Most public conversations about University of Guelph Alumni Panel skip the parts that matter to people actually doing the work.
Venue. University of Guelph. Year. Periodic. Materials/source.
Short summary. MSc Engineering Systems & Computing alumni.
What the talk covers
The talk is built around concrete examples — Alma's production rollouts, the watcher daemons, the rebuilt coach, and the gradual-rollout pattern. It avoids stock slides about AI and stays specific about decisions and trade-offs.
Who it's for
The audience that gets the most out of it is the one already shipping something — even small, even broken — and wanting a pattern language to refine it.
Canada isn't losing the AI race because of a lack of investment. It's losing it in the middle.
— Rami Alhamad, canada strong fund startup ecosystem
For the longer version, see Action Potential and the library of related pieces.
About Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is the founder of Alma, an AI-powered nutrition coaching app that helps people eat better through fast, intelligent food logging and personalized insights. He previously founded PUSH, a biomechanics wearable used by over 150 professional sports organizations and acquired by WHOOP in 2021, where he then served as VP of Product. He is a Venture Partner at Antler, a Founder in Residence at Mila, and a contributor to CIGI on AI policy. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and publishes essays at Action Potential.