Danielle Ker, Mba Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Change strategy development- Stakeholder engagement- Communication planning- Training and development planning- Develop and monitor KPIs (impact assessments)- Identify and manage risks

Montreal, Canada Area

• Providing management consulting focused on strategy planning and implementation
• Strategic report development for executive management to support decision-making using decision-tree methodology to decompose problem statements into hypotheses for validation
• Led the execution of over 100 projects for clients in private equity, retail, fashion, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare and others.Project examples:
• Project management for headless eCommerce and omnichannel initiative implementation. 10-month mandate managing the implementation of a headless eCommerce solution, custom OMS and new WMS as well as numerous.
• Realization of a growth opportunity assessment for a multi-national furniture manufacturer. This included identifying growth opportunities by product grouping and by customer type using data obtained by running.
• Development of a strategic plan for a national specialist retailer. Created a customized methodology to estimate the total market size, consolidating the analysis of various market studies with widely varying.

Montreal, Canada Area

• Led the development of the long-term strategy revision for the competition
• Implemented new marketing and promotional initiatives that directly led to an increase in the number of applicants by more than 50%
• Coaching aspiring entrepreneurs in developing their business plans

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Lead organizer of the Van Berkom Case Competition at the John Molson School of Business
• Key activities and skills: project plan development and monitoring, budget management, stakeholder management, procurement management, quality management, communications management

Montreal, Canada Area

• Promoted to course co-coordinator, Entrepreneurship after first year
• Lecturing courses in the Management department including Strategy and Competition, Entrepreneurship and Organization Theory and Design at the John Molson School of Business

Montreal, Canada Area

• Provides consulting services to small and medium sized enterprises
• Project lead on 5 projects and collaborated on 10 projects including complete business plans, marketing plans and financial models in a wide range of industries
• Developed over 18 consulting proposals for clients
• Exceeded objectives for proposal to project conversion

Montreal, Canada Area

• Wrote and published a case study and teaching notes under the direction of Peter Jaskiewicz, Associate Professor, on the Dow Jones and Company
• Assists with marking for undergraduate level courses in Communications, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
• Mentored and coached students with business plan development for graduate diploma courses

Montreal, Toronto

• Operated a profitable bookkeeping and consulting company
• Clientele spanned a wide range of industries including graphic design, hospitality, fashion and importing/exporting
• Consulting Services included: AR/AP controlling, budget preparation, cash flow and sales forecasting, business plan writing, marketing planning, HR and operations planning
• Bookkeeping Services included: monthly Profit & Loss statement preparation, bank reconciliation, HST filing, WSIB filing, personal & corporate income tax filing and other typical bookkeeping functions using QuickBooks.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Provided technical and administrative support to Client Service team in Government and Education
• Reduced waiting time for clients on insurance certificate production by 300% in my department
• RIBO license certification attained with score of >90%

Toronto, Canada Area

• Started accessories company selling mainly to small boutique shops and at trade shows
• Gained valuable small business experience as well as production, design and trend forecasting, sales and marketing and web development skills.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Developed and maintained fundraising and member recruitment programs with an increase in 25%
• Created marketing materials for all seminars and events
• Trained and managed over 100 volunteers
• Assisted entrepreneurs in market research and understanding for business planning purposes; maintaining on-site resource centre

Mba

Activities and Societies: Concordia Small Business Consulting Bureau, JMGSA Speaker Series, John Molson Women in Business Club, MBA.

Change Management Professional Certification

Exchange Student In Luxury Brand Management Program

Accounting Certificate, Accounting

Bachelor Of Design, Fashion Communication

Minor in Business Communications