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Carl is a business owner who has worked in international trade, travel and tourism, and arts and culture. His areas of expertise are business development, project management, and fundraising. He is the Co-Founder of the Latin Sparks Festival and the travel adventure company, Tryps. He is passionate about education, entrepreneurship, and world travel.
An entrepreneur for the past 10 years. Kareem is passionate about one thing: bringing people together. Founder of the Latin Sparks Festival and Tryps (an adventure travel agency), Kareem carries his passion through his work. Whether it’s building a community of 10,000 Latin dance lovers or an international network friends who love travel, Kareem believes strongly in the power community can have in growing a business.
Sofia has been working in the Software as a Services (SaaS) industry for over 5 years, currently she's an Account Executive at Shopify working with the biggest brands in eCommerce. In addition to her SaaS sales career she is also an entrepreneur, Sofia has had multiple online businesses in different industries over the past 2 years. She loves coming up with new ideas to develop and making a positive impact in this world. She's also very passionate about tennis and wine.
With over 7 years of training, development & work experience, Elisha Davidson is a highly skilled public relations and marketing specialist residing in Ottawa, ON. She has acquired a diverse range of industry skills through partnering with clientele ranging from local small/medium businesses to large-scale national companies in multiple industries. Davidson is currently working as Social Media & Marketing Coordinator for the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival. She has focused on cutting edge content creation within our new online realities. Elisha has helped spearhead the marketing strategies for some never before attempted concerts in these unique times.
Kingsley is a Data Science practitioner with over 5 years of experience. Through his consulting business at Alphazulu Data he has been helping small and medium-sized companies transform their businesses by leveraging data, analytics and the cloud. He does this by designing, implementing and customizing solutions for the toughest data challenges that businesses face. His core competence is in surfing the web, grabbing large amounts of data sets, organizing the data and developing insights that will help improve the bottom line of the businesses he serves.
Pam Westwater is a digital brand and marketing professional with over 12 years of expertise in her field. Whether you are looking to start your brand from the ground up, engage and grow your current following, or better understand your audience, her knowledge in fields ranging from real estate to start-up technology business will definitely help you succeed. She is passionate about helping artists and brands grow digitally, and utilizes her past experience as a latin dancer and event organizer to share knowledge and best practices in using digital marketing to attract the masses.
In the past 7 years, Samantha has led and delivered integrated communication and marketing products, that effectively supported and addressed organizational objectives. She possesses a diversified approach to providing entrepreneurial solutions that allows her to be flexible and resilient to changing priorities and resources.
Sarjun Gharib is a servant leader passionate about helping federal government departments, agencies, and crown corporations improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. He's driven by a desire to empower companies and individuals to embrace, adopt and scale Agile with world class tools, technology and data to increase speed to market, meet customer demand, maximize overall development velocity, and fuel a culture of agility.By bringing together his curiosity for streamlining existing structures, and talents in leadership development, Mr. Gharib seeks to help brands and organizations grow in their ability to lead their employees and make an impact in their industry and the world.
Nicholas Patocki-Tomas is a Polish-Canadian business professional, currently living and working in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Born and raised in Ottawa to Polish parents, Nicholas had a flourishing career. With an Engineering degree with highest distinction, and an MBA from INSEAD, he worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company in more than 10 countries, and for Amazon Operations EU as a Sr. Program Manager, leading air cargo analytics and planning. Nicholas has left the corporate world to start his own consulting firm, advising small and midsize companies on strategy and operations. He enjoys playing guitar, skiing, cooking, and most of all, spending time with his wife Eloïse and 2-year old son, Eddie.
Juan Colicchio is the co-founder of LGG Media, a digital marketing agency servicing companies that offer professional services. He specializes in building marketing processes that create predictable sales outcomes by managing lead generation channels, shortening sales processes, and optimizing business operations.
Kamil Mroz is deeply involved and passionate about contributing to the PM community by regularly speaking at PM conferences, actively contributing to publications and enthusiastically sharing his experience with the next generation of project managers. Since 2016, he is also organizing a monthly networking event for PMs in Belgium called “Pint of PM”. In 2013 he received the prestigious International Project Management Association (IPMA) Young PM of the Year Award for outstanding leadership and project management excellence, and since then he has been part of the yearly Global IPMA Jury to select future winners and in 2019 received a global award from PMI recognizing his significant impact in advancing project management. In 2020, Kamil was a part of PMI Future 50.
Ivana has over 12 years experience in digital marketing and website strategy and development. She has led the digital account teams at some of Toronto’s top agencies, including Publicis, FCB, DDB, Nurun, and NFA, in digital strategy, customer journey mapping, eCommerce, business development and project leadership.Through her passion for emerging technology, she has helped organizations ranging from startups, global and Canadian brands and government agencies grow their business via digital channels. Former and current clients include McDonald's, Adidas, Nestle, Westjet, Metro, OLG, Moneris, Invisalign, Purolator, General Mills and more.
Roman has more than 20 years of experience in various roles, all contributing to his expertise in business strategy, digital innovation and venture building. To further support industries in mastering the digital transformation, Roman worked at Spielfeld in Berlin, a digital innovation hub created by Roland Berger and VISA. He also worked in product development at Ford Motor Company and Robert Bosch in the U.S., Germany, Austria, Brazil, China, Turkey and India. Roman also volunteers his time for non-profit and diversity projects in education in Detroit, U.S. and Cape Town, South Africa.
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The arts and culture sector is going through an unprecedented digital transformation, and arts entrepreneurs have to sharpen their business skills to succeed.
Full program that will equip arts entrepreneurs with real skills for the real world.
Content and schedule designed for artists by artists, created to specifically benefit entrepreneurs in the arts and culture industry.
Young professional experts with creative backgrounds and the most up-to-date knowledge and trends.
Events and activities to network with other entrepreneurs and build collaborations.
Less theory, more action. Every course is followed up with a hands-on activity for participants to apply knowledge and grow their business.
Participants that complete the program will receive a Level UP Academy Certificate.
The program is made with love and offered entirely free of charge.
Full program that will equip arts entrepreneurs with real skills for the real world.
Content and schedule designed for artists by artists, created to specifically benefit entrepreneurs in the arts and culture industry.
Young professional experts with creative backgrounds and the most up-to-date knowledge and trends.
Events and activities to network with other entrepreneurs and build collaborations.
Less theory, more action. Every course is followed up with a hands-on activity for participants to apply knowledge and grow their business.
Participants that complete the program will receive a Level UP Academy Certificate.
The program is made with love and offered entirely free of charge.
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