Senior Associate
MaRS Discovery District
Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months
Project lead and business designer for corporate engagements that focus on the development of innovation strategies and capacity building to mobilize transformation efforts.
• Responsible for business development opportunities and program design to create impact for MaRS
• Manage project finances, sprint plans and design activities across active projects
• Strong project leader, supporting design teams and translating insights into actionable solutions for clients
Worked with a major telecommunications company to
adapt the roles and responsibilities of the retail manager for their future of retail initiative.
• Developed and conducted ethnographic interviews
and distilled into novel insights
• Convened twenty senior internal stakeholders for an ideation workshop, generating six tangible concepts
• Synthesized and communicated viable business opportunities available for Senior Leadership to pursue
Collaborated closely with management, external specialists and Small Business partners to provide comprehensive and unique financial solutions to clients.
• Managed a portfolio of over 500 clients, with over $25m in investable assets and $100m in lending
• Developed and executed Lunch and Learns with team members to grow new business sales, to an audience of 10-15 per session
Lead the growth and development of an investment practice to a portfolio size of approximately $25m of assets under management
- Lead the identification and relationship building activities to drive new clients and business
- Delivered financial workshops to educate and build client base
- Managed the investment portfolio of over 40 families
Minor Degree in Innovation Strategy and Business Design - Executive team for the Business Design Club and the Sports Strategy Club - Lead the design and implementation of Canada's largest design case competition
Major: Finance Intramural Capitan: Soccer and Water polo