Author: Ray Keefe

  • Modern Economies Need Manufacturing

    Professor Goran Roos As well as being the Thinker in Residence for South Australia, Professor Goran Roos is considered one of the 20 most significant thinkers of the 21st Century. This morning he was presenting his views on Australian Manufacturing to a combined breakfast meeting of the South East Business…

  • Australian Synchrotron

    Australian Synchrotron I went to the open day for the Australian Synchrotron at the Monash Science Park on Sunday. As a member of SEMIP I already knew about the Australian Synchrotron but had never actually visited it. I am very glad I did. On the open day I went to…

  • VECCI New Ideas Forum 2011

    VECCI New Ideas Forum 2011 I had the privilege of being invited to the VECCI New Ideas Forum 2011 where we had the chance to add our ideas to those already gathered by VECCI. They had opened an ideas portal on the Internet which was a great way to gather…

  • Music Electronics

    On the threshold of a career I have often been asked about how I got into Engineering. I got a serious reminder of it on 23 November 2011 when I went to see The Moody Blues in concert in St Kilda. I had started a science degree at Deakin University…

  • Edward de Bono: Creating Value

    Edward de Bono I was invited to the VECCI Business Leaders Luncheon for an interview with Edward de Bono. It was a conventional interview followed by a brief question and answer session with questions from those attending. He spoke about a number of topics but the one that caught my…

  • Casey Business Awards 2011

    Manufacturer of the Year: Finalist In 2010 we were also finalists for Casey Manufacturer of the Year and we achieved that again in 2011 at the Casey Business Awards.   Our congratulations go to Rex Vandenberg and the team at Injectronics for their win as Casey Manufacturer of the Year…

  • Exponential Entrepreneur 2011

    Exponential Entrepreneur In 2010 I was pleasantly surprised to receive an Exponential Entrepreneur of the Year award from our Business Mentor Dr Marc Dussault, The Exponential Growth Strategist of Exponential Programs. Only 5 awards were given out in 2010.   A year has gone by and I was surprised and…

  • Dennis Ritchie

    Dennis Ritchie: farewell and thank you With the recent passing of Steve Jobs, the world has had a reason to reflect on the significant impact some people have. Someone who made everything Steve Jobs did possible also passed away recently. On the 12 October 2011, Dennis Ritchie, the father of…

  • National Award Local News

    Electronics Design in Melbourne Successful Endeavours was featured recently in the Berwick Pakenham Gazette after winning the Electronics News Future Award for Industrial Electronics for 2011. I was asked what this meant by someone who knew nothing about electronics. I had to scratch my head about that. I’ve been doing…

  • Casey Business Awards 2011 Finalist

    Casey Business Awards 2011 Successful Endeavours are the current holders of Casey Business of the Year and we have been selected as Finalists in the Casey Business Awards 2011. We continue to find the City of Casey to be a very business friendly environment and these awards are just one…