Co-founder, tutoring center that uses the Subordination of Teaching to learning approach developed by Caleb Gattegno.

Food industry knowledge, business education, and executive mentorship for food & beverage entrepreneurs. www.FoodVentureProgram.com

Videos, readers and games for parents and teachers to help kids learn to read. Book a call with me to see how we Go Beyond Phonics!

Innovation Consulting - Using Lean Start Up approaches to generate creative pathways with entrepreneurs and enterprise clients. Contact us at InnovatorLab.ca@gmail.com.

riince - Design and Manufacture A true 2016 start up, we have used Lean Start Up methodologies to bring riinçe to reality. From defining our Value Proposition to 3D printing of the prototype, riinçe represents all that is innovative in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. As founder, I have been involved in all key functions:Brand development from concept to CAD designPrototype DevelopmentWebsite Growth and Marketing PlanBusiness Development including business plan & sales strategy development.Strategic PartnershipsSupply ChainCrowd Funding [coming soon]Looking forward to our next steps and watching riinçe grow.

Providing experiential workshops in innovation to early stage start up entrepreneurs.

Educational Solutions has been doing work in more than 40 countries for more than 42 years. Dr. Caleb Gattegno founded Educational Solutions in 1968 in New York City. Educational Solution’s goal is to realize his bold vision for education; where it is recognized as a learning-centred science that is possible to master, and repeat throughout the world, leading to the elimination of illiteracy and the freedom of all people to choose which skills to spend their time developing.•Part of a founding team that purchased IP, updated and re-branded a full suite of K-6 educational materials that had been stagnant since the inventor’s death.•Marketing activities such as creating videos designed to explain the product, planning and attending trade shows•Collaborated with International educators to publish an anthology of experiences in multiple languages•Worked with international team of educators to create teacher development materials•Responsible for all front office administration, accounting, reporting, banking

As part of TPL's celebration of Small Business Month, I will be acting as EIR for 9 weeks to coach and advise aspiring small business owners in Toronto. I will review submitted business ideas and meet one-on-one with selected applicants to review and discuss strategy for their business ideas and plans. Collaboration with the Library to create and offer programs and events to the general public during Small Business Month is the second responsibility of this role. This role is a designed as a nine week residency with planning starting in July 2016 and delivery in October and November 2016. If you'd like to participate, you can get more info here: http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/smallbusiness/

MaRS is an innovation hub creating an environment for the collisions needed between money and ideas to commercialize the wealth of innovation in the the Toronto and Ontario entrepreneurship ecosystems.•Responsible for delivery of entrepreneurship education content for early stage companies under the Business Acceleration Program [BAP] through the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation [MRI].•Developed and managed relationships with key stakeholders in the Regional Innovation Centres (RICs) and Campus Linked Accelerators (CLAs) in the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE) for the purposes of growing the workshop volume•Managed and collaborated with a team of 9 Venture Specialists/Facilitators to deliver workshops•Increased the key metric of 'Education Hours Delivered' by approximately 60%•Collaboration with MaRS’ Director of Global Initiatives for the launch of new workshop on Going Global for early stage ventures•Team Leader for development of workshops catering to Food Businesses•Key role in developing new business relationships and helped grow the workshop business in markets outside Ontario’s entrepreneurship space.From ideas to growth, MaRS supports over 1200 startups annually. Since 2011 MaRS Venture clients have raised $1.3B in capital, generated $640M in revenue, created 6,500 jobs, and has directly managed $90M in capital in three active seed funds.Courses:Communications: Speaking with influenceDelivering & Receiving Effective Feedback and Effective Content Delivery

The Skylar Project formed out of a team of socially conscious entrepreneurs motivated to create a triple bottom line of social, environmental and financial returns. Skylar is a unique technology that delivers high quality, sustainable, rapid and low cost construction solutions.•Part of a founding team that developed an advanced construction system using clean technology with the objective of a triple bottom line, People, Planet Profit.•Developed a strategy to promote and sell factories for the Skylar system to public and private targets in emerging markets.•Managed the establishment of a pilot factory in Luanda, Angola, from partnership to engineering design coordination to shipping goods

Niche manufacturing of commercial grade lighting products and systems supplying North America, and sourcing worldwide.•Ran and managed all aspects of this niche manufacturing business.•Selected and Managed a team of over 50 independent sales agencies•Supported the needs of R&D and regulatory team. •Part of the team that delivered 2 innovation patents [in collaboration with National Research Counsel Canada – NRC]