Gordon Varney, Director, Technology /Corporate Communications
| Gordon has worked with the Canadian Innovation Centre since 2004 and brings with him with a wealth of experience managing growth and product focus of software companies. With over 25 years of involvement, primarily with Waterloo Region based companies such as Open Text, Automation Tooling Systems (ATS), Descartes Systems Group, he is familiar with the early life cycle period of software development companies and their challenges. He has the ability to assess innovation and new technology opportunities to gauge their commercialization risks.
Gordon's speciality at the CIC is software and electronic technology but with his communications background Gordon also doubles as the Centre's spokesperson when it comes to telling CIC's story. Following graduation with Electronic Engineering from Conestoga College Gordon went on to study business at Wilfred Laurier University: he has the ability to bridge the technology/business gap. Gordon was a Director at the University of Waterloo's Centre for Professional Writing and maintains a very close relationship with the U of W Co-operative Gordon is or has been active in the Project Management Institute (PMI), Society for Technical Communications (STC), and the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC). |
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