Carl Orthlieb (BASc '86, Systems Design) joins Appcelerator as the new Vice President of Engineering, where he will be responsible for leading the development of Appcelerator's integrated mobile platform products.
Full Metal Zinc Ltd. appoints David Petroff (BMath '78, Mathematics) to the Board of Directors.
Ron Schlegel (Honourary LLD '05) received the fourth community Barnraiser Award. The award, sponsored by the Waterloo Region Record, recognizes and celebrates community leaders.
A team of international scientists, including Anne Broadbent (BMath '02, Combinatorics & Optimization/Computer Science), had a recent breakthrough in quantum mechanics which was published in the journal Science. The breakthrough is a crucial step toward perfectly secure cloud computing.
Mohamed Gharib (MASc '85, Mechanical Engineering) talks about how his company, Upland Technologies, maintains its edge in the automotive industry.
Rakesh Malhotra (BASc '99, Computer Engineering) has joined Apprenda as its new vice president of products.
AeroMetric has hired Garth Lawrence (BSc '73, Earth Sciences) as vice president of business development, leading AeroMetric's mining and landfill solutions team.
Jon Lerner (BASc '10, Computer Engineering) and Derek Ting (BASc '10, Computer Engineering) talk about the history and success of their company, Enflick. Darren Denomme (BA '89, Chartered Accountancy St, HCO; MACC '89, Accounting) is the company's full-time chief financial officer.
Roger Melko (BSc '00, Physics/Mathematics; MSc '01, Physics) and two international associates find a way to split a virtual electron.
Stephen Litt (BASc '07, Systems Design), Adam Overing (BASc '08, Mechatronics Engineering), and Andrew Teeple (BASc '08, Mechatronics Engineering) formed The Madison Development Group in March 2010. Their next project is a condo conversion in downtown Kitchener.