The Western Canadian Defence Industry
Jul 25, 2023
Kimberley VanVliet (IN PERSON)
The Western Canadian Defence Industry
Kimberley founded WāVv over 16 years ago. WāVv is a strategic consulting company specializing in the transfer of commercialized technology from one industry and implementing it in another. Industries of focus are Aerospace, Defence, & Security, Energy, Tech, Ag, Military, Mining, Construction.Kimberley is also the founder and creator of #CONVERGX® - the first and only annual 2.5 day global congress that brings together decision makers from the aforementioned industries which provides you access to a unique peer network of pre-vetted, qualified leaders, who are committed to working with you to seek business opportunities in the next 12-18months. At ConvergX® you’re solving problems you didn’t know you had, with solutions you didn’t know existed, from industries you didn’t know could help.Kimberley is also part of the Canadian Delegation to the #NATO Industrial Advisory Group (#NIAG), Co-Chair CoI on Innovation - NIAG; NATO; is part of the STO Technical Team Space Risk Assessment Matrix (S-RAM) and works closely with other divisions of NATO such as Allied Command Transformation Unit (#ACT), the Science & Technology Office (#STO), and the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (#DIANA).Most recently, Kimberley's efforts have taken her to NATO HQ, #NORAD & #USNORTHCOM. She was awarded one of the Top 20 women in Defence in Canada by Esprit de Corps Magazine, and most recently a delegate of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference (#GGCLC) for 2022.Kimberley Van Vliet, Linkedin