Alex Dorward Email & Phone Number

Canada

As EIR, Alex is responsible for the following:1. Weekly office hours to provide ad hoc coaching2. Working sessions on specific entrepreneurial topics3. In-class lectures4. Round table discussions5. Pitch competition judging6. Funding competition preparation7. Organizing and participating in networking events8. Assist with recruiting9. Advancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem at X

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Alex is the CEO & Managing Director, and part owner, of Ascribe Marketing Inc. There, he is responsible for business strategy, operations, finance and overseeing project management.Acquired in 2021 with Alex being part of the new ownership group, Ascribe is an Ottawa-based strategic content agency that helps local, national and international organizations in all sectors achieve their strategic communications goals by delivering on-target content, reliable process and excellent client service.As a content engine, Ascribe provides expert concept-development, writing, editing and proofreading services to meet the marketing and communications needs of government departments, Crown corporations and private companies. Our team of journalistic-minded writers and editors shares the philosophy that great writing begins with great thinking. They bring intelligence, a strategic sensibility and a storytelling instinct to each assignment, drawing on extensive experience creating content across the full range of marketing forms, including annual reports, websites, blogs, ad campaigns, brochures, videos, op-ed articles, case studies, white papers, speeches, presentations and more.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Co-Founder, Co-CEO and part-owner of Bunking Inc. Bunking is a social marketplace that is connecting like-minded people through flexible shared living stays and once in a lifetime travel experiences.

As CEO, focused on ensuring operations were as streamlined as possible, the team was built for success and scalability, and to hypercharge its business development engine. For the latter, this was accomplished by negotiating the successful acquisition of Simple Story by Ottawa based agency Craft&Crew that will play a significant part of lead generation and growth going forward. After the acquisition, remaining on as a shareholder and advisor. Simple Story is an award-winning video marketing and video production agency. Founded in 2011, Simple Story has produced over 1000 animation and live-action videos across several industries, from startups to Fortune 500 companies with varied clients such as Bell Media, CIBC, Shopify, Canada Council for the Arts, the International Labor Organization, Pitney Bowes, Citrix, Blackboard Inc., and the Government of Canada. Simple Story has been recognized by AgencySpotter for 6 years in a row (2017-2022) as a top 20 global Content Marketing Firm, 5 years in a row as a top 20 Video Production Agency (2018-2022), DesignRush 2018 top 20 video marketing firms, and by Clutch 2017 as top 20 Creative and Design agency. Moreover, Simple Story was named Small Business of the Year 2019 by the Ottawa Board of Trade & Ottawa Business Journal.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Alex is the COO, part owner, and a board member at Simple Story where he is responsible for Simple Story's operations and project management. Responsibilities include creating and managing operational processes and policies, owning finances, supplier and freelancer management, overseeing and managing all projects, and overall business operations.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Alex is a speaker for EduThink, giving keynotes and conducting workshops with K-12 students in the Ottawa area. His main topics include indigenous reconciliation, education and career planning, marketing technology (MarTech), entrepreneurship, and the importance of STEM education.

GS5 is transforming the way people learn by leveraging immersive technology such as VR, AR and 360 video. To start, GS5 is focusing on the aviation industry by making training and education in the industry not only more immersive, but also more accessible and affordable. Alex is responsible for its Digital Strategy and Implementation. This includes enterprise architecture, digital roadmap, overseeing website design and implementation, overseeing LMS technical design and integration, and all Digital Marketing.Alex was a founding member of GS5 and a shareholder. Exit 2021

Provide strategic advice around digital marketing and consulting services while also attending the quarterly SAB meetings.

Acquired by Youthfully (youthfully.ca) in November 2019. Co-Founded and Co-CEO for Canada's leading undergraduate admissions consulting firm. Over the course of almost 10 years, AdmissionsConsulting.ca assisted over 400 students get admitted to their dream school while also serving as an industry expert, giving interviews with many universities as well as well-known publications such as MacLean's Magazines, Yahoo Finance, Huffington Post, and the Globe and Mail. In its history, not only did it have a tremendous impact on students, but did so while being profitable and showing revenue growth every year.

Kitchener, Canada Area

ApplyBoard is an AI-enabled marketplace uniquely designed for students to apply to study at the best institutions of higher education globally.At ApplyBoard, Alex took on a 6 month advisory role to provide strategic direction on operational processes, recommending & implementing digital marketing methodologies and tactics, and providing industry expertise to assist ApplyBoard with its impressive growth and develop their marketing team.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Alex was an Executive in Accenture's Digital practice, specifically in Accenture Interactive as a Digital Marketing Manager.As an Executive specializing in Digital Marketing and the public sector industry, Alex's duties included project delivery & management, digital marketing strategy and implementation, estimating, sales, and using Marketing Analytics to drive Personalization opportunities for clients. For more information on specific duties, please refer to the Projects section of this profile.Alex was the Canada Lead for the Indigenous Peoples Employee Resource Group where he was responsible for Accenture Canada's Indigenous engagement strategy and implementation, leading a core team of 30 and network of over 200. He organized numerous awareness events attended by over 500 employees and clients, introduced Indigenous studies training for employees and increased recruiting numbers of Indigenous People.Alex also sit on the Accenture Canada Diversity Council along with the most senior people at Accenture Canada. For more information on the CDC, please refer to the attached news release.Moreover, Alex was the Communications & Virtual Events Lead for Canada, responsible for holding quarterly town halls, networking events, people engagement initiatives and internal communications for the Digital practice.Accomplishments:-2018: Under his leadership, the Indigenous Peoples ERG was the winner of CCDI's ERG of the Year. -2017: Successfully lobbied Accenture North American leadership to provide enhanced referral bonuses for employees who refer Indigenous People-2016: Indigenous Peoples ERG under his leadership won Beyond Networking Award in Accenture's North America Inclusion & Diversity Awards.-2015: Youngest Executive in Canada-2015 Q3 Rideau Award Recipient: Handed out semi-annually to an individual who performs exceptionally in the Ottawa office.-2014 Finalist for the Accenture Canada Innovation challenge.

Tasks:-test planning and execution-project management-team coordination-functional design-technical design-SAP BW Development-analysis-change request management-deployment planningTraining:-JAVA (Accenture Delivery Fundamentals)-SAP HANA (Accenture Bootcamp)-SAP HANA100 (SAP Intro to HANA)-SAP HANA300 (SAP Implementation & Modeling HANA)-SAP BODS (Accenture Bootcamp)Accomplishments:-Finalist for the Accenture Canada Innovation challenge. -As a first year consultant (and youngest in Canada), Alex was rated in the top 15% of consultants in Canada.-Q3 Rideau Award: Handed out quarterly to an individual who performs exceptionally in the entire Accenture Ottawa office.

Ottawa, Canada

Tasks:-test planning and execution-project management-team coordination-functional design-technical design-SAP BW Development-analysis-change request management-deployment planningTraining:-JAVA (Accenture Delivery Fundamentals)-SAP HANA (Accenture Bootcamp)-SAP HANA100 (SAP Intro to HANA)-SAP HANA300 (SAP Implementation & Modeling HANA)-SAP BODS (Accenture Bootcamp)AccomplishmentsAs a first year analyst, Alex was ranked in the top 15% of analysts in Canada at Accenture. Alex was then promoted from Analyst to consultant in 22 months after ranking in the top 5% in his second year.

Led the company's digital and technical strategy and implementation to being acquired by Square Crop Studios, a Digital Marketing firm. After the acquisition, Alex has stayed on as Technical Director where he resumed most of his responsibilities, along with advising for the rebranding of UniversityHub to what is now CampusRankings.com

Co-CEO: Responsible for digital architecture and business operations, specifically focusing on leveraging technology to drive growth and success.Writer: Writer of numerous articles covering a variety of topicsDeveloper: original web developer.At the time of acquisition, CampusRankings had over 80,000 unique views a month and over 15000 users.

Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Duties included but not limited to:-developing inventory management systems and processes-process automation-e-commerce research, procurement, and implementation-market research-developing e-marketing plans-website administration

Responsible for running online election system for the Students' Union of St Francis Xavier University.

Summer position as Business Development Analyst for Zain Group in Manama, Bahrain.

Web Administrator for the St. Francis Xavier University Students' Union.

Summer position as Treasury Analyst for Zain Group in Manama, Bahrain.

Bachelor Of Information Systems, Entreprise Systems, 4.0 / 4.0

Activities and Societies: Politics Society, Information Systems Society, Returning Officer, Web Administrator

Certificate, Indigenous Studies

Activities and Societies: Completed 12 week Certificate of Indigenous Studies via Coursera

High School, 90%

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