late’ 80s and through till 2000, Glenn started up and managed Mintronics, developers of the Opti-Trak, BodyGuard and Tele-Trak systems. These mine vehicle automation systems turned out to be classic disruptive innovations for the mining industry and Glenn experienced all the fun that bringing multiple disruptive innovations to market entails. After selling his stake in the business, Glenn joined the School of Business at Nipissing University and embarked on his PhD focused on innovation practices inside SME-sized manufacturers. Glenn was awarded his doctorate in management from Exeter University in the UK in 2008.
At present, Glenn seeks to maintain a balance between teaching and research about business strategy and innovation and consulting on an extensive range of process issues with a view to remaining current and relevant for both students and clients. Glenn has a passion for improving innovation management and is excited to share the results of his research.
Ron brings over twenty five years of successful technology management experience to the role of Executive Director of Innovation Factory. Before that he was the Entrepreneur in Residence at Communitech, helping dozens of companies grow significantly and acquire funding.
Ron has also been the CEO of Dejero Labs and was the founding President at SlipStream where he grew a highly profitable company with 2,000 customers in over 45 countries. This company was sold to Research in Motion in 2006. Ron also helped start as Chief Executive at PostRank which was sold to Google in 2010.
Ron held other local positions as President at LivePage, (which was sold to Janna Systems) and was the founding President at Waterloo Maple, profitably growing it from a start-up to over 50 people. He has also held senior positions at Cebra (the electronic commerce division of the The Bank of Montreal), Tallgrass Technologies and MicroWare Distribution.
Ron is a graduate of Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo.
Fostering Mentorship
- Business Models
- Optimizing Distribution Channels
- Creating Customer Centered Company Culture
- Funding (Angel & VC)
- Branding
- Marketing
- Selecting the Right Team Members
- Structuring Your Board
Areas of Expertise
He is an inventor, a scientist, and a practiced industry leader. Dr. Rui Resendes' educational and professional background adds up to a rare combination of expertise, one that has equipped him with the ability to bridge the two distinctive worlds of science and business for a singular cause: innovation. Dr. Resendes graduated from the University of Toronto with a PhD in chemistry and a specialization in advanced materials. Since then, he has filled numerous leadership roles in research and business development with Bayer MaterialScience and LANXESS. During this time, he has contributed to several patent families and has numerous technical and commercial publications and presentations to his credit.
In 2007, Dr. Resendes assumed the role of Director of Commercial Development, Chemistry and Materials, at Queen’s University’s PARTEQ Innovations, one of Canada’s foremost technology transfer offices. Shortly after joining PARTEQ, Dr. Resendes led the creation of GreenCentre Canada, an exciting new commercialization model that is the first of its kind in North America. In 2009, he was appointed the Centre’s Executive Director.
Andrea Mandel-Campbell is a journalist, author and sought-after public speaker. She is a former anchor at CTV’s Business News Network and is the author of the celebrated book, Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson. Nominated for the Writer’s Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing and the John Wesley Dafoe Book Prize, Why Mexicans takes a penetrating and unapologetic look at why Canadian companies fail to go global and why they must. As a public speaker, Andrea regularly travels the country to speak with government, companies and industry associations about the challenges and opportunities globalization offers and what Canadians need to do to be more competitive both from a private and public policy perspective. She most recently ran as a candidate for the PC party in the Ontario provincial election.
A foreign correspondent in Latin America for close to a decade, Andrea was the Mexico bureau chief for London’s Financial Times as well as correspondent in Argentina for Business Week magazine. In Canada, she worked as a feature writer for the National Post, specializing in global competitiveness issues and has contributed to Maclean’s and The Walrus magazines. In 2006 Andrea won a media fellowship from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada to travel to China and write about Canada-China business ties for Maclean’s magazine.
Andrea is on the board of directors of the Canadian Council for the Americas and in 2008 the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) awarded her an Honorary Certified International Trade Professional designation (CITP). She is the co-founder of Forgirlsake, a charity which funds grassroots projects in support of girls’ education around the world.
She lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter Isabella, and son, Adrian.
Her website is:
http://andreamandelcampbell.com/
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