In the January OCRIRadio.com podcast: With more than 30 years of experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, Venture Coaches Managing Partner Claude Haw believes that cleantech is a great investment area and that today more venture capital is going into cleantech than ICT on a global basis. Joanne Harack, a Toronto-based succession planning coach for cleantech and life sciences companies, says that Ottawa cleantech start-ups should consider hiring from the city's strong pool of ICT talent.

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The November 2008 podcast of OCRIRadio.com features interviews with CEOs from Quadra Solar Corp. (Ra-ed Arab), Spartan Bioscience Inc. (Paul Lem), Triacta Power Technologies Inc. (Rob Brennan) and Wise Eyes Inc. (Dave Vicary), all recorded at the 2008 Ottawa Technology Venture Summit in October as part of a two-part OTVS series on investment and entrepreneurship.

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On the October 2008 podcast of OCRIRadio.com, Nathan Rudyk, President and CEO of market2world communications inc. interviews senior executives from the Purple Angel Network and a new Ottawa-based venture capital fund called Great Northern Capital. The Purple Angel?s Irving Ebert and Great Northern Capital?s Founder Bernie Zeisig, along with OCRI?s CEO and President Jeffrey Dale, share their views on why, and how the Federal Government should focus on the potential of the innovation economy ?drawing comparisons to Israel and Scotland where governments and entrepreneurs appear to be doing more with policy and funding partnerships.

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OCRIRadio.com is closing out its 2007/08 season with a series of four ?best of show ? segments featuring technology leaders from around the globe talking with co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk. This ?best of show? podcast includes segments with Geoffrey Moore, ?Crossing the Chasm? author and Mohr Davidow Ventures Partner; Mike Manson, Partner with the Taraspan Group; Cisco Systems Inc.?s CEO John Chambers, and University of Toronto Professor and economic cluster expert David Wolfe.

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Named one of Canada's Top 10 Technology Companies last December, IPeak Networks Inc. celebrates spring by taking wing from OCRI?s new Business Accelerator Program. Now with a new CEO, CFO, first customer and bridge financing that can take the company through 2008, IPeak Networks is the product of a new OCRI approach to identify and nurture Ottawa?s most promising technology companies. That new approach to start-ups is also the subject of this month?s OCRIRadio.com podcast.

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Interviewed by OCRIRadio.com co-host Nathan Rudyk at last month?s Telfer India Forum at the University of Ottawa, four technology executives and one experienced India observer brush aside the myth that India?s only role in the technology sector is as a supplier of outsourced labour. In fact, India?s strong economic growth ? forecast at 8.8 percent for 2008 ? is also building a strong market opportunity for technology products and services from Canadian companies.

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Technology marketing guru Geoffrey Moore sees big green in clean. Moore says global warming is no longer a cause, but a market. ?People have completely, completely bought into the notion that this is going to be a global re-engineering of business practices and industrial practices, and it will possibly be the largest market in the history of the planet.? In terms of an investment opportunity, ?I think it will dwarf I.T.,? says Moore. Moore?s statements draw on his venture capital experience as a Venture Partner with Sand Hill Road?s Mohr Davidow Ventures, plus his wisdom as the author of four books including Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game, Living on the Fault Line, and his latest, Dealing with Darwin.

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On the January 2007 podcast of OCRIRadio.com, Nathan Rudyk, President and CEO of market2world communications inc. interviews four life sciences investors and entrepreneurs, including: ? Richard Meadows, Managing Partner from the CTI Life Sciences Fund Limited Partnership ? Canada?s newest venture capital firm specializing in life sciences investments ? Ken Newport, the former co-founder and President of CroMedica Global Inc., and a local investor in life sciences companies ? Jeff Westeinde, CEO of Ottawa?s Quantum Environmental Group, a waste management company ? Niall Wallace, CEO of Infonaut Inc., a map-based solutions company inspired by solving hospital logistics problems brought to light by the SARS crisis in Toronto The interviews are the second of a two-part series recorded at last month?s BioNorth Biotechnology and Life Sciences Conference. The podcast also discusses the record employment for technology workers in the Ottawa region.

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On the December 2007 podcast of OCRIRadio.com, Nathan Rudyk, President and CEO of market2world communications inc. interviews senior executives from two Ottawa life sciences start-ups. ImaSight Inc.?s CEO John Brooks and Vocantas Inc.?s Gary Hannah ? as well as XRoads Solutions Group?s Managing Director Ogan Gurel and University of Toronto Professor and industrial cluster expert David Wolfe are interviewed on the first part of a two-part podcast series recorded live at OCRI?s BioNorth Biotechnology and Life Sciences Conference and Exhibition in November.

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Senior executives from image processing firm eSight Corp. and network performance software house, IPeak Networks Inc., are featured on the November podcast of OCRIRadio.com. eSight?s Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Rob Hilkes, and IPeak Networks founder, Matthew Williams, discuss venture capital investment opportunities offered by their respective companies on the second part of a two-part podcast series recorded live at OCRI?s Ottawa Venture and Technology Summit in September. Luigi Licciardi, Executive Vice President for Telecom Italia Group, rounds out the November podcasts with his interest in new mobile technologies emerging from Ottawa?s telecom sector.

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The Oct. 19th OCRI/ITAC breakfast speech by John Chambers, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cisco Systems Inc., extends a tradition of attracting top global tech CEOs such as Bill Gates to Ottawa. Chambers revealed Cisco?s vision for the future of Web 2.0-inspired collaborative productivity in both the private and public sectors which will drive the next decade of innovation and business productivity. If you were not among the 800+ members of Ottawa's business and academic community there to hear John Chambers in person, OCRIRadio.com brings you his speech in full. It is an hour long podcast well worth your time as you plan your own tech business strategy for 2008.

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On the September 2007 podcast of OCRIRadio.com, Nathan Rudyk, President of market2world communications inc. interviews six members of the North American investment community from the show floor of the 2007 Ottawa Venture and Technology Summit. The guests range from Boston-based VCs to Ottawa angel investors to a senior manager of the TSX Group who says that Ottawa?s tech IPO pipeline promises to deliver up to eight new public companies in the next six months.

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For the May podcast of OCRIRadio.com, Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk interview two senior marketing experts to talk about the myth surrounding the lack of marketing resources in high tech Ottawa. Allan Zander, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Sciemetric Instruments, is responsible for all facets of marketing and product management as well as the North American sales organization for Sciemetric Instruments. Gwen Avery, Director of Marketing Communications at Meriton Networks, is in charge of lead generation, strategic messaging and product launch, CRM systems, PR, and analyst relations at that company.

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OCRIRadio.com co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk talk to two bootstrap technology entrepreneurs about how they grow their companies on their own terms. Don Bradley is a founder and CTO of Braebon Medical Corp., a 30-employee company that makes its business helping people get a good night?s sleep. Rob Brennan is the founder, President and CEO of Triacta Power Technologies Inc. Started in 2003, Triacta has 12 employees and is tackling a billion-dollar market for smart power meters.

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On the March podcast of OCRIRadio.com, Nathan Rudyk, President of market2world communications inc., interviews 10 tech entrepreneurs from the show floor of the 2007 OCRI Technology Showcase at Scotia Bank Place. The guests range from Nortel Networks? CTO John Roese to Chris McIntyre, a 10-year-old student in one of the OCRI-sponsored Grade 5 robotics classes at the Ottawa Carleton Catholic School Board.

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OCRIRadio.com co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk talk to two environmental technology entrepreneurs about staking Ottawa?s claim as the clean energy capital of Canada. Entrepreneurial legend Rod Bryden discusses Plasco Energy Group, a company that turns household waste into electricity. Chris Henderson, President of environmental technology consulting firm Lumos Energy, is spearheading the new Ottawa Clean Energy Cluster. Ken LawlessKathy Mahoney, Vice President of Corporate Programs for OCRI, discusses OCRI Showcase and the OCRI Awards. Under Kathy?s leadership OCRI Corporate Programs have increased in number, offering monthly sessions on a wide variety of topics and registering in excess of 1,300 participants per month.

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OCRIRadio.com is closing out the year with a series of four ?best of 2006? interviews featuring technology leaders from Ottawa and beyond. OCRIRadio.com?s ?best of 2006? interviews include: the next 10 years of information technology, with Microsoft Corp.?s CEO Steve Ballmer; What Ottawa companies have to do to succeed with VCs, with Andrew Waitman, Managing Partner, Celtic House Venture Partners; marketing as conversation and the tools of Web 2.0 promotion, with iotum Corp.?s CEO Alec Saunders; and protecting intellectual property with Jim Skippen (formerly of MOSAID Technologies Inc.), CEO Wi-Lan Inc.

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OCRIRadio.com co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk explore Ottawa?s life sciences sector as they talk to Bill Dickie, President and CEO of Liponex Inc., and Jan Alfheim, President of StemPath Inc.Joining them is Ken Lawless, President of the OLSC, and Vice President of OCRI?s Life Sciences Program. Ageing baby boomers, a stressed health care system and virulent new diseases that are immune to traditional therapies are creating billion-dollar opportunities in the life sciences field. The ?life sciences? podcast of www.ocriradio.com explores this burgeoning sector of high tech Ottawa.

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The worldwide video game industry overtook movie box-office receipts in 2004 with sales of $24.5 billion U.S., and sales are expected to soar to $55 billion by 2008. Listen to two ?Digital Hollywood North? leaders discuss how Ottawa is getting its piece of the pixelated action. Jan-Erik Nyhuus, is Vice President of Business Development of XYZRGB Corp. Born from the labs of the National Research Council, XYZRGB creates 3-D digital scans of rock stars like Bono, sports stars like Tiger Woods and Hollywood stars like King Kong for both the gaming and movie industries. Russ Mills is the former President of the Southam Newspaper Group and Publisher of the Ottawa Citizen, and now Dean of the School of Media and Design at Algonquin College. Mills reveals how Algonquin?s multimedia expertise has found its Russel Millsway not only to California, but also all the way to China and India. Rounding out the October podcast?s guest list is Kathy McKinlay, OCRI?s Executive Director of Education and Research, who discusses how OCRI is working to get students interested in the many fascinating careers in today?s multimedia and I.T. universe.

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OCRIRadio.com co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk explore Big Money venture capital (VC) as they talk to Andrew Waitman, Managing Partner of Celtic House, Ottawa?s largest venture capital company and Ted Anderson, President of Ventures West. Together these two VCs control more than a half a billion dollars in their funds. Joining them on ?The Big Money Show? is Dr. Michael Caughey, OCRI?s founding President in the 80s, creator of the Technology Venture Dinners in the 90s, a renowned entrepreneur, and now board member on several Ottawa tech companies. Rounding out the podcast?s guest list is Stephen Daze, Executive Director of OCRI?s Entrepreneurship Centre and organizer of the Oct. 10th-12th Ottawa Venture and Technology Summit.

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CRIRadio.com co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk delve into the Web 2.0 world of business blogs, wikis, podcasts and RSS feeds as they talk to Alec Saunders, co-founder and CEO of iotum; Martin Horne, President of TravelPod ? the Web?s original Travel Blog; and University of Ottawa copyright law Professor and blogger Michael Geist. The mission? To find out how Web 2.0 social media can be used to expand markets and create communities of interest. The June podcast also discusses local tech success stories Protus IP Solutions and C-Com Satellite Systems as well as the how Ottawa's reputation as a vibrant business centre continues to flourish, attracting business interests from Calgary ? Canada?s western hot-spot.

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Tune in to the May, 2006 podcast of OCRIRadio.com and join co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk as they converse about protecting and profiting from intellectual property with Terry Ludlow, Founder and CEO of Chipworks; Jim Skippen, Senior Vice President, Patent Licensing and General Counsel with MOSAID; and Kent Ledwell, a patent and industrial design Partner with Gowlings, a national law first with offices in tech centres across Canada. The May podcast of OCRIRadio.com also delves into the brilliant turnaround and second IPO of Ottawa software powerhouse Corel, and the success of Ottawa's tech cluster strategy. Tune into www.ocriradio.com to listen, participate in blogs, and more.

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Tune in to the April, 2006 podcast of OCRIRadio.com and listen to the outsourcing success stories from three senior executives at Ottawa?s most aggressive R&D outsourcing companies - Fred Boulanger, President of Macadamian; Sheila Eddin, President of MapleWorks Technologies Inc. and Andrew Waitman, Co-founder and Board member of Fidus Systems Inc. Then get an in-depth analysis of global outsourcing trends and the Ottawa (and Canadian) advantage with Michael Darch, Executive Director of Global Marketing for OCRI. Rounding out the April podcast of OCRIRadio.com is a discussion by co-hosts Jeffrey Dale and Nathan Rudyk about the state of high tech investment, M&A and acquisition activity in Ottawa this Spring.

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Recorded live on the tradeshow floor of last week's sold-out Technology Showcase event at Scotia Bank Place, the interviews on this podcast demonstrate a first-person entrepreneurial dynamism in Ottawa's tech community in hot sectors such as hand-held computing, VoIP, robotics and IT outsourcing services. This month's OCRIRadio.com podcast includes interviews with the 11 senior executives, plus community economic and talent development leaders from iotum, impatica inc., Frontline Robotics, N-able, Flick Software, Workshift Systems Corporation, Northern Securities Inc., The Ottawa Network, the Ottawa Talent Initiative Action Center, Ottawa Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation, and New York state's St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency.

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Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is it a technology looking for a market, or a business opportunity ripe for wealth creation? Stephen Whitehead, Partner at Johnston and Buchan LLP, examines the regulations and legislation that can make or break this disruptive technology. Dave Brown, Chief Operating Officer of MKC Networks examines VoIP business models, and Kevin Ford, President and founder of Parliant Corporation tells us what it will take to make VOIP the goto medium.

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There?s more than one way to grow a high tech company. Brian O?Higgins, CTO at Third Brigade, explains how his host intrusion prevention systems company attracted $19 million in venture capital (a first-year record for an Ottawa start-up). Meanwhile Ian Curry, President and CEO at DNA Genotek, a DNA collection company, has charted 800% growth without venture capital. Two CEOs with very different approaches, and OCRIRadio.com has them both in this podcast.

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The best-ever attended event in OCRI's history was the Dec. 6th 2005 Technology Executive Breakfast featuring a speech by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, co-sponsored by the Information Technology Association of Canada. If you weren't among the 700-plus Ottawa technology leaders there to hear Steve Ballmer in person, OCRIRadio.com brings it to you in full - either as a single download or in two parts. Either way, it's a 50-minute podcast well worth your time as you plan your business strategy for 2006.

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It's OCRIRadio.com's maiden voyage. Join OCRI's President and CEO, Jeffrey Dale, and veteran broadcaster and entrepreneur, Nathan Rudyk, as they discuss technology trends, interview NexInnovations' John Kelly and Celtic House's Andrew Waitman, and talk about VIP acquisition with OCRI's Kathy Mahoney. Subscribe, tune in, and then speak your mind on OCRIRadio.com's Q&A blog.

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