Chief exeCutive OffiCer
The Canadian CenTre for ProduCT
ValidaTion aT fanshawe College
Dr. Ben CeCil
For the interview, see page 40
How is your organization cHanging
tHe game witHin tHe industry sector?
Our business model is not only about profitability.
Yes, we like profits as much as anyone else, but we
are driven by a different metric – job creation. Not
just for our organization, but for the firms we sup-
port through our testing and validation services. If
they grow, that counts towards our success. Be-
cause we are not just focused on profits, we can
Read. Voraciously. Read
anything and everything
you can get your hands on.
Everything from novels to
poetry to technical
manuals. If you keep
learning, life will continue
to amaze you.
spend more time with clients, serving them from
a developmental perspective, helping them learn
about the performance limits of their products
under field conditions, and embedding product
knowledge with the designers, engineers and end
users – not just with the test facility. And our profits
at the end of the year go back to the college to sup-
port student scholarships, awards and bursaries,
so every student who wishes to attend Fanshawe
College is not limited by any financial constraint.
wHat is a Habit tHat
contributes to your
success?
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