Expertise
As the Entrepreneur and Innovation Hub for Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon, co-located with industry partners Xerox Research Centre of Canada and GreenCentre Canada, the RIC Centre offers a comprehensive range of support services to entrepreneurs for free, including mentorship and advisory services, hands-on workshops and networking events. Utilizing the expertise of RICC’s Entrepreneurs in Residence, RICC clients receive unparalleled professional guidance every step of the way. RIC Centre is a not-for-profit organization working to support innovative businesses within the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs.
RIC Centre’s strategic focus for 2018-2019 is to work with innovators in the following range of sectors:
- Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
- Clean & Green Technologies
- ICT & Internet of Things
Collaboration is key to building an innovation hub. Is innovation important to you? Connect with the RIC Centre community to explore collaboration opportunities.
Vision and Mission
To facilitate connections between the entrepreneurial imagination and practical resources for commercialization, thereby building an innovation ecosystem to support community prosperity in Peel Region.
Our Impact
As the Entrepreneur and Innovation Hub for Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon, RIC Centre has provided a range of free support services to over 500 active clients (new + existing) in the last year, and welcomed 243 new clients!
Throughout the year, RIC Centre has made significant impact on our clients’ business performance by accelerating the process of creating 153 new products, 87 new services, and 21 granted patents.
Over 50% of our clients say that RIC Centre has made a vital or significant impact on their entrepreneurial journey.
Read our full impact report here!
Meet the Experts in Our Strategic Focus Areas
RIC Centre’s strategic focus for 2017-2018 is to work with innovators in the following range of sectors:Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Technologies and IoT Digital Media.
Bob Alsip
Bruce Annis
Paul Barter
Peter Belshaw
Dominic Bortolussi
Ross Bradsen
Dennis Brink
Ron Budreau
Lyle Clarke
Kevin Climans
Baraa El-Kadri
Walter Garrison
Jeremy Goldman
Henrik Gütle
Cameron Hay
John Hayes
Manfred Hubert
Ed Karthaus
Karen Killeen
Axel Kuhn
Derrek S. Lennox
Craig Leonard
Michael List
Jonathan Loudon
Howard Oliver
Ty Parkes
Allen Porstner-Scheuka
James Sbrolla
Bernie Schmidt
Navtej Sekhon
Greg Stewart
Tibor Turi
Avanindra Utukuri
Xerxes Wania
Cam Wykes
Meet the General Business Experts
Rich Adam
Barb Anderson
Amesika Baeta
Trish Barrow
Stephen Beney
Scott Bowman
Mike Boyd
Andréa Brinston
Heidi Brown
Stuart Browne
Patrick Carluccio
Michael Carpentier
Laura Chan
Paul Christilaw
Andrew Coulson
Sue Elliott
Peng Fu
Bob Gilson
Karen Grant
Peter Jones
Jess Joss
Doug Keaney
Prince Khan
Rodger King
Enes Kula
Bobby Lall
Julie Lukkarila
Graham McBride
Denise McClure
Gail Mercer-MacKay
Ana Misra
Yuri Navarro
Doug Osborne
Kamal Pastakia
David Penton
Robert Proia
Irwin Raj
Louis Sapi
Rob Schock
Corinne Sharp
David Sherman
Kevin Shipley
Geoff Simonett
Kevin Smith
Bill Tilston
Grant Tipler
Alex Townsend
Mike Vanderlee
Puneet Varmani
Chris Welsh
Andrew Yoshioka