Denzil Doyle
Denzil Doyle’s career in Canada’s high technology industry has included research and development, sales and marketing, corporate management, and venture capital investing. He was the founding president of Digital Equipment Corporation’s Canadian subsidiary and during the eighteen years that he directed it, it evolved into a multi-faceted company with annual sales in excess of $160 million. He has been involved in the startup and development of several firms and has advised governments at all three levels on technology-related and economic development strategies. In 1982, he also co-founded Instantel Inc., an Ottawa-based supplier of electronic instrumentation.
From 1995 to 2005, as Chairman of Capital Alliance Ventures Inc., an Ottawa-based high-tech venture capital firm, he led investments in technology companies in Ottawa and elsewhere in Ontario.
He has served on the boards of directors of several companies. These include: Mobile Data International, CAL Corporation, Nuvotech, Instantel Inc., Mitel Corporation, Leigh Instruments, Newbridge Networks, Gennum Corporation, West End Systems, Med-Eng Systems, Fred Systems, PixeLINK, Consultronics, International Datacasting Corporation, IS2 Medical Systems, LNS Systems, GEAC Computer, Active Systems Inc., Pricedex Software, Advanced Systems Integrations, Kaval Telecom, Cadabra Design Libraries Ltd., Comdale Technologies, Documented Circuits, Rockcliffe Research, BTI Bubble Technologies, Anomira Software, Talentmap, and others.
In recognition of his pioneering efforts in the development of the Ottawa-Gatineau high technology community, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Carleton University at its 1981 spring convocation. In 2001, he was granted a fellowship in the Engineering Institute of Canada. In 2002, at NRC’s Regional Innovation Awards, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation. In recognition of his activities in technology commercialization and economic development nationally, we was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005.
Sean Fitzpatrick
Sean Fitzpatrick is President and founder of Talentmap. Sean has garnered a wealth of
experience developing and implementing employee and customer measurement systems.
Over the past few years, Sean has worked with firms such as Research In Motion, Open
Text, Akamai, Alias and Tundra in the technology sector, HSBC, Chase Manhattan and
Royal Bank in the financial services industry. In addition, Talentmap's work has recently
expanded to include a number of hospitals and health centres across the country.
Previously, Sean was Vice President of Internet Services at an established survey research
firm and he worked for a number of years as a management consultant implementing
operational improvements in the energy sector.
In addition to growing and developing Talentmap, Sean sits on the board of directors for the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance). CATA is Canada's leading and most influential entrepreneurial technology alliance. Sean has also authored a number of articles on measurement in the workplace and he enjoys presenting on the topic. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.