David Farr
Master of Business in Entrepreneurship & Technology and Bachelor of Mathematics from University of Waterloo, Business Continuity Administrator at Research In Motion Limited, Business Continuity Coordinator/Analyst at Amgen Canada Inc.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Computing, Gaming, Information Technology, Mobile |
| Skills: | Business, Database Administration, Databases, Editing, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, HTML / CSS, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, MacOS applications, Management, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Web Development, Windows, Windows applications, Writing |
| Next step: | When I graduate in July, I will be looking for full-time employment while working on my start-ups part-time. |
| Location: | Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| Groups: | RISE MBET Competition |
| Visas: | Canada |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Tags: | enterprise software, telepresence, university of waterloo |
| Schools: | University of Waterloo |
FEATURED STARTUP
Glass Telepresence
Glass Telepresence
Glass Telepresence is making life-like communication a reality.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Prototyping
FULL BIO
Born and raised in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, I have spent most of my life learning about mathematics, computers, and entrepreneurship. My goal is to "light up" Waterloo Region on the map by making it the next high-tech hotbed in North America.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Research In Motion Limited |
| Position: | Business Continuity Administrator |
| Time period: | March 2006 - September 2009 |
| Description: | Administered LDRPS
including training, end-user support, and change management. Tracked issues with LDRPS software releases and worked with vendor to resolve them. Helped various teams perform Business Unit Analyses across the organization. |
| Employer: | Amgen Canada Inc. |
| Position: | Business Continuity Coordinator/Analyst |
| Time period: | June 2005 - March 2006 |
| Description: | Performed Business Impact Analysis to identify risks and recovery priorities.
Developed recovery plans for critical business units using LDRPS 9 and Word. Used Microsoft Access and Excel to analyze customer sales data and accurately allocate units of a product to each wholesaler distribution centre. Prepared monthly Operations metrics reports for management. |
| Employer: | Research In Motion Limited |
| Position: | Business Continuity Program Coordinator |
| Time period: | September 2003 - August 2004 |
| Description: | Developed budgets to compare costs of various disaster recovery site alternatives.
Tracked communications, issues, risks, and documents for legal agreement process. |
| Employer: | Research In Motion Limited |
| Position: | Software Project Coordinator |
| Time period: | January 2003 - April 2003 |
| Description: | Managed schedules, issues, and risks for a major software project using Primavera.
Gathered information and prepared a variety of status reports using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Primavera. Created macros to automate data entry and analysis using Visual Basic for Applications and Microsoft Excel. |
| Employer: | The PEER Group, Inc. |
| Position: | Software Developer |
| Time period: | May 2002 - August 2002 |
| Description: | Performed extensive Quality Assurance of complicated software for over a month.
Tested, identified, and logged software bugs. Debugged faulty code and fixed minor errors. Developed COM+ Dynamic Link Libraries and controls using Visual Basic 6.0. Developed software in a seven-person team environment. |
| Employer: | Data Manager Limited |
| Position: | Database Manager/Software Developer |
| Time period: | January 1997 - December 2001 |
| Description: | Manipulated data in various text and database formats.
Developed forms in Corel Paradox 8.0 and Lotus Approach to make data processing easier and more efficient, saving 3 person-hours per week. Improved existing Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and several other promotional documents regarding Data Managers services to attract new customers. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Waterloo |
| Time period: | 2009 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Entrepreneurship, and Technology, MBA |
| University: | University of Waterloo |
| Time period: | 2000 - 2005 |
| Degree: | Mathematics, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | "Observations of an Industry Newbie", Continuity Central, Spring 2006
"Five Things to Consider when Rolling out Business Continuity Software", Continity Central, August 2009 |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Hockey, volleyball, long distance running, weight training |
| Hobbies: | Listening to music, playing video games, learning guitar, reading. |
| Clubs: | Was a member of the University of Waterloo's DEX chapter, a club for students interested in business role-playing. |
| Memberships: | Disaster Recovery Institute - CBCP designation.
Business Continuity Insitute - AMBCI designation. |
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Shannon DeSouza
MBET & Honours Arts and Business and Speech Communications and Human Resource Management both from University Of Waterloo, Founder & Principal Planner at Isabelle Annalise Inc, Campus Ambassador at Research In Motion Ltd in 2009.
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Josh Wright
MBA in Entrepreneurship & Technology from University of Waterloo, BBA in International Finance from Wilfrid Laurier University, Recruitment Consultant at Circle Square Consulting since 08, Server and Bartender at The Charcoal Group Ltd from 03-06.
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Will Paskar
MBET from University of Waterloo, BASc in Honours Mechanical Engineering, Co-operative Program, Mechanical Engineering at Mancor Industries since May-Sept 08, Product Development Engineer at DANA Canada Corp. from Sept-Dec 2007.