Uncharted Waters

Uncharted Waters

Uncharted waters is a Podcast brought to you by GlobalNL. This Podcast series focuses on telling stories of NLer's that have ventured into "uncharted waters" in their lives. We hope that these stories will help encourage and empower others to take on similar risks/challenges in their own life.

Episodes

#24 - Mark Dobbin shares what he looks for when investing in entrepreneurs

July 20, 2023 • 49 mins
Intro

Today's episode features an interview with Mark Dobbin, founder and president of Killick Capital Inc., a private equity investment firm headquartered in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was created as a vehicle for Mark’s desire to invest in the aerospace sector as well as work and invest in his hometown. The name "Killick" refers to an anchor made of a long stone and sticks. Its effective and ingenious design has bee...
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#23 - "Someone doesn't have to lose for someone else to gain" - Kimberly Mullins

May 24, 2023 • 89 mins
Intro
In this episode I talk with Kimberley Mullins, an applied social scientist and the current Director of Talent Development at Shopify. She is from Newfoundland, but she moved to Calgary to work for ExxonMobil Canada. She then joined Imperial Oil, which is also located in Calgary.We discuss a variety of topics, but one of my favorites is Kimberley's discussion of how she stayed connected to her hometown and her advice to people ...
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#22 - Local Tech Spotlight: Ed Martin @Zorbit's by Carnegie Learning

January 11, 2022 • 36 mins
The fourth episode in the NL Tech Spotlight series - a discussion between Jeremy Andrews and Ed J Martin, the CEO of Clockwork Fox Studios. Clockwork is an education technology company that develops a blended learning platform for elementary math called Zorbit’s Math Adventure. Zorbit helps young math learners succeed by integrating the powers of play, pedagogy, and learning analytics.

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#21 - Local Tech Spotlight: Leah Murphy @ Northstar Payroll

August 5, 2021 • 28 mins
This episode of Uncharted Waters’ “Local Tech Spotlight” segment is a discussion between Jeremy Andrews and Leah Murphy from NorthStar Payroll. Leah came up with the idea for a better payroll system after years of operating her own payroll company, Get Payroll. NorthStar plans to provide their customers with a premium payroll software that leverages AI & Machine Learning technology to automate repetitive tasks, catch variances in p...
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#20 - Tim Powers: “Stay Strong”

June 2, 2021 • 49 mins
Tim Powers shares his journey, including some ups and downs, from deep roots in Newfoundland and Labrador to a life and career at the “Centre”. Tim’s vision of the future direction of this country in strategic areas including a post Covid world and Carbon Pricing is very interesting. He is always led by his mother's sage advice, which is to “Never Get Too Big For Your Britches”. Enjoy the listen it will surprise and entertain y...
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#19 - Local Tech Spotlight: Prospre “A Growing Entrepreneurial Mentality at Memorial”

May 3, 2021 • 22 mins
In the second episode of our new segment “Local Tech Spotlight”, Jeremy talks with Prospre, a St. John’s Startup developing a mobile app that allows you to easily build customized meal plans that take your personal preferences and nutritional goals into account.

Jonathan and Colin from Prospre give us a peek inside the early days of starting a technology company in Newfoundland and Labrador. We discuss the success they’ve had to dat...
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#18 Aatif Baskanderi

April 16, 2021 • 79 mins
Aatif Baskanderi, a Global NL award winner for the production of the acclaimed film “Salaam B’y”, provides us with a not often heard overview of the diversity experience growing up in Newfoundland and Labrador. Aatif's film is a profound lense through which one’s understanding of diversity today can be viewed. He gives us a interesting sense of how his life experience in education and work has lead him to now focus the establishm...
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#17 - Local Tech Spotlight: InspectAR "Architecting for flexibility"

February 26, 2021 • 25 mins
This episode will be a discussion between Jeremy Andrews and Liam, Nick, Darryl and Matt of InspectAR. InspectAR’s technology uses AR to overlay Printed Circuit Board designs directly onto the circuit board, allowing you to inspect, debug, rework, and assemble PCBs in less time, without mistakes or frustration. In 2020, InspectAR was acquired by Cadence Design Systems, the market leader in Electronic Design Automation software and ...
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#16 - Dr. Vianne Timmons: “Surround Yourself With People That Lift You Up”

November 12, 2020 • 43 mins
Dr. Timmons leads us through a candid overview of her years growing up in Labrador and describes how this place shaped who she is. The strength of the Labrador community shines through in her discussion. The journey which led her to become Memorial’s president is wrought with this sense of community and early efforts to visit the communities of this Province are impressive. Dr. Timmons’ energy in support of defining and enabling...
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#15 - Andrew Furey: “We have just scratched the surface”

October 14, 2020 • 68 mins
Andrew leads us through an interesting summary of the impact the current global Covid 19 crisis has had on his personal and professional life. He shares his path to the field of medicine and the role that “Trauma in Baltimore” played in that journey. Discussions of “Dollar a Day” and “Team Broken Earth” provide interesting insights into what makes Andrew tick! Andrew also describes why he sees public life as a very important next...
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#14 - The Importance of Connections with Nathan Young

July 7, 2020 • 46 mins
Nathan describes the amazing value of Connections in a person's life. His Connections have taken him through the sporting world with national and international success, including olympic gold. He shares his view of the path forward being led by the principle of “believing in yourself” as the primary component whether it is in respect of sport, education or work. Nathan also gives us a little insight into his early fascination wit...
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#13 - Your career is a jungle gym (not a ladder) with Josh Davis

June 16, 2020 • 48 mins
Josh Davis provides a wide-ranging discussion of the first 10 years of his working life, which leads the listener to an understanding of what he calls the Transition Generation. He discusses his Mun Eng experience, initial NL work success and family life, leading to an exciting work/life balance in Houston. Josh explains that he has learned a lot about life choices in this period. The discussion touches on a wide range of very inte...
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#12 - Entrepreneurship with Florian Villaumé

May 25, 2020 • 60 mins
Florian Villaume is responsible for Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Centre for Entrepreneurship (MCE). Florian completed his Mechanical Engineering education in his native France, following that up with further education in Quebec where he completed a Masters in Fluid Mechanics. He describes his curious early career path working in Africa with Canadian Engineers Without Borders and how that unique experience shap...
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#11 - Building a career in sustainability and climate change with Colin Powell

March 22, 2020 • 61 mins
Colin describes his remarkable journey through post secondary education choices and early employment. His current professional focus with respect to the world of “Sustainability/Climate Change '' is fascinating. Colin's discussion of how financial and corporate interests have changed to reflect the new reality is enlightening. His perspective on the merits of Global NL are encouraging. Enjoy!

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#10 - GlobalNL Hardware, with Zach Green & Brett Vokey

January 5, 2020 • 25 mins
Jeremy Andrews (Co-founder at CoLab Software) discusses hardware start-ups in Newfoundland with Zach Green (Co-founder of Mysa Thermostat) and Brett Vokey (Founder of BreatheSuite).
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#9 - Why We Started GlobalNL

September 2, 2019 • 22 mins
Greg and Kingsley sat down and talked about GlobalNL's mission and goals for 2019.
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#8 - Season 1 wrap-up

July 10, 2019 • 10 mins
Looking back on season 1 of The Leap.
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#7 - Stories from Silicon Valley with David Stewart

June 16, 2019 • 55 mins
David Stewart currently lives in Palo Alto, California but is originally from Thetford Mines, Quebec. David shares stories from his broad ranging career journey. He began by studying as a Lawyer at McGill and then found himself at an early stage startup just prior to the “.com” crash. He also founded a non-profit immigration clinic as well as worked in the Consulate General of Canada office in San Francisco. David is now an inde...
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#6 - Building Businesses as a Marathon, not a Sprint, with Joe Teo

June 6, 2019 • 47 mins
Joe Teo is the founder and CEO of HeyOrca!, a software start-up based in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Joe shares his story about moving from Malaysia to Newfoundland to study business at Memorial University & eventually starting his company upon graduation.

Podcast Outline:
Min 1- Introduction
Min 2 - Why he decided to start a company
Min 3 - Why did he choose MUN/NL?
Min 6:30 - TIming and why he started HeyOrca!
Min 14 - Biggest challe...
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#5 - Innovating Newfoundland & Labrador public service, with Anne Whelan

May 31, 2019 • 45 mins
Anne Whelan, originally from Jerseyside, is the CEO of Seafair Capital - a St. John’s based company that invests in community and home health, wellness and safety. In this episode, Anne tells us how she applied strategic thinking and global learning to innovate in public service in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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