The EXA Way

Alex is joined by Colin Cooke, President of the Canadian Marine  Industries and Shipbuilding Association to discuss the politics of  shipbuilding in Canada.

In this new edition of the EXA way podcast, Alex is joined by Ryan McKinney, President of Satellogic North America. Ryan discusses the increasing role of Space-based systems in the Defence  and Security industry and the progressions of technology and their uses in this field.

In this episode, we were joined by Artur Wilczynski, former Ambassador to Norway, Assistant Deputy Minister, Senior Advisor for People, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Associate Deputy Chief SIGINT at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s national cryptologic agency, to speak on the importance of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) within the Defence and Security Sector, as well as the increasing importance of DEI in Government procurement. 

EXA was joined by Bernard Mills, Senior Vice-President Strategy for Ultra Maritime for a discussion on his role as a Defence Executive in Canada, the role of academic partnerships, supply chain resilience in Canada and his views on the future of Maritime Defence procurement and the Industry in general. 

Join Simon Page, ADM Defence and Marine Procurement in PSPC, and formerly Associate ADM(MAT) in DND, in a frank discussion about the challenges and priorities the Government of Canada faces in defence procurement.

Join Dr. Dave Williams, former Canadian astronaut and former CEO of the Southlake Regional Health Centre, in an inspiring discussion about how organizations succeed by redefining the role procurement takes on in large organizations.

Join Alex McPhail, who spoke with Brett Kitchen, publisher of the Canadian Defence Review, Canada’s premiere defence journal. In today’s podcast, I asked Brett to share his insights on the influential role the CDR has held for decades in the Canadian defence industry, as well as the inroads the journal has made in the digital marketplace. Brett also explained the key to CDR’s success in the era of COVID.

Join my discussion with Robert Gordon, Executive Director of the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX), about the impacts cyber threats impose upon business, government, commerce, and society.  Former deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and director at Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Robert brings both global insights and deep, applied knowledge to our discussion about cybersecurity. In our talk, Robert explains knowledge is the best defence against cyber threats, and how the velocity and dependability of knowledge transfer are critical to success.

Join Alex McPhail and Jacques Comtois in a discussion about the secret sauce in defence contracting.  Drawing upon his years of executive leadership at L3, Bombardier, and Rolls Royce, Jacques shares his insights on success in the Canadian defence procurement landscape.