Invested in our New Reality

From Season 5: Mathias Ganzmann, Vice President of Manufacturing with Siemens Healthineers, talks about the company's planned expansion of its Ottawa, Ontario manufacturing facility. He explains what makes Ottawa the ideal place for such an expansion, what it will mean for the company and the local economy, as well as his hopes that some effects of the pandemic continue on in the future.

From Season 2: Ellie Ardakani, accomplished geoscience advisor and award-wining energy-tech entrepreneur, talks about disruption. How her company is disrupting the way the oil and gas sector uses data, how the pandemic disrupted the company's path, and how she is tackling the realities of being a woman in a male-dominated field, and an immigrant facing systemic bias.

First up on our Best of Invested in Our New Reality series: Andrea Winter, VP, People at Martello Technologies. In this episode she talks about the critical role of HR departments during a crisis such as COVID-19 and how organizations can put the "human" back in Human Resources.

Canada might not be ready for the mobile banking services offered by Dunia Payment, but it’s the perfect place to build the company behind them. Jean Nabolle, co-founder, CCO & CFO at Dunia, joins host Karla Briones to talk about the company’s innovative fintech, designed for Africa’s booming digital generation. The company’s mobile wallet lets users send and receive money, pay in stores with a simple QR Code, pay their bills, and more. Tune in to find out how it works and how the startup was born in Ottawa.

Decarbonizing the concrete jungle is a big job and, luckily, one Ottawa-based company is up for the challenge. On the latest episode of Invested in Our New Reality, host Karla Briones interviews Pouria Ghods, the Co-Founder & CEO of Giatec Scientific. The company is working to bring disruptive, knowledge-based, and sustainable technologies to the concrete industry by identifying current challenges in testing and design and developing innovative solutions.

Good advice is a great business. On the latest episode of Invested in our New Reality, host Karla Briones interviews Lissa Appiah, a second-generation Canadian and founder of WeApply. WeApply is a consulting business that helps talented professionals increase their marketability and visibility through career coaching and workshop facilitation.

A good idea is a nice thing to have. A great idea? That’s a business. On the latest episode of Invested in Our New Reality, host Karla Briones interviews Shanaz Sigouin, the Co-Founder and Chief Administrative Officer of AirShare Inc., a local company that designs and manufactures drone interceptors and control systems to detect, track and safely mitigate wayward or malicious drones.

Time for a coffee break! The latest episode of Invested in our New Reality is now live and this one is for coffee lovers. On this episode, Host Karla Briones interviews Muna Mohammed the founder of Ottawa’s Eight50 Coffee, a local coffee supplier who provides responsibly sourced, locally roasted coffee from around the world, right here in the capital city.

Mixing social good with good business sense? Yes, please. On the latest episode of Invested in Our New Reality, host Karla Briones interviews Dr. Diana Gimba, the Principal Partner and CEO of iRadar, an Ottawa-based data company fusing immigration and technology. Listen and discover how iRadar is improving service access by developing an immigration marketplace where newcomers can search for, and safely connect with, everything they need to resettle quickly and easily.

Electric vehicles are the way of the future, and you’ll be all charged up after listening to GBatteries CEO Kostya Khomutov – who joins Karla Briones’ on the next episode of Invested in Our New Reality. Khomutov, who co-founded GBatteries, brings over 15 years of experience in the global technology sector. He with Karla about the innovations which are powering GBatteries success, as well as his commitment to Ukraine to Canada, the new charity he co-founded to support those fleeing warn in his homeland of Ukraine.