Ben Plomion talks startups, skateboards, and Donald Trump
颅颅颅颅颅颅颅颅颅颅For French native Ben Plomion (MBA鈥�07), his early teenage years consisted of skateboards, Nirvana, and an unshakable dream of relocating to the U.S. After completing his studies in Canada, he made his dreams a reality by securing work at General Electric in New York.
LIMRA names Desautels alumnus to list of financial innovators
LIMRA has released its 2017 Rising Stars of Innovation under 40 list and Jean-Michel Lavoie (MBA鈥�09), Assistant Vice President, Product Development, Group Benefits at Sun Life Financial has made the final cut.
The list recognises individuals across many areas of the financial services who are using an innovative approach to their business practice and day-to-day activities.
Montreal is the place to be for Desautels MBA student
Desautels MBA student, Moises Meza, originates from Venezuela, but has lived all over the world. After working for five years in consulting, Meza always envisaged pursuing his MBA studies in a vast metropole like New York.
Montreal, however, has far exceeded his expectations thanks to its unique multiculturalism and multilingualism, as well as its work-life balance and reputation as a hub for innovation.
Desautels alumna and former Ericsson exec joins Verizon as CSO
Light Reading reports that after leaving her position as Head of Ericsson North America, Rima Qureshi (BCom鈥�87, MBA鈥�96) has been hired as Verizon鈥檚 new Chief Strategy Officer. She will be working for CEO Lowell McAdam.
Qureshi has a deep understanding of the issues involved with running a successful tech company in today鈥檚 network-heavy reality: she started at Ericsson as a system analyst in 1993, before moving up through the ranks.
Desautels alumna on law, business and her transgender journey
Marie Laure Leclercq (MBA) started her career, and indeed her life, as a male. According to the Canadian Bar Association鈥檚 (CBA) National Magazine, when she began the process of changing her gender in 1995, it was what she calls an act of survival.
Desautels alumnus joins Bersay & Associ茅s
A recent piece in Le monde du droit announces that French business law firm Bersay & Associ茅s has brought Thibault Lasserre (MBA'07) on board as an associate. Mr Lasserre concentrates on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity. Before joining Bersay & Associ茅s, he advised several corporations about international mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs; and worked at Law firms such as Veil Jourde, Coudert Brothers and Jones Day.
Desautels alumnus and sustainable construction boss interviewed by Canadian Business Journal
Jason Wood鈥檚 (MBA鈥�94) construction company, Diamond Head Development, has been a going concern in Squamish, BC for over 10 years now. He sat down with Canadian Business Journal to talk about his development as an entrepreneur, his work history, his company鈥檚 dual role as a builder and a developer, and building sustainability into new construction projects.
Desautels alumnus to bring video hockey analysis to soccer
Craig Buntin (MBA鈥�13) is a Desautels alumnus, a former figure skating champion, and the CEO of hockey analysis company Sportlogiq. The company鈥檚 software uses video and machine learning to track what players are doing on the ice, and help them up their game.
Desautels alumnus interviewed about his new job as CEO of Soho Square
Sumanto Chattopdhyay (MBA鈥�90) recently sat down with Impact to discuss his new job as Chairman and CEO of Indian marketing powerhouse Soho Square. The former Ogilvy & Mather Creative Director has only been at the job for a month, but he has already taken steps to set the tone in terms of the corporate culture and the corporate vision.
Desautels alumnus appointed chair of 9I制作厂免费 Board of Governors
Ram Panda (MEng鈥�71, MBA鈥�77) is the new chair of the 9I制作厂免费 Board of Governors. He came to Canada from his native India in 1968 to study electrical engineering at 9I制作厂免费, and never left. In 1978, he co-founded metal-industry software maker Invera Inc., which rapidly became a major player in its market.
Desautels alumnus new director at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
According to a piece at BarrieToday.com, Dr. Mark Kotowycz (MBA鈥�01, MDCM鈥�04) is moving from the Windsor Regional Hospital to the new Advanced Cardiac Centre at the Royal Victoria Health Centre as Director of Advanced Cardiac Care / Catheterization Labs. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role, having worked at Toronto鈥檚 University Health Network and Northumberland Hills Hospital.
Desautels alumnus and Global Expert rebuilds after major biking accident
Jonathan Ross Goodman聽(BA鈥�89, MBA/LLB鈥�93) is the CEO of Montreal-based pharmaceutical company Knight Therapeutics and a Desautels Global Expert. He is also a textbook case of how to overcome adversity: A 2011 biking accident left him in a coma for weeks and caused massive brain damage. Even today, his short-term memory is poor and he has trouble eating. But Mr.
Desautels alumna on Auto Remarketing Canada鈥檚 Under Forty list
The Remarketing Under Forty list in Auto Remarketing Canada鈥檚 Special Conference Issue is a roundup of the industry鈥檚 brightest young minds. Desautels grad Stephanie Turner聽(MBA'15) is the Senior Manager for Strategy and Business Development at Cox Automotive Canada in Toronto, where she has been since 2015.
Change is in the air for European EMBAs
A recent piece in Poets & Quants for Execs looks at how EMBAs are at a crossroads: As companies are less willing to invest in an EMBA for an employee鈥檚 advancement, those execs are looking more and more towards entrepreneurship, which was once the wheelhouse of the MBA set; and B schools are, in turn, facing disruption from microlearning tech startups.
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Week seven of the 9I制作厂免费 X-1 Accelerator was all about two things: Announcing a transformative $2 million gift from the John Dobson Foundation, and setting up for the upcoming Demo Days.
