My objective is to drive the growth of innovative Canadian tech startups by providing them with the support needed to scale and become investment-ready, while fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration with visionaries shaping the future.About Startup in Residence:At Startup in Residence, we offer more than just funding. We provide mentorship, access to a network of experienced professionals, and, most importantly, we prioritize the mental health and well-being of founders.Selected startups will receive a $15,000 grant and benefit from 8 months of intensive, personalized training in a professionally enriched program that covers, among other areas, finance, product development, sales and marketing, and HR. Additionally, they could receive up to $250,000 in investment.I feel truly privileged to have worked with some incredible startups and their forward-thinking founders.:- Flare - Ophelia- Aifred Health- Synapse- Bloc.Solutions- Hardbacon- Walo- Yupp- MaXomsoft- Lyra Insights- iagree ai- Helperbird- Aquantix - Quber- Sense Sustainability - F8th- B Data- Verif.A.I.- Nura Medical- Plakk- 16 Bit- Tiing- Trendigo- Finofo- Biolift- Élance Inc.- Lime Health Inc.- Picketa Systems Inc.- Cyder- Iceberg Cyber- Maket AI- Domely Technologies- Circulus Agtech- Juno Technologies - Permalution- RegenEAU- Gallea- Partage Club - Gaia Refinery- WaiveTheWait- CoeurWay- Mely AI

Propolys is the technology incubator at Polytechnique Montréal.The program spans 10 months from May to March and enables entrepreneurs to achieve several objectives:• Identify and understand their market and customers. - Develop an initial version of their offering (minimum viable product). - Transform their idea into a startup company with a startup business model. - Familiarize themselves with the role of a founder. - Build a network of key individuals for their project. - Identify potential sources of funding. - Expand their network of potential clients.

Cyder empowers financial institutions with loyalty platforms to engage their customers, and ethically source data for marketing.

Nura created user-friendly, automated solutions to reduce medication errors in pediatric medicine and make the hospital safer for children.

I'm proud to act as a mentor for Canada's leading venture accelerator. FounderFuel helps entrepreneurs get serious about their ideas. Teams, selected by FounderFuel from hundreds of applicants, gain access to a slew of startup veterans, angel investors, venture capitalists and experts on topics ranging from marketing to startup legal issues

Driving Canada’s Fintech leadership, The Holt Xchange is a global early-stage fintech fund headquartered in Montreal. Backed by Holdun, a 5th generation multi-family office, The Holt Xchange is focussed on building off of the legacy of Sir Herbert Holt. As the Holt family has done before, they are enabling Canada to take a technological lead in the next generation of financial services, known as Fintech. As Canada's most active seed fintech investor, Holt has spent the last year tracking over 10,000 early stage fintechs globally, soliciting the ones that presented a best match with their 500+ Advisor network, and then investing in the top 1% of applications globally, resulting in more than 35 investments to date.

Guest-sherpa expert for the Ascension Program, designed to guide early stage Fintech startups and help them achieve their next milestone.

Verifa.i. is a Montreal-based startup committed to placing the power of technology on the side of honest, value-creating companies in their fight against looting cybercriminals.Their Decision Support tool evaluates the risk associated with each email the user is currently reading and draws their attention to suspicious elements about the origin, content but also language thanks to a proprietary artificial intelligence model.

WALO's mission is to ensure the next generation's financial wellbeing. WALO built a mobile banking platform that integrates with any bank account and teaches youngsters how to become financially responsible. WALO leverage gamification techniques, AI-driven advice, and social nudging to deliver an engaging and hands-on learning experience to tweens and teens.

As an advisor for Qorus, I assist our members across their business cycle, from getting to grips with the latest trends, fostering professional development, to getting strategic recommendations on how to improve their operating models.

Qorus is the largest international non-profit banking and insurance association that unites financial services industry professionals within a global network. It facilitates connections and exchange of an extensive range of services and ideas among the sector’s decision-makers.Qorus’s purpose is to support 120 financial groups in 133 countries through the creation of a strong community based on providing timely intelligence to enable members to optimize, innovate and transform their performance through sharing members’ best practicesWorking with members to inform, educate, innovate and learn creates real added value to all involved.Financial institutions that want to stay ahead of the curve are joining Qorus to:1) Access a cutting-edge collection of hundreds of worldwide innovations, best practices and case studies.2) Find the best tech solutions with SME AppsBank portal and the FinTech portal.3) Access up-to-date financial services news and insights from around the world.4) Increase market knowledge.5) Benchmark themselves.My role is to manage Qorus’ business and activities in Canada and in the United States.

Flare's mission is to prevent fraud and criminality by studying data with software and placing the results in the right hands.

Flinks is a data company that empowers businesses to provide better financial services to consumers,by connecting users’ bank accounts, providing financial insights and credit risk intelligence.Driven by the belief that data should belong to consumers, Flinks connects to over 250 million financial accounts.Trusted by over 200 world-class companies, Flinks helps them digitalize their processes, improve theiruser experience and reduce delinquency.***Working in a “startup” doesn’t exactly relate to something physical. I don’t see it as a “thing”. It’s a mindset, a way of thinking about business that ultimately helps you concentrate on the core problem: create a solution, validate it multiple times, and produce a product that provides real value.

I lead the development of strategies to increase customer acquisition, retention and overall satisfaction within an omnichannel approach.

I kept up with evolving self-service banking applications to ensure we were meeting consumer expectations around “on-demand” banking accessibility, consistency, and choice by creating customer-centric, omnichannel strategies.In short, I worked to reduce consumer transaction failures, to deliver seamless service integration across multiple channels and networks, and to improve communications between modern applications, third party connections and core banking systems.

As a trendsetter and a progressive thinker, I conceptualized, sold, and delivered B2B and B2C marketing programs to regional and national clients across Canada. I ensured that every program was based on one overarching idea that goes way beyond a single medium; These fully integrated marketing programs included digital, mobile and content strategies.

As Director of Sales, I created content marketing initiatives, across multiple platforms and formats to drive revenue, customer engagement, and retention, as well and delivered increased revenue for our national and regional clients.

As a General Manager, I led successful sales teams and provided leadership and vision to the organization by assisting the Vice-President with the development of strategic plans.Additionally, I increased our management's team’s effectiveness by recruiting, training, and coaching managers on values, strategies, and company objectives.

As a Sales Director, I established the annual sales objectives by forecasting and developing initiatives for our different products; projecting expected sales volume and profit for our existing and new products. I also implemented marketing strategies to drive results.Additionally, I was responsible for managing all aspects of the inside sales department and the lead generation process (inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls and emails).

My job as a National Account Manager was to build strong relationships with key customers in Canada and the US and to help identify their specific challenges and propose solutions that meet their needs.