Date and Time
06 April 2016 – 18:00-21:00
Ottawa-Algonquin College T130

About this event
This event is provided by the IET Ottawa Network in conjunction with Algonquin College
This will be a three hour session organized into three sections. Introduction to the speaker and support for National Engineering Month in Canada. Second part is the speaker talking about his journey into building entrepreneurial ventures. This will be followed by the audience debating take-aways from this first part. After a short break the speaker will complete his presentation followed by Q&A.

Speaker
Brian Hurley is the President and CEO of Purple Forge.  He is an entrepreneurial leader with over 30 years of experience in building strong teams, innovative products and international businesses. He previously founded Liquid Computing in 2003 and as it’s CEO raised over $44 million in venture financing, built a world-class team, delivered an award winning product to market and won international sales.  He has built and led numerous successful business teams in Nortel, Bell-Northern Research and Microtel Pacific Research.  Brian is the author of the best selling book “A Small Business Guide to Doing Big Business on the Internet“.  He was the 2007 winner of the OCRI “Next Generation Executive” award.  Brian is a member of the GTEC SCOAP Honouree Selection Committee. He is a past member of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce board of directors.  Brian graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Engineering.

Programme

6.00 pm Opening comments
6.15 – 7.00 pm Opening presentation
7.00 – 7.15 pm   Take Away comment for students and interested attendees
7.15 – 7.40 pm Break and refreshments
7.40 – 8.20 pm Closing Presentation
8.20 – 8.50 pm Q&A
8.50 – 9.00 pm Closing comments and acknowledgement of speaker

 

Registration: http://www.theiet.org/events/local/234354.cfm