Eli Fathi is the CEO and founder of OrbitIQ, a global Business Accelerator. He has been a technology entrepreneur for the past 25 years. In 1986, Eli founded Applied Silicon Inc. Canada to provide engineering consulting services to the private and public sectors. Following an investment from Newbridge Networks in 1996, the company shifted its focus to video over IP solutions, growing to 180 employees. In May 2000, Telexis was acquired and became March Networks. Eli served as the Executive VP for Business Development at March Networks until August 2001.
Eli has served on OCRI Board for the past 6 years, and is on the Board of the Greater Ottawa Chamber of commerce since 2004. Eli chaired the Ottawa Gatineau Commercialization Task Force. He joined the CATA Board of Directors in 2005, and participated on the CATA outsourcing and commercialization committees. He has also participated as a member on the Conference Board of Canada Leader's Roundtable on Commercialization from 2004 to 2006. Eli is a member of the Board for C-com Inc. a publicly traded company on the TSX-V. He is also the chairman of the Advisory Board for the Electronics department at Algonquin College.
Eli Fathi earned an Electrical Engineering degree in 1978 and a Master of Science degree in 1982 from the University of Ottawa. He received the University Of Ottawa Faculty Of Engineering Alumni Award of excellence for 2002. In 2004 he was the Recipient of the Order of Ottawa for Economic Development, and was the Recipient of OCRI 2004 Civic Entrepreneur of the Year award.
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