Growing Indigenous Tech – Plato

Sep 19, 2024

Hello everybody. Welcome to PLATO Panel Talks. My name is Ryan St. Germaine and I’m a mixed settler and Red River Métis heritage. Professionally, I’m the host and founder of Tech Circle, an Executive in Residence with Raven Indigenous Capital Partners and new ventures. I’m also a four-time startup founder. PLATO has invited me, as a guest, today to host and lead a panel discussion this month. And it’s on a topic that I know that me and my panelists are quite passionate about – technology! More specifically, building capacity with Indigenous-led tech companies and creating more pathways to tech for Indigenous peoples. Whether you want to work in the community, you want to work in big tech or found companies, I believe, and I would assume that others here believe, that you should be able to do whatever you want. We’re here to talk about how you can get there.

So, I’m very excited to be joined by Denis Carignan from PLATO and Jeff Ward from Animikii. I’ve had the privilege of founding Indigenous Tech Circle with our guests, and I’m thrilled to start the conversation. From humble beginnings. Tech Circle is now a 300-plus community for Indigenous founders and changemakers. So, we’ll tell you how to get in touch with us at the end of the session here. To kick off, I’d like to hand it over to each of our panelists to say hello and introduce himself. Jeff, maybe I’ll get you to go first and welcome!

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