Executives
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Philip is an engineering student turned business strategist and marketer. He believes that confidence and motivation are the only factors holding anyone back from achieving their dreams, and he hopes to enable youth to gain both of these through Nspire. You can learn about his diverse background of professional experiences here. He is always looking to meet new people and learn about their passions and what drives them so give him a tweet if this sounds like you! This upcoming September he will be starting as an intern at Facebook Canada as a Market Strategist. "Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you react to it" –Charles R. Swindoll "Competence can be taught, attitude is ingrained" –Isadore Sharp, NBTC '11 "The only real failure in life is the failure to try"
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Jessica is an inspired individual living out her dreams, everyday. She is absorbed in the intricacies of the aviation market, especially in the business aviation space. She is passionate about sales, and is currently working on a project in Los Angeles where she is developing unique differentiated customer value propositions, in the sale of fractional ownership of private jets and private charter flights. She is studying Commercial Aviation, Business and Economics at the University of Western Ontario, and is a licensed Pilot. Jessica has great respect for those who live by their own ideas, rules and code. "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." "We are in the selling business. Not the holding business." Porsche Salesman, LA 2011
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Dhruv is an energetic, charismatic and personable individual. He is planning to complete a dual-degree at the University of Western Ontario through the Medical Sciences and the Richard Ivey School of Business. Currently, he is on the executive committee of three student-clubs at UWO. Dhruv won the Blackberry Insider challenge, and made it to the Top 20 in Blackberry’s ‘The Best Life’ competition via Campusperks. His strong sense of determination and perseverance led to him seizing a research position on a project for NASA. His multi-faceted mindset has led him to succeed in the science realm as well as the business world, from capturing an employment opportunity at a pharmaceutical company to placing at the DECA International Career Development Conference. Dhruv has an incessant drive to connect and network with every individual he can. He inspires and motivates his peers to go beyond the scope of their daily lives, and discover and achieve more than they had imagined. He eats, sleeps and breathes the Latin phrase, “carpe diem”, meaning ‘seize the day’. Every opportunity he receives, he takes.
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Vivian is a curious 4th year Science and Business student at the University of Waterloo that is not afraid challenge. Having a technical biotechnology background and business skills, she often takes on a different perspective and is capable of “thinking outside of the box”. She feels passionate about the power of people being able to revolutionize ideas and making great things happen. She finds inspiration in the smallest of things, dreams of big ideas, and imagines the possibilities by pushing the boundaries of innovation. Currently, Vivian is working for Facebook as a Market Strategist, working directly with Fortune 500 companies to develop social marketing strategies that leverage the Facebook platform. Previously, she has worked for the AIR MILES Reward Program analyzing consumer behaviour and at PepsiCo developing new consumer products. She loves to connect and meet new people that carry on great conversations about leadership and their motivations. "The best way to predict your future is to create it." Peter Drucker
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Born in Montreal, raised in Miami, and flown in from Panama arrives Alberto to Toronto. Alberto is a 3rd year Industrial Engineering student with a growing passion for business, leadership and entrepreneurship. He joined Nspire in 2010 as the Director of Operations for the Discovery Series and the Director of Operations for the NBTC ’11. As the Chair of this year’s NBTC ‘12, his goal is to truly create the ultimate delegate experience, providing a platform for bright and innovative minds to connect, share, learn and grow. He is a true believer in that life’s learning occurs outside of the classroom, through experiences and engaging with other passionate people. On his free time, you’ll find him playing rugby, snowboarding, soccer, and enjoying the thrill of life.
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Shixiang, a.k.a. Shane, is a third-year Engineering Science student at University of Toronto (2011-12). Shane has passions in technology and entrepreneurship, and bringing people of different visions and specializations together. Being a participant at Entrepreneurship Competition in NBTC 2011, he determined to get involve in NBTC to create a better and greater conference and series of competitions. Shane firmly believes in actions over words and leadership through examples. Shane is also one of the participants in Canada’s The Next 36, where his team is currently working on a mobile app start-up. Shane is also VP Volunteering Consulting Group for UTCA and Co-Project Manager for UT Tetra Society. He has multidisciplinary interests and skill sets, and he worked at Multifunctional Structures Lab at University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies in Summer 2010. In the past, he also held responsible roles as VP Events for Galbraith Society and VP Competitions for UTEK.
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Layan Kutob is an Industrial Engineering student at the University of Toronto. She is currently doing her Professional Experience Year at Advanced Micro Devices as a Graphic Card’s Board Program Manager. Layan is an active member within the Engineering Society having held the positions of U of T’s Engineering Kompetitions (UTEK) Director, the Engineering Store’s Finance Manager, the Corporate Liaison for the Career Fair You're Next 2011, and the Director of Business Development at You're Next 2012. Layan’s favourite things to do are practicing karate, travelling and shopping; especially for anything that has a ‘Bling-Bling’! On top of that she enjoys a variety of activities and hobbies, including attending theatre, dining out and trying new food, participating in competitions, swimming, volleyball, hiking, diving… actually anything that’s adventurous and that will get her adrenaline rush. Layan plans to graduate from school and join her family venture to continue on developing and it and adding new lines to it. "Seize this very minute; what you can do, or dream you can, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it" – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe "Work hard and play harder"
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Alexandra (Alexa) Meyer is an ambitious and motivated leader from the University of Western Ontario. With a passion for entrepreneurship, leadership and communications she became involved with one of Westerns largest clubs the Fashion & Lifestyle Society as VP Communications and Vice-President. She strongly believes in the power of networking and leveraging every opportunity that comes along. While others may peril, Alexa thrives off negotiating and a solid debate. Always up for a challenge, she's spontaneous and enjoys snowboarding, meeting new people, outdoor concerts, and basically anything involving a new adventure! She's ecstatic to be a part of NBTCs 2012 executive team and looks forward to fostering many new connections in the year to come! "Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
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Tina is the kind of person who doesn’t take no for an answer, pursues what she is passionate about, and loves meeting people from all walks of life. She believes the best leaders are observant, hold a positive view of others and are genuine in their interactions with people. She is currently studying English, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of Toronto, and is avidly working towards a career in Journalism and Media. She is also the president of the JHR (Journalists for Human Rights) chapter at U of T, where she works with her team to raise rights awareness, and has interned at Women’s Post.
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Kei-Ming is an engineering student with the goal to be something more than his degree. He believes that people live to step over their boundaries and try things they haven't done before. The first step requires courage and curiosity, while every other step requires motivation and dedication, even more so with each following step. Through Nspire and NBTC, he believes that he will be able to give the motivation for youths to continue with their explorations. He's excited to be part of Nspire, and hopes to explore things that he has never done before.
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Mojdeh is a Master's student at the University of Toronto's department of Medical Biophysics. Prior to this, she completed her undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering at U of T's Department of Engineering Science. She is passionate about the biotech industry and its ability to enhance quality of life and standard of living. She loves ice skating outdoor in the middle of the night, trying new restaurants and watching the Canucks almost win the Stanley Cup.
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Chakameh is a big believer of change and taking risks. As an engineering student she has been involved in many leadership processes. She believes in innovation and is very dedicated to inspire innovation amongst young people. Taking risks and trying new things is what she believes in the most. She believes in living with no regrets, so she has a very bold attitude towards things that others might find a risk. She started as an intern for an engineering consulting firm, the next year worked on an NSERC funded project with micro-mirror based lasers, and this year is an intern for Schlumberger. Doing the same thing every time is definitely not her thing. She loves trying new things and meeting new people.
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Tim is a second year student in Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. As a budding entrepreneur, he's always up to date in the startup scene. Tim believes that passion is what ultimately determines the success of an individual. With that, he hopes to bring his passion for technology to develop the experience of students at Nspire Discovery Series events. As of now, Tim is also involved in ‘You're Next Career Exposition’ and a startup with three other University of Toronto students (getfourleaf.com). With a strong motivation for success, Tim strives to make an impact on the people he meets.
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Kiran recently completed her undergrad at the University of Toronto Mississauga specializing in Digital Enterprise Management. Kiran decided to join Nspire after attending NBTC in 2011. She noticed how all the Nspire team members felt a sense of pride while at NBTC and the confidence they embodied. She wanted to be a part of a team that provides students with great opportunities and possibilities. Kiran recently completed an internship at Redwood Strategic as the Digital Intern. While completing her internship, she realized she wants to pursue a career in marketing and public relations because she loves meeting new people and being involved in social action. She is interested in learning more about social media outlets and how it helps a business in branding and marketing. "If you have a passion or an idea, take a chance and follow your dreams!"
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There are no words that will adequately describe me; nor there are words to adequately describe any human being. It is the nature of our imperfection design that makes me strive for perfection and expectedly fail at achieving it, every single day. All you need to know is that I believe in simplicity; I have absolute faith in it - it is my religion. I believe it to be our future.
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After dabbling in Neuroscience at University of Toronto Chris decided that his passion was business and switched into the Commerce program. He believes living in the moment is the best way to have no regrets. What defines a person is the way they act and carry out themselves. He has been involved in leadership initiatives all through out his life and believes that Nspire facilitates the development of young leaders. He believes that Nspire TV can be leveraged to reach young entrepreneurs around the globe and is grateful to be apart of the amazing team that’s going to accomplish this feat. "Give thanks today for those who did you wrong, they unknowingly made you strong" - Anonymous "Aspire to Inspire before you Expire" - Anonymous
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Amr Ahmed is a third year UofT student in Industrial Engineering. He enjoys working with video and animation and found Nspire TV to be a really cool concept. Amr wants Nspire to be recognized World Wide, and what better way to achieve this than covering our amazing achievements on video online? Apart from video production, Amr is also passionate about entrepreneurship and culture. He wants to explore new ways engineering can be applied and used with people and society. Amr looks forward to this year and believes it's going to be Nspire's biggest yet.
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Mike is a mechanical engineering student at the University of Toronto. He is currently doing his Professional Experience Year at Black & McDonald as an electrical engineering intern. He had no prior knowledge of electrical design and that’s just the way he preferred it. See, Mike enjoys the challenge of learning knew things and is endlessly looking for knew and exciting ways to expand his knowledge and skill set. You could say he is interested in Business and Technology but that would only be telling half the story. Mike has a passion for photography, graphic design as well as playing ping-pong, soccer, and single handedly supporting the blu-ray market. Finally, Mike goes to go to the movies on all his first dates... he swears he’s more creative than that; we believe him when he says: "it's a screening process".
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Eva is an illustration student at OCAD University. Aside from painting and drawing, she expands her horizons by exploring graphic design and understanding the effects that business has on design. She is with Nspire today: not only to bridge the gap between business and technology, but also between business and design.
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"Design is like combining limited music notes to create limitless possibilities of music." Mengsi Gong is a Toronto based graphic designer. She is currently involving in the Graphic Design program in OCAD University, as well as the Illustration program as minor. She is working for McCray Optical Supply Inc. as a graphic designer. She is available for freelance job as well; some ongoing projects including Beauties of Asia, Toronto Chinese Film Festival. Nspire is another expansion of Mengsi Gong to work with more young professionals and create innovations.
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Born around technology, Zeeshan began breaking/fixing computers at the age of only 8. His curiosity and desire to learn is what lead him into the computing industry. At the age of 18, he received his CompTIA A+ Computer Technician certification and began fixing computers professionally. After enrolling in the Software Development program at Sheridan College in Brampton Ontario, Zeeshan gained a passion for programming. His clever, logical way of thinking is what made him and his career choice a perfect match. Along with his programming abilities, Zeeshan shares a unique interest and talent in UI design and UX design. He recently entered a design competition for the 'Make Bugzilla Pretty' contest hosted by Mozilla, makers of Firefox. Although not winning, Zeeshan was a finalist, and received honourable mention as well as a letter of recommendation from the lead developer of the Bugzilla Project. Zeeshan’s skills make him amongst the few who can do both design and programming, and even fewer who can do both incredibly well. These talents have had technology recruiters all over Zeeshan. He’s received a number of job offers, including some from Silicon Valley in California, and had even simultaneously turned down 4 job offers from 2 of the largest banks in Canada. In his free time he does photography, studies Karate, actively works out.....and from time to time lifts his friends/co workers over his head. Watch this video. Although planning on running his own organization, his dreams are also to make a difference in society, and change the world for the better. Zeeshan treats everyday as a learning experience, does not back down from a challenge, and lives his life by the quote "The greatest failure is the failure to try" - William A. Ward.
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