Kieran Zakaria
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Sufyan Shaikh
Kieran and I collaborated quite frequently, when it came to understanding customer acquisition and retention during our time together at Mednow. Kieran was able to visualize financial projections, working closely with Mednow’s leadership while maintaining transparency and providing actionable insights to stakeholders. Working through our IPO which raised $37 million, Kieran also juggled the startup lifestyle by wearing multiple hats for the business. He stepped out of his role doing some of the first deliveries to our customers showing his customer first approach in everything he did. Kieran will be an asset to any team he’s part off.
Sufyan Shaikh
Kieran and I collaborated quite frequently, when it came to understanding customer acquisition and retention during our time together at Mednow. Kieran was able to visualize financial projections, working closely with Mednow’s leadership while maintaining transparency and providing actionable insights to stakeholders. Working through our IPO which raised $37 million, Kieran also juggled the startup lifestyle by wearing multiple hats for the business. He stepped out of his role doing some of the first deliveries to our customers showing his customer first approach in everything he did. Kieran will be an asset to any team he’s part off.
Sufyan Shaikh
Kieran and I collaborated quite frequently, when it came to understanding customer acquisition and retention during our time together at Mednow. Kieran was able to visualize financial projections, working closely with Mednow’s leadership while maintaining transparency and providing actionable insights to stakeholders. Working through our IPO which raised $37 million, Kieran also juggled the startup lifestyle by wearing multiple hats for the business. He stepped out of his role doing some of the first deliveries to our customers showing his customer first approach in everything he did. Kieran will be an asset to any team he’s part off.
Sufyan Shaikh
Kieran and I collaborated quite frequently, when it came to understanding customer acquisition and retention during our time together at Mednow. Kieran was able to visualize financial projections, working closely with Mednow’s leadership while maintaining transparency and providing actionable insights to stakeholders. Working through our IPO which raised $37 million, Kieran also juggled the startup lifestyle by wearing multiple hats for the business. He stepped out of his role doing some of the first deliveries to our customers showing his customer first approach in everything he did. Kieran will be an asset to any team he’s part off.
Experience
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Countr
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Entertainment Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director
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Aug 2021 - Present
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Hackers for Change
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Canada
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Computer and Network Security
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder
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May 2020 - Present
Vision To be Canada’s cybersecurity leader for charities while inspiring and empowering today's youth to pursue a career in the cybersecurity field. Mission In an increasingly connected and digitized world, no business is safe from cyber-attacks. At Hackers for Change our mission is to educate and enable charities to protect their computer and information systems allowing them to focus on maximizing their social impact. Vision To be Canada’s cybersecurity leader for charities while inspiring and empowering today's youth to pursue a career in the cybersecurity field. Mission In an increasingly connected and digitized world, no business is safe from cyber-attacks. At Hackers for Change our mission is to educate and enable charities to protect their computer and information systems allowing them to focus on maximizing their social impact.
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Mednow.ca
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Medical Practices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
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Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
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Financial Controller
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Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
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LOI - League of Innovators
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Canada
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Labs Batch 5 Founder
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Jul 2020 - Nov 2020
Founder of an innovative Youth-Led Non-Profit Startup in the League of Innovations Labs national virtual incubator program. League of Innovators (LOI) is a national Canadian charity with a goal of building entrepreneurial acumen for youth, at scale. League of Innovators is a suite of accessible programs and tools to provide youth educational experiences that shorten their path to success and amplify their impact as future innovators and entrepreneurs. Founder of an innovative Youth-Led Non-Profit Startup in the League of Innovations Labs national virtual incubator program. League of Innovators (LOI) is a national Canadian charity with a goal of building entrepreneurial acumen for youth, at scale. League of Innovators is a suite of accessible programs and tools to provide youth educational experiences that shorten their path to success and amplify their impact as future innovators and entrepreneurs.
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Freckle
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial Reporting Analyst
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Feb 2020 - May 2020
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Chefs Plate
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Canada
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Accountant
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Mar 2019 - Sep 2019
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Accountant
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Nov 2016 - Feb 2019
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InHouse CFO Inc.
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Canada
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Accounting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Accountant
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Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
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Meridian Credit Union
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consultant- Capstone UOIT
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Sep 2015 - Apr 2016
• Through research of over 600 Canadian franchises spanning over 40 industries we developed an extensive risk-tiered framework that acted as a ‘catchall’ for non-specific franchises. This was done by performing a quantitative and qualitative analysis based on several different risk factors. • Utilized problem-solving skills to create a complementary framework to help mitigate risk when lending to potential franchisees. This was accomplished by (1) Understanding Risk: identifying different market specific and macroeconomic credit risk drivers (2) Risk Positioning: developing different “realistic” and “extreme scenarios” and conducting stress testing on credit and portfolio risk components (3) Anticipate New Risk: by identifying early warning indicators as well as safeguards against foreseeable risk and (4) Risk Mitigation: established a two year implementation plan as well as applied a DuPont Analysis as a monitoring device. • As project coordinator; acted as team leader, was the first point of contact with our client, oversaw projects, and enforced roles & timelines. Show less
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Education
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Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)
Professional Education Program, Accounting -
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting