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This year’s focus will be on aiding regional tech firms in Essex and Kent counties develop new strategies for revenue diversification, new market exploration, intellectual property development and fundraising readiness.
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“As an organization deeply rooted in not just our community, but the Canadian technology ecosystem at large, the WEtech Alliance Business Advisory team has been steadily building inroads to new markets and resources so that we can create a broader audience for our portfolio and our businesses can focus on what they do best delivering highly scalable, world-class products and services,” said Adam Castle, WEtech Alliance’s director of venture services.
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Michigan-based artificial intelligence and data science firm Soothsayer Analytics announced Thursday it has chosen Windsor for its Canadian headquarters.
The company, which also operates in Europe, India and the Middle East, expects to open its office in Windsor within two to three months.
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“Recognizing that Canada is undergoing a major digital transformation, Soothsayer cannot imagine a better place for expansion,” said Soothsayer’s CEO Gaurav Agrawal.
“Our highly unique abilities in advanced analytics and artificial intelligence will provide an unparalleled offering to companies looking for a competitive edge in the Canadian market and we look forward to collaborating with local companies to build world-class solutions to complex and meaningful problems.”
WINDSOR, ONT. WEtech Alliance has completed a nine-month exploration of the cybersecurity sector in the Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent.
The Cybersecurity Path report is an initiative to determine how best to support the tech community to engage talent and employers through the several sub-domains of cybersecurity. The findings provide an overview of the key challenges and opportunities for this region, and include a list of recommendations.
“Cybersecurity is more than an opportunity for jobs,” says
Dr. Victoria Abboud, Tech Talent Strategist at WEtech Alliance. “It involves adapting, building, and shaping the future of technology, goods, and even the ways we interact. Our collective abilities to engage, to explore, and to expand our reach rely on our awareness and protection of our cyber interests.
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Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 4 minute read • Mary Ng, federal Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, bottom right, participated in a virtual roundtable meeting Friday, April 30, 2021, afternoon hosted by the newly rebranded Invest WindsorEssex, formerly the WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation. Pictured clockwise from top left are Wen Toeh, director of the University of Windsor s EPICentre, Workforce WindsorEssex CEO Justin Falconer, WEtech Alliance CEO Yvonne Pilon, MP Irek Kusmierczyk (L. Windsor-Tecumseh), Ng, Audacia Bioscience CEO Dr. Phillip Olla, Invest WindsorEssex CEO Stephen MacKenzie, and in the middle is Sandra Pupatellos, co-founder of the recently launched Reshoring Canada. Photo by Screen shot /Windsor Star