Experience

Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA)

• Canada
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Strategic Partnerships & Development

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  ONPHA represents 700 community housing organizations across Ontario. I lead revenue-generation and strategic partnerships, which support our members and sustain the various programs and services we deliver. Within my first year and a half at ONPHA, I revamped and re-launched a 20-year old group purchasing program, increased sponsorship revenue by 30% across the board, and built long-term partnerships with companies across Canada. ONPHA represents 700 community housing organizations across Ontario. I lead revenue-generation and strategic partnerships, which support our members and sustain the various programs and services we deliver. Within my first year and a half at ONPHA, I revamped and re-launched a 20-year old group purchasing program, increased sponsorship revenue by 30% across the board, and built long-term partnerships with companies across Canada.



Tri Growth

• Canada
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Tri Growth is a communications and marketing firm working with large enterprises, startups, and non-profits. We create powerful, compelling content that helps our clients get noticed and engage their customers. Check us out at trigrowth.com and please do reach out if we can support you. Tri Growth is a communications and marketing firm working with large enterprises, startups, and non-profits. We create powerful, compelling content that helps our clients get noticed and engage their customers. Check us out at trigrowth.com and please do reach out if we can support you.



Solar Power Network

• Canada
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Business Development & Marketing

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2017

  SPN is the largest on-site solar power company in Canada and Japan. I joined SPN at a time when the BD team's focus was shifting from midsize businesses to large corporations. I worked with the Chief Commercial Officer to build a new strategy and change management plan to reach these enterprise customers and navigate longer sales cycles, RFP processes, more complex due diligence and organizational hierarchies. Within my first five months, I built a substantial BD pipeline with warm leads in sectors like retail, manufacturing and technology, while closing partnership agreements worth significant revenue to SPN. SPN had also never invested heavily in marketing. Among my more meaningful achievements were kickstarting our social media presence, revamping our suite of print and digital promo materials, and drafting our first direct mail campaign (which outperformed all expectations of response rates and eventual revenue to SPN).



The DMZ

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Officer

  • Mar 2014 - Jun 2016

  The DMZ is Canada’s largest and top ranked university business incubator for technology startups. I was the first hire for the new Business Development division, formed to seek out revenue both for our startup companies and for the DMZ itself. In less than two years, I built revenue-generating partnerships with several Fortune 100 companies and a number of other global firms, exceeding our targets and creating a BD pipeline for industries in which we previously had little exposure. On behalf our startups, I managed a team of staff to create the DMZ's most successful event series, connecting our entrepreneurs with customers and venture capital. Many of the resulting deals were over $100,000 in value and were the first revenue our startup companies had received. I consider this among my proudest accomplishments at the DMZ.



Nearshore Americas

• United States
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Dec 2009 - May 2013

  Nearshore Americas is a media firm focused on outsourcing and business investment in emerging markets. I joined Nearshore Americas in the early days of the company. My core focus was producing content and managing a team of writers to grow our readership, much of which was C-level decision makers in large North American firms. We evaluated investment opportunities for these leaders, interviewing government officials and analyzing the political/business climate in key emerging markets. From a business development perspective, this role taught me how a small company with limited resources can punch far above its weight simply by cultivating strategic relationships. By the time I left, we had built Nearshore Americas into the premier authority on Latin American outsourcing.



Canadian Red Cross

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Relations/Human Resources Associate

  • May 2012 - Sep 2012

  The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) is part of the global Red Cross humanitarian network, helping the most vulnerable. My internship at the CRC was during a complex merger with a large Ontario healthcare organization. I developed key branding and communication documents to be sent out to over 5000 employees, as well as a a one-stop knowledge sharing and project management tool to be used by senior executives to stay on track with the merger. The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) is part of the global Red Cross humanitarian network, helping the most vulnerable. My internship at the CRC was during a complex merger with a large Ontario healthcare organization. I developed key branding and communication documents to be sent out to over 5000 employees, as well as a a one-stop knowledge sharing and project management tool to be used by senior executives to stay on track with the merger.



Center for International Relations

• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor & Policy Analyst

  • Mar 2007 - May 2008

  The Center for International Relations (CIR) is a political and current events think tank headquartered in the US. I was brought on to launch CIR's local presence, and founded the Canadian edition of the company's newsletter to gain increased exposure. Collaborating with the Editorial Director, I wrote a number of political research reports and managed the largest Canadian CIR event in concert with the United Nations Foundation. The Center for International Relations (CIR) is a political and current events think tank headquartered in the US. I was brought on to launch CIR's local presence, and founded the Canadian edition of the company's newsletter to gain increased exposure. Collaborating with the Editorial Director, I wrote a number of political research reports and managed the largest Canadian CIR event in concert with the United Nations Foundation.



IRSAM Inc. - The International Relations Students' Association of McGill

• Canada
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief of Staff

  • Apr 2006 - Feb 2008

  IRSAM is a student-run organization hosting political and UN-related conferences to debate relevant global issues. In this role, I managed 150 logistical and events staff to run a conference for over 1400 delegates at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Montreal. Event management on that scale was a first for me, and it was a terrific learning experience which I loved. IRSAM is a student-run organization hosting political and UN-related conferences to debate relevant global issues. In this role, I managed 150 logistical and events staff to run a conference for over 1400 delegates at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Montreal. Event management on that scale was a first for me, and it was a terrific learning experience which I loved.