It's hard to believe that I have been with the NRC for almost 20 years! I am currently a member of the NRC IRAP International Office that supports Canadian companies to co-innovate with international partners. In particular, I have worked collaboratively with the Brazilian and German governments, as well as other international partners in developing funding programs and coordinating Canadian SME participation in international partnership-development activities. As NRC IRAP's international lead for collaborations with Germany, last year we launched a new program, the Canada–Germany 3 + 2 collaborative call for proposals in AI for industrial production. A lot of collaboration went into building and launching that proposal, which resulted in 32 Canadian and German partners from industry, academia, research institutes and NRC research centres, all working together on AI solutions for manufacturing. There is a great deal of work with partners in the background to develop and build on our international programs. The work is gratifying because there is nothing that drives me more than meeting with clients to learn what they do and how they want to grow their business, then being able to help them execute on their plans and expand into global markets.