Alison Yesilcimen Email & Phone Number

Canada

Greater Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Spearheading the Leadership Development / Coaching programs as well as supporting our NoW OS implementations across North America.

I'm on a mission to help friends and colleagues create a better life with less stress, less anxiety, less self-doubt, less frustration and more joy! I recently discovered that so much of my stress and anxiety started in my mind from judgemental thoughts that pushed me to be a controller, overachiever and perfectionist. Not good! But once I learned to command these thoughts, everything changed. I was introduced by a colleague to the Positive Intelligence®️ program, which is based on scientific research and has supported over a million business professionals, YPO members, athletes and Stanford students. I was shocked by the transformational changes in my own performance & energy, stress levels, and self-confidence within the first 3 weeks. As leaders, we are always helping others. Now is the time to help ourselves feel less alone, less personally attacked and stop creating negative scenarios that never happen - wasting valuable time and energy. Reach out if you’d like to learn more or even just reconnect. I’d love it!

AY Enterprise provides results-oriented fractional executive consulting and coaching services specializing in working with small to medium sized businesses. We believe in transformational growth through mental fitness and streamlined operations. Mental fitness is a critical attribute for leaders and managers, enabling them to navigate the complexities of their roles effectively and lead with confidence to foster a thriving, resilient team. This approach makes organizations more competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, enabling them to achieve their highest profitability in a healthy, transparent way.Our part-time executive leadership delivers a full-time impact on company growth, offering expertise in strategic planning, operational optimization, leadership development, and revenue generation.

Peterborough, New Hampshire, Us

Responsible for collaborating with incredibly talented sales operations leaders to drive over 80MM in annual SaaS revenue. Lotlinx provides unique transparency and absolute control down to the VIN level. The software's machine learning claws back waste from over engaged inventory and automatically redirects dollars and customer demand to the unseen and under engaged inventory on a dealer's lot. These are the units that need the help to sell on-time and profitably. The compounded impact of machine managed inventory can often be the difference between winning and losing.Lotlinx provides automobile dealers and manufacturers with enhanced operational control over their retail business. Leveraging state-of-the-art real-time data and machine learning technology, Lotlinx provides a Precision Retailing solution that enables dealers to automatically adapt to market dynamics, mitigating inventory risk through VIN-specific strategies. Dealers benefit by optimizing their profitability per vehicle retailed with machine-enabled increases in volume, turnover, gross, and market share.

Peterborough, New Hampshire, Us

Kelowna, Bc, Ca

Natures Formulae Health Products Ltd. specializes in the development and manufacturing of customized and private label natural health products. Responsible for a team of 80 employees to develop and manufacture innovative cosmeceutical and nutraceutical products using globally sourced natural ingredients.• Launched new health and wellness products during the pandemic and secured sales into three grocery chains generating significant revenues.• Secured a $200K Provincial grant to build a warehouse to increase supply chain resiliency.• Recruited top-performing sales talent, recalibrated sales efforts and established key metrics resulting in an increase of enterprise clients, improved client engagement and a decrease in business risk.• Elevated the company’s brand with new website, sales and marketing materials.Responsible for leading Arrowleaf Naturals, a division that sells natural wellness products for people and their pets under the NaturPet, Dr. Maggie and Master Formula Botanicals brands.• Increased YOY sales through channel management and distributor engagement strategies.• Reduced expenses and improved bottom line profitability.

Kelowna, Bc, Ca

Kelowna, Bc, Ca

Accelerate Okanagan (AO) is the conduit that connects people, knowledge and resources to grow a successful technology sector in the Okanagan region. Their mission is to give new and growing technology-driven businesses the mentorship, connections, and community they need to thrive. The Okanagan tech sector has grown to over 633 known technology companies, employing more than 7,600 people and generating in excess of $1.3 billion in annual revenues and growing!• Provided coaching and proven methodologies to help commercialize early and growth stage technology companies. • Led several 3-day intensive Market Validation all day training sessions to entrepreneurs providing valuable tools required to grow a tech company.

Kelowna, British Columbia, Ca

Worked with Waterplay Solutions Corporation, a global leader in aquatic park manufacturing, to optimize business processes in the Marketing and Operations departments. Also conducted a strategic analysis and provided a comprehensive report on the company's proprietary technology.

Kelowna, B.C., Ca

Worked with global brands to successfully build, test and launch games in Google Play and Apple Stores.

Kelowna, British Columbia, Ca

Conducted course and applied project work with the Master of Management and Vantage (International) students to explore the nature of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Kelowna, British Columbia, Ca

ETSI-BC, formerly the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust (SIDIT), is a $50+ million trust fund supporting Southern Interior initiatives for more than 10 years.Contracted to assist in the launch of SIDIT’s Business Advisory Service (BAS) which was a customized peer-to-peer mentoring solution developed to support Southern Interior business owners successfully navigate their path by offering affordable hands on expertise and actionable solutions when they needed it most. As a Mentor and Business Advisor with BAS, I worked directly with a diverse portfolio of small and mid-sized business owners to help them achieve their business goals. It was a completely customized program, so each client engagement was unique. My role was to assist these business owners in identifying the challenges they face and guide them in developing and executing on strategies to build sustainable growth. It was a pleasure working with these outstanding organizations and together we achieved some incredible goals and objectives!

Kelowna, B.C., Ca

Worked with Hyper Hippo Games, a leading independent and innovative games studio that creates virtual worlds and video games that are played by millions of fans around the world, on their digital partnership with Sanrio Inc., a $7B global lifestyle brand best known for pop icon Hello Kitty.

Kelowna, British Columbia, Ca

Promoted from Vice President in September 2014, my role was responsible for a team of 30-people in Canada and Poland to deliver a software as a service (SaaS) solution that tracks inventory from wholesaler to patient, improving outcomes for Pharmacy and Long-Term Care facility’s clientele throughout North America. • Reduced the company’s annual expenses by 25% within 4-months through staffing efficiencies and contract renegotiations. Exceeded budget by 20% in revenue and EBITDA by 49% within 5-months.• Developed expertise at translating and communicating business requirements with development to build out the product roadmap.• Increased pharmacy (+66%) and facility (+30%) clientele over previous year’s timeframe established through implementing an MBO process.• Initiated a customer-centric engagement process.• Proficient in using Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Responsible for conceiving and developing a disruptive software as a service (SaaS) platform that empowered publishers to monetize their editorial assets and archived content. Collaborated with 3 of the 7-major media companies in Canada: TorStar Corp, Postmedia Networks, and Glacier Media Group.• Acquired over $500K of funding from high-level angel investors and government grants.• Developed marketing strategies and execution plans, instituted and managed customer metrics monitoring online product adoption, usage and customer satisfaction levels.• Built an extensive network of technology contacts in Canada and US.• Developed the training curriculum and delivery for customer success. • Relentlessly resourceful on a wide variety of cost effective tools and technologies in the areas of: sales, marketing, administration, web applications, and software development.

VeriCorder Technology Inc. - an early stage start up producing advanced smartphone mobile media applications for recording, editing, and sending audio and video files. The company was selected to participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and use their technology to file stories to global media outlets.Worked collaboratively with Apple's worldwide distinguished educators (ADE) program. Developed strategic partnerships with Journalism Institutions throughout North America. Created new sales opportunities, business models and corporate strategies for this new, leading edge mobile technology.

Successfully established the vision and strategies necessary to grow a multi-million dollar media company navigating 4 locations with 5 different profit centres and over 200 employees. • Improved company profitability through cost management initiatives, sales productivity improvements, strategic partnerships and by launching several innovative projects that generated net new revenues. During my tenure, sales increased 36% and EBITDA increased 500%. • Initiated a strategy that capitalized on repurposing existing assets, reducing expenses and achieving over $100,000 of incremental revenue annually.• Negotiated three collective agreements with two different unions, achieving a savings of 2% more than the industry average.• Launched 8-new profitable products over a 6-year period. The most successful projects were two National Best Selling books Firestorm: The Summer BC Burned (2003) and Stories From The Firestorm (2004) in partnership with McClelland & Stewart, which generated over $300K.• Designed, developed and implemented a re-branding campaign, increasing market share by 20%.• Significantly increased the company’s foot print and expand market share by providing effective team leadership.. Established new product introduction launch strategies, and resolved post-launch barriers.

Formulated aggressive sales strategies, established challenging performance metrics, and managed 4 Account Managers and 3 Administrative staff that generated $42 million annually – representing 31% of the company’s total sales revenue.• Worked collaboratively with multi-million dollar corporate clients and negotiated contracts which resulted in 10% revenue growth.• Recruited a top-performing sales team, established aggressive metrics, and introduced a new compensation program, resulting in a 25% increase in new major clients.• Facilitated sales team training sessions aimed at cultivating key stakeholders and product positioning resulting in an increase of $1 million within 18-months.

Master'S Degree, Global Management

Executive Program

Broadcast & Communications

Education record

Education record