David Bayda Email & Phone Number

Edmonton, Canada Area

I have had the absolute pleasure of working with 1000’s of Alberta’s brightest entrepreneurs and startup businesses across the province by providing them with guidance and advice. I have also had the joy of leading an amazing team of business and research officers responsible for the delivery of exceptional client service. I have held various positions within the organization.• Working one-on-one with clients assisting them with questions about feasibility, research, business planning, financing options, operations, and startup steps.• Managing and leading both small & large-scale projects and initiatives some of which include the Immigrant Entrepreneur Project (IEP), Business Advisor Project (BAP), Call Centre & Connector Service Transitions, which include budgets over 250K+. • Delivery, planning, and participation in presentations, workshops, special events, tradeshows and webinars. These include topics ranging from self-employment, licensing, marketing, business planning & Business Model Canvas, intellectual property, customer service, etc.• Leading a team of exceptional staff including business officers and research officers, including recruitment and training.• Creation of content for website, blogs, and other written and also design of many types of marketing and promotional materials• Strategic and operational planning with the management team• Keeping up to date with business trends, resources, and service providers• Actively engaged with the small business community digitally through social media and in-person at events.• Proposal of new innovative ideas and concepts, and in bringing them to life, including adoption of new technologies.• Administration, entry and reporting metrics with CRM and compilation of quarterly, annual and final reports• Engaging, connecting and collaborating with hundreds of business professionals including many service providers in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Prepared a comprehensive business plan around the idea for an in-home furniture and product assembly service business while at the University of Alberta• Launched the startup through bootstrapping • Operated the venture on a part-time basis as a side-hustle (evenings and weekends) while maintaining fulltime employment• Provided exceptional customer service to hundreds of customers and assembling 1000’s of products in the Edmonton area• Successfully completed 100K+ major retail renovation project over the summer of 2009 that required hiring 15 employees

Calgary, Canada Area

• Networking and scheduling meetings with professionals at association meetings• Rewriting and reworking of corporate brochure and other technical-based information sheets• Improved training process by developing room rental agreement document• Implemented new contact database system and procedures• Additional marketing activities as required

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Initially recruited for a summer position but was extended to full-time employment• Responded timely to general inquiries through the EWMCE’s email inbox• Designed, updated and stocked uniformly branded promotional materials: annual reports, fact sheets, seminar and course notices, enewsletters, and other marketing pieces.• Participation in various project teams (e.g. Marketing, Conference and Staff Committees)• Organized over 12 monthly in-person educational seminars and courses averaging 25 attendees per event. • Assisted in redesigning and updating the corporate website which received over 1,500 unique visitors per month• Assisted in growing client database to more than 1,500 contacts • Attended tradeshows and special events

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Managed volunteers for the Sean Fleming Classic Golf Tournament, Rock’n August Festival, and other fundraising events.• Generated over $100,000 in revenue (to date) with development of the annual Sobeys “Porcupine cut-out” campaign. • Collaboratively submitted proposals for other unique marketing initiatives.

• Constructed various promotional and marketing packages such as large scale mail-outs, annual reports, invitations, and binders.• Completed all database entry in a timely and accurate manner.

• Organized booth setups and volunteer scheduling for the Worlds Plaza and Fringe Summer festival.• Inputted data for the Education curriculum, Home Water Sniffing Program, and marketing expenditures.• Prepared and documented deliveries of promotional materials.• Volunteered at the annual River Valley Clean-up and Corporate Challenge.