Episode 7 Today, we will be on the road again, visiting You.i TV! We will be joined by Dominira Saul, Director of UX at You.i TV, who has worked in a variety of market sectors (telecom, government, finance, health, etc.) and by Daniel Lanthier a uOttawa alumnus [BASc ’05] in Computer Engineering who is an Engineering Lead at Youi.TV and has worked in a variety of sectors including telecom, media, and data analytics. Timestamp 1 :57 : What is You.i TV all about? 5:32: What are your roles at You.i TV? 8:30- Where did you learn your management skills? 10:10-How does one become a UX desi ..read more

Episode 6 This episode will be a little different as we’re now on the road and also receiving our first phone guest! Our first stop is at Shopify’s Ottawa offices where we’re joined by Shaun Illingworth a 1987 Faculty of Arts alumnus who is a UX/CX Lead at Shopify and an experienced Managing Director and new technology/innovation strategist and by Leia Atkinson, a 2015 alumna from the Faculty of Social Sciences who is now a senior researcher at Shopify. Timestamp 2:00- How did you end up in a High-Tech company with your background? 5:30- What is Shopify exactly? 7:30- Is your work a real inter ..read more

Episode 4 This episode is slightly different, as I am joined by a special co-host, my counterpart from the Faculty of Arts, Dean Kevin Kee. Kevin and I connect with two uOttawa students, Devansh Shah from the Faculty of Engineering and Sarah Hodgson from the Faculty of Arts. We discuss their summer 2018 experience working on a very special project that mashed tech and creativity with amazing results. Timestamp 2:20—An explanation of where exactly this collaborative art piece project came from. 4:50—Description of the actual project-Surface Tension. 6:07- What inspired the students to do this p ..read more

Episode 3 In this third episode, we chat with Andre Richards, a class of 2011 alumnus, who is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at MicroMetrics and Melody Habbouche, a computer science co-op student who is currently working at Klipfolio. We discuss startups in the National Capital Region, the importance of creativity as we aim to Make the Future and I also hope to offer you a glimpse into the role that the uOttawa community is playing in the thriving tech and innovation sector. Time stamp 1:45—Why did you decide to go into engineering? 3:27—What drew Andre’s attention to the startup ..read more

Episode 2 In this episode I am chatting with with Mattieu Gamache-Asselin, a class of 2012 alumnus who is the co-founder and CEO of Alto Pharmacy in San Francisco and Olivier Miguel, a class of 2016 alumnus who is currently pursuing his masters degree in Biomedical Engineering at uOttawa with the Clinical Biomechanics Research Unit.  We will discuss how impactful technology and entrepreneurship can help Make the Future in the health care sector. I also hope to offer you a glimpse into the role that the uOttawa community is playing in the thriving tech and innovation sector. Time Stam ..read more

Episode 1 In this first episode, we chat with Heather Abbott, a Class of ’93 uOttawa alumna, who is now the Senior Vice President, Corporate Solutions Technology at NASDAQ in Boston and Midia Shikh Hassan a two-time uOttawa young alumna and rising star who is making an impact globally. We discuss mentorship, women in STEM and entrepreneurship, and the different ways they Make the Future. We also offer you a look into the role that the uOttawa community is playing in the thriving tech and innovation sector. Time Stamp 2:10—Heather’s role at NASDAQ 4:13—What is NASDAQ exactly? 7:41—How does one ..read more

This episode of the Make the Future podcast features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Jamie Petten, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011 Guy Lévesque, Associate Vice-President, Research Support & Infrastructure, at the University of Ott ..read more

Quote by Guy Lévesque, Associate Vice-President, Research Support & Infrastructure, at the University of Ottawa. Excerpt from episode 12 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.  ..read more

This episode of the Make the Future podcast features: Dr. Jacques Beauvais, Host of the Make the Future podcast, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, uOttawa alumnus, Master’s ʾ87 and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics ʾ85 Jamie Petten, President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, President of the uOttawa Kanata Alumni Council, uOttawa alumna, Double Major in Psychology and Communications 2011 John Proctor, CEO of Martello Technologies Dimple Thomas, Systems Verification Engineer & them ..read more

Quote by John Proctor, CEO of Martello Technologies. Excerpt from episode 11 of season 2 of University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering's Make the Future podcast.  ..read more