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Desautels alumna and former Ericsson exec joins Verizon as CSO

Light Reading reports that after leaving her position as Head of Ericsson North America, Rima Qureshi (BCom鈥87, MBA鈥96) has been hired as Verizon鈥檚 new Chief Strategy Officer. She will be working for CEO Lowell McAdam.

Qureshi has a deep understanding of the issues involved with running a successful tech company in today鈥檚 network-heavy reality: she started at Ericsson as a system analyst in 1993, before moving up through the ranks.

Published: 20 Sep 2017

Desautels alumna on law, business and her transgender journey

Marie Laure Leclercq (MBA) started her career, and indeed her life, as a male. According to the Canadian Bar Association鈥檚 (CBA) National Magazine, when she began the process of changing her gender in 1995, it was what she calls an act of survival.

Published: 19 Sep 2017

Desautels alumnus joins Bersay & Associ茅s

A recent piece in Le monde du droit announces that French business law firm Bersay & Associ茅s has brought Thibault Lasserre (MBA'07) on board as an associate. Mr Lasserre concentrates on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity. Before joining Bersay & Associ茅s, he advised several corporations about international mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs; and worked at Law firms such as Veil Jourde, Coudert Brothers and Jones Day.

Published: 15 Sep 2017

Desautels alumnus and sustainable construction boss interviewed by Canadian Business Journal

Jason Wood鈥檚 (MBA鈥94) construction company, Diamond Head Development, has been a going concern in Squamish, BC for over 10 years now. He sat down with Canadian Business Journal to talk about his development as an entrepreneur, his work history, his company鈥檚 dual role as a builder and a developer, and building sustainability into new construction projects.

Published: 11 Sep 2017

Desautels alumnus to bring video hockey analysis to soccer

Craig Buntin (MBA鈥13) is a Desautels alumnus, a former figure skating champion, and the CEO of hockey analysis company Sportlogiq. The company鈥檚 software uses video and machine learning to track what players are doing on the ice, and help them up their game.

Published: 8 Sep 2017

Desautels alumnus interviewed about his new job as CEO of Soho Square

Sumanto Chattopdhyay (MBA鈥90) recently sat down with Impact to discuss his new job as Chairman and CEO of Indian marketing powerhouse Soho Square. The former Ogilvy & Mather Creative Director has only been at the job for a month, but he has already taken steps to set the tone in terms of the corporate culture and the corporate vision.

Published: 5 Sep 2017

Desautels alumnus appointed chair of 捆绑SM社区 Board of Governors

Ram Panda (MEng鈥71, MBA鈥77) is the new chair of the 捆绑SM社区 Board of Governors. He came to Canada from his native India in 1968 to study electrical engineering at 捆绑SM社区, and never left. In 1978, he co-founded metal-industry software maker Invera Inc., which rapidly became a major player in its market.

Published: 1 Sep 2017

Desautels alumnus new director at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre

According to a piece at BarrieToday.com, Dr. Mark Kotowycz (MBA鈥01, MDCM鈥04) is moving from the Windsor Regional Hospital to the new Advanced Cardiac Centre at the Royal Victoria Health Centre as Director of Advanced Cardiac Care / Catheterization Labs. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role, having worked at Toronto鈥檚 University Health Network and Northumberland Hills Hospital.

Published: 23 Aug 2017

Desautels alumnus and Global Expert rebuilds after major biking accident

Jonathan Ross Goodman聽(BA鈥89, MBA/LLB鈥93) is the CEO of Montreal-based pharmaceutical company Knight Therapeutics and a Desautels Global Expert. He is also a textbook case of how to overcome adversity: A 2011 biking accident left him in a coma for weeks and caused massive brain damage. Even today, his short-term memory is poor and he has trouble eating. But Mr.

Published: 3 Aug 2017

Desautels alumna on Auto Remarketing Canada鈥檚 Under Forty list

The Remarketing Under Forty list in Auto Remarketing Canada鈥檚 Special Conference Issue is a roundup of the industry鈥檚 brightest young minds. Desautels grad Stephanie Turner聽(MBA'15) is the Senior Manager for Strategy and Business Development at Cox Automotive Canada in Toronto, where she has been since 2015.

Published: 2 Aug 2017

Change is in the air for European EMBAs

A recent piece in Poets & Quants for Execs looks at how EMBAs are at a crossroads: As companies are less willing to invest in an EMBA for an employee鈥檚 advancement, those execs are looking more and more towards entrepreneurship, which was once the wheelhouse of the MBA set; and B schools are, in turn, facing disruption from microlearning tech startups.

Published: 2 Aug 2017

捆绑SM社区 X-1 Accelerator: seventh week at a glance

Week seven of the 捆绑SM社区 X-1 Accelerator was all about two things: Announcing a transformative $2 million gift from the John Dobson Foundation, and setting up for the upcoming Demo Days.

Published: 2 Aug 2017

Desautels alumna appointed Regional Sales Director for Cambium Networks鈥 DACH region

Wireless broadband solutions specialist Cambium Networks has named Munich-based Tabatha von K枚lichen (MBA鈥91) as the new Regional Sales Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, known collectively as the DACH region. She will be responsible for management solutions, Wi-Fi and Industrial Internet of Things activities, as well as for expanding the company鈥檚 network of resellers throughout the region. Ms.

Published: 25 Jul 2017

Desautels alumnus on CIO鈥檚 top 40 under 40 list

Chief Investment Officer鈥檚 Class of 2017 Forty Under Forty list is out. It鈥檚 a roundup and Q&A with forty up-and-coming investment leaders from across the globe, selected by anonymous nomination.

Published: 19 Jul 2017

Desautels alumnus appointed director at Quantum

According to Stockwatch.com, Quantum International Income Corp. has announced that Red Cloud Klondike Strike CEO and Desautels alumnus Chad Williams (BEngr鈥 89, MBA鈥93) has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Williams has plenty of experience to draw on: he鈥檚 on the Board at Denver Gold Group, and has worked in senior management at Victoria Gold, Blackmont Capital and TD bank.

Published: 18 Jul 2017

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