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The BIG Debate on people, planet, profit ethos for WCC

Jun. 2021

May. 2020

IACCM Remote Work Workshop

May. 2020

Upside Foundation Fundraising Keynote

Jan. 2020

IACCM Keynote Panel, Track Session, & Shark Tank Pitch in Phoenix, AZ

Nov. 2019

Nov. 2019

May. 2019

AccelerateOTT Tech Conference in Ottawa

May. 2019

Guest Lecturer at U of T’s Rotman School of Business

May. 2019

Presentation about Why Startups Fail – Silicon Valley Rotary

Apr. 2019

Apr. 2019

Mar. 2019

Women in Tech panelist for the Canadian Consulate in Palo Alto

Mar. 2019

PWC Panel on Disruption in Deals in Toronto

Feb. 2019

Keynote on Undiscovered Talent to LPs and billionaires at Bloomberg in San Francisco

Feb. 2019

Connection Alberta Keynote on how to fundraise from VC, in San Francisco

Nov. 2018

Keynote at a few schools at the Algoma District School Board in Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Nov. 2018

Guest Lecturer at U of T’s Rotman School of Business

Sep. 2018

Moderated a panel on Big Data at AI Toronto conference

Jun. 2018

Crafting your Start-up Culture at The Vault in San Francisco

Apr. 2018

High Tech in Northern Ontario panelist in Sudbury, ON

Nov. 2017

Knowledge, Power, and Trust in Society keynote at Western University’s Future View conference

Mar. 2017

Can plain language help climate change? Keynote in Elora, ON

Mar. 2017