A yearly meetup faciliated by Halton Teens, for Halton Teens.

1. TECH UNDER 20
Silicon Halton Meetup #65
March 10th, 2015

2. • Welcome
• Announcements
• Keynote Speakers:
– Tech Under 20’s
– Employers Experience
– Government Funding Opportunities
• Brief Discussion: Youth Internship
• G2KYM
• Mark Your Calendar
• Networking
Agenda

3. Show Of
Hands
• 1151 Members
• 2300 Twitter followers
• 64 Meetups
• 7 Peer2Peer groups
• Hundreds of LinkedIn discussions

4. Thank You

6. Keynote Speakers

7. TECH UNDER 20
Silicon Halton Meetup #65
March 10th, 2015

8. Oleg L.
Grade 12 student, Oakville
Software Developer

9. By: Oleg L.

10. • Develops Professional Services Automation Software (PSA)
• Trains clients to use the Promys application
• Provides customer support
• Modular, Web based Application
• Allows customers to manage their clients, resources and projects
• Provides integration of a company’s divisions

11. • Learning programming languages, tools and security rules
used in the company
• Testing, reporting and documenting software bugs
• Solving known problems
• Optimizing existing forms
• Adding forms to the application
• Participating in bi-weekly company meetings

13. Sam R.
1st year student at OCAD University
Majoring in Graphic Design

14. Sam R.
First Year Graphic Design Student
OCAD U
Internships and Creative
Freedom in the Workplace
…and the stuff it can lead to

15. A Sampling of Design
Circular Logic
Digital Vector Graphic
Sam Rasmussen
2015
Ice Queen Series [2/3]
Digital Photography
Sam R.
2015
What is Apple?
Digital Vector Graphics
Sam R.
2015

16. Questions? Need a Graphic Designer?
You can contact me at
Sam@GlassMesa.com
Graphic Design | Motion Graphics
Layouts | Custom Device Skins
Typography | Video Editing

17. Eddie S.
Grade 12 student, Milton
Competitive Robotics Designer

21. Biomedical Engineering

22. Ella R.
Grade 12 student, Oakville
Competitive Robotics Software
Developer

23. Ella R.

25. My Work at HATCH

26. Future Pursuits

27. Sanval S.,
Thomas G.,
Kyele H.,
Lucas T.,
Daniel S.
Craig Keilburger Secondary School, Milton
Cisco IT Support for Pan Am Games

28. Cisco/Pan Am Games
Summer Internship

29. Craig Kielburger Secondary School

30. SHSM
Specialist
High
Skills
Major
Concentrated Study in High School
 4 focus courses
 1 Business course
 Certifications
 Contextualized Learning
 Field Trips
 2 credit Coop

31. Coop
Cooperative Education
 2 credits
 During term or summer

32.  IT Essentials
 Discovery part 1

35. Amanda R.
1st year UWaterloo
Honors Mechatronics Program
Schulich Leader Scholarship Winner

36. I T ’ S N O T A B O U T W H O Y O U K N O W ,
I T ’ S A B O U T W H O K N O W S Y O U
The Importance of Networking

37. About Me
 First year Mechatronics Engineering Student
 Started applying for jobs 2nd week of school
 Needed to find a way to stand out

38. Why Networking is Awesome
 University of Waterloo holds many networking
opportunities
 I attended all the events I found most intriguing
 I made connections, NOT handing out resumes
 People hire people

39. My Co-op Term so Far
 I’m an Automation Engineer at Camcor Mfg.
 Got more in depth experience with Solidworks,
AutoCAD, and PLCs
 Experienced working on all the aspects of a project

40. Employer Experience

41. Dr. Tom Murad
Head of Siemens Engineering & Technology Academy
Siemens Canada Limited

42. 2014-11-12
Restricted © Siemens AG 2014 All rights reserved.
Page 42 Dr. Tom Murad

43. Vincent Hamel
Manager, Electro-Optical Engineering
L-3 Wescam

44. Ian Small
General Manager
AudioBooks

45. Let Us Tell You a Story

46. • Founded in 2003 as Simply Audiobooks
– Originally a CD audiobook rental service by mail
(e.g. Netflix 1.0)
• Launched Audiobooks.com in 2011
– A digital audiobook subscription service focusing
on both mobile and telematics technology
Company Overview
A digital subscription service allowing customers to instantly Stream and
Download from over 60K Audiobooks of their choice

47. How We Do It
60K+ Audiobook Titles
through robust
Content Partnerships
Partnerships With All Major Publishers
Cultivated content partnerships enable
expansive +60k audiobook library
• Partnerships across all major publishers
• Access to 99% of NY Times Best-Sellers list (for
the past 10 years)
• Over 200 different publishing partners
Content Partnerships Technology Partnerships
Distribution & Technology Solutions
Strategic growth efforts with proven
success through partnerships
• Both thin and embedded client applications
available to partners
• +2,000,000 downloads and counting of the
Audiobooks.com mobile applications
Mobile Technology
with a focus on emerging
Automotive Platforms

48. Who We Are
Experiment
& Measure
Initiative
Professional
Fun
Community
A corporation driving for success while providing a culture
that fosters creativity, inspires the motivated, and
challenges the driven. All on the foundation of 4 principal
corporate values:

49. Mark Arteaga
President
RedBit Development

50. What we look for When Hiring
Mark Arteaga
President
mark@redbitdev.com | @MarkArteaga | @RedBitDev

52. Technology Partners

54. Don’t do the following

56. WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR?

58. As much as I like to
read code, have …
• Demo site
• Screenshots
• Video demo

60. What we look for …
• Past Experience
• Recommendations
• Affiliations

61. But I’m a recent grad!?
• Who you follow?
• What Groups are you a part of?
• Prof recommendations?

63. Will review your
stream
• Try to find out your interests,
doesn’t have to be just tech
• Inappropriate posts?

64. Are you an explorer or
have the ‘hacker’
mentality?

66. Are you an explorer or have
the ‘hacker’ mentality?
• Do you try to break things and then
fix?
• Do you question how things work?
• Do you question why something
was done a certain way?
• Do you envision a better way to do
things?

67. SOME TIPS
(WHEN CONTACTING EMPLOYERS)

68. 1. Make me feel special
and personalize the
email

69. 2. Yes we have an
email alias for jobs,
but try to find my
email or my CTOs
email …

70. … shows me you know
how to research!

71. 3. Make it easy for me
to review your work

72. 4. If you don’t have
work experience show
me what you have
built in your own time
or in school

73. 5. No experience,
show me that you
participate in events
and groups

74. 6. We will review your
social stream

75. 7. Don’t care if you
don’t have work
experience, show you
are willing to learn and
do things one your
own

76. SUCCESS CASE

77. An email that lead to
an interview

79. 1. I checked out every link
2. I checked out her code on
Github
3. I checked LinkedIn, Twitter
4. Forwarded to CTO
5. Scheduled an interview

80. THANK YOU!
Mark Arteaga
President
mark@redbitdev.com | @MarkArteaga | @RedBitDev

81. Paul Laberage
Microsoft

82. Government Funding
Opportunities for Youth

83. Sandra Nuhn
Manager, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Halton Region

84. Are you 15 – 29, returning to school in the fall?
Interested in entrepreneurship?
Work for the best boss
this summer – YOU!

85. Kimberly Neale
Integrated Job Developer, Employment Services
Halton Region

86. 86
HaltonJobs.ca
Job Board
Information / Local Labour Market
Trends
Job Fairs (next Apr.14/15)
Training & Incentive Programs
Resume Critique Services
Youth Job Strategy (Ontario.ca)
Kimberly.Neale@Halton.ca
Integrated Job Developer
Not-for-Profit Community Employment Resource
Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG)
Up to $15,000 per person for training
www.CanadaJobGrantProgram.com
Youth Employment Fund (YEF)
2 yr. program – Placed 26,582 youth (85% ret.)
Closes March 31/15
“There are more than 35 government programs to help youth build
skills, find a job or start a business”

87. Who’s Here?

88. Discussion Purpose
How can we make it
easier for students and
employers to connect?

89. Tech Under 20 Perspectives
1. What are the challenges you have faced while
looking for internship opportunities?
2. How do you currently find out about
internships? Where do you look?
3. What would make it easier for you to find
internships?
Do you have any questions that someone here
would be able to answer for you?

90. Employer Perspectives
1. What types of skills, abilities, interests or
qualities would you be looking for in a tech-
focused intern?
2. What are the challenges you have faced while
looking for interns?
3. Have you tapped into the skills and ideas of
“under 20’s”?
Do you have any questions for the students who
are here today?

91. Government Rep and Educator
Perspectives
1. What do you need that you don’t have
that would make it easier to connect
students and employers?

92. What’s Next?

93. “Pitch Yourself”

94. Get Involved!
Email: techunder20@gmail.com
Follow-up Discussion: in 2-3 weeks

95. Kimberly Neale
Job Developer at Halton Region /
Employment Halton

96. Naveed Nazir
Lumasonix

97. Accurate & Early Breast Cancer
Detection
NAVEED NAZIR, CEO
naveed@lumasonix.com
[mobile] 647 232 8232
Mentor
Coach
Business Strategy
Financing
Data Intelligence
www.lumasonix.com
@lumasonix
lumasonix
lumasonix https://angel.co/lu
masonix
Value to Silicon
Halton:

98. 98
http://globocan.iarc.fr/Pages/fact_sheets_cancer.aspx
Estimated age-standardized rates per 100,000
Global Breast Cancer Incidence & Mortality

99. Robert Maduri
Throwback Entertainment

100. rmaduri@throwbackcorp.com

101. Mark Your Calendars

102. Meetup #66
collaborative workshop to bring Silicon Halton members together to
brainstorm industry solutions we could potentially go to market with!
April 14, 2015 | 7:00 pm
Milton Education Village

103. Meetup #67
May 12/15 | 7pm | O'Finns Irish Temper | Oakville

104. March 12, 2015
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Williams Coffee Pub
2050 Appleby Line
Burlington
new! March 26 @ 8:30am
Hampton's Restaurant
(Bronte / QEW)
Oakville, ON

105. March 25/15 7:30pm
Taste of Columbia cafe,
Bronte Village, Oakville, ON
Security, In a World of Big Data
and IoT
April 7/15 7:30pm
Fortino’s Community Room,
Burlington, ON

106. Open Floor