Popvox Predictive Dialer | |
| The world's easiest to use cloud-based callcenter system. |
Telemessaging Service | |
| Send automated notifications and surveys by phone. Available only to non-profits. |
Data Services | |
| We provide canvassing and fundraising lists to non-profits. We provide contact lists to polling firms. |
Telecom Product Development and Network Engineering |
| Developed electronic products for OEMs, and designed services for telecom operators like Primus and Lavalife (2001-2008). |
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Renewable Energy Development
Renewable Power Partners | |
| Developed and sold 80 commercial solar farm facility developments in the 5 acre range. |
Green Life Power | |
| Development of solar farm facilities in the 5 acre range in rural Ontario. Remaining assets were sold to Renewable Power Partners. |
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Older Stuff I've worked on over the years
Aerospace...
TransOrbital, Inc. | Link | 1997 |
| One of the founders of a company that launched a 440-kg test satellite into orbit in 2002. |
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Politics...
Stop Election Fraud | PDF | 2011 |
| Awareness campaign to bring attention to telephone fraud in the 2011 federal election. |
Economic Returns on Transit City Investment | PDF | 2010 |
| Economic analysis on Toronto's transit funding controversy, lead to some public statements and press releases. |
Federal Election Campaign | Link | 2000 |
| Stood as a Toronto NDP candidate during the 2000 Federal Election. |
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Engineering Research and Mission Designs...
Cloud Desktop | 2006 |
| We developed an inexpensive, cloud-based laptop computer for developing countries. |
Mars Communication Nanosatellite | PDF | 2003 |
| Reduces the minimum size of Mars science missions using tiny radio relays. |
Reusable Deep-Space Propulsion | PDF | 2002 |
| Dramatically reduces the cost of launching interplanetary spacecraft. |
Atlas Handheld | 2000 |
| Designed a 3G touchscreen smartphone, which runs desktop apps on an external monitor. |
Cislunar Propulsion Engineering Study | 1997 |
| Radical cost-reduction engineering architecture for cislunar payload delivery. |
Moon Society Data Book | Link | 1994 |
| Led a volunteer team of 30 that created a 2,000 document aerospace engineering reference. |
Inorganic Chemistry Research | 1994 |
| Extracting oxygen from moon rocks, asteroid mining, high-performance propulsion, and other interests. |
Canadian Aerospace Resources Directory | Link | 2002 |
| A very comprehensive list of space organizations in Canada. |
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Publishing and Events...
The Bicycle Source Cofounded with Mike Edmonds | Link | 1998 |
| Wrote a couple hundred articles, about two million annual readers at the time. Now derelict. |
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Toronto Events Listings...
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Public Speaking...
There's an Seminar and Article Topics page at Direct Leap.
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My Studies...
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Family...
Wade Rowland
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| Author of eighteen books, journalist, television news producer, now humanities professor at York University. Wikipedia.
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Christine Rowland
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| Rock photographer, artist, activist, graphic designer for television, and Internet marketing pioneer.
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Hilary Rowland
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| My serial entrepreneur sister has a bio at Urbanette Magazine.
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Be grateful for the people in your life! Some fantastic friends and mentors are on Direct Leap's Board of Advisors, who I don't ask questions of nearly enough.
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Copyright 1994-2018 Simon Rowland.