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Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Building community for local brands through captivating and digestible interview-style media, events and influencer collaborations:https://a-squared.ca

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

• North American Entrance Scholarship• Founder and President of ESADE MBA AME (Arts/Media/Entertainment) Club• Co-Organized Exclusive Netflix Case Competition focused on presenting business sustainability solutions to Netflix CSO and Executives

Geneva, Switzerland

• Designed sustainable solutions and prototypes for clients such as Nestle and Danone while addressing the United Nations' 17 Sustainability Goals• Worked in cross-disciplinary team of masters-level business, design, and engineering students leveraging design thinking philosophies

North America

While I was working as a business development manager, I identified sales leads, communicated service developments to prospective clients and established long-term business relationships to broaden the client base. I identified profitable opportunities for revenue growth and developed action plans for cost reduction. I also recruited some of the most challenging and niche cyber security positions for some of the largest organisations in North America and Europe within the health-tech, IT… Show more While I was working as a business development manager, I identified sales leads, communicated service developments to prospective clients and established long-term business relationships to broaden the client base. I identified profitable opportunities for revenue growth and developed action plans for cost reduction. I also recruited some of the most challenging and niche cyber security positions for some of the largest organisations in North America and Europe within the health-tech, IT, retail, finance, and consulting industries.Given my exposure to various industries, I was able to leverage my market research and analysis in order to coach candidates for interviews and advise clients on advanced cyber training for employees, cost allocation for cyber resources, and appropriate recruiting timelines.Key Achievements:• Trained and managed team of four technical agency recruiters placing IT Security candidates across Fortune 500 accounts (across North America) which lead to $1.2 Million CAD revenue• Recruited niche technical IT Security experts such as Embedded Systems Software Security Engineer and Mobile Incident Response Engineers for healthcare, fintech, and cyber security clients globally, personally attributing $650K CAD revenue for Intercast• Developed marketing and sales strategies such as event sponsorship plans in Seattle, San Francisco and Toronto which lead to acquisition of two Fortune 100 clients and further expanding existing business Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As a cyber recruiter and business development associate I was able to support all aspects of the business such as market research, contract staffing, full-time recruitment, event sponsorship, prospecting, lead generation, farming, and account management. My primary objective was to recruit cyber candidates for clients and generate leads for the business development managers.Key Achievements:• Partnered with Toronto's leading cyber events organizer which lead to acquiring… Show more As a cyber recruiter and business development associate I was able to support all aspects of the business such as market research, contract staffing, full-time recruitment, event sponsorship, prospecting, lead generation, farming, and account management. My primary objective was to recruit cyber candidates for clients and generate leads for the business development managers.Key Achievements:• Partnered with Toronto's leading cyber events organizer which lead to acquiring Canada's largest bank as a client• Recruited the most challenging and niche cyber security positions within 65% of clients' recruiting timelines, on average Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

As one of the six Design Strategists at Scotiabank, I managed client relations, customizing project deliverables and timeline to maintain product quality as per client requirements. I initiated strategic plans for project growth and success.We developed product roadmap through a Design Thinking prototyping process and market intelligence gathering on Scotiabank's client psyche and competitors. After our intensive requirement gathering and market analysis phases our team developed a… Show more As one of the six Design Strategists at Scotiabank, I managed client relations, customizing project deliverables and timeline to maintain product quality as per client requirements. I initiated strategic plans for project growth and success.We developed product roadmap through a Design Thinking prototyping process and market intelligence gathering on Scotiabank's client psyche and competitors. After our intensive requirement gathering and market analysis phases our team developed a mobile application prototype addressing millennial entrepreneurs' human needs. Our prototype was later used for Digital Factory's beta application Show less

University Of Toronto

As Market Intelligence Analyst at MaRS, I conducted market research and collated data on entrepreneur demographics, innovation center funding across Canada, university tech transfer office success rates, physical land of innovation centers, and diversity of business ventures.• Conducted market research and analyzed business ecosystem of innovation hubs in order to assess synergies among entrepreneurs across Canada.After careful evaluation of my metrics, it was concluded that several… Show more As Market Intelligence Analyst at MaRS, I conducted market research and collated data on entrepreneur demographics, innovation center funding across Canada, university tech transfer office success rates, physical land of innovation centers, and diversity of business ventures.• Conducted market research and analyzed business ecosystem of innovation hubs in order to assess synergies among entrepreneurs across Canada.After careful evaluation of my metrics, it was concluded that several synergies were favorable between the various innovation centers.• Connected entrepreneurs across various industries (education, healthcare, disruptive technologies) to share resources, efficiencies, knowledge, and consumers impacting cost reduction for entrepreneurs by 15%, on average Show less

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: VP Films, Founder & Former President of AME (Arts/Media/Entertainment) Club; Family Business Club; Tech Club.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Management

• Founder & President of Rotman Commerce Squash Club (2016/2017) • President of IDEAR (2015/2016) • Boldest Delegate Award at Annual.

Secondary

• Headmaster's Honour Roll (93% Average) • President of Community Service Council • Captain of Laidlaw Company (Cadets) • Captain.