Julie Wang is the founder of Tiny Planet Digital, a full-service digital marketing agency based in Vancouver, Canada servicing sustainability-focused services and products across the globe. A Surrey Women in Business Awards 2020 Finalist, Julie has leveraged her expertise to help many business owners to build and grow their digital presence.

As the Regional Manager for Western Canada at Salesforce, Kalle Sveder helps small businesses grow by developing strategy, processes and implementing best in class technology. Before Salesforce, Kalle co-founded Vancouver based music-tech startup, SKIO Music. As the Chief Operating Officer at SKIO Music, Kalle was responsible for product-market fit, sales and marketing strategy, business development and general business operations.

Karen has been with Vancity Credit Union since 2002. She is a graduate of SFU with her Bachelor’s of Business Administration. She has worked in many areas of Vancity from the Branch network to Human Resources to Community Business in both cash management and lending. Currently she is Community Business Account Manager helping small to medium sized business members with their commercial financing needs.

Karen recently found out of her family’s Cree ancestry from Manitoba. She is passionate about learning more about her indigenous roots and helping indigenous entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses utilizing Vancity’s array products and services.

 

Kelly McBain is a Senior Product Manager of Business Solutions at Moneris. She is a passionate product professional specializing in innovative online and mobile payment systems.  Kelly is always looking at how technical innovation can help solve business problems in the online and mobile space with her keen sense for business needs and creative mind.

Kelly has over 20 years in the payment industry having worked in a variety of areas including sales, operations, audit, project management and now more recently leading a team of driven product managers while managing products of her own.

Prior to working in the payments industry, she worked in the financial sector in fraud and telephony.  She holds a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, is Scrum Master Certified and has completed many courses with Pragmatic Marketing (Foundations, Focus, Marketing).

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Kelly Walker is the President of Uniserve Communications. He has worked with a large number of multi-sized organizations in architecting, developing and supporting their technical infrastructure and strategic digital transformations. A highly experienced technical executive, driven to provide unique, cutting edge solutions to complex business requirements, helping to educate businesses on best practices when employing technology has been at the forefront of his personal mandate. As with numerous entrepreneurs in BC, Kelly created his first business with the help of Small Business BC and is grateful for the opportunity to give back by providing his knowledge and experience through an informative webinar series.

Kelsey Jorssen is a social media expert and founder of Jorssen Media.

Jorssen Media is a digital marketing company in Vancouver with the goal to help grow businesses, but who may not require employing someone in-house, full time. They are happy to step in whether you’re a startup, non-profit or an established business. They aim to provide affordable options, and as well create digital marketing solutions that are simple and easy to convey. They strategize with you to take out the confusion and offer straightforward and elegant ideas.

What can clients expect when they attend a seminar hosted by Kelsey?

"To be able to see the importance of building an online community, which can lead to sales and then a loyal customer. It's my goal for them to learn how every action they conduct online is connected and can support their business goals."

Entrepreneur, athlete and artisan. As a person with a disability I have overcome many obstacles in my life. Much of that time has not been easy though it has always been my goal to achieve excellence.

Kevin Priebe
Society Wheelchairs Ltd.

Kristi Tomasin is the Director of Smartmail Marketing at Canada Post. She has 20 years of sales and marketing experience & has spent the last 13 years at Canada Post working with large enterprise and mid-market marketing organizations. She helps to advance their marketing initiatives & grow their businesses through strategy and data intelligence. Kristi holds an MBA from Niagara University and an Economics degree from the University of Waterloo. She’s an avid sports fan, rooting for the Buffalo Bills and Toronto Raptors, & is a dog lover, especially fond of her mini labradoodle, Stella.

Kyla is the Senior Manager, Marketing at BCAA. She is a marketing leader with over 15 years’ experience in marketing, communications, and product development across various industries and is currently leading the marketing of BCAA’s Small Business Insurance.

Laura Sukorokoff has always had a passion for the employee experience. Her mission is to guide managers in the creation of human-centred workplaces and, in so doing, help to change the corporate world. This passion for the people side of business has led Laura to senior roles in learning and organizational development. She is a mentor and coach who enjoys helping people find their voices and bring their ideas to life.

Laura is a highly regarded speaker, learning and development professional, and subject matter expert in the area of engagement and retention. She is the author of It's Not Them, It's You: Why employees "break up" with their managers and what to do about it and  works with leaders, entrepreneurs, managers, coaches, and professionals on the soft skills (or, as she prefers to call them, power skills!) side of business. Laura is also a small business owner and her company, C-Change Learning and Development, provides soft skills training for leaders and their teams in all areas of business.

Leon Wong started Leontrepreneur Education Inc. in 2017 to help small to mid-sized businesses grow. By providing Digital Marketing services such as SEO, SEM, Social Media and Paid Ads, he has helped businesses meet their goals through unique and personalized strategies. Aside from being a Digital Marketing Strategist, Leon is also an instructor who takes joy in educating people about promoting brands online. 

With over 8 years of industry experience and having taught over 300 students, Leon and has had the opportunity to work with small, local businesses to global, million dollar franchises. He is married and is an animal lover who adopted 2 cats and owns 2 dogs.

Lindsay has 10+ years of experience in sales, marketing and social media.  She has led teams in the IT Consulting, Multi-Media and Hospitality industries. In 2017, she launched her own business Pink Crown Creative, a Creative Marketing Agency & Community. Alongside running her own business she also recruits marketing and communications professionals for large Canadian companies with Smart Savvy & Associates and teaches Canadian & International Fashion Marketing students social media at Blanche Macdonald.

Some accomplishments include her podcast, Have You Met Her Yet? debuting at #9 on the iTunes Entrepreneurship charts and was featured on Apple's New & Noteworthy Podcasts. She also has been a nominee as a Woman of Influence for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards: Ones to Watch Award for both 2020 & 2021.

In her free time, she enjoys travelling, paddle boarding, hiking, watching murder mysteries with my husband and being a film and TV extra on the side.

Lorcan O’Melinn is a Chartered Professional Accountant, CPA, CGA with experience as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in the Health Care (Riverview Hospital), Kindergarten to Grade 12 (Coquitlam School District) and Post-Secondary Education (BCIT) sectors. Experienced as a senior executive and board member, he can balance social purpose objectives and goals with appropriate risk assessment and business planning.   Lorcan understands the governance role that a board member needs to play in addition to being an advisor for senior management.

He recently served on the board of the Great Northern Way Trust (whose shareholders are SFU, UBC, Emily Carr University and BCIT) in addition to being a member on the Finance Committee and the Real Estate Committee.  Key responsibilities included governance for land transactions and the Centre for Digital Media.

He retired at the end of September from his position as Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer at BCIT.

He is married, with two children and four grandchildren. He is an avid cyclist and cycling advocate in addition to enjoying hiking and reading.  He has spent a number of years working as a volunteer and board member with sports associations in the Tri-Cities area.

Louise Fogharty is Vice President, Financing & Consulting for South Fraser Area at BDC.  She is also the Executive Sponsor of the Bank’s Women Entrepreneurs’ initiative for the BC & North region.

Luk Chan is the Associate Director of Shoplazza Global Key Accounts. He is a seasoned database engineer and content creator who passionately devotes himself to in-depth eCommerce industrial and technological research.   Luk is a firm believer in empowering a self-serving eCommerce business model for entrepreneurs, that would help millions of people regain their autonomy in life.

Lynn is a Health Promotion Specialist, who’s been working on the Healthy Workplaces program as part of the Canadian Cancer Society since March 2020. She has a Masters in Public Health and an Undergraduate Degree in Biology and has been working in the Healthcare sector for the past 10 years.

Madhu is currently the Senior Product Manager of Business Solutions at Moneris.

With over 12 years of experience across a variety of product and technology roles in the Fintech industry, Madhu brings a wealth of experience to Moneris as Senior Product Manager of Business Solutions. In her current role, Madhu is responsible for Moneris’ retail portfolio, which includes online as well as mobile point-of-sale solutions. Within Moneris’ retail solutions portfolio, Madhu is responsible for the full product lifecycle including, solution design, go-to-market strategy, as well as rollout and implementation.

Madhu also holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Kansas, as well as the Project Management Professional certification.

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Marc is the founder and CEO of Routific.  Routific is a smart logistics platform that optimizes routes for last-mile delivery fleets, saving businesses up to 40% on time and fuel. Today, the power and efficiency of our proprietary algorithm combined with a stellar user experience makes Routific the best routing solution for the small and mid-tier market.