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July 2015 Welcome to AIESEC International Huawei’s Seeds Houle Chevrier! Student Exchange for the Future Axis Ottawa on AVG Business Opens …and so much International Stage in Kanata North more inside! CONTENTS What’s New / What’s Next ...................................3 Welcome to Houle Chevrier! ................................6 Axis Ottawa on International Stage ....................8 Entrepreneur Spotlight: Steve Cody, Summer has arrived and Kanata North always looks The Better Software Company .......................... so beautiful at this time of year. No matter what your 10 summer recreational preferences are, you’re likely to find them here. AIESEC International Student Exchange ...........11 It’s wonderful to see so many people out walking at AVG Business Opens in Kanata North ............. lunch and enjoying the activities we have happening at 12 our outdoor Community Hub on Legget Drive across from QNX. Our free Yoga Class on Tuesdays has been Q&A: Fusebill’s Tyler Eyamie ..............................14 a big hit and Wednesday Lunch Parties are the perfect excuse to escape the office on a beautiful day. Huawei’s Seeds for the Future .......................... 15 We hope you continue to enjoy the great weather and take advantage of all the activities we have planned each week. As always I hope you enjoy this issue of The Kanata Networker. Sincerely, Jenna Sudds Executive Director, Kanata North BIA C Design and layout by Communicarium www.kanatanorthbia.ca CONTENTS experience brookstreet 276 four-diamond guestrooms Modern conference & business meeting facilities Inspired cuisine at Perspectives Restaurant Options Jazz Lounge with live jazz every evening Au Natural Spa Flex Fitness Studio Indoor and outdoor saltwater pools Zone 525 interactive games room B Café serving Starbucks coffee Five Twenty Five Legget Drive | Ottawa Ontario K2K 2W2 613.271.1800 | brookstreet.com /Brookstreet @ BrookstreetOtt experience the marshes The Marshes 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. & Sr. European PGA approved 9-hole short course, Marchwood Modern meeting facilities Eclectic dining at Ironstone Grill Jones Lounge for social gatherings Enjoy Thirsty Thursdays with the Dueling Pianos Three Twenty Terry Fox Drive | Ottawa Ontario K2K 3L1 613.271.3370 | themarshesgolfclub.com /MarshesGolfClub @MarshesGolfClubt PRESENTED BY IN SUPPORT OF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEDIA SPONSOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 TICKETS AN EVENING OF LIVE JAZZ, OUTSTANDING CUISINE, NOW EXCEPTIONAL WINE & FIREWORKS—ALL WITH A SPLASH OF RED ON SALE! BUY TICKETS & SEE DETAILS AT BROOKSTREET.COM/LUMIERE WHAT’S NEW WHAT’S NEXT UPCOMING EVENTS Please check out the event calendar PULSELOCAL OTTAWA— on our website for full details of KICK OFF EVENT events happening in Kanata. Tuesday, July 7 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm 565 Kanata Avenue Join PulseLocal Ottawa at its RED DRAGON GOLF CLASSIC inaugural meet up at the Three Friday, August 28 EVERY TUESDAY—FREE YOGA Brewers in Kanata. Network with 9:30 am – 5:00 pm AT THE COMMUNITY HUB! peers, share customer success best The Marshes Golf Club, July 7, 14, 21, 28 practices and learn from each other. 320 Terry Fox Drive 12 pm – 1 pm Quarterly meetings are led by Esta KRP Properties in conjunction with Legget Drive across from the Nel, Account Development Manager Brookstreet Hotel and The Marshes QNX building at ProntoForms and Natasha Golf Club present the first annual Join Inner Revolution as they Narayan, Director at Gainsight. Red Dragon Classic on Friday, provide free yoga classes each and For more details, join the PulseLocal August 28 at The Marshes Golf Club. every Tuesday this summer! Ottawa Group on LinkedIn. The Red Dragon Classic is a KRP EVERY WEDNESDAY— tenant and vendor appreciation fun TECHTUESDAY BBQ AND WEDNESDAY LUNCH PARTIES AT day. The golf tournament will be NETWORKING THE COMMUNITY HUB! a unique scramble incorporating Tuesday, July 7 July 8, 15, 22, 29 both skill and strategy as foursomes 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm 11:30am – 1:30pm will battle over 18 holes comprised The Marshes Golf Club, 320 Terry Legget Drive across from the QNX of nine “monster” holes and nine Fox Drive building regular holes. Rain or shine, enjoy tasty summer On July 8, we will be hosting a Proceeds from the tournament will fare from the grill, while you and Charity BBQ offering hamburgers be donated to the Kanata Food your associates engage in and hotdogs and broadcasting live Cupboard for local children’s Back conversation and casual networking. from MAJIC 100 FM Ottawa’s Pop/ to School program. Rock radio station. All the proceeds collected from the food sales will go to Want to sponsor a team? Brand your the Ottawa Network for Education. company for a worthy cause! For any questions or to register, please contact KRP properties by email or at 613-591-0594, ext. 2694. THE KANATA NETWORKER 3 4 THE KANATA NETWORKER THE KANATA NETWORKER 5 KANATA NORTH WELCOMES HOULE CHEVRIER ENGINEERING LTD. By Amie Kandalaft Houle Chevrier Engineering Ltd. (HCEL) is a prominent engineering consulting company in Ontario and Quebec and an industry leader in the field. Coming to us from Carp, Ontario where they spent the last eight years, the Houle Chevrier Engineering Ltd. Ottawa office can now be found at 32 Steacie Drive. The company provides Since 1994, Houle Chevrier Engineering more convenient location for many geotechnical and environmental Ltd. has experienced continual and of their clients and staff. The nearby engineering, land development and steady growth, currently employing amenities and range of professional hydrogeological services, and mate- 30 highly trained professionals. Their services have also made the new rials testing and inspection services staff consists of a mixture of engi- location more attractive to existing for residential, commercial, industrial, neers, scientists and technicians. Their and potential employees. “We look municipal, and transportation sectors continued growth and success neces- forward to working with our new neigh- across Canada. sitated an expansion of their office and bors in the North Kanata BIA!” said Recent local projects that they have laboratory space in order to effectively Serge Bourque, Operations Manager. provided their services for include serve their current and future clients. To learn more about Houle Chevrier the Highway 417 improvements from By relocating to Kanata North, they Engineering Ltd., please visit www. Eagleson Road to Highway 7, the acquired over double the square hceng.ca. current and ongoing Highway 417 footage compared to their previous improvements from Nicholas Street location. Consequently, the new office to Ottawa Road 174, and the Light provides the space and facilities to Rail Transit (LRT) construction of the allow for continued growth. Another Confederation Trail through the down- advantage is that Kanata North is a town core of Ottawa. 6 THE KANATA NETWORKER TWO LOCATIONS: 362 Terry Fox 40 Hines Rd THE KANATA NETWORKER 7 AXIS OTTAWA FOSTERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON INTERNATIONAL STAGE GLOBAL STARTUP EVENT RETURNING TO THE NATION’S CAPITAL THIS OCTOBER By Syntax Strategic is that all startups are prescreened and coached prior to the event to make the meetings as effective as possible. After a successful inaugural year, Axis Ottawa is returning Axis Ottawa 2014 brought investors from around the world, to the nation’s capital this October, giving the local and welcoming over 200 attendees, including many of Ottawa’s surrounding startup community an oppor- technology leaders, startup executives, and tunity to put their products in front of the “THESE TYPES OF executives from global technology compa- world’s leading international strategic EVENTS ARE PROOF nies as well as strategic investment firms. investors. THAT FOSTERING A “We host events around the world with the “Globally successful companies have POSITIVE CULTURE OF goal of securing investment for compa- been bred in Ottawa and Kanata, and the ENTREPRENEURSHIP nies,” says Ed Frank, CEO, Axis Innovation. region is quickly reclaiming its reputation AND TECHNOLOGICAL “We believe in the talent in the Nation’s as ‘Silicon Valley North’,” says Steven Tover, ADVANCEMENT, SUCH Capital and are excited to share this at Axis CEO, Stage 2 Partners, and a primary orga- AS THE WORK THAT AXIS Ottawa.” nizer of Axis Ottawa. “We want to provide OTTAWA AND INVEST Last year’s event provided an indispensable a platform for the next great startup to OTTAWA ARE DOING, IS stage for the local and surrounding startup meet face-to-face with strategic investors INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE,” community, with promising results. and propel new innovations onto the world SAYS BRUCE LAZENBY, stage. We have just gone live with the PRESIDENT AND CEO, “Jobs are created as a result of this event. application process and are looking for the INVEST OTTAWA. It’s not necessarily an investment in one of most exciting startups for this year’s event.” the startups, but this is economic develop- ment 101,” says Steven Tover, CEO, Stage 2 Partners. The two-day conference will feature startup pitches to investor panels, investor presentations, keynote speakers, Through connections made at Axis Ottawa 2014 in the one-on-one meetings with companies and investors, an nation’s capital, Invest Ottawa and its partners aligned to exclusive dinner for startups and investors, and many bring economic development to India, one of the most opportunities for networking. Unique about Axis Ottawa thriving technological regions in the world. Photos, Left: Investor panel hearing startups’ pitches at Axis Ottawa 2014. Centre: Audience at Axis Ottawa 2014 featuring startup participants from ‘SweetSeat’ – a smart-phone app that allows people at sports and entertainment venues to order food, drinks, or merchandise directly to their seat from their phone. Right: Panel discussion at Axis Ottawa 2014. 8 THE KANATA NETWORKER The impressive delegation in India was Indian businesses, exceeding our “These events bring like-minded brought together by Suneel Bandhu, greatest expectations,” says Suneel people together and allow for the COO, Tata Teleservices and member Bandhu, COO, Tata Teleservices.