Spotlight on the Six: Recent Episodes
Akash Pasricha
Spotlight On The Six features interviews with local Torontonians who are lifting our city on the global stage. Every week, Akash interviews an outstanding local who is pioneering their industry and putting Toronto initiatives on the map. The show covers CEOs, tech executives, scientists, artists, athletes, and Canadian icons. Toronto is having a moment, and it's time we start showing it.
------- Akash Pasricha is a design consultant and contributor to the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star. He is a podcaster from Toronto, and previously the host of the iTunes Top 100 Podcast "Operation: Internship."
Hana James is the Co-Founder and Director of Community for Greenhouse Juice Co.
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In 2011, Mohammed Hakmi fled his home in Syria when war was declared in his country. He moved to Lebonan, where he lived for 8 years. In 2018, Kris Braun met Mohammed over email. 11 months later, Kris brought Mohammed to Canada as the first Syrian refugee to be hired directly into Canadian tech. Today, Mohammed and Kris are both engineers at Bonfire, a software company in Waterloo. On this episode, we talk to both Mohammed and Kris about how this story came together.
Host: Akash Pasricha
Producer: Aryan Pasricha
Copyright Akash Naren Pasricha 2019. All Rights Reserved.
Jennifer Couldrey is the Executive Director of the Upside Foundation, and one of Canada's Top 100 most powerful women of 2018.
The foundation seeks commitment from Canadian tech companies to donate a small percentage of their equity to charity. When companies decide to IPO or get acquired, that equity gets converted to cash and donated to a charity of their choice.
In this episode, we talk about how Jenn has gotten over 200 companies to take the pledge, what her newest award means to her, and how women in tech can continue to excel in this industry.
Host: Akash Pasricha
Producer: Aryan Pasricha
Copyright Akash Naren Pasricha 2019. All Right Reserved.
Steven Ten Holder is the Founder and Chief Innovation officer for Acorn Biolabs. His company freezes your stem cells with just the pluck of a few hairs, so that you can preserve them for when you may need them most, decades down the line. In this episode, we talk about why Steven founded the company, why he gave up the title of CEO, and where this industry is going.
Host: Akash Pasricha
Producer: Aryan Pasricha
Copyright Akash Naren Pasricha 2019. All Rights Reserved.
Toronto is having a moment, and it's time we started to show it.
Host: Akash Pasricha
Producer: Aryan Pasricha
Copyright Akash Naren Pasricha 2019. All Rights Reserved.