There's a problem: Imagine every dollar, euro, rupee, yen, and money everywhere is being reset creating the biggest financial transition in history. Now picture this, the changeover is a stealth operation by design, and insiders don’t talk. Ordinary people are unaware. People feel anxious, their wealth is at risk, but they can't understand what's happening. They lack guidance. We are an intelligence firm. Our ability to seek, discover, synthesize and lead is unique. We offer insights… Show more There's a problem: Imagine every dollar, euro, rupee, yen, and money everywhere is being reset creating the biggest financial transition in history. Now picture this, the changeover is a stealth operation by design, and insiders don’t talk. Ordinary people are unaware. People feel anxious, their wealth is at risk, but they can't understand what's happening. They lack guidance. We are an intelligence firm. Our ability to seek, discover, synthesize and lead is unique. We offer insights in areas your investment advisors and media can’t, and strategies to protect your wealth and gain an edge in this financial reset and technological shift. Show less

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Are you a startup seeking funding or need design guidance? Email navid at sustainablespark.com.Specific areas of interest include startups * decentralized finance | blockchain meets banking industry * led by design-thinking or experience-strategy * energy, environment, breakthrough sciences* medical sciences and devicesI co-invested with with GVC Partners in Shyft Power - distributed power management for Africa shyftpower.comIndustry/geography agnostic… Show more Are you a startup seeking funding or need design guidance? Email navid at sustainablespark.com.Specific areas of interest include startups * decentralized finance | blockchain meets banking industry * led by design-thinking or experience-strategy * energy, environment, breakthrough sciences* medical sciences and devicesI co-invested with with GVC Partners in Shyft Power - distributed power management for Africa shyftpower.comIndustry/geography agnostic investor in pre-seed, seed, and Series A stage opportunities. For more about use and investments see: goingvc.com/goingvc-partners Show less

Summary: Innovation, Strategy and Product Direction across Canon Advanced Visualization in a $200mi revenue imaging portfolio. Medical deep-tech with advanced scientists and AI-focused teams.Responsible for Product Direction influencing many product teams. Included CT Scanners, Advanced Visualization (AV) Enterprise Imaging (PACS). AV products include neurology (stroke), cardiology (Vessel Analysis, Function), Oncology. I'm the one going into the hospitals, watching… Show more Summary: Innovation, Strategy and Product Direction across Canon Advanced Visualization in a $200mi revenue imaging portfolio. Medical deep-tech with advanced scientists and AI-focused teams.Responsible for Product Direction influencing many product teams. Included CT Scanners, Advanced Visualization (AV) Enterprise Imaging (PACS). AV products include neurology (stroke), cardiology (Vessel Analysis, Function), Oncology. I'm the one going into the hospitals, watching physicians at UPMC, UCLA, Texas Childrens to understand real needs THEY can't see. Then design future products with science in mind, and try to get the best products built with engineers. 2018 Artificial Intelligence Product Vision - I helped skip the "do everything" hype cycle and proposed a design vision to meet deep communication needs in the ER department.2015 VitreView - Founding designer of browser based medical imaging systemo New product-vision (including all interaction design, and led visual design). Unique designs for iPad,iPhone and Desktop browsers. o Built in record time, with great satisfaction by engineers. Design winner (2012) - Nielsen Norman Group World’s 10 Best Applicationsfor VitreaTeach, a “Pinterest for Radiologists”Greenfield product strategies for Describing Findings Systematically Across All Medical Imaging (2021). World changing concept vision that should get build one day. Show less

Sometimes You Lose: I designed World-First changing environmental remediation tech. Financial crisis. Weaker Competitor Positive Energy got $30 Million from Obama, Changed name to O-Power and had $500mi exit with Oracle. We make it easy for people to understand their energy use through visually engaging graphics. We drive conservational change by helping create positive local distribution companies (LDCs) mind-share. Mind-share helps all subsequent endeavours and educational… Show more Sometimes You Lose: I designed World-First changing environmental remediation tech. Financial crisis. Weaker Competitor Positive Energy got $30 Million from Obama, Changed name to O-Power and had $500mi exit with Oracle. We make it easy for people to understand their energy use through visually engaging graphics. We drive conservational change by helping create positive local distribution companies (LDCs) mind-share. Mind-share helps all subsequent endeavours and educational programs. All with a Social Engagement Engine that LDCs can easily implement, run and maintain.Background;Our project began with a goal of tackling humanity's biggest problem. We didn't frame the problem in terms of its effects - climate change - nor in terms of its potential solutions - sustainability, environmentalism. We knew the problem was inspiring people around a cause and helping them see and believe their their individual actions are meaningful. In the 2007-2008 we entered the Euro PostalCode Competition, the BuckMinster Fuller Competition, and the Knight Competition. These competitions are looking for visionary social and environmental solutions. Ureika was a startup focused on demand side conservation. Think: ENERGY LITERACY is the cheapest way to (SAVE or GENERATE) ENERGY. In short, great idea, good timing, but the utilities in Canada were too conservative to adopt our technology. We also should have raised more money and scaled into the US.The final chapter: Opower (pre-Obama, Positive Energy) in our humble opinion borrowed ideas from us. They skated over our preliminary patents. With a $30m+ grant from Obama's $2.3B Green Program, they scaled fast, Opower had a $500mi exit. For the good of the community, if other startups want to build demand side systems Opower's patents will not hold against our prior disclosure - reach out info@ureika.com Show less

Summary: Startup CTO created visionary software for the Fashion Industry. Life lesson from this venture - visionary technical people must not abdicate strategic planning. The CTO in tech-heavy business has CEO-type duties.Smartpatterns = [Advanced Algorithmics & World-class Design] + [Yarn & Knitting & Custom Sizing] As the CTO I was responsible for Sweater Designer - inheriting a failed code base, with some good ideas but no working software. We redesigned the entire thing.… Show more Summary: Startup CTO created visionary software for the Fashion Industry. Life lesson from this venture - visionary technical people must not abdicate strategic planning. The CTO in tech-heavy business has CEO-type duties.Smartpatterns = [Advanced Algorithmics & World-class Design] + [Yarn & Knitting & Custom Sizing] As the CTO I was responsible for Sweater Designer - inheriting a failed code base, with some good ideas but no working software. We redesigned the entire thing. We went deep into knitting to invent algorithmics (e.g. sizing algorithms) never written down. I hired and managed Developers within our budget. This was "part-time" (intense) startup, with cash skin in the game from me and no pay driven by vision. Too bad it was driven into the ground -> life lesson.Here is a video of our software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qmt0IEIYos Show less

Summary: It is likely you've been diagnosed on software I was the Design lead for. Lead designer for medical imaging software used in 700 medical facilities used on 200+ million patients per year. Performed observational research at premier institutions such as UMMS, MGH, UCSF, Texas Children's, MD Anderson. Translated research into incremental and step-forward technology that can be implemented by scientists and engineers.Designed “Agility” Next Gen PACS product… Show more Summary: It is likely you've been diagnosed on software I was the Design lead for. Lead designer for medical imaging software used in 700 medical facilities used on 200+ million patients per year. Performed observational research at premier institutions such as UMMS, MGH, UCSF, Texas Children's, MD Anderson. Translated research into incremental and step-forward technology that can be implemented by scientists and engineers.Designed “Agility” Next Gen PACS product (2007-2008)o Designed a new integrated product line in areas including virtual colonoscopy, 3D, MPR, CPR, spine labelingo Overhauled visual design to establish brand presenceo Led developers in Waterloo, Gent, and Vienna Designed Impax 6.0 Agfa’s Flagship product (2003-2007)o User research and design reviews at 20 siteso Aided in persona creation to differentiate target userso Design steward in the midst of legacy and new products Introduced Design Team into Product Managemento Management teams were shown how design affects strategy o Led 3-person UX team that served entire Product Management division Show less

Summary: Crazy startup that disrupted and terminated the printed film industry. Exit.In 1998 I joined a startup with a crazy idea. I remember Eric Peterson a true Canadian iconoclast CEO, would tell us that we were in the “space race” of medical imaging. He said it was “Navid, John and Fiona vs G.E. and G.E. is buying anything that moves to compete with you.” We did foundational work in medical imaging (PACS) that still stands. My last official title was Lead Architect (Front-End) and I… Show more Summary: Crazy startup that disrupted and terminated the printed film industry. Exit.In 1998 I joined a startup with a crazy idea. I remember Eric Peterson a true Canadian iconoclast CEO, would tell us that we were in the “space race” of medical imaging. He said it was “Navid, John and Fiona vs G.E. and G.E. is buying anything that moves to compete with you.” We did foundational work in medical imaging (PACS) that still stands. My last official title was Lead Architect (Front-End) and I was responsible for product design and influencing 30+ engineers to build the right product. Our medical computer software led to a massive switch-over from printed X-rays in hospitals. We had an exit: Agfa Film bought Mitra for $300mi in 2001. Kodak was not so lucky. In a decade, the film industry was gone. Show less