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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Founded the Toronto Chapter of Not Just Tourists- Started from an idea and grew the movement to a point of having over 3,000 volunteers, sending over 1,000,000 lbs of medical supplies/ equipment to 82 countries without any funding.• Led and oversaw all functional areas: Marketing, Operations, Donations, Distribution, HR, Strategy.• Received media coverage and interviewed with: CNN, The Guardian, CBC, CTV, Global, Toronto Star, Huffington Post, Metro, Travel + Leisure and numerous… Show more Founded the Toronto Chapter of Not Just Tourists- Started from an idea and grew the movement to a point of having over 3,000 volunteers, sending over 1,000,000 lbs of medical supplies/ equipment to 82 countries without any funding.• Led and oversaw all functional areas: Marketing, Operations, Donations, Distribution, HR, Strategy.• Received media coverage and interviewed with: CNN, The Guardian, CBC, CTV, Global, Toronto Star, Huffington Post, Metro, Travel + Leisure and numerous other media outlets.• Developed strategic partnerships and maintained relationships with: donors, medical suppliers, hospitals, media, diplomatic community and medical relief organizations.• Sparked and mentored 10 new Not Just Tourists chapters.• Awarded the $120,000/year Google Adwords Grant.Major Achievements:• Brokered a donation of 100 hospital beds to Pakistan, Rwanda, Swaziland & Malawi. (2019)• Brokered a donation of 20,000,000 Surgical masks to Rwanda, Swaziland & Malawi and other countries in the developing world (2017-2018).• Brokered a donation of 35 skids of medical scrubs and 75 skids of surgical gowns, masks and gloves to Rwanda, Swaziland & Malawi (2017). • Brokered a donation of 200 hospital beds to Cameroon (2016-2017), 150 beds to Sierra Leon (2015), 70 beds + incubators to Cuba. • Brokered a donation of wheel chairs, 100 EMT helmets, defibrillators and surgical supplies to Syria (2016-2017).• Brokered a donation of 1,394 wheel chairs to Cameroon, Mongolia, Swaziland, Rwanda, Malawi, Peru and Honduras (2016). Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

• Led an international communications team with staff in: Canada, USA, France, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, England, Turkey.• Created and implemented a global communications strategy covering: press, websites, social media, branding, fundraising, research, advocacy for an organization with over 2,000 staff, running $26 M in projects in 2019.• Directly report to the International Board of Directors and CEO.Major Achievements:• Coordinated 330 press releases, in which… Show more • Led an international communications team with staff in: Canada, USA, France, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, England, Turkey.• Created and implemented a global communications strategy covering: press, websites, social media, branding, fundraising, research, advocacy for an organization with over 2,000 staff, running $26 M in projects in 2019.• Directly report to the International Board of Directors and CEO.Major Achievements:• Coordinated 330 press releases, in which UOSSM received press coverage in 21,757 articles, TV & radio spots with a total publication reach of 1.2 B viewers. • Contributed to a NY times article in 2020 which won a Pulitzer Prize.• Worked with journalists from: Reuters, AP, AFP, BBC, CNN, NBC, New York Times, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Newsweek, The Telegraph, BILD, Time, CBC, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and other large media.• Head of Marketing for Syria Solar. Promoted the groundbreaking project, which provides free electricity to hospitals in Syria. - www.syriasolar.org• Developed and launched the 'Code Blue' conference in Toronto to advocate against the bombing of hospitals. The event was in collaboration with MSF, ICRC, IR and U of T. • Lead organizer for a joint press conference on the Aleppo evacuation with the largest medical aid NGOs inside Syria .• Ran advocacy campaigns targeting the United Nations and the international community to take action against: the use of chemical weapons in Syria and attacks on medical facilities/ staff. Show less

Passed Level Ii Of The Cfa Program, Investments And Securities

Hons Bba, Finance & Entrepreneurship

Canadian Securities Course, Investments And Securities, Hons

Machine Learning Certificate, Machine Learning