EFCIE webinar: The commercialization journey of a Fraser Valley tech-entrepreneur

To truly understand what it is to be an entrepreneur, you must become an entrepreneur.

During this session, Dave Leger will share his life-long entrepreneurial journey through the development of several companies and products. Suffice to say, they didn’t all make it. However, the lessons, skills and mindset obtained through the journey provide for a story worth telling and hearing.

Today, David enjoys being the founder of Loop Energy, a TSX listed hydrogen fuel cell company, and is currently the founder & CEO of H2 Portable Power Corp, a Chilliwack based zero-emission generator developer and manufacturer.

Speaker Profile:

David is a lifetime Chilliwack, BC resident with a unique history of innovation and entrepreneurship. As the founder and CEO of several companies spanning folding tools to leading-edge hydrogen fuel cell technology, his journey has provided many of the practical lessons and skills required to create, develop and realize new technologies through to commercialization.

In 2000, David founded Loop Energy Inc., a hydrogen fuel cell engine developer and manufacturer that listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2021. Loop’s patented fuel cell technology provides for industry leading power, efficiency and durability. www.loopenergy.com.

In 2020, David founded H2 Portable Power Corp., a Chilliwack-based portable and stationary zero-emission generator developer and manufacturer. Using Loop’s fuel cell technology, H2 Portable is focused on replacing diesel generators with hydrogen fueled, fuel cell powered generators, and is assembling the necessary infrastructure and logistics required to support fleet deployments.

David served as CEO of Loop Energy from 2000-2016 and currently serves as President & CEO of H2 Portable Power Corp. He is a recipient of the 2015 Delta Management Clean16 Award for his contributions to sustainable energy innovations and he also served on the board of the Canadian Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association from 2011 to 2021.

 

Wed, April 13
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
https://t.co/BOmQFcxS7P

https://ufv-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T0qiOeJPR3uk_r6Qkz9pNQ

For more information, contact Jon Thomas at jon.thomas@ufv.ca

04/14/2022