Our Venture Services Group is looking to add an Executive-in-Residence (EiR) with expertise in mobile, wireless and/or digital media.

What an Executive-in-Residence does

EiRs work one-on-one with early-stage and emerging tech companies in Waterloo Region, offering them the benefit of hard-earned business savvy and connecting them (through our Venture Services Group) to the many operational and technological resources they need to succeed.

This is an opportunity to help passionate entrepreneurs bring their big ideas to fruition (and stop them from making your mistakes), refresh your own networks, and add to the region’s business ecosystem.

Please visit our Venture Services page for more information.

This is a part-time part or full-time position.

About you

You should have CEO-level experience leading a sizable tech company or have founded at least one significant venture. Most of our EiRs have held senior industry roles or have several past ventures on their C.V.. Extensive experience raising capital, P&L responsibility, corporate leadership, etc are nice-to-haves.

The current team consists of Chris Howlett, Dan Mathers, David Strucke, Mark McArdle and Amol Karnick.

If you fit the bill or know someone who does, please contact Dan Mathers.

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Waterloo Region has a lot of tech — and we can prove it.

Our freshly minted Tech Directory catalogues over 700 organizations across the area’s flourishing eco-system.

This online version of our directory allows you to zoom in and out for reading and/or skimming, and to skip to the sections you’re interested in. Most hyperlinks, (for example those in the company taxonomies) are clickable.

Not ‘just’ Tech

The Tech Directory lists contact information for a number of industries and sectors. The full list includes:

• Academia
• Associations
• Consultants


Inside: Communitech EiR Dan Mathers talks about startup funding

• Finance
• Government
• Insurance
• IT Services
• Legal
• Media
• Real Estate
• Services and Suppliers
• Talent Resources
• Venture Capital and Private Equity

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Hi, I’m Jim Beretta and I’ve worked in Cambridge and the advanced manufacturing industry for over 15 years.

Cambridge has both a glorious past and an innovative future. Historically, the awesome force of the Grand river attracted textile, grist and silk mills — and many thriving local companies can trace their roots back to Canada’s early industrial era.

Turning History into World-Class Competency

Today, Cambridge has turned that industrial heritage into a tremendous technological competency: Advanced Manufacturing.

We make everything here: food, cars, satellites, robotics, software, and specialized machinery and equipment for the medical/pharmaceutical and nuclear industries. We also host packaging, forestry, mining, and companies in the clean-tech, green-tech industry (including bio, wind and solar).

These advanced manufacturers feed a host of service providers and contractors, who provide transportation, research & development, engineering, programming, project management, and the city’s core industrial competency: machining, tool & die and fabrication.

Cambridge, Communitech and the power of networks

Part of my job is to sit down with technology companies in Cambridge and the surrounding area. We talk about technology, branding, digital/social media, funding, competition, growth and the resources they need to succeed.

But the conversation always comes around to the two most valuable and neglected company resources: talent and networks. I’ll be exploring these topics and profiling Cambridge organizations in my future posts.

Feel free to share your feedback, questions and topic ideas.

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We’re on the road again, to make technology professionals aware of the opportunities with Waterloo Region’s tech companies.  This time, we’re heading to Milton – the Teatro Conference & Event Centre - from 7-9 p.m. on August 10.  Companies that have confirmed they’ll be attending include  COM DEV, Dalsa, Desire2Learn, Economical Insurance Group, Karos Health, Miovision Technologies, Nuvation, PROCOM, Research In Motion and Tsavo Media.

Candidates are encouraged to register online at www.waterlootechjobs.com

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A moribund group of factory buildings at King and Breithaupt is set to become a new commercial area near downtown Kitchener.

The six buildings, some dating to 1903, once shod World War II troops and manufactured auto parts. Sometime in 2011 (if the marketing spin is to be believed) they’ll house latte-drinking, creative-class professionals working out of retrofitted yellow brick offices.

One of the “Breithaupt Block” structures is set for a significant glass-and-steel makeover (see rendering). That building will welcome a single ’signature’ tenant, as described by developer Perimeter Corporation, in its 44,000 sq. ft space.

The proposed site will feature 350 parking spots and open-air public spaces.

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