Elaine Rosenberg
Lawyer, Rosenberg Attorney Inc.
Industry: Legal
Areas of Expertise: Franchise Agreements, Financing, Mergers & Acquisition, Real Estate Development, Commercial Leasing, International Business Agreements and Corporate Law
Company: Rosenberg Attorney Inc.
About: Elaine is a corporate/commercial attorney with extensive & substantial in-house legal experience. Placing a high premium on providing pre-emptive legal support in French or English, with a view to advance the success of her clients' business. Her experience with financing and real estate would be an asset to any aspiring entrepreneur.
Language: English, French
Avy Loren-Cohen
CEO ALC Business Consulting
Industry: Marketing, Management, HR, Raising VC and Angel money
Areas of Expertise: Import, Distribution, Start-up Growth, Expansion, Resources, Public Relations, Communications, Fundraising, Angels and VC, B2B Sales
Company: ALC Business Consulting
About: Avy is the CEO of a management consulting and performance business coaching firm called ALC Business Consulting. He works with CEOs, founders, management and professionals to realize their personal & professional (corporate) vision, goals & objectives via strategic counseling and business coaching, training & mentoring.
Language: English
Avie Dolgy
Merchandise/Sales Manager, Lisak Trading Ltd.
Industry: Business
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Management, Sales, Customer Relations
Company: Lisak Trading Ltd
About: Avie has many years of experience in merchandising and selling of textiles. He currently does research and development of new suppliers in Europe, Turkey, and Far East. In addition, he has experience in sales and sales direction of all collections with foreign suppliers, technical developments with new and existing suppliers and customers. Avie is also well experienced in customer relationship management (CRM).
Language: English, French
Nancy Cleman
Lawyer, Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon
Industry: Legal
Areas of Expertise: Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business Advisory Services, Mergers and Acquisitions, Licensing and Technology, Intellectual Property
Company: Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon
About: Nancy Cleman is a member of the Bar of Quebec and the law society of Upper Canada. She is also a trade mark agent and accredited mediator. Her practice focuses on corporate and commercial law with a focus on Information Technology (IT) and Intellectual Property (IP). She has provided legal advice to a variety of corporate and commercial clients, including a range of industries such as software, fashion, film and services for the elderly. Nancy is also an accomplished speaker and author.
Language: French
David Horowitz
Senior Manager, HTA Direct Sourcing
Industry: Manufacturing, International Distribution
Areas of Expertise: Sales & Marketing, Strategy
Company: HTA Direct Sourcing
About: David is a seasoned executive always interested in promoting entrepreneurship and international business and being able to provide the knowledge and skills essential to a productive career in business. Over 30 years at Senior Management level, involved in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of hospital products to multiple countries. Experienced in all operational activities, as well as strategic planning. In addition, as an Adjunct Professor at both Concordia and McGill University in the area of entrepreneurship, international business and strategic planning, David wishes to pass on his knowledge gained from 10 years of teaching experience to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Language: English, French
David Potofsky
Financial Analyst, Knight Therapeutics Inc.
Industry: Pharmaceutics
Areas of Expertise: Finance, Accounting, Taxation, Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Valuations, Secured Lending
Company: Knight Therapeutics Inc.
About: David has the proven ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects, communicate effectively within a team, and quickly gain an understanding of complex situations. Would like to use background and education to help guide aspiring business owners.
Language: English, French
Eyal Toledano
CRO & Director, Sociable Labs, Spoil Inc.
Industry: Consumer Internet
Areas of Expertise: Growth, Sales, Marketing, Strategy, B2B Sales, B2C Sales
Company: Sociable Labs, Spoil Inc.
About: Eyal grows companies of all stages by accelerating the search for product/market fit and building growth systems that acquire more leads, generate more customers, improve margins and increase buying frequency. Across the last ten years, Eyal has acquired experience performing in B2B and B2C roles spanning mobile, gaming, SaaS, e-Commerce, marketplaces
Language: English, French, Hebrew
Frederic Moreau
CEO, PÖL Digital
Industry: Finance, Marketing, Management, IT
Areas of Expertise: Finance, Marketing, Management, IT, B2B Sales, Sales Team Management, Customer Acquisition, Sales and Marketing Scaling, VC Funding, Product Development, Go-To market Strategies, Customer Retention, IT
Company: PÖL Digital
About: Frederic has 15+ years of experience as a strategic marketing, marketing and communication consultant for large to medium sized companies in Europe and in Canada. 10 years executive roles within companies in Europe and in Canada; Marketing Director, CMO, COO, CEO. Has experience in marketing and customer retention, an asset to any entrepreneur.
Language: English, French
Hania Hammoud
Family Business and Wealth Consultant, Hammoud Law Firm
Industry: Wealth Consultation, Family Business
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Law, Corporate Business, Family Business, Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility, Commercial Litigation, Legal Advice, Management, Arbitration
Company: Hammoud Law Firm
About: Hania is a certified Family Business and Wealth Consultant with substantial legal experience in Business and corporate law; mainly corporate governance, corporate responsibility and succession planning. She wants to transfer knowledge informally, and communicate with the new generation involved in their family businesses
Language: English, French
Howard Silverman
President and CEO, The CAI Global Group
Industry: Multi-National Connections, Market Penetration, Worldwide Marketing
Areas of Expertise: Business Start-up, Financing with Government Grants, Financing Business with Banks, Business with Banks
Company: LE GROUPE CAI GLOBAL
About: As President & CEO of the CAI Global Group, Howard has consulted numerous Canadian subsidiaries of foreign multinationals involving investment project attraction and retention strategies, government incentives and financial assistance, government relations and the procurement of world mandates from head office.
Language: English
Ilana Edery
Senior Auditor, Nexia Friedman
Industry: Accounting
Areas of Expertise: CPA, Auditing, Taxation
Company: Nexia Friedman
About: Graduate from HEC Montreal and now a senior auditor, Ilana is a certified CA and CPA. In the past she has worked at Phidal Publishing and now works at a Montreal based accounting, audit, taxation and financial advisory firm, Nexia Friedman.
Language: English, French
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Jed Richman
Senior Manager, Vision Services, CoolWay
Industry: Marketing, Advertising
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Advertising, Sales, B2B Sales, B2C Sales, Social Media, Event Planning
Company: Vision Services, CoolWay
About: Having achieved a BA in Psych and Human applied sciences and a Business diploma from the Richard Ivy school of Business, Jed has 15 + years of experience in senior management with major corporations, has worked as a business consultant for almost 15 years , initiated or partnered in a dozen entrepreneurial initiatives. For the past five decades he has been involved in volunteer work and social service in a variety of functions, including Big Brothers, Mackay Centre, Children’s wish foundation, and Kids Help Phone just to name a few.
Language: English, French
Jillian Friedman
Principal Attorney, Friedman Law
Industry: Legal
Areas of Expertise: Technology, e-Commerce, Financial Technology, Payments, Finance
Company: Friedman Law
About: Through her commercial law practice, Friedman Law, Jillian serves the e-commerce, fin-tech and start up industry. A member of the Quebec bar, Jillian practices in both English and French. She provides services to clients at all stages of their business, advising on legal requirements of new projects and technologies and providing strategic legal and regulatory compliance advice.
Language: English, French, Spanish
Jonathan Green
President and CEO, Le Groupe Green
Industry: Financial Services
Areas of Expertise: Finance, Marketing, Management, Insurance Business, Financial Planning
Company: Le Groupe Green
About: Jonathan has experience working leading a team of life insurance and financial advisors at Le Groupe Green. His experience in the insurance and financial sector is an asset to any aspiring entrepreneur. His personal philosophy is to give value first, help other people, to strive for the best, establish long-term relationships with everyone and to have fun in the process.
Language: English, French
Lawrence Young
President, Lawrence Young and Associates Inc.
Industry: IT, Services
Areas of Expertise: IT, Business Process, HR, Wholesale Distribution, Manufacturing, Service Companies
Company: Lawrence Young & Associates Inc.
About: Lawrence is a certified Management Consultant who, during the last 40 years, has helped hundreds of companies across Canada and the U.S. improve their bottom line by successfully deploying information & communications technology and embracing best-business practices.
Language: English, French
Len April
Vice-President, Crowdstaffing
Industry: Staffing, HR
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Strategic planning, Business development, Management
Company: Crowdstaffing
About: Len is a successful serial entrepreneur that is helping organizations acquire top IT, engineering, and professional talent. Clients benefit from his understanding of building high-performance teams and his 30+ years of proven business acumen. Based in Montreal, Len co-founded his first company in 1980. A pioneer in the services industry, COS Information introduced high volume transactional output services to Canada.
Language: English
Leonard Liben
Entrepreneur, Locations Rentan Retails, L&L Furniture
Industry: Retail, Service
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Management, Entrepreneurship
Company: Locations Rentan Retails, L&L Furniture
About: Has been the past president of several firms and wants to continue to provide his expertise to other entrepreneurs.
Language: English
Marissa Sidel
President, National Dispatch Services
Industry: Construction, Facilities Management
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Management, HR, Accounting
Company: National Dispath Services
About: Marissa is president at National Dispatch Services, a coast to coast facilities maintenance company. She has 10 years of experience in the retail facility industry and in general management.
Language: English, French, Hebrew, Spanish
Matt Fogel
Founder, Fuzzy.ai
Industry: Business, Technology
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Management, IT, Product Management, Operations
Company: Fuzzy.ai
About: Co-founder of fuzzy.ai, an API that makes it easy for developers to build decision-making artificial intelligence. Has also previously worked at Agendize, Twist Image and Telus.
Language: English, French
Mel Leitman
Consultant and Advisor, Cavendish Business Consultants
Industry: Investment, Consulting, Advertising
Areas or Expertise: Finance, Marketing and Management consulting, Information Technology, Direct Sales and telemarketing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investing and IPO’s, Advertising
Company: Several employed and self employed as a consultant and advisor
About: Mel has worked in the investment industry and has a great knowledge on computers and corporate matters. Has experience in creating and editing business plans suitable for all stages of new and existing businesses. He has been a mentor for businessmen with respect to building their existing or new enterprises. He wishes to pass on his experience and knowledge to new aspiring entrepreneurs.
Language: English
Michael Mire
Co-Founder and CRO, Sweet IQ
Industry: IT, Online Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Areas of Expertise: Online Marketing, Software, IT
Company: Sweet IQ
About: Michael has 10+ years of experience in online ventures. He has worked as a consultant, a marketer, a business owner, an entrepreneur and a SEM agency co-founder. Like he says, “I approach business as a win-win partnership and not a buy/ sell transaction; customers are trusted partners. When I provide them value and they profit, I profit.”
Language: English, French
Michael Stern
Partner, Ernst & Young
Industry: Accounting
Areas of Expertise: Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, External Audit, Financial Accounting, Assurance, Auditing, Taxation
Company: Ernst & Young
About: Michael spent 38 years of his career with Ernst & Young, including 33 as an audit partner, where he worked mostly with mid-size and larger entrepreneurial companies, as well as non-for profit organizations. Michael was also the EY audit partner for the Canadian operations of certain global clients, with head offices in Europe. His experience with high-growth companies helps him guide business owners to an understanding of how the decisions they make today impact the value of their business. Michael was appointed CFO in November 2015.
Language: English
Richard Benzakein
Founder, Metaux Depot Inc.
Industry: Metal Recycling
Areas of Expertise: Scrap metal, Management
Company: Metaux Depot Inc.
About: Richard has built from scratch Metaux Depot in 1998 which was a successful mid-size retail recycling yard employing 10-20 people. Bought out remaining equity from father in law in 2000 and remained partners in a 50/50 ownership with Co-founder Sold Metaux Depot to co-owner and co-founder in 2015. Interested in giving back to the community by mentoring. In contrast to leadership, his approach, and his preference is always to be part of the team.
Language: English
Sheldon Krakower
Partner, MNP LLP.
Industry: Service, Professional MNP
Areas of Expertise: Finance, Marketing, Management
Company: MNP LLP
About: Sheldon is a chartered accountant and principal partner of National Firm- MNP. Has been in the profession for over 30 years. Business and tax planning are the core of his professional practice via creative and practical solutions in a fast-paced and sometimes regulated environment. He was recently appointed leader in the Quebec Region of the Food & Beverage industry niche group at MNP.
Language: English, French
Sissy Duong
Senior Auditor, FL Fuller Landeau SENCRL LLP.
Industry: Accounting, Auditing
Areas of Expertise: Public Assurance, Taxation, Business Advisory, Corporate Taxes
Company: FL Fuller Landau SENCRL LLP.
About: Sissy is working at FL Fuller Landau as a senior auditor. Starting as a junior auditor, Sissy has worked her way up the ladder and has become an expert in corporate tax filing, personal income tax filing, client advisory services and bookkeeping. Any of these attributes would be an asset to any aspiring entrepreneur.
Language: English, French, Cantonese
Stuart Engel
Serial Entrepreneur, Fresh-Aire UV, Sanuvox Technologies
Industry: Serial Entrepreneur
Areas of expertise: Business Development, Business Growth, Export Sales, B2B Sales, Sales Management, Management, Market Research, International Business
Company: Fresh-Aire UV, Sanuvox Technologies
About: Stuart, after spending 18 years as a founder of Sanuvox Technologies and developing an International Export Market for HVAC, IAQ, as well as odor control products, wants his next challenge to be to work with companies in these fields to help them develop their export markets.
Language: English
Warren Goodman
Corporate and Commercial Lawyer, Mediator
Industry: Legal, Business Consultant, Mediation
Areas of Expertise: Legal
Company: Self-Employed
About: Warren is a recognized senior counsel and trusted advisor with more than 30 years international and multi-sector experience. He is experienced in corporate and commercial law matters with emphasis in the following areas: M&A, joint ventures, commercial contracts, financing/project financing, infrastructure projects, business development, negotiation, project/team management, litigation management and mediation.
Language: English
Gil Gruber
Entrepreneur, Direct Objective Consulting
Industry: B2B Marketing, Growth Strategy, Go-To-Market Planning, Lead Generation & Nurturing
Areas of Expertise: Technology Commercialization, Digital and Traditional Media, Inbound Marketing and Demand Creation, Communications and Public Relations and International Expansion
Company: Direct Objective Consulting
About: An entrepreneur with a results-oriented philosophy, Gil's career has centered on building marketing efforts and revenue with new products, new alliances, and new distribution channels. He has built solid working relationships with start-up companies, as well as top officers of large worldwide corporations such as Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, AT&T and Toyota (Japan). He has been featured on the Wall Street Journal, New York Time, Business Week, as well as interviewed live on CNN. He received the Forbes Best of the Web award and he recently launched his eBook on Amazon, called "Turn On Marketing"/ "Allumez votre marketing" about B2B marketing and tactics to attract new clients.
Languages: English, French, Hebrew.
Laurie Mosse
Advisor, Nor-Asean Trading
Industry: Retail, Import, Distribution
Areas or Expertise: Financial Planning, Analysis and Budgeting, Operations, Organisation Structure, Sales Strategy and Customer Relations
Company: Nor-Asean Trading
About: Laurie graduated MBA from McGill University followed by extensive experience in retail having held positions in finance planning, analysis and budgeting as well as buying and merchandising in one of Canada’s largest retailers. Expertise gained in Import and Distribution in both Asian and European markets. Recently, on behalf of an overseas company, responsible for business development of the Canadian Market specifically targeting major retailers through their ecommerce channels. For the past few years, he has acted as a mentor with two other start-ups.
Languages: English, French
Isabel Pappe
Lawyer, Weinstein & Associates
Industry: Legal
Areas of Expertise: Finance, Legal
Company: Weinstein & Associates
About: Isabel has a LL.L. & M.B.A. She practices business law including contracts, business purchases and sales, corporate law, employment law and trademarks. She has also worked in various finance and treasury activities. Isabel wishes to help up and coming entrepreneurs.
Languages: English, French
Peter Lewis
President and CEO, Danawares Corp.
Industry: Import, Wholesale, Retail
Areas of Expertise: Finance, Marketing, Management, Accounting
Company: Danawares Corp.
About: Peter is a graduate from McGill with a BComm and a MBA. He has been the president and CEO of Danawares Corporation for the last 45 years. During this time, he has accrued experience in the importation and wholesaling to retailers within Canada. His knowledge and experience would be an asset to any up and coming entrepreneur.
Language: English
Nancy Hammond
Executive, National Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank
Industry: Finance
Areas of Expertise: Finance, Management
Company: National Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank
About: Nancy has earned her MBA and BComm from Concordia University. With 27 years of experience in a wide variety of businesses in the financial services industry, having spent the last 15 as of those years as an executive. She has experience in retail and commercial banking, business strategy, discount brokerage and learning & development.
Language: English
Robert Heckler
President, Tridome Construction Corporation
Industry: Real Estate, Construction
Areas of Expertise: Real Estate Development,Construction, Financing,Marketing, and Management
Company: Tridome Construction Corporation
About: Robert Heckler is a graduate of McGill's School of Architecture, has been in the Real Estate Development and Construction industry for over 40 years. He began with high end new residential homes and major renovations, then grew to ever larger scale commercial, industrial, condominium and public work projects. Some of the national and international clients include all the Quebec IKEA Stores and Distribution Centre, Canadian Tire Stores, Smart Centres, Shriner's Hospital, McGill University, Dorval Airport expansions, among other things. In parallel, Robert has been the developer and owner of strip malls and condominium projects in both Canada and the U.S. He has been a mentor to several young people who have gone on to start successful real estate business of their own.
Language: English
Earl Fixman
Ladies Fashion Retailer/Business Dreamer and Founder, Modes Cazza Inc.
Industry: Retail
Areas of Expertise: Ladies fashion, Marketing, Retail leasing, Retail store construction, HR, Business Conceptualization and Formation
Company: Modes Cazza Inc.
About: After achieving his B. Comm and M.B.A. with emphasis in marketing, Earl has 15+ years of experience in fashion retail management. Earl also subsequently became the President of a Canadian division of an international fashion retailer and later founded his own successful fashion retail chain of stores. He is now prepared to assist individuals achieve their business goals.
Language: English
Karen O'Mahony
CEO and Founder, Brandlucent
Industry: Branding
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Information Technology and Operations.
Company: Brandlucent
About: Karen is the CEO and Founder of Brandlucent, a strategic branding agency for B2B companies facing growth and transition. Having worked in Operations for Microsoft and as a brand consultant in software companies, Karen holds knowledge and expertise in the I.T. and services businesses. She wants to mentor and assist startups to uncover their authentic brands in order to grow and scale with integrity in a way that is true to their vision.
Language: English
Jill Selick
Founder of Rubix Marketing
Industry: Marketing
Areas of Expertise: Marketing, Brand Management and Communications
Company: Rubix Marketing
About: After 17 years in brand management and communications, Jill has acquired extensive and broad-based experience in consumer marketing. She has worked in both Canada and the US on some of the world’s top brands such as Tylenol, Band-Aid, Neutrogena, Aveeno, Elastoplast, Nivea and Penningtons. Over the years, she has set the strategic framework for dozens of different brands with a clear roadmap to achieving long-term success, and has been the champion in delivering the action plan to get there. Most recently, Jill founded Rubix Marketing, a consultancy that provides strategic planning and marketing consulting services to SMEs. She works with both B2C and B2B businesses across a variety of industries, including restaurants, retail, finance and tech.
Language: English, French
Jack Wiltzer
President, C.O.O. and director
Industry: Apparel & Textile (Import, Wholesale and Retail)
Areas of Expertise: Systems, controls, financial planning and accounting
About: Jack is recently retired. During his working career, he held the positions of president, C.O.O. and director of a public company and was C.O.O. of two private companies. He holds a bachelor degree in commerce.
Language: English, French
Leslie Laing
CEO, Fonora Textile Inc.
Industry: Manufacturing and Operations
Areas of Expertise: Manufacturing, Operations, Product growth, Finance and Fundraising
About: Having been a partner or owner of various business enterprises for approximately 50 years, Leslie has extensive experience in manufacturing, operations, product growth and scaling businesses. Leslie co-founded an apparel company, acquired, merged, and sold other business related to apparel and textiles. “Every season in apparel is like starting your business over again”. He is the CEO of Fonora Textile Inc. which imports and distributes accessory products for the paint and cleaning departments of major Canadian retail hardware chains.
Language: English
Rod Dobson
President, Elton Park Consultants Inc.
Industry: Consulting, information technology, SaaS, e-commerce
Areas of Expertise: General management, corporate governance, strategy, sales, marketing, human resources, information technology, SaaS
About: Rodney has extensive experience in helping technology focused B2B companies develop innovative strategies to achieve profitable growth in Canada, the US and Europe leveraging global service supply chains. Rodney has worked successfully with organizations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations. Rodney has also been a long term volunteer as a business advisor to start-ups with MaRS Discovery District (Toronto).
Language: English
Steve Engels
CEO, GNR Technologies
Industry: Manufacturing, Sales, Distribution
Areas of Expertise: Sales and marketing
Company: GNR Technologies
About: Steve has been involved in 2 major successful start-ups over a 40 year period. Steve is a pioneer in the innovative recycled products industry and document packaging with graphic concept applied. He has built a career in sales and it is his goal to share his experience and help young entrepreneurs through any challenges they might face on a daily basis.
Language: English
Fred Carsley
Lawyer
Industry: Legal
Areas of Expertise: Real Estate Acquisition, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Financing and Commercial Real Estate Leasing
Company: Degandpré Chait
About: In Quebec, few major retail and office building projects are carried out without Fred Carsley’s invaluable support. Experienced in the acquisition, development, financing and leasing of commercial real estate, he acts on behalf of renowned players in this business segment. In recognition of his contribution to the Canadian shopping centre industry, he received the Trustees Distinguished Service Award from the International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC), the highest distinction in the retail real estate industry. With respect to his clients, Fred is a business partner with encyclopedic knowledge, an exemplary work ethic and a proactive attitude, each of which makes him an expert in his fields of practice.
Language: English, French
Robert Ralph
Carbon Removal and Sustainability Partner, Patch Technologies
Industry: Energy, Climate and Deep Tech
Areas of Expertise: Business development, Customer success, Strategic planning, Cost reduction, Operations management, Fundraising
Company: Patch Technologies (backed by Andreessen Horowitz)
About: As a service-focused partner trained by globally renowned institutions, Robert has helped the most successful Fortune 500 enterprises and the earliest-stage startups extract value from their assets via operational and organizational effectiveness solutions, well-crafted strategies for growth and risk mitigation, and thoughtfully-framed decision-making and capital planning. Currently supporting Patch as a Partnerships Lead, focused on strategic planning for our supply-side carbon offsetting marketplace partners. Robert holds a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona and is not afraid to dive in and help a business side-by-side with the Founding team.
Language: English, French
Navi Cohen
Entrepreneur
Industry: Climate tech, consumer goods & electronics
Areas of Expertise: Product development, materials, R&D, manufacturing
Company: Climate tech consultant
About: Entrepreneur that has brought multiple products to market, led multidisciplinary engineering teams, developed advanced manufacturing processes and materials, and been granted multiple patents. Experienced in building and maintaining strong relationships with strategic partners, investors, and suppliers. Passionate about climate tech and reducing carbon and waste footprints.
Language: English, French
Francois Bloch
Industry: IT
Areas of Expertise: Business growth both internally and externally, selling your business, limiting customer risk and turnover.
Company: N/A
About: More than 30 years of experience in creating and managing Information Technology (IT) Consulting businesses. I am here to help you to create, to grow your business both internally and externally, selling your business, customer retention and turnover.
Language: English, French |
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