Charles Despins

Sound Design Technologies Ltd. designs and manufactures semiconductors products. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Burlington, CA.

Transoft Solutions, Inc. engages in the development of timesaving CAD-based software for engineers, architects, and drafters for their civil and infrastructure design and planning needs. Its products include vehicle turn simulation; road and intersection design; site design; signage and marking; traffic; airside design and operations; airport modeling and simulation; airspace modeling and simulation; and obstacle limitation compliance. It also offers technical support, authorize software, software updates, maintenance assurance program, licensing, and project support services. The company was founded by Milton Carrasco and John Doe in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

TeraXion, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets photonic products. It offers static and tunable dispersion compensators, laser components, specialized lazer modules, and optical filters. The company was founded by Alain Chandonnet, Alain-Jacques Simard, Martin Guy, and Ghislain Lafrance in 2000 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

National Optics Institute provides business applications for optics and photonics. Its services include specialty optical fibers, graded reflectivity mirrors, infrared simulation, laser collimation, gold black deposition, spectrometer design and feasibility studies. The company was founded on December 13, 1985 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Handyem, Inc. designs and fabricates analytical instrument platforms for life science researchers. The company was founded by Alain Chandonnet and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

SOVAR, Inc. provides development and commercialization of new technologies derived from university research and from partnering research centre. It specializes in identifying novel technologies and expertise derived from research activities, develop them and facilitate their transfer into useful and marketable applications. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in St. Foy, Canada.

Innoventures Canada, Inc. operates as a non-for-profit organization which focuses on commercializing research services. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Novatel Communications Ltd. specializes in combining GNSS receiver technology with inertial navigation systems to provide a superior positioning solution with 3D position, attitude, and velocity. Novatel Communications is based in Calgary, CA. The Canadian company's technology allows for GNSS positioning anywhere in the world, at any time of day, with data rates up to 100 Hz. The measurements can be generated in real-time or processed post-mission to achieve the highest level of accuracy. Additionally, the private company provides speed and direction of an object as well as the relative speed of objects.

Micralyne, Inc. develops and manufactures micro fabricated products. It offers wafer level packaging, die level packaging, silicon optical bench and spatial light valve. The firm’s services are used in the areas of microfluidics and MEMs sensors. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Invest Ottawa provides economic development programs services. It offers business seminars and workshops, starting a business basics, mentorship and business advices, business analysis and market, startup acceleration and incubation, international business expansion, and international investment attraction. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, ON.

Part of Synopsys, Inc., Xentec, Inc. develops mixed-signal communications IP products. The company is based in Mississauga, Canada. Xentec was acquired by inSilicon Corp, part of Synopsys, Inc. from September 20, 2002 on December 19, 2000 for $10.16 million. The Canadian company was founded by Xerxes F. Wania.

Part of Synopsys, Inc., inSilicon Corp provides communications semiconductor intellectual property for semiconductor and system companies. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Barry Hoberman. inSilicon was acquired by Synopsys, Inc. on September 20, 2002 for $61.55 million.

Center for Interuniversity Research & Analysis of Organizations operates as a research center that works to alleviate the social and economic problems of Canadian citizens. The firm focuses in the field of public policy, risk, finance, sustainable development, strategy and international economy, demographic changes economics, and economic development. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Centre de technologies avancées BRP–Université de Sherbrooke engages in the development of specialized vehicles and advanced technologies. The firm provides all services associated with R&D including design, simulation, validation and fabrication. It offers services in the fields of transportation electrification, lightweight structures, mechatronics, and vehicle dynamics. The company was founded in December 2006 and is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Sherbrooke Innopole operates as an economic development corporation. It services include financing, coaching, advice, mentoring, and relocation help to businesses from the industrial and propulsive services sectors, located on the territory of the city of Sherbrooke. The company is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Microsemi Semiconductor Ltd. develops and manufactures microelectronic technologies, miniaturization, low power wireless communication, energy harvesting and ambient temperature electronics. The company is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

NovAtel, Inc. develops positioning and satellite-based augmentation technologies. Its products include receivers, enclosures, antennas and technical papers. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Sensors Unlimited, Inc. manufactures fiber-optic equipment for high-speed computer networks. Its products include detector arrays for wavelength division multiplexing channel monitors, cameras, and imaging products. The company was founded by Marshall J. Cohen in 1991 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Part of Teledyne Technologies, Inc., DALSA Semiconductor, Inc. is a Canadian company that manufactures image sensor chips and provides wafer foundry services. The company is based in Bromont, Canada. DALSA Semiconductor was acquired by Dalsa Corp. from Microsemi Semiconductor Corp. on October 03, 2002 for $4.10 million.

ATMOS Corp. designs and develops memory chips. The company develops embedded memory solutions and to the customers in the networking, wireless, graphics and imaging industries. ATMOS was founded by Wlodek Kurjanowicz in 1998 and is headquartered in Kanata, Canada

NanoQuébec provides funding and support for the research and development of nanotechnology infrastructure. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium, Inc. operates as an business-led photonics exchange organization. It acts as an vehicle for Canadian industry to manage information on the possibilities of photonic applications and to match industry needs with opportunities. The company was founded on April 1, 2012 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Canadian Listed Co. Association explores in gold mining. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

TEC Canada is a leadership development program that offers peer advisory boards and one-to-one coaching to executives. The private company is based in Canada. With 60 years of business expertise, the program aims to provide comprehensive training to its members.

Part of Insight Enterprises, Inc., Strategic Technologies, Inc. (North Carolina) provides data-center focused managed services and complex infrastructure solutions. The company is based in Cary, NC. The company was founded by Blake White, Douglas Hayward Blakeway. Strategic Technologies, Inc. (North Carolina was acquired by Datalink Corp. from Midas Medici Group Holdings, Inc. on October 04, 2012 for $15.48 million.

Wireless Industry Partnership Connector, Inc. develops mobiles and wireless communication equipment. It offers mobile, cloud, analytics, TV, internet of things, location, e-commerce, web, gaming, events, content, messages, publisher, health, and mailing developer programs. The company was founded by Caroline Lewko in 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Part of Leonardo SpA, Tactical Technologies, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides electronic warfare analysis software and services. The company is based in Ottawa, Canada. Tactical Technologies was acquired by Selex ES SpA on October 10, 2014.