| Upcoming Event - March 10, 2010 |
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CFO versus VP, R&D: More Investment and Features – Better Visibility and ROI. Game-on for the CFO and the VP, R&D
Speakers:
Peter Allen
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
BTI Systems
Walter MacDonald
Chief Financial Officer
AppZero
Jim Davies
Chief Technology Officer
Mitel
Sebastien Marineau-Mes
Vice President of Engineering
QNX
Dave Curley
Senior Vice-president, Marketing & Product Management
Mxi Technologies
Keynote Summary:
Everybody wants more. “They” want more features, more resources, and more investment in technology. “You” want better business cases, ROI and a longer term outlook. Is there any common ground? Through this discussion, our panellists will explore the most common conflicts and misaligned objectives that can arise between the typical Finance and R&D functions. It will provide CFOs with some insight as to how other companies are managing these natural conflicts and how adopting a product management strategy early on in a company’s product commercialization can help.
Speakers' Bios:
Peter Allen
Peter Allen is Chief Financial Officer of BTI Systems in Ottawa. Prior to joining BTI, Peter was CFO of Allen Vanguard Corporation where he recapitalized the company during the global financial crisis. Mr. Allen has more than 25 years experience as a financial executive in a career that has seen him lead the finance organizations of a broad range of Canadian private and public corporations. Peter also previously Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Export Development Canada. During his tenure, EDC grew from $17 Billion to $90 Billion in annual business volume and was six times awarded the Auditor General of Canada's Award for Excellence in Annual Reporting. Peter is a Fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants and has been twice nominated as Canada’s CFO Of The Year. Peter Allen is Chief Financial Officer of BTI Systems in Ottawa. Prior to joining BTI, Peter was CFO of Allen Vanguard Corporation where he recapitalized the company during the global financial crisis. Mr. Allen has more than 25 years experience as a financial executive in a career that has seen him lead the finance organizations of a broad range of Canadian private and public corporations. Peter also previously Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Export Development Canada. During his tenure, EDC grew from $17 Billion to $90 Billion in annual business volume and was six times awarded the Auditor General of Canada's Award for Excellence in Annual Reporting. Peter is a Fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants and has been twice nominated as Canada’s CFO Of The Year.
Walter MacDonald
Bringing more than 18 years of experience from the technology sector, Walter MacDonald leads AppZero's finance and operational efforts. Prior to joining AppZero, Walter held the position of CFO for Trillium Photonics. Earlier he was Vice President Finance and Information Services for Cognos, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software. Walter MacDonald also served as CFO of Gandalf, a publicly-traded developer of networking equipment. Walter is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo.
Jim Davies
As Chief Technology Officer, Jim Davies is the driving force behind the strategic direction of Mitel’s IP Telephony solutions portfolio and its evolution beyond today’s technology horizon. Appointed as CTO in 2003, Jim brings a working history rich in research and development and business experience within telecommunications. His intimate understanding of the constantly unfolding dynamics of IP Telephony technology has placed him at the forefront of Mitel’s next-generation strategies, ensuring the company is persistently growing in new and innovative directions.
Since joining Mitel in 1998 Jim has held the roles of Vice President of R&D and Vice President of Solutions Management. In these roles he was deeply immersed in product development and the creation of go-to-market strategies for Mitel’s portfolio of IP Telephony solutions. His contributions and leadership were crucial in advancing Mitel to the front of an emerging multi-billion-dollar IP communications market.
Prior to Mitel Jim worked nine years in R&D roles at Nortel Networks where he acquired broad product development experience in hardware, ASIC, embedded software and applications.
Jim is a proud graduate in electrical and mechanical engineering from Queen’s University.
Sebastien Marineau-Mes
As vice president of engineering, Sebastien Marineau-Mes is responsible for all QNX research and development activities, including software development and quality assurance. Since joining QNX, he has held positions of increasing responsibility, from software architect to director of the operating system group. In 2007, he spearheaded the QNX hybrid software model initiative, a breakthrough approach to embedded development that combines the best advantages of the proprietary and open source software models.
Mr. Marineau-Mes served as the first project lead for the Eclipse C/C++ Development Tools (CDT) project and, in 2002, led the team that created the QNX® Momentics® development suite, the first commercially available Eclipse-based IDE for embedded development. In his role of networking architect at QNX Software Systems, Mr. Marineau-Mes worked closely with Cisco Systems to optimize the QNX Neutrino® RTOS for the world’s highest-capacity routers. He has been a major contributor to the QNX technology portfolio, including multi-core, adaptive partitioning, and development tools.
Dave Curley
As the Senior Vice-president of Marketing and Product Management for Mxi Technologies, Dave is responsible for advancing the strategic marketing direction of Mxi and its aviation management products and services portfolio.
With twenty-five years of experience in the software industry, Dave has a distinguished track record in a diversity of fields, ranging from telecom to defense. Prior to joining Mxi, Dave was Vice President of Marketing for QNX Software Systems, a real-time operating software provider. Dave has held positions as Chief Operating Officer at Texar Corporation, a security infrastructure software company; as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Bridgewater Systems, an access control software company for wireless and wireline service providers; and as Vice President of Marketing at Mitel Networks, a global provider of enterprise and small business communications solutions.
Dave is a member of the Board of Directors for OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation), Ottawa’s lead economic development corporation whose mandate is to help Ottawa technology companies compete globally. He is also a regular guest speaker for the Queens University MBAST and Business Consulting program.
| Date: |
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
| Time: |
7:30 am - 8:00 am - Registration and continental breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am - Presentation |
| Place: |
Delivered Room (2nd level)
Brookstreet
525 Legget Dr. |
| Cost: |
Early Registration (received by OCRI no later than 5:00
p.m. on Monday March 8, 2010)
$40.00 - OCRI Members (plus 5% GST)
$80.00 - Non-members (plus 5% GST)
$25.00 - Students (plus 5% GST)
Late and On-Site Registration (received by OCRI after
5:00 p.m. on Monday March 8, 2010)
$50.00 - OCRI Members (plus 5% GST)
$90.00 - Non-members (plus 5% GST)
$35.00 - Students (plus 5% GST)
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