YSBES ITO 2.0 is proud to present the first in our series, Industry Insights - Session 1 - Technology / Research & Development.

Industry experts from local technology companies Ross Video, Elastalink and GBatteries will be joining us for a moderated panel discussion.

In this one hour panel, we will be discussing research and development in the technology sector in Ottawa, including:

• How has covid-19 changed how R&D is conducted
• What is the vision of R&D going forward
• How will the industry grow in the next 5 years
• What are the labour market opportunities that will develop
• What are the new skills, education and experience needed going forward

If you are in the Technology industry, in Research & Development, if you are a recruiter, career counsellor or a job seeker, this panel discussion will provide excellent information on the industry as it stands now, and going into the future.

Panelists

Ross Video

Panel Speaker: Cathy McCallion

Cathy is the Recruitment Strategy and Community Relations Manager at Ross Video. She is responsible for the development, activation, and deployment of Ross Video’s employment brand and recruitment marketing strategy. A key aspect of this role is to deepen relationships with Universities and Colleges and further partnerships to enhance the educational experience of students.

About Ross Video

Passionate about live production, Ross Video designs and manufactures technology and services that power live video productions as seen by

billions of global viewers daily. Our goal is to make it easy for customers to create compelling news, weather and sports broadcasts, engaging material for sports stadium screens, legislative assemblies, entertainment shows and rock concerts, and inspiring content for houses of worship.

Relentlessly innovating, Ross Video delivers the industry’s widest range of solutions for augmented reality and virtual sets, real-time motion graphics, camera systems, robotics, production switchers, newsroom systems, social media management, mobile live-event solutions, video servers and signal processing. All Ross products adhere to our philosophy of Smart Production – they work together seamlessly and integrate seamlessly with third-party solutions, helping our customers meet their business, technical and creative goals.

Ross Video has offices around the world and 24/7/365 technical support is always included in the price - even for products bought on eBay. Ross employees are even authorized to, if necessary, rent helicopters to get the job done!

www.rossvideo.com

GBatteries

Panel Speaker: Tim Sherstyuk

Tim Sherstyuk is a Co-founder and the Chief Commercial Officer at GBatteries. As the CCO, Tim is the team visionary, driving the growth of the business. His role encompasses operations, marketing, business development, sales, and human resources. Tim has over 10 years of experience as a Chief Operations Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Commercial Officer. He has been granted five patents for his work at GBatteries. Tim was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2020 in the Energy category.

About GBatteries

GBatteries is an advanced battery technology company, revolutionizing how batteries are charged. They have developed a technology that allows the ultra-fast charging of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries without reducing cycle life, changing the battery chemistry, or altering the manufacturing process. Their method, which includes both hardware and software, uses adaptive smart charging as an alternative to CCCV. Their vision is to enable electric vehicles (EVs) to charge as fast as it takes to fill up a tank of gas. Removing charge time as a barrier to the adoption of EVs will increase the deployment globally; therefore, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

www.gbatteries.com

Elastalink

Panel Speaker: Jovan Strika

Jovan Strika, Chief Vision Officer at ElastaLink, is passionate about technology and innovation, he thrives on creating disruptive products and services and turning them into successful businesses. With over 25 years of experience spanning technology, management, strategy, marketing and sales, he is not just a dreamer, he loves to execute.

Jovan has been involved in every aspect of product development and business operations of ElsataLink and a few companies before. From UI design, to architecting and coding Web and Mobile applications; from sales and marketing to staff training and developing business processes to achieve scalability- He has done it all! Today that makes him capable of leading multiple complex projects, and inspiring teams to achieve greatness. Jovan knows what it takes to deliver and he know show to overcome the challenges that present themselves along the way.

About Elastalink

Elastalink Corp. is an Ottawa based, full-service IT and Telecom provider serving small and medium enterprises (SME) in Ontario and Quebec. Our services combine networking, IT, cybersecurity, voice, and video communications technologies into customized and highly integrated solutions. The target industries for Elastalink include retail, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, real estate and not-for-profit organizations.

Right now, we were fortunate to be able to use our advanced solutions to help our clients operate and succeed through this difficult time. We are able to set up secure remote access for all employees in minutes, improve clients web presence, provision additional capacity and most importantly, ensure security and business continuity. This is especially important as businesses are forced to move their operations on line, and we have sadly witnessed a significant increase in the cyber attacks. We have helped clients protect their infrastructure and ensure continued operations with offsite backup and a suite of managed security offerings.