Kempton Lam

Current

• Founder at ideas Revolution

Past

• Senior Software Engineer at Computing Devices Canada (part of Ceridian group)
• Software Engineer at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates

Education

• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
• The University of Calgary
• University of Toronto - University of St. Michael's College

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Connections

36 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Blog

Kempton Lam’s Summary

At the moment, Kempton holds what Charles Handy calls a "portfolio career" and Kempton is enjoying every minute of it. Please refer to the "About" page at his blog with embedded links for more info: http://kempton.wordpress.com/about/

Kempton Lam’s Specialties:

Competitive analysis, Technologies and Business opportunities evaluations, Documentary film making

Kempton Lam’s Experience

• Founder

  ideas Revolution

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

  2003 — Present (5 years)

  • Management consult with entrepreneurs (especially those with patented or trade secret protected technologies)
  • Blog to share his insights on various topics
  • Produced & directed a 71-minute documentary.
  • The film was awarded a grant by the prestigious National Film Board of Canada. It was screened at the 2005 Calgary International Film Festival and featured in Calgary Herald.
  * Awarded a CTV Fellowship (2006) to attend the prestigious Banff World Television Festival where he pitched his projects to broadcasters from around the world (including BBC, NHK, CBC and CNN).

• Senior Software Engineer

  Computing Devices Canada (part of Ceridian group)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CEN; Computer Software industry)

  1996 — 2001 (5 years)

  • Worked closely with clients, system engineers, test engineers and quality assurance engineers to achieve product acceptance by the client
  • Lead team of specialists to find and resolve system problems
  • Evaluated and recommended commercial tools for system development
  • Designed, developed and tested frequency spectrum management and email software
  **Personal interest**
  • Reviewed and recommended more than 20 business, science and finance books for CDC's internal company newsletter to enhance the company's learning culture

• Software Engineer

  MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MDA; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years)

  • Developed software tool to improve the productivity of a team of 20 people which lead to the
  main contractor of the project adapting this tool as a standard
  • Strategic analysis of high level system requirements into software requirements
  • Streamlined task of publishing Software Requirement Specifications from a bi-weekly manual
  process to a fully automated daily process
  • Designed, developed and tested safety critical air traffic control software
  **Personal interest**
  • Charter member of Toastmaster club at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (1992)

Kempton Lam’s Education

• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

  Producer Emergence Program Certificate, TV & Film Production, 2006

  High Definition Production Training (Jan 2006)
  Northern Alberta Institute of Technology & Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association.

• The University of Calgary

  MBA, Business Administration, 2001 — 2003

  • Alberta Heritage Scholarship (2003)
  • Bantrel Inc. Graduate Scholarship (2001)

  Activities and Societies:

  • Volunteered at Winter Business Conference (2003), Mergers & Acquisitions Summit (2002)

• University of Toronto - University of St. Michael's College

  B.Sc. (with high distinction), Computer Science, 1987 — 1991

  • Specialist Program in Computer Science for Data Management
  • St. Michael's College scholarship (1987/89), Silver Medal for academic excellence (1991)
  • Faculty scholar of the Faculty of Arts and Science (1989-91)

  Activities and Societies:

  • Editor of Footprint, an University of Toronto campus newspaper (1989)

Additional Information

Kempton Lam’s Websites:

• My Blog

Kempton Lam’s Interests:

Analyzing Business opportunities, Blog, Movies, Digital Photography, Reading Business, Science and Legal books & news

Kempton Lam’s Groups:

Demo Camp Calgary

Kempton Lam’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• business deals
• getting back in touch