Senior Management Team
Claude Haw, President and CEO
Claude Haw, B.Eng, P.Eng, became President and CEO of OCRI, Ottawa’s lead economic development agency, in March 2009. Prior to OCRI, Claude was Managing Partner of Venture Coaches, a venture capital firm which he founded in 2000. Venture Coaches invested in thirteen technology companies with three having been sold, one merged with another company and DragonWave, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
Claude has been actively involved with more than 30 technology companies over the past two decades from start-up to acquisition and IPO. With more than 30 years of experience in a variety of technical, general management and venture investing roles in the technology sector Claude has been instrumental in the success of many Ottawa-based companies including Venture Coaches, DragonWave, Newbridge Networks and Mitel Corporation.
He is a director of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, charter member of TiE Ottawa, a global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, as well as a past board member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA). Claude is also a founder of Mindtrust, an exclusive networking forum for technology company CEOs, and The Ottawa Network, an entrepreneurial group focused on enabling the next generation of technology companies in the Ottawa region and served as a long-standing member of the organizing committee of the annual Ottawa Venture and Technology Summit (OVTS).
While Vice-President of Corporate Business Development at Newbridge, he managed strategic investment programs, from start-up to exit, in more than 20 companies. As Vice-President and General Manager of the Newbridge ATMnet Business Unit, Claude grew the unit from inception to a $200-million-per-annum business. During his time at Newbridge, Claude managed a small investment fund, Severn Bridge Investments, which invested in 12 companies and returned more that three times invested capital. He also held senior management positions at Mitel Corporation and Leigh Instruments.
Claude holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Lakehead University, has completed the Canadian Securities Course and is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario. He has been a guest lecturer at several universities speaking about entrepreneurship, business planning and venture investing.
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