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Nusret Ali is the Outreach Lead at the Canadian Hyperloop Competition (CHC). The CHC is an organization that supports the future of hyperloop by organizing an annual, track-based conference. Learn more about the Canadian Hyperloop Competition on https://www.linkedin.com/company/cahyperloop/

Aymane Berrerhdoche is the founder of Clinaqua Bottles, and the creator of the Aqua 1, an innovative reusable water bottle with water filters. You can find Aymane Berrerhdoche on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aymane-berrerhdoche-70544b155/ Find out more about Proluo on: http://www.proluoupv.com/

Hussein Bakri is the founder and the chief architecture officer at BAD Consulting based in Dubai. Hussein is known as the "humanist architect' of Akon City a $6 billion smart city envisioned by Senegalese-American R&B singer Akon. You can find more from Hussein Bakri and BAD Consulting on https://badconsult.com/

Simon Chiocci is the co-founder and CMO at EnvestBoard. EnvestBoard is a fintech platform dedicated to helping investors, asset managers, wealth managers and institutional investor enhance their selection and decision making. Link & Show Notes: Simon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonchiocci/ EbnvestBoard Website: https://envestboard.com/ EnvestBoard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/envestboard/about/

Dany Sab and Steve Ndikumana are the founders of Pink Genomix, a personal genomics and biotechnology startup company based in Canada. You can learn more about Pink Genomix here: https://pinkgenomix.com/

Mike Westlake is the Global Strategy Manager at Autodesk. Part of his role is to design and oversee the education programmes of Autodesk across the UK, Ireland and Central Eastern Europe. Apply for the position of Manufacturing Strategy Intern at Autodesk here: https://autodesk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/uni/job/Massachusetts-USA---Remote/Intern---MFG-Strategy_21WD45611 You can find Mike Westlake on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikewestlake/

Lacy Brock is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Arizona's Lunar & Planetary Laboratory and is currently studying the atmosphere of Brown Dwafs. You can learn more about Laci here: https://beacons.page/stellerarts

David Reger is the founder of robotics startup, NEURA Robotics. NEURA just unveiled what it considers to be the world's first cognitive robot capable of learning, working alongside, and ultimately, serving humans. David Reger on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dregerofficial/ NEURA Robotics: http://neura-robotics.com/

Mike Wimmer is a 12-year-old robotics prodigy. He is graduating from high-school this semester (2021) aged 12 and is the founder and creative mind behind Next Era Innovations. Mike's goal behind Next Era Innovation is to build technology that enables people to live better lives. You can find Mike at the following places: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-wimmer-9738b5167/ Website: https://nexterainnovations.com/

Navid Nathoo is the founder of a human accelerator program called The Knowledge Society. Prior to TKS, Navid started and sold companies in Silicon Valley, consulted for Fortune 50 companies, and worked on microfinance and early childhood education in developing countries. Find out more about TKS here: https://tks.world/ https://www.instagram.com/theksociety/ https://twitter.com/navidnathoo

Matthew Brennan is an international speaker and tech analyst focused on Chinese internet and technology innovation. His works and opinions have been featured in global media including The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BBC, Financial Times, Forbes, Harvard Political Review, Quartz, TechCrunch, CNN, Business Inside. You can get a copy of Matthew's new book "Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2MrrG2X

What does the recent acquisition by The Peck Company Holdings of iSun Energy LLC mean for the future of the solar energy industry? Learn more here: https://isunenergy.com/

Pavlo Tanasyuk is a technology entrepreneur leading Spacebit with the first UK rover to fly to the Moon in 2021. Learn more about SpaceBit on https://spacebit.com/

Toufic Adlouni is an Emerging Technology Lawyer and is the co-founder of Renno & Co, Canada's digital law firm. You can learn more about Toufic and Renno & Co here: https://www.rennoco.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/toufic-adlouni

Eli Burton is the founder of My Tesla Adventure and the creator of The Adventure of Starman. He's a futurist, and an advocate for human space travel and accelerating the transition of sustainable energy on earth. My Tesla Adventures on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myteslaadventure/?hl=en Eli Burton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EliBurton_

Stephanie Kobayashi is a Product Manager and Alexander Kovac an Applications Engineer at ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions. ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. ZEISS develops, produces and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. Founded in 1846, ZEISS now has over 32,000 employees and is active globally in almost 50 countries. You can learn more about ZEISS on https://www.zeiss.com/

Alyssa Carson is an astronaut trainee and American space enthusiast. In 2013, Alyssa was recognized by NASA as the first person to visit all 14 NASA Space Visitor Centers in the United States and was the youngest person to graduate from the Advanced Space Academy. You can find Alyssa on Instagram and on her website https://www.instagram.com/nasablueberry/ https://nasablueberry.com/

Zak Lefevre is the CEO of ChargeLab. ChargeLab builds OCPP-compliant software for managing EV charging stations. ChargeLab also offers turnkey charging solutions including hardware, software, and installation for businesses and governments. You can learn more about ChargeLab on https://www.chargelab.co/

Nicholas Pilkington is the CTO at DroneDeploy, a San Francisco based software drone company. DroneDeploy is a leading cloud software platform for commercial drones and is making the power of aerial data accessible and productive for everyone. You can learn more about DroneDeploy on: https://www.dronedeploy.com/

Vivas Kumar is a global business leader and engineer who's worked at Tesla as a former Global Supply Chain Negotiator. He is earning his MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is simultaneously a Principal with Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a leader in data and advisory services in Lithium-Ion battery and electric vehicle (EV) supply chain. You can find lectures and talks from Vivas on his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivaswathkumar/

Sass Peress is the President and Founder at iSun Energy LLC. In 1988, at the age of 28, he founded ICP Solar Technologies, which would go on to become Quebec's first-ever solar panel manufacturer. Following an exit from ICP Solar in 2009, Sass help co-found a company that earned investments of over US$12M from General Motors and other venture capital funders to develop GM's renewable energy profile and strategy. You can learn more about Sass Peress on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sassperess/

Evan Ryer specializes in establishing large-scale industrial blockchain mining operations, accounting for crypto-assets, and business development. He is the founder of HypeX.gg a leading social gaming platform. You can find Evan on the following social platforms: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-ryer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvanRyer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evanakatheking/?hl=en

Frank Courville is an iOS Development Consultant and helps companies build reliable and scalable applications. On this podcast, Frank shared with us three major trends that will be shaping the app development industry this decade and how can we as engineers, developers, and entrepreneurs use these trends to create better apps for our customers and businesses. You can find Frank on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3jgDQpU and on his website: http://ioscoachfrank.com/

Jad Kabbara is pursuing a Ph.D. at McGill University in the AI field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). On this podcast, we got to talk about the current state of NLP, and what are the future applications, of NLP in business, and politics. You can best connect with Jad Kabbara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jad_kabbara

Eli Burton is the founder of My Tesla Adventure and the creator of The Adventure of Starman. He's a futurist, and an advocate for human space travel and accelerating the transition of sustainable energy on earth. Get a copy of The Adventures Of Starman here: https://starmangifts.com/product/the-adventures-of-starman-series/ My Tesla Adventures on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myteslaadventure/?hl=en Eli Burton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EliBurton_

Toufic Adlouni and David Oram are the founders of Renno & Co, a law firm that concentrates on startup and emerging technologies law and helps startups grow, raise funds, & protect their Intellectual Property. You can find more about Renno & Co. on their website: https://www.rennoco.com/

Robert and Richard Rizk are the founders of Blackbox, a Silicon Valley-based tech startup that aims to revolutionize the way we consume content on the internet. Blackbox is a software that uses advanced machine learning and AI to generate summaries of videos. Worldwide Engineering listeners get a free month of access to Blackbox. You can try Blackbox for yourself here: www.useblackbox.com

Daniel Scott Mitchell works as a Program Management Intern at Rivian on the Riivian Prime Van Project, which aims to deliver the world's largest fleet of electric vans to Amazon. Daniel previously worked at some of the world's most innovative companies including Tesla, Formlabs, INF Robotics Inc and a few others. You can subscribe to Daniel's upcoming podcast here: danielmitchell.info/podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielscottmitchell/

Spacebit is a British Aeronautics company that develops space robotics technology for lunar and planetary missions. Spacebit is sending the first UK rover to the Moon in 2021.

Dr. Gad Saad is a Professor at Concordia University, and former holder of the Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences and Darwinian Consumption (2008-2018). He obtained a B.Sc. (Mathematics and Computer Science) and M.B.A. from McGill University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. His Psychology Today blog (Homo Consumericus) and YouTube channel (THE SAAD TRUTH) have garnered 6.4+ million and 19.7+ million total views respectively.  He recently started a podcast titled The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad, which is available on all leading podcast platforms. You can pre-order his new book, The Parasitic Mind on his website: https://www.gadsaad.com/

Giulia Carla Bassani is a Mars researcher, an Author, TedX speaker, and an Aerospace Engineering student. Giulia has been studying the feasibility of human missions to Mars for four years now and is currently working on two international research projects about Mars colonization sustainability and cosmic radiation. You can find more about Giulia on Instagram and on her website. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astro_giulia/?hl=en Website: http://www.astrogiulia.com/

Hamza El Ghoujdami is a Cloud Customer Engineer at Google. Hamza helps businesses transform, evolve and engineer their business applications using Google Cloud Platform. On today's episode: - What are the difference applications of Cloud Computing - How is Cloud transforming the business landscape - What it takes to get a job as an Engineer at Google You connect with Hamza on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elghoujdami/

Jonathan Cohen is a Professional Bio-Chemist and Senior Project Manager at Smart Medicines GMP Inc. On this podcast episode Jon got to share with us some of his stories working in the cannabis industry, and different examples of projects he's been working on for clients. You can find Jon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancohen-service/

Bram and Richard are the founders of Wevolver. Wevolver is a global platform that provides access to technical knowledge for over 450k+ engineers and innovators dedicated to finding. Wevolver has won the Accenture Innovation Award, a yearly competition that rewards the most innovative products and services. Fast Company listed Wevolver in its Top 20 Most Innovative Web-platforms. You can find Wevolver in the following places: Website: https://www.wevolver.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wevolverapp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WevolverApp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wevolver/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wevolver/ Free Ebook On Self-Driving Cars: https://www.wevolver.com/article/2020.autonomous.vehicle.technology.report

Estefannie is a full-time YouTuber best known as Estefannie Explains it All. Estefannie creates videos and educational content around programming and computer science. On this episode, Estefannie and I talked about: - Estefannie's journey going from a computer scientist into a full-time content creator. - Estefannie's recent journey of 3D printing face shields for healthcare workers. - The difference between software engineers and computer scientists. - Emerging Trends in comp sci and software engineering. - The dangers that IoT poses on privacy. You can find Estefannie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/estefanniegg Website: https://www.estefannie.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/estefanniegg/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/estefanniegg

Zack is the founder of HILO, a technology and design Startup based in Montreal, Canada that trying to revolutionize traditional mirrors. In this podcast interview, Zack and I talk about: - How Zack built his first smart mirror - The magic recipe to build a smart mirror - The next phase for smart mirror technology You can find out more about HILO on their website: https://www.hilosmartmirror.com/

Boris is the VP of Engineering and the Co-Founder of Stack Labs North America. Stack Labs specializes in accelerating a company's digital transformation by using the power of Cloud Computing. Stack Labs is a Google and AWS partner offering powerful Cloud solutions to international clients including Airbus and Sigfox. On this episode Boris and I discuss: - The recent growth of the Cloud industry during the coronavirus pandemic - How the cloud industry will be impacting other industries - Google's massive plans with their Dart programming language You can find Stack Labs & Boris on the following locations: StackLabs Website: https://stack-labs.com/ StackLabs LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stacklabs/ Boris LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwnyasse/ Boris Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/risbo_winestick/?hl=en

Justin Hunt is the founder of Blaise Transit, the world's first AI-based platform to run demand responsive bus transit. Blaise is reinventing the public bus experience with an on-demand transit solution that is tailored to the needs of its users. During this episode, Justin Hunt and I got to talk about his journey turning the idea or Blaise into an actual startup. In this episode, you'll be learning: - How COVID-19 forever disrupted the transportation industry - How Blaise is looking to reinvent the transportation industry - How to turn an idea you might have into a startup - Is Elon Musk's Boring Company a good idea? Blaise Transit is HIRING! You can find more about their job opening sand announcements on their websites and social media: Website: https://www.blaisetransit.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blaisetransit/about/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blaisetransit/ You can find Justin Hunt on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinhunt10/

Sass Peress is the President and Founder at iSun Energy LLC. In 1988, at the age of 28, he founded ICP Solar Technologies, which would go on to become Quebec's first-ever solar panel manufacturer. Following an exit from ICP Solar in 2009, Sass help co-found a company that earned investments of over US$12M from General Motors and other venture capital funders to develop GM's renewable energy profile and strategy. In this episode of the podcast you'll be learning: - How the coronavirus is disrupting the solar energy industry - How China rose to dominate the solar industry - How to differentiate your company in the solar industry - Is Solar really 'green'? Where to find Sass Peress and iSunEnergy: Website https://isunenergy.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sassperess/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/isunenergy/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sassperess/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/isun_energy/?hl=en

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