The Queen's MBA program had been working with some of the local businesses in the area. I think the idea is to promote Kingston as a place where people can stay for a while...not just go to school and move on to bigger cities. They set us on a tour of about 13 local business. It's hard to coordinate 75 students showing up a these different businesses, so they gave each team 3 business to visit. There was a elevator pitch competition at the end where each team was given a company and had to deliver the pitch to a panel of judges. There was a nice trophy at the end.
I was really happy that one of the businesses on my team's list was Transformix Engineering. They design and build automated high speed assembly systems for various clients. Their plant is small but they're doing some neat things. It was nice to be back in the familiar world of cutting metal and assembly things on the shop floor. I made a mental note to contact them later in the year to start a conversation about the possibility of working with them. I still like engineering but I'm ready to move on an get involved on the business side of things. Working with Transformix would give me a chance to have both sides.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Down time...
July's been a busy month. The school work kicked up a few notches and I've been trying to find that balance between work and play. It's worked out so far, but it's been difficult. We have about a week off now. I have lot's to post about...it's been almost a month since I've posted anything.
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