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Dan Gelbart starts Creo.

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Dan Gelbart sets the direction for Creo.

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Dan Gelbart talks about finding his first job after immigrating to Canada. After joining MDA he worked on a federal government communication study which provided the initiative for the first mobile data terminal and the foundation of MDI.  Dan later worked on a secret project in his basement to develop a high-quality film printer.

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More with Dan Gelbart.

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Dr Norman Toms talks about stepping down as CEO, the Voq and NewMic.

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Dan Gelbart, founder of Creo.

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Dr Norman Toms talks about his early work on cable data distribation, joining MDI, the System-Y project, definition of Cellular Digital Packet Data at MPR and the formation of Sierra Wireless.

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The conclusion of the interview with Dr Norman Toms.

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Victor Jones continues his discussion on his career after MDI, the work of the BC Advdvanced Systems Institute (BC ASI) and his current work with NanoTech BC.

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Dr Norman Toms on the formation of Sierra Wireless.

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Victor Jones joined Ventures West, a Vancouver based venture capital firm, and during this time he become one of the first Presidents of MDI, Mobile Data International. He remained as director until its $80 million sale to Motorola. Victor talks about the strategy for achieving rapid growth after winning the Fedex mobile data terminal business.

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Victor Jones talking about Mobile Data International.

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Dr John Macdonald talks about his return from retirement to address a very serious issue of the world energy problems and his formation of Day4 Energy

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Victor Jones talking about Mobile Data International.

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Information products and the formation of the spin off companies of Creo and Mobile Data International.

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World energy problems and the formation of Day4 Energy

Coming in July:

Victor Jones talking about Mobile Data International.

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This week:

In the second episode, Dr John Macdonald talks further about the emerging processing technology at Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates.  He explains how they first came to process space-borne synthetic-aperture radar images.  He also talks about conflicts with Spar Aerospace over the scope of Radarsat and how MDA aquired the space robotics business.

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Information products and the formation of the spin off companies of Creo and Mobile Data International.

Coming in July:

Victor Jones talking about Mobile Data International.

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This week:

In this first episode, Dr John Macdonald talks about establishing Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates.  He describes his transition from the academic world to industry, the first project of a microwave control system and the development of satellite image processing systems.

Next week: 

John explains how they first came to process spaceborne synthetic-aperture radar images.  He also talks about conflicts with Spar Aerospace over the scope of Radarsat and how MDA acquired the space robotics business.

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