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Infusion Angels Innovation Centre (Sponsored by Microsoft) celebrates its 1st Birthday!

On January 31, 2008 we celebrated the 1st Birthday of the Infusion Angels Innovation Centre (sponsored by Microsoft) with our “Backstage Pass Event”. The event provided “Backstage” access to some of Canada’s leading Technology Industry leaders and Entrepreneurs in an open microphone format.

The panel included, Phil Sorgen (President – Microsoft Canada),  Mark Relph (Vice President – Developer & Platform Group - Microsoft Canada),  Gregory Brill (Partner Infusion Angels and CEO, Infusion Development), Alim Somani (Partner, Infusion Angels and President, Infusion Development), Gaurav Jain ( Director, Impact Entrepreneurial Group) and Julian Spillane (CEO, Frozen North Productions).

 

clip_image002[4]Julian Spillane (CEO, Frozen North Productions) speaks with Phil Sorgen (President – Microsoft Canada).

 

clip_image004Mark Relph (Vice President – Developer & Platform Group - Microsoft Canada) and Gaurav Jain ( Director, Impact Entrepreneurial Group).

 

We had 236 attendees from the Kitchener-Waterloo region including Staff from the University of Waterloo, Wilfred Laurier and Conestoga College, Students, Entrepreneurs, and of course Infusion Development, Microsoft and our partners Dell Computer Corporation and Intel.

The event was a great success as evidenced by some of the Press below.

Stepping stones of innovation

Executives on innovation, entrepreneurship, education and the facility that combined them

http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2264&Itemid=59

Infusion Centre offers Backstage Pass

http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2208&Itemid=59

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Published Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:12 PM by Peter van der Zouwe

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About Peter van der Zouwe

Peter van der Zouwe has worked in the IT Industry for 16 years. He has worked for Dell Computer in a variety of Sales and International Product Marketing roles, and for the past 9 years has worked for Microsoft. Peter started with Microsoft New Zealand as a business development manager working with Internet Start up’s and Web Developers and since then has worked in a variety of Business Development, Sales and Management positions. Peter spent 5 years working for the Microsoft Communication Sector team including 2 years as the NZ Team Lead. He has also managed Enterprise Sales Teams that cover a wide variety of industries including Financial Services, Public Sector, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Transportation and Forestry. Peter currently works for the Microsoft Canada Developer and Platform Group and manages a team of Architects and Partner Technical Advisors. Peter also has a lot of international business experience having worked in Australia, Ireland, the UK, New Zealand (his home country) and now Canada. In addition to Peter’s passion for technology, he also enjoys helping new entrants to the Software economy.
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