We are pleased to announce that Ian Haase has been selected as Western’s Director of Student Entrepreneurship. This is a new position related to funding secured from the Ontario Government to develop a Student Entrepreneurship Centre in London, in collaboration with Fanshawe College. Ian will begin in this capacity on September 1, 2014.
Ian brings forward a wealth of experience, knowledge and skills that will support ongoing growth of student and youth entrepreneurship at Western (and across London), in collaboration with colleagues at Fanshawe College and our valued community/industry partners.
With an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a MSc from McGill University, Ian has worked for the past four years at TechAlliance, most recently as Vice-President, Operations and Start Up Services. In this role, Ian supported more than 300 entrepreneurs in the development and launch of new startups in London, including youth and students from Western University and Fanshawe College. Ian has previous experience in higher education as a Research Manager at McGill University, and graduated as a student entrepreneur in 2005 as the founder and CEO of Spatial Solutions, a successful software company based in Montreal, Canada.
We thank our selection committee, which included representatives from Western University, The University Students’ Council, and Fanshawe College. We are delighted to welcome Ian to the Western team, and look forward to the ongoing development of Student and Youth Entrepreneurship at Western University!
We will continue to keep our partners and stakeholders involved as plans develop for the new centre. For more information on interim support for student and youth entrepreneurs, please see the attached document ‘Update to New Student Entrepreneurship Centre.
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Dr. Angie Mandich
Acting Associate Vice-President Student Experience
Western University
519 661-2111 ext. 86496
Mr. Paul Paolatto
Acting Director
Western’s Centre for Student Entrepreneurship
519 850-2307
