Talent First Network

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The Talent First Network is a province-wide initiative that enables the transfer of (i) open source technology, (ii) knowledge about competing in open environments, and (iii) talented students with skills in the commercialization of open source assets from academic institutions to Ontario companies, the not-for-profit sector and open source communities.


The Talent First Network was launched in July of 2006 with the financial support of the Ministry of Research and Innovation's Ontario Research Commercialization Program.


The Talent First Network is led by Professor Tony Bailetti founder of Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management Program. It benefits from the active participation of (i) executives of technology companies, (ii) professors and students in engineering, computer science, information technology, science, and business faculties, (iii) directors of open source foundations, (iv) leaders of open source projects and user communities, and (v) public organizations that support wealth creation through innovation.


The Talent First Network team includes:


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Objectives

The objectives of the Talent First Network are to:

  • Transfer knowledge, open source technology, and talent developed at Ontario's academic institutions to Ontario companies, the not-for-profit sector and open source communities
  • Produce talented graduates with skills in the commercialization of open source technology (i.e., code, hardware designs, content, scientific knowledge, and product development processes)
  • Spin out companies that rely on open source technology to compete
  • Evolve the codified knowledge base that helps Ontario companies that rely on open source technology to compete and helps Ontario achieve influential leadership in open source software communities globally
  • Increase the number of faculty members in Ontario academic institutions who can produce talented graduates with skills in commercialization of open source technology and competition in open environments


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Initiatives

The initiatives of the Talent First Network are organized into:

  • Lead projects
  • Company affiliates
  • Codified knowledge and knowledge transfer
  • Spinoffs
  • Events
  • Proof-of-Principle Program


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Lead projects

The Talent First Network supports lead projects. A lead project develops a platform based on free open source software and hardware building blocks, and one or more applications that demonstrate the platform’s performance and functionality.

Lead projects currently supported by the Talent First Network include:

  • Contributing knowledge for the development of a global ecosystem in the emerging Communications Enabled Applications sector where Ontario companies can lead in new markets.
  • OttawaTechCommunity - Uses Web 2.0 technology to provide: (i) information on the companies, open source projects and groups, public organizations, academic institutions, and people that are part of Ottawa's technology community and, (ii) tools to make sense of the information contributed by hundreds of individuals.
  • TFN-100 - Uses Open Source components to provide a multimedia communications system for Webcasting and Webconferencing applications such as distance learning and business collaborations; including the capability to record webcasts and webconferences and subsequently present the archive of these records on a portal. This project also supports the "Social Innovation" initiative at Carleton University.
  • Eclipse/Ingres - Stack for web-application development
  • "Home grown projects" - are led by faculty members that demonstrate the use of open source in a various fields.
  • Talentforge.org - Concurrent Versioning System for open source projects set up by the Talent First Network.
  • Professional Development
  • "TFN-SE" (SE meaning "Social Engagement") is a knowledge transfer initiative for assisting not-for-profits that (or wish to) adopt open source assets and processes.
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Company affiliates

The Talent First Network supports Ontario-based companies that use open source assets to innovate, generate revenue, reduce costs, and undertake new initiatives.

The Talent First Network:

  • pays for undergraduates to undertake development tasks (internships)
  • helps leaders of open source projects establish profitable open source companies
  • helps open source companies with their funding applications
  • helps open source companies move up maturity levels

The Talent First Network eco-system of Ontario-based companies include:

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Codified knowledge and knowledge transfer

The Talent First Network supports:

  • the production and distribution of the Open Source Business Resource, a free monthly publication containing thoughtful insights on open source issues written for and by people who work with open source.
  • open source related theses and projects of graduate students in Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management Program
  • the Lead to Win professional development program for top management teams of open source companies and leaders of open source projects
  • tutorials for top management teams of open source companies and leaders of open source projects
  • training of student talent through industry-led Open Source Boot Camp


Theses in progress

  • Andrew Ceponkus A survey of how companies that use open source make money
  • Andrew Chernysh Open source software adoption in the military: The case of the Department of National Defence
  • Samrat Dhillon Building web-application open source stacks
  • Hiba Enayat Contributor diversity and open source software project success
  • Edy Ferreira How to make money from open source hardware designs
  • Douglas Frosst How web service network attributes affect innovation
  • Rene Garcia Lozano Adoption of embedded open source software: The case of Linux in mobile devices
  • Kamal Hassin Methods used to ensure implementation of clean intellectual property
  • Nelson Ko Building intellectual and social capital in online knowledge communities
  • Peter Liu Examining open source telecommunication companies
  • Stephen Lombardi Identifying the structures companies develop to derive value from open source projects and deliver value to customers
  • Mekki MacAulay How does the release of code as open source affect value chains?
  • Iveta Markova Web 2.0 technology adoption by government departments
  • Glen McInnis Competitive actions that are unique to open source firms
  • Monica Mora Examining sustainability models to fund open educational resources
  • Jeevitahn Muttulingam COTS/FOSS integration
  • Mohamad Najem How companies make money using OSS development practices that deliver stacks
  • Andrew Pullin Operationalizing ecosystem health constructs and company roles
  • Bobby Tan Factors that affect open source code quality
  • Prashant Takwale Relationship between object oriented system design metrics and product quality
  • Mohammed Treif Innovations that rely on open source deployed by academic institutions
  • Amy Xu Examining the relationship between open source development and the adoption of open standards: the OpenAccess standard
  • Hua Ye How VC funded telecom startups make money by using open source software
  • Tammy Yuan Examining value creation and appropriation from Carrier Grade Linux adoption
  • Xie Zhensheng Patterns that define the governance open source foundations


Projects in progress


Theses in open source completed before Talent First Network was established

  • Owais Ahmed Migration from proprietary to open source learning content management systems (Summer 2005)
  • Richard Alam Open source projects, market offers and competitive advantage (Fall 2005)
  • Syed Ali Adoption of voice over Internet protocol by North American service operators (Winter 2005)
  • Azmat Khan How companies use open source software to capture value in the voice over Internet protocol market (Summer 2006)
  • Lenny Li Examining open source investment aggressiveness of large computer and telecommunication firms (Summer 2006)
  • Zhibin Li Involvement in standards development and product performance (Winter 2004)
  • Xiaoling Liu Assessing the release of proprietary code as open source: large company case (Summer 2006)
  • Zheshi Peng Firm adoption of Linux (Winter 2004)
  • Piedad Pinzon The relationship between structure and performance of open source projects: case of learning content management systems (Fall 2005)
  • Rizwan Rehman Factors that contribute to open source software project success (Winter 2006)
  • Jihong Yang Sales generated using open source projects (Fall 2005)
  • Yong Zhang Capturing value from early stage technology in open standard environments: the case of Wi-Fi (Winter 2005)
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Spinoffs

Talent First supports the creation of companies founded by graduate students enrolled in the Technology Innovation Management Program. To date, the following spin-offs have been launched:

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Events

The Talent First Network organizes, sponsors, and participates in events that support its objectives.


Upcoming events:

  • TIM Lecture Series: Apr 16, 2008 - The state of open source software and corporate software development, David Levin, CEO, Black Duck Software
  • OSBC4 April 2008: C and C++ development using open source
  • OSBC5 May 20, 2008: Open source databases
  • OSBC6 June 2-3: Geospatial solution development using open source
  • SOA Consortium Meeting, June 25-26, 2008, Ottawa
  • OSBC7 July: Development using the Eclipse framework
  • OSBC8 August: PERL, Python, and Bourne shell development
  • OSBC9 September: Basics of using open source (repeat of material from OSBC1 & 2)
  • OSBC10 October: Developing embedded devices using open source
  • OSBC11 November: Sockets and Threads programming

Past events:

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Contact

To contribute to the Talent First Network, please contact:

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